PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Col. John T. Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Breznev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John T. Hall and Dmitry Breznev. Breznev has chosen Mother Russia as his entrance music. Dmitry Breznev will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

John T. Hall
vs
Breznev

188 cm
28
281 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

200 cm
27
278 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Global MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Col. John T. Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitry Breznev!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breznev lands a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Breznev. That snapped Hall's head back.
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Breznev connects with a single shot there.
Breznev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Breznev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hall.
Hall throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Breznev does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Breznev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hall at a distance.
Hall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Breznev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hall throws a hook but Breznev blocks it.
Breznev cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.
Breznev misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Breznev swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Breznev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hall has time to react.
Breznev throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Col. John T. Hall has been cut.
Breznev tries to work over Hall's front leg with a kick but Hall checks it.
Breznev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A clash of legs there as Breznev blocks the low kick.
Breznev lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Breznev.
Breznev has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Breznev throws a hook but Hall blocks it.
Breznev fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hall checks it well.
Hall tries to land a front kick but Breznev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Breznev catches Hall right on the button with a cross.
Breznev is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Breznev thuds a left hand into Hall's body.
Breznev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Breznev.
Breznev checks a leg kick.
Breznev lands a nice shot that snaps Hall's head back.
Breznev misses with a low kick.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hall throws a wild body kick that Breznev sees coming a mile off.
Hall pivots, looking for a leg kick but Breznev is out of range and Hall settles back down.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Breznev is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A clash of legs there as Breznev blocks the low kick.
Hall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Hall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Breznev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hall takes one to the chin there.
Dmitry Breznev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hall avoids a kick to the body.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Breznev.
Breznev lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Breznev scores with a nice strike.
Breznev cracks Hall with an open hand slap.
Breznev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hall had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Breznev works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Breznev thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breznev throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Decent striking displayed by Breznev there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Breznev.
Breznev digs a good hook to Hall's body.
Breznev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Breznev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Breznev. That's going to slow Hall down.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Breznev lands with an uppercut that bounces Hall off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Breznev connects with a right hand. Hall shakes it off.
Breznev works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Breznev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Col. John T. Hall's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Breznev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Breznev blocks a leg kick.
Hall doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hall takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Breznev is able to avoid easily.
Breznev avoids the body shot from Hall.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Breznev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Breznev with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Breznev. Breznev obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hall takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Breznev lands a jab to Hall's midsection.
Breznev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Breznev.
A nice inside leg kick there by Breznev. That's going to slow Hall down.
Hall looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Breznev throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hall might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Breznev.
Breznev just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Breznev.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Breznev manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Breznev, right into the meat.
Breznev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Breznev cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.
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!
Breznev scores with a nice strike.
Hall is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breznev lands a nice looking body shot.
Hall is looking to wear down Breznev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hall moves out of range of the body kick from Breznev.
Breznev motions for Hall to come forward. Breznev throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Breznev lands.
Breznev throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hall makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Breznev really felt that one!
Breznev with a nice cross.
Breznev connects with a body shot.
Breznev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Horrible takedown by Hall or perhaps it was just good defense by Breznev which made him look bad.
Breznev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Breznev connects with the punch.
Breznev's corner calls for a 1-2. Breznev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Breznev lands a body shot.
Hall blocks a head kick by Breznev.
Breznev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Breznev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hall will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Breznev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slapping body kick lands there for Breznev.
Dmitry Breznev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Breznev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Breznev just misses with a punch to the body.
Breznev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Breznev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Breznev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Breznev scores with a hook to the body. Hall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Breznev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Breznev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Breznev works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Breznev cracks Hall with a good jab.
Hall misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheers as Breznev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hall doesn't seem phased though.
Hall avoids the body shot from Breznev.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Breznev cracks Hall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Breznev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Decent striking displayed by Breznev there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Breznev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Col. John T. Hall's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Breznev takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Good work by Hall as he checks the leg kick.
Hall misses with a leg kick
and Hall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hall checks a low kick from Breznev.
A clash of legs there as Breznev blocks the low kick.
Hall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Breznev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Breznev throws a leg kick but Hall sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hall cracks the inside of Breznev's front leg.
Hall shoots for a takedown but Breznev saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Breznev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Breznev misses.
Breznev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hall momentarily.
Breznev cracks Hall with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hall throws a jab when Breznev was well out of range.
Breznev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hall blocks the body kick.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from Breznev.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Breznev.
Hall slips a jab from Breznev.
Hall misses with a kick to the body
and Breznev counters with a left to the body.
Col. John T. Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Breznev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hall scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Breznev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Breznev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Breznev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Breznev throws the kick towards the body but Hall avoids it.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Breznev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Breznev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Breznev works the jab nicely.
Hall fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Breznev punishes Hall's body with a nice straight punch.
Hall throws the left hand but Breznev avoids the punch easily.
Hall thows a body shot but no joy.
Breznev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hall, right into the meat.
Breznev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Breznev connects with a body shot.
Breznev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Breznev slips under a jab.
Dmitry Breznev is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breznev scores with a body shot.
Breznev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Breznev misses the shot to the body.
Breznev digs a good body shot into Hall's ribs.
Breznev thumps Hall with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Breznev scores with a four punch combination!
A nice inside leg kick there by Hall. That's going to slow Breznev down.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Hall.
Breznev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hall takes a shot right to the bread basket.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitry Breznev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Breznev has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitry Breznev!