PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vili Antonini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Halder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Antonini
vs
Halder

192 cm
26
255 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ultimate Fighting Gear

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vili Antonini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blake Halder!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antonini misses with a series of wild punches.
Antonini walks into a jab.

It looks like Vili Antonini has been cut.
Halder throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halder fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Antonini is breathing heavily.

Halder drops his shoulder and cracks Antonini with a huge uppercut! Antonini goes down! Can Halder finish him?
Antonini on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Antonini tries to get out of the position.
Halder slips nicely into half guard.
Halder working over Antonini with some ground and pound. Antonini looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Halder lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Antonini is rocked!
Halder slows the pace down in half guard.
Halder working Antonini over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halder takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Halder seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Halder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Halder perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Halder winds up and cracks Antonini with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Halder seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Antonini is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Halder scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halder scores with a big shot! Antonini's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Antonini! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Halder!