PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Spenser Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Champ.. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Nukem
vs
Halo

180 cm
20
146 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

176 cm
27
144 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry
Hopkins Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spenser Nukem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cristiano Halo!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nukem moves into the clinch.
Nukem blocks an elbow strike from Halo.
Halo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nukem tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nukem tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nukem swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nukem looking to throw knees to the head but Halo is blocking nicely.
Halo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nukem avoids it.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nukem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nukem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Halo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Halo's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nukem.
Halo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Halo blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo misses with an elbow strike.
Nukem's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nukem lands a good knee to the midsection. Halo won't want to take too many of those.
Halo trying to control the position but instead, Nukem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Halo into the cage.
Knees to the body from Halo.
Halo trying to control the position but instead, Nukem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Halo into the cage.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nukem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Halo blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nukem misses with a punch to the body.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Cristiano Halo has been cut.
Nukem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nukem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nukems head.
Nukem leaning his opponent against the cage.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nukem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo lands a body punch.
Nukem lands an elbow inside.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halo managing to block the knees to the body from Nukem.
Nukem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nukem tries to land a knee to the head but Halo blocks with his arms.
Halo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
Nukem misses with a knee to the head.
Halo taking a breather.
Nukem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nukem has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Nukem really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nukem throws a head punch that misses.
Nukem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Halo blocks it with crossed arms.
Nukem looking to throw knees to the head but Halo is blocking nicely.
Nukem misses with a knee to the head.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nukem has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nukem throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nukem landing knees to the body.
Nukem blocking some punches.
Halo managing to block the knees to the body from Nukem.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Halo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nukem working aggressively here.
Nukem tries a knee to the head but Halo blocks it.
Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo tries a knee to the head but Nukem blocks it.
Nukem tries a knee to the head but Halo blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nukem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Nukem - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Halo dodges an elbow strike from Nukem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spenser Nukem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cristiano Halo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Halo fails with a takedown attempt.

Nukem has managed to clinch.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
Nukem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Halo managing to block the knees to the body from Nukem.
Halo stalling in the clinch but Nukem improves position.
Nukem misses with a knee to the head.
Halo looking to stall.
Halo blocks an elbow strike from Nukem.
Nukem missing with knees to the body.
Nukem dodges an elbow strike from Halo.
Nukem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nukem managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Nukem is blocking nicely.
Nukem blocks an uppercut.
Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nukem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Halo's face.
Nukem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nukem managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
Halo lands a nice knee to the body.
Halo is trying to maintain a safe position but Nukem gets an underhook and turns Halo into the cage.
Nukem lands a knee to the head.
Halo avoiding damage as Nukem throws knees to the body.
Spenser Nukem has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Halo tries to throw a body punch but Nukem avoids it by throwing Halo back against the cage.
Nukem misses with a body punch.
Nukem misses with a knee to the head.
Halo lands a right hand.
Halo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nukem is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Nukem controls the action.
Halo misses with a knee to the head.
Nukem lands a nice knee to the body.
Nukem scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halo avoids a wild elbow strike from Nukem.
Nukem lands a good knee to the midsection. Halo won't want to take too many of those.
Nukem looking to throw knees to the head but Halo is blocking nicely.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Halo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Halo digs a right hand into Nukem's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nukem's gas tank.
Nukem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Halo blocks it with crossed arms.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Halo shrugs off.
Halo tries to throw a body punch but Nukem avoids it by throwing Halo back against the cage.
Nukem tries to land knees in the clinch but Halo avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Halo misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Nukem.
Nukem content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nukem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nukem looking to throw knees to the head but Halo is blocking nicely.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
Halo misses with a knee to the head.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
Nukem avoiding damage as Halo throws knees to the body.
Nukem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo is looking to control Nukem's arms but Nukem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Halo has his back to the cage.
Halo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nukem.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nukem working Halo over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo takes an elbow to the temple.
Nukem misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Nukem to work.
Nukem swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nukem struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Nukem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Halo's face.
Nukem swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nukem avoids a wild elbow strike from Halo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nukem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halo lands an elbow that stopped Nukem in his tracks for a moment.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
Nukem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Halo blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spenser Nukem dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cristiano Halo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nukem moves into the clinch.
Nukem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nukem avoids it.
Nukem wants to stall.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Halo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nukem.
Halo blocks an elbow strike from Nukem.
Nukem throws a head punch that misses.
Nukem slowing the pace effectively.
Halo trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nukem.
Nukem throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Nukem.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
Nukem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Halo tries to throw a body punch but Nukem avoids it by throwing Halo back against the cage.
Nukem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Halo.
Stalling in the clinch from Nukem.
Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nukem misses with some punches.
Halo working Nukem over with knees to the body.
Nukem stalls.
Halo taking a breather.
Nukem blocks an elbow strike.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nukem has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nukem tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nukem.
Halo lands a nice uppercut.
Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nukem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Halo's brow.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo blocks a body shot from Nukem.
Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Nukem avoids the damage to the body.
Nukem scores with a knee to the head.
Nukem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nukem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nukem lands with a right to the head.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Halo shrugs off.
Halo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Halo dodges an elbow strike from Nukem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Halo.
Nukem has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but Nukem blocks with his arms.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo avoids a wild elbow strike from Nukem.
Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Nukem is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Nukem to work.
Cristiano Halo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nukem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nukem is struggling to control the position.
Nukem wants to stall.
Halo misses with the head strike.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem misses with some punches.
Nukem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nukem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Halo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nukem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Halo's face.
Halo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nukem is defending well for now.
Nukem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Nukem missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Halo throws an elbow but misses.
Nukem on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Halo crunches a lovely knee into Nukem's ribcage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of Nukem's head.
Nukem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spenser Nukem is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spenser Nukem showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nukem has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spenser Nukem!