PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Unski Hallavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hallavaara is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dr. dre kush. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Martin
vs
Hallavaara

196 cm
28
217 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

188 cm
34
218 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Martin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Unski Hallavaara!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Unski Hallavaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hallavaara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hallavaara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hallavaara slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Martin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martin throws a poor cross that misses

and Hallavaara counters by moving into the clinch.
Hallavaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hallavaara looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin stalling in the clinch but Hallavaara improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallavaara tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hallavaara leaning against his opponent.
Hallavaara looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
A left hand lands to the body for Hallavaara.
Martin blocks an elbow strike from Hallavaara.
Hallavaara lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Martin blocking some punches.
Martin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hallavaara with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Hallavaara on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallavaara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hallavaara avoiding damage.

Martin breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin motions for Hallavaara to come forward. Martin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Hallavaara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Hallavaara.
Martin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Hallavaara gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hallavaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
Martin has had enough of the clinch but Hallavaara keeps him there for the moment.
Hallavaara is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hallavaara lands an elbow inside that Martin shrugs off.

It looks like Michael Martin has been cut.
Hallavaara lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.

Martin manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallavaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hallavaara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin takes a swing at Hallavaara's ribcage but misses.
Hallavaara ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by Hallavaara.
Martin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Hallavaara.
Hallavaara throws a head kick that misses.
Hallavaara tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin misses with a body shot.
Hallavaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallavaara walks into a stiff left hand from Martin.
Hallavaara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hallavaara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hallavaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Hallavaara lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallavaara drops his hands momentarily and Martin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hallavaara takes a swing at Martin's ribcage but misses.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Hallavaara counters with a left to the body.
Hallavaara doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallavaara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hallavaara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Unski Hallavaara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Martin's cut.
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.

A jab from Martin misses.
Hallavaara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hallavaara closes the distance looking to clinch
and Martin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hallavaara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hallavaara tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Martin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hallavaara under the eye.
Martin throws a right hand that misses

and Hallavaara holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin throws an off balance right hand

and Hallavaara counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hallavaara.
Martin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hallavaara is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Hallavaara has him pressed against the cage.
Hallavaara misses with a punch on the inside.
Hallavaara tries a knee to the head but Martin blocks it.
Hallavaara swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.

Hallavaara closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martin.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hallavaara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hallavaara fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin is looking to chop away at Hallavaara's legs.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hallavaara.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hallavaara tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Hallavaara ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hallavaara in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hallavaara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martin.
Hallavaara wants to clinch.
Hallavaara scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallavaara will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Martin lands with an overhand left.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Hallavaara's head but Hallavaara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallavaara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hallavaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Hallavaara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hallavaara wants to clinch
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Hallavaara instigates a clinch.
Martin is trying to break free.
Hallavaara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hallavaara wants to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hallavaara trying to land knees to the body.
Hallavaara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hallavaara.
Hallavaara is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martin is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallavaara pushes Martin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hallavaara.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin looking to stall.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hallavaara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hallavaara blocks a jab.
Martin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hallavaara stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Hallavaara moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Martin takes a swing at Hallavaara's ribcage but misses.
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 Martin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Martin's cut.
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.

Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hallavaara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Hallavaara rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martin wants to break free but Hallavaara has control.
Hallavaara crunches a lovely knee into Martin's ribcage.
Hallavaara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hallavaara is leaning against Martin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Hallavaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hallavaara.
Hallavaara lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Hallavaara is working Martin over against the cage.
Hallavaara lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallavaara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hallavaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Hallavaara pushes Martin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hallavaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
Hallavaara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hallavaara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Martin prevents a body shot from Hallavaara.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallavaara lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin tries to work over Hallavaara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hallavaara lands a big knee! That's hurt Martin! Oh, he's all over the place! Hallavaara lands another knee that sends Martin to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Unski Hallavaara!
Unski Hallavaara is the new light heavyweight champion!
Post fight, an emotional Unski Hallavaara said 'Thanks to my trainer who picked me up and thanks to my team mates for helping me get better. Welcome to the new era of Hallavaara.'.