PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zion Fury (ranked 2674 p4p, 4101 weight class) and Adrian Halvorsen (ranked 340 p4p, 461 weight class). Fury comes to the cage accompanied by We Ready. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fury
vs
Halvorsen

153 cm
20
161
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
163
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zion Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Halvorsen!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Halvorsen.
Fury is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fury throws a low kick but Halvorsen avoids it.
Fury moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fury misses the body punch
and Halvorsen counters with a straight right hand.
No joy there for Fury, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halvorsen tries to counter with a clinch but Fury shakes him off and moves away.
Halvorsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fury checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fury works Halvorsen's body with a nice hook.
Fury slips under a jab from Halvorsen.
Fury jabs at Halvorsen's body.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Halvorsen is just out of range.
Halvorsen shapes to counter with a head kick.
Fury misses with a leg kick
and Halvorsen counters with an outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury takes a swing at Halvorsen's ribcage but misses.
Fury ducks under a wild hook from Halvorsen.
Fury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Halvorsen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halvorsen.
Halvorsen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halvorsen manages to avoid it.
Halvorsen moves in looking to clinch but Fury pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fury. That's going to slow Halvorsen down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury with a jab.
Fury is looking to wear down Halvorsen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Halvorsen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fury's hands.
Fury has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Halvorsen finds it's way round the side to connect with Fury's head.
Halvorsen tries to move into range but Fury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Halvorsen digs a good body shot into Fury's ribs.
Halvorsen avoids the body shot from Fury.
Halvorsen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fury scores with a shot to the body.
Fury really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Halvorsen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fury is out of range.
Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Halvorsen is looking to slow Fury down with leg kicks.
Halvorsen misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Fury misses the target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Halvorsen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury misses the shot to the body.
Fury with the inside leg kick.
Halvorsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Fury moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fury throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Halvorsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fury throws out the jab.
Good work by Halvorsen as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halvorsen avoids the body shot from Fury.
It seemed like Halvorsen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Halvorsen misses with a low kick.
Fury is looking to counter punch.
A good leg kick by Fury.
A big right from Halvorsen misses.
Halvorsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fury manages to avoid it.
Halvorsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halvorsen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fury throws a low kick but Halvorsen avoids it.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Halvorsen follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fury throws a predictable looking body shot
and Halvorsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fury misses with a wild body shot.
Halvorsen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Halvorsen lunges at Fury with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fury's hand.
Halvorsen loads up on a big right hand but Fury slips the punch.
Zion Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury throws a jab when Halvorsen was well out of range.
Halvorsen lands a jab to the nose.
Halvorsen tries to land a leg kick but Fury saw it coming and moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Halvorsen.
Fury takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halvorsen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Halvorsen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Halvorsen moves out of range as Fury strikes.
Halvorsen scores with a jab to the body.
Fury looks to land a combination but Halvorsen avoids it well.
Halvorsen ducks under a wild hook from Fury.
Fury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halvorsen.
Fury throws out a leg kick but Halvorsen moves out of range and Fury only half commits.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Halvorsen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fury has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fury and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A punch combination from Halvorsen misses.
Fury fires out a quick counter leg kick but Halvorsen just manages to avoid it.
Halvorsen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fury.
Halvorsen throws the left hand but Fury avoids the punch easily.
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fury swings for the body but Halvorsen moves out of range.
Fury fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Halvorsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Halvorsen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fury if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halvorsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halvorsen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Halvorsen is just out of range.
Fury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fury fires out a quick counter leg kick but Halvorsen just manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Fury.
A punch combination from Fury misses.
Halvorsen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fury lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halvorsen manages to avoid it.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halvorsen moves away.
Halvorsen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Fury keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fury swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fury swings for the body but Halvorsen moves out of range.
Halvorsen with a nice cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Fury checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Halvorsen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Halvorsen moves away from the strike by Fury.
Halvorsen scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Halvorsen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fury scrambles back to his feet.
Fury avoids a kick to the body.
Halvorsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zion Fury will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Halvorsen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Halvorsen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fury.
Halvorsen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Halvorsen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Halvorsen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fury misses with an uppercut. Halvorsen saw that one coming.
Fury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fury swings for the body but Halvorsen moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Halvorsen.
Fury throws a one two combo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fury darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Halvorsen scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Halvorsen cracks Fury with a right hand to the side of the head.
Halvorsen throws a head kick that misses.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Halvorsen with the inside leg kick.
Halvorsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Fury throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halvorsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Halvorsen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fury throws a leg kick but Halvorsen sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Halvorsen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick misses from Halvorsen.
Fury appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fury avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Fury tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fury scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Halvorsen misses with a hook.
Fury lands a jab.
A big right from Halvorsen misses.
Fury was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halvorsen manages to avoid it.
