PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Allan Von Reinar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Halllman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Reinar's entrance music is Iron Maiden - Fear of the dark. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Von Reinar
vs
Halllman

170 cm
19
174 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

187-Drugstore

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Allan Von Reinar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Troy Halllman!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Reinar is looking to clinch but Halllman is avoiding it.
Von Reinar catches Halllman napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Halllman to the canvas!

Halllman is rocked!

It looks like Troy Halllman has been cut.
Halllman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Halllman is still in real trouble! Can Von Reinar finish him?
Von Reinar landing with the ground and pound.
Halllman seems to have recovered his senses.
Von Reinar would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Von Reinar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Halllman is keeping the position for now.
Von Reinar wants to control from the top but Halllman keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Reinar tries to free his leg and advance position but Halllman is retaining full guard.
Von Reinar content to stall in guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Halllman, as that shot connected.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Von Reinar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halllman tries to improve position but can't.

Von Reinar decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Halllman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Halllman is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Halllman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Halllman wriggles free and stands up.
Halllman looks gassed!
Von Reinar fails to land with a series of punches.
Halllman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Von Reinar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Von Reinar feints and as Halllman raises his hands in defense, Von Reinar changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Von Reinar stands up and waves to Halllman to follow him.
Allan Von Reinar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Von Reinar has closed the distance and engaged Halllman in a clinch.

Von Reinar tightens his grip and picks Halllman up, before dumping him to the ground. Halllman manages to land in guard.
Halllman has a closed guard, preventing Von Reinar from standing up.
Von Reinar slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Von Reinar scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Reinar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Von Reinar stands and steps away. Halllman gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Reinar's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Von Reinar duly obliges.
A punch combination from Von Reinar misses.

Von Reinar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Reinar avoiding damage as Halllman throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allan Von Reinar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Troy Halllman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Von Reinar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Halllman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Reinar.
Von Reinar tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Von Reinar.
Halllman moves out of range of the body kick from Von Reinar.
Von Reinar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Von Reinar throws a push kick but Halllman slaps the foot to one side.
Von Reinar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Von Reinar moves in looking to clinch but Halllman pushes him off.
Von Reinar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Halllman tries for a takedown but Von Reinar circles away easily
and Von Reinar counters with a head kick. That will keep Halllman thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Von Reinar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Halllman trying to control but Von Reinar postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Von Reinar performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Reinar moves into full mount! Halllman won't be happy about that!

Von Reinar working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Von Reinar controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Von Reinar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Von Reinar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Halllman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Reinar controlling from the full mount.
Halllman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Von Reinar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Von Reinar stands up from mount. Strange move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Reinar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Allan Von Reinar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Von Reinar lands a nice looking body kick.
Von Reinar misses with a few strikes there.
Von Reinar misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Von Reinar does it's job there.

That has opened up Troy Halllman's cut even more.

Von Reinar closes the distance and pushes Halllman back into the cage.
Von Reinar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Von Reinar scores with a knee to the head.
Von Reinar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Von Reinar.

Von Reinar breaks the clinch.

Von Reinar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Reinar is taking a breather. Halllman says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Halllman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Von Reinar is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allan Von Reinar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Troy Halllman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Von Reinar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Halllman, pushing him back against the cage.

Von Reinar breaks from the clinch.
Halllman moves out of range of the body kick.
Von Reinar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Halllman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Von Reinar fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Halllman sprawls well initially but Von Reinar persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Halllman is refusing to be controlled, as Von Reinar sits in half guard.
Halllman is looking to control Von Reinar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Halllman avoid being mounted?
Von Reinar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Halllman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Von Reinar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Halllman for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Halllman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Von Reinar postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Halllman to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Von Reinar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Von Reinar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Von Reinar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Von Reinar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee warns Halllman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Von Reinar.
Von Reinar controlling the position easily from mount.
Halllman tries to lock up and control but Von Reinar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halllman is trying desperately to improve position.
Halllman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Von Reinar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Von Reinar with shots to the head and body - Halllman looks very uncomfortable down there.

Von Reinar has control of Halllman's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Halllman regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Von Reinar controlling the position easily from mount.
Troy Halllman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allan Von Reinar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Allan Von Reinar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Von Reinar 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Allan Von Reinar!