PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Hale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo
vs
Hale

190 cm
22
155 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

175 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Hale!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hale throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

de vir lotonial ronaldo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is thwarting Hale's attempts to control the position.
de vir lotonial ronaldo prevents Hale from improving his position.
Hale is trying to maintain the position but de vir lotonial ronaldo is very close to passing his half guard.
Hale keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hale tries to get to full guard but de vir lotonial ronaldo has control of the leg.
Hale trying to control but de vir lotonial ronaldo postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hale is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of de vir lotonial ronaldo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take de vir lotonial ronaldo's back!

Hale has his opponent's back but de vir lotonial ronaldo is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Hale.

de vir lotonial ronaldo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hale trying to hold on to de vir lotonial ronaldo's head to control him but de vir lotonial ronaldo postures up.
Hale wants to get back to full guard.
Hale is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of de vir lotonial ronaldo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take de vir lotonial ronaldo's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hale tries to keep control of the position but de vir lotonial ronaldo is staying busy.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is trying to get back to his feet but Hale has full control of the position and if anything, de vir lotonial ronaldo has just worked his way into a worse spot.

de vir lotonial ronaldo defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Hale lands a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hale is looking for the choke from the back position but de vir lotonial ronaldo is controlling his hands well.

de vir lotonial ronaldo defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hale's arms.

Hale has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, de vir lotonial ronaldo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Hale working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Hale manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Hale somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is breathing heavily.
Hale misses with a punch to the head.

Hale working for the choke.
de vir lotonial ronaldo finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Hale dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Hale.
Hale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hale throws a right and a left that de vir lotonial ronaldo avoids nicely.
Hale misses with a straight right.
Hale tries to clinch up but de vir lotonial ronaldo circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Hale, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
de vir lotonial ronaldo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hale counters with a stiff right hand.
de vir lotonial ronaldo walks into a straight right hand from Hale.
Hale lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hale.
de vir lotonial ronaldo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hale scoring well with a low kick there.
de vir lotonial ronaldo avoids the body shot from Hale.
de vir lotonial ronaldo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
de vir lotonial ronaldo misses with a takedown attempt
and Hale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

de vir lotonial ronaldo is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hale throws a right and a left that de vir lotonial ronaldo avoids nicely.
Oh de vir lotonial ronaldo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hale cracks de vir lotonial ronaldo with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends de vir lotonial ronaldo tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hale pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! de vir lotonial ronaldo is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Hale!