PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge VonQulik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halo comes to the cage accompanied by Halo Theme Song. Jorge VonQulik is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Halo
vs
VonQulik

189 cm
22
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
181 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge VonQulik!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo just misses with a punch to the body.
VonQulik misses with a jab to the body
and Halo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Michael Halo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Halo coming out on top.
Halo slips a jab and a cross from VonQulik.
Halo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by VonQulik.
VonQulik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo lands an overhand right.
VonQulik lands with a nice combination. Halo backs away looking to recover.
Halo wants to slow VonQulik down by chopping away at his legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Halo, right into the meat.
VonQulik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halo.
VonQulik avoids the body shot from Halo.
Michael Halo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Halo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Halo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but VonQulik moves away.
Halo misses with a straight right.
Halo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Halo lands a jab to VonQulik's midsection.
Halo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Halo dips to his left and cracks VonQulik with an uppercut!
VonQulik fails with the takedown
and Halo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a jab but it's blocked by VonQulik.
Halo just misses with a punch to the body.
Halo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from VonQulik.
VonQulik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
VonQulik looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
VonQulik throws a wild body kick that Halo sees coming a mile off.
VonQulik thows a left - swing and a miss!
VonQulik throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halo counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Halo as he connects with a hook.
Halo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches VonQulik on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Halo. That snapped VonQulik's head back.
An inside leg kick from VonQulik misses.
Good shot there by Halo.
VonQulik misses with a hook.
VonQulik feints a jab promting Halo to slip. VonQulik then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Halo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
VonQulik throws a combination that misses
and Halo counters with a low kick, right behind VonQulik 's knee.
Halo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Halo missing with a left hand there. VonQulik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo takes a swing at VonQulik's ribcage but misses.
Halo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by VonQulik.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Halo.
VonQulik looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
VonQulik looks to score with a jab to the body but Halo is just out of range.
Halo moves out of range of the body kick from VonQulik.
VonQulik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halo throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halo connects with a body shot.
Halo connects with a body shot that sends VonQulik's belly button to the back.
Halo is looking to chop away at VonQulik's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Halo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Halo wants to slow VonQulik down by chopping away at his legs.
Halo jabs VonQulik right on the nose. VonQulik blinks but takes it well.
VonQulik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. VonQulik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo dodges the punch combination from VonQulik.
Halo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. VonQulik doesn't seem bothered though.
VonQulik tries for a takedown but Halo circles away easily
letting Halo counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. VonQulik does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo connects with a body shot that sends VonQulik's belly button to the back.
Nice sprawl there from Halo as VonQulik shoots in.
Halo throws a leg kick but VonQulik sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Halo is looking to chop away at VonQulik's legs.
Halo throws a right hand that VonQulik ducks under and follows up with a left that VonQulik also avoids with ease.
Halo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and VonQulik counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by VonQulik.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
VonQulik wants to control from the top but Halo keeps moving.
VonQulik stopping the sweep attempt from Halo.
VonQulik trying to control the position from guard on top but Halo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
VonQulik might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Halo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Halo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in VonQulik's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

VonQulik looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Halo trying to control the position from guard on top but VonQulik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo preventing the sweep.

VonQulik is looking for a triangle but Halo pushes his legs off easily.
Halo forces his way into half guard.
VonQulik is looking to get back to full guard here but Halo has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
You can see the frustration on VonQulik's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
You can see the frustration on VonQulik's face as Halo controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
VonQulik tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
VonQulik struggling a bit here.
VonQulik is not content to let Halo control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michael Halo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Halo throws a big shot that misses.
Halo misses with the combination.
VonQulik fails with a takedown attempt.
Halo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
VonQulik shoots in for a takedown but Halo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
VonQulik shoots in looking for a takedown but Halo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing VonQulik's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Michael Halo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge VonQulik.
Halo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Halo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jorge VonQulik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Halo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
VonQulik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Halo throws a front kick that sends VonQulik stumbling back into the cage.
VonQulik steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Halo. That one must have hurt.
VonQulik throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Halo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
VonQulik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Jorge VonQulik has been cut.
Halo lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Michael Halo is winning the standup battle so far.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but VonQulik manages to avoid it.
Halo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from VonQulik.
Halo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Halo wants it to stay on the feet.
VonQulik looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Good leg kick by Halo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck VonQulik on the side of the head.
Halo lands a glancing blow to the side of VonQulik's head.
VonQulik on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Halo. Halo obviously looking to wear him down.
Halo digs a good hook to VonQulik's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Halo.
Michael Halo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
VonQulik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Halo to counter with a crisp jab.
VonQulik looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Halo blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jorge VonQulik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A solid leg kick lands there for Halo.
VonQulik on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Halo lands with a good body shot.
Halo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
VonQulik throws a right hand that Halo ducks under and follows up with a left that Halo also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halo misses with a few strikes there.
Halo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that VonQulik can do to turn this around?
Halo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Halo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Halo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Halo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Halo!