PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royston McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - Hell's Bells. McDonald has chosen Nicole - By Ash as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hall
vs
McDonald

178 cm
27
179 lbs
24 - 6 - 1

177 cm
23
184 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royston McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall throws a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hall.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
McDonald misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Hall.
Hall tries to clinch but McDonald is having none of it.
McDonald tries to land a body kick
and Hall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Royston McDonald has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall connects with a leg kick. McDonald looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McDonald looks gassed!
Hall sizes up McDonald with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Hall moves into the clinch successfully.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McDonald's elbow.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of McDonald backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hall is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
Hall prevents a body shot from McDonald.
Hall landing knees to the head.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hall lands with a light punch inside.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That has opened up Royston McDonald's cut even more.
McDonald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from McDonald fails to land.
Hall has McDonald pressed against the cage, preventing McDonald from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McDonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
McDonald struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
McDonald misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald blocks an elbow strike.
McDonald tries to break the clinch but Hall is controlling the position.
Hall using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDonald.
McDonald tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall tries to work over McDonald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. McDonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hall works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Hall avoiding damage.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but McDonald leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from McDonald fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall blocks a body shot from McDonald.
McDonald misses with a punch to the body.
Hall utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McDonald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDonald.
Hall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McDonald.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McDonald tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McDonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
McDonald misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. McDonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hall is working McDonald over against the cage.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
McDonald throws a head punch that misses.
McDonald misses with some punches.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
McDonald misses with some punches.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royston McDonald's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall cracks McDonald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sam Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall is looking to slow McDonald down with leg kicks.
Sam Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. McDonald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

The cut above Royston McDonald's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonald needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.

McDonald is rocked!

Hall cracks McDonald with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! McDonald looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hall finish him?
McDonald is still on wobbly legs! Can Hall finish him?

Royston McDonald's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McDonald looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hall knocks out McDonald with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Hall before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Hall picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sam Hall!
Sam Hall retains his welterweight title!
In his post fight interview, Sam Hall gave a big smile as he said 'My name it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all, damn your eyes!'.