PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Halpert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Wall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Halpert
vs
Wall

210 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Halpert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Wall!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halpert tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halpert.
Halpert misses with a hook. Wall ducked under it nicely.
Halpert throws the left hand but Wall avoids the punch easily.
Wall jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Halpert misses.

Halpert gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Halpert tries a knee to the head but Wall blocks it.
Halpert throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wall blocks it with crossed arms.
Halpert throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halpert throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wall blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Halpert tries a knee to the head but Wall blocks it.
Wall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Halpert tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Wall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Halpert misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut lands for Wall. That snapped Halpert's head back.
Halpert throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wall on the side of the head.
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!
Wall feints a jab promting Halpert to slip. Wall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Halpert slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Jim Halpert has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halpert takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wall lands with a cross.
Halpert tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halpert misses with a head kick.
Halpert takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wall defending well as Halpert loads up on a big left hand.
Wall swinging wildly here.
Wall fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Halpert's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wall under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wall is looking to slow Halpert down with leg kicks.
Wall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wall connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Halpert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Halpert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halpert tries to clinch but Wall moves away
and Wall counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Halpert is breathing heavily.
Decent striking displayed by Halpert there.
Wall throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wall blocks a jab.
Halpert tries to clinch but Wall is having none of it.

Wall rushes Halpert and presses him up against the cage.

Wall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Halpert misses.
Wall slips a straight right by Halpert.

Wall instigates a clinch.
Halpert trying to stall but Wall improves his position.
Wall pushes Halpert back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Wall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halpert.
Wall is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Halpert had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Halpert with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halpert tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wall digs a right hand underneath Halpert's ribcage. Halpert let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Wall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Halpert misses its intended target.
Wall feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Halpert's calf.
Halpert ducks right into an uppercut from Wall.
Wall slips under a jab from Halpert.
Wall thuds his right hand into Halpert's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wall scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halpert on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wall. Wall obviously looking to wear him down.
Wall connects with the punch.

Wall darts in and clinches Halpert up against the cage.
Wall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Halpert backwards.
Halpert looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Wall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wall works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Halpert with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Wall breaks the clinch.
Wall jabs at Halpert's body.
Halpert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Wall. Beautiful body shot.
Halpert on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Wall has taken the fight to the clinch.

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

Wall has taken the fight to the clinch.

Wall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Wall.
Wall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Wall closes the distance and pushes Halpert back into the cage.
Halpert is trying to push Wall away but Wall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Wall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Halpert's cut.
That's time! Halpert's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Wall does it's job there.
Jim Halpert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wall scores with a three punch combo!
Wall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halpert.
Halpert is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wall lands a nice shot that snaps Halpert's head back.
Wall looks to land a right hand but Halpert moved out of range.
Halpert moves forwards but Wall connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good shot there by Wall.
Halpert tries to clinch up but Wall circles away and keeps his distance.
Wall scores with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halpert looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wall blocks a head kick by Halpert.
Wall connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Wall clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halpert looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Halpert tries a knee to the head but Wall blocks it.

Wall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marcus Wall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wall misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halpert checks a low kick from Wall.
Wall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Halpert blocks a low kick nicely.
Halpert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wall with a hook.
Wall lands a nice hook to Halpert's body. Halpert takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wall lands with a straight right. Halpert didn't see that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halpert looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Halpert lands a big head kick that sends Wall tumbling to the mat! Halpert takes a step backwards and waves Wall back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Marcus Wall has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wall fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Jim Halpert's cut is getting worse.
Halpert doesn't manage to clinch there - Wall circles away.
Wall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Halpert lands a really nice looking cross but Wall seems unphased.

Wall is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Halpert.
Wall is still on wobbly legs! Can Halpert finish him?
A head kick misses from Halpert.
Halpert throws a head kick but Wall moves out of range.
Halpert looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Wall instigates a clinch.
Halpert throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wall blocks it with crossed arms.
Wall misses with a punch on the inside.
Halpert working hard to break the clinch.
Wall is looking to break free of the clinch but Halpert has double underhooks.
Halpert using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Wall gets a clinch.
Halpert blocks an uppercut.
Halpert prevents a body shot from Wall.
Halpert has Wall pressed against the cage, preventing Wall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Wall manages to break the clinch.
Halpert moves in looking to clinch but Wall pushes him off.
Halpert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wall scores with a jab to the body.
Wall takes a swing at Halpert's ribcage but misses.
Wall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wall clobbers Halpert with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halpert.
Wall takes a swing at Halpert's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wall wants to get back to striking at distance but Halpert won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wall.
Halpert looking to throw knees to the head but Wall is blocking nicely.
Wall seems to have recovered his senses.

Wall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Wall moves into the clinch successfully.

Wall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Halpert takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wall scores with a body shot.
Halpert throws a sloppy head kick and Wall moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Wall as he connects with a hook.
Wall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A head kick by Halpert misses
and Wall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A good leg kick by Wall.

Wall forces Halpert back against the cage and clinches.
Wall lands a shoulder strike.

Wall manages to break the clinch.
Halpert darts in trying to clinch
and Wall counters with a thumping low kick.
Wall ducks under a wild hook from Halpert.

Wall has managed to clinch.

Wall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A hook to the body from Wall.
Halpert tries to land a knee to the head but Wall blocks with his arms.

Wall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wall works Halpert's body with a nice hook.
Wall with a hook.
Wall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wall throws a one two combo.
Wall works Halpert's body with a nice hook.
Wall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Halpert on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Wall there.
Wall scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Wall.
Halpert has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Halpert there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Wall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Halpert closes the distance but Wall moves to the side
and Wall counters with a two punch combo.
Halpert fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halpert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Halpert misses the target.
Wall scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Halpert doesn't seem bothered though.
Wall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halpert.
Wall connects with a looping right hand.
Wall throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wall connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Wall rushes Halpert and presses him up against the cage.
Halpert looking to throw knees to the head but Wall is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wall manages to break the clinch.
Halpert wants to clinch.
Halpert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halpert doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Halpert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcus Wall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wall lands with a right hand.

Wall closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Wall.
Marcus Wall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Wall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wall moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Halpert is rocked!
Halpert throws a sloppy head kick and Wall moves out of range easily.
Oh Halpert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Halpert takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Halperts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halpert thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good leg kick by Wall there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wall tries to bum rush Halpert with a series of wild strikes but Halpert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wall avoids the head kick by Halpert.
Halpert seems to have got his legs back now.
Wall scores with a jab to the body.
Wall looks to land a combination. Halpert sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wall closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Halpert! Wall dives in looking to finish! Halpert is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Wall!