Zion Fury is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Halvorsen. Beautiful body shot.
Fury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fury looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fury throws a leg kick that is checked
and Halvorsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury is looking to chop away at Halvorsen's legs.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.
Halvorsen keeps Fury at a distance using the push kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Halvorsen!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury walks into a jab.
Halvorsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fury.
Halvorsen throws a solid leg kick but Fury takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Halvorsen.
Fury misses with a body shot.
Fury slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Halvorsen scores with a head kick. Fury tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Halvorsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fury throws a nice looking combination but Halvorsen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halvorsen misses with a hook. Fury ducked under it nicely.
Fury on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Halvorsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halvorsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Halvorsen throws a head kick that half lands.
Fury takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fury misses with a hook to the body
and Halvorsen counters with a nice body kick.
Fury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Halvorsen looks to throw the jab but Fury is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halvorsen throws out the jab.
Halvorsen moves out of range of the leg kick from Fury.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Fury pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Halvorsen back to the cage. Fury follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halvorsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fury.
Fury misses with a combination
and Halvorsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halvorsen.
Halvorsen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fury swings for the body but Halvorsen moves out of range.
Halvorsen lands with a cross.
Fury with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Halvorsen to score with a decent uppercut.
Fury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Halvorsen! But no joy.
Halvorsen misses with a body kick.
Fury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halvorsen lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury throws a solid leg kick but Halvorsen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fury.
Halvorsen ducks under a wild hook from Fury.
Halvorsen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fury under the eye.
Halvorsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Halvorsen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Halvorsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fury looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halvorsen lands with a nice body punch.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Halvorsen is just out of range.
Halvorsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Fury has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Halvorsen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halvorsen throws the left hand but Fury avoids the punch easily.
Fury connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zion Fury will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Halvorsen misses with a hook. Fury ducked under it nicely.
Fury misses with a jab to the body
and Halvorsen counters with a straight right hand.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Halvorsen misses the shot to the body.
Halvorsen scores with a push kick.
Halvorsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Fury moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.
Fury misses the jab.
A lazy left from Halvorsen finds it's target.
Halvorsen looks to land a body kick but Fury moved away.
Fury misses with a looping right.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fury wants to land a leg kick but Halvorsen is out of range.
The crowd cheers as Halvorsen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fury doesn't seem phased though.
Fury takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury works the jab nicely.
Halvorsen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Halvorsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halvorsen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fury. Fury circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fury misses with a double jab.
Fury fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Halvorsen checks it well.
Halvorsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fury throws out the jab.
Fury swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick from Halvorsen.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halvorsen manages to avoid it.
Halvorsen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fury takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Halvorsen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Halvorsen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Halvorsen cracks Fury with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Halvorsen moves out of range of the leg kick from Fury.
Fury ducks right into an uppercut from Halvorsen.
Fury avoids the head kick by Halvorsen.
Fury will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fury tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Halvorsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Adrian Halvorsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zion Fury is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halvorsen misses with a head kick.
Fury lands a nice looking body shot.
Halvorsen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fury checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Halvorsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Halvorsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Halvorsen misses with a body kick.
A nice leg kick from Fury, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halvorsen.
Fury jabs Halvorsen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Halvorsen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Fury, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Halvorsen sizes up Fury with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Halvorsen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Halvorsen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Halvorsen takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury staying out of range there.
Fury throws a nice looking combination but Halvorsen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fury throws a right and a left that both miss.
Halvorsen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Halvorsen flicks out a counter leg kick but Fury steps away.
Fury gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fury scores with a hook to the body. Halvorsen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Halvorsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fury appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Halvorsen throws a lazy right hand but Fury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fury throws a shot to the body.
Halvorsen walks into a straight right hand from Fury.
Fury swings for the body but Halvorsen moves out of range.
Halvorsen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fury lands a nice shot to the body.
Halvorsen misses with a straight left.
Halvorsen tries to land a front kick but Fury steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury loads up on a big right hand but Halvorsen slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury moves out of range of the body kick from Halvorsen.
Halvorsen connects with a looping right hand.
Fury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halvorsen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fury. Halvorsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halvorsen misses with a wild body shot.
Halvorsen works the jab nicely.
Fury throws a nice inside leg kick.
Halvorsen throws out a leg kick but Fury moves out of range and Halvorsen only half commits.
Fury lands a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fury.
Halvorsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halvorsen throws a wild body kick that Fury sees coming a mile off.
Fury throwing a counter right hand but Halvorsen manages to avoid it.
Fury with the inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halvorsen moves away.
Halvorsen wants to counter the offense by Fury and move into the clinch position.
Fury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fury takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Halvorsen misses with an uppercut. Fury saw that one coming.
Fury looks to land a combination. Halvorsen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zion Fury.
Well Fury has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!