PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sen Sational (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Hall has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hall
vs
Sational

190 cm
27
247 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

198 cm
19
260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sen Sational!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sational swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sational blocks a jab.
Sational throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Sational staying out of range there.
Sational with a hook.
Sational just misses with a punch to the body.

Hall fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sational, pushing him back against the cage.
Hall is leaning against Sational and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall stalling.
Sational blocks a body shot from Hall.
Sational is trying to pull guard but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Sational being controlled against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sational tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hall just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from Hall - that landed with a thud.
Hall pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sational tries to pull guard but Hall holds him up against the cage and eventually Sational drops back down to his feet.
Jimmy Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sen Sational.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sational's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hall.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Sational goes for a takedown attempt but Hall pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sational uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
Sational moves out of range as Hall strikes.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Jimmy Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hall looks to land a combination but Sational avoids it well.
Jimmy Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sational throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Sational fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall throws a looping overhand right but Sational ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but Sational is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Sational does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sational.
Sational throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hall darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Hall closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sational's elbow.
Hall leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sational backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sational fails to pull guard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Sational tries to tie him up.
Hall leaning against his opponent.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hall takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sational tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall has Sational pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Sational.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Hall dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hall misses with a right hand
and Sational counters with a left and a right that stings Hall.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sational.
Sational swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sational dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Hall misses.
Hall avoids a kick to the body.
Sational fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Sational throws a series of punches but Hall moves out of range.
Sational works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Hall misses with a series of wild punches.
Sational throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Sational misses with the combination.
Hall takes a swing at Sational's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sational.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sational swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sational misses with a head kick.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sational was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Hall takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but Sational is just out of range.
Sational lands a nice hook to Hall's body. Hall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sational slips under a jab.
Sational fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sational takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sational misses with a series of wild punches.
Sational fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Sational misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Sational sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall misses with a hook. Sational ducked under it nicely.
Sational is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hall rather than just go for the knockout.
Hall misses with a shot to the body
and Sational counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sational slips under a jab from Hall.
Sational swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Hall avoids the body shot from Sational.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sational displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hall throws out the jab.
Sational blocks a jab.
Sational looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
Sational looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Sational is out of range.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sational fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sational misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Sational will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sational fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Hall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sational takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hall misses with a straight right.

Sational shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hall keeping control of the position.
Sational wants to pass the guard but Hall is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sational content to control rather than advance.

Sational is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sational is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hall reverses the position - he's now on top in Sational's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sen Sational will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sational throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sational uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Sational ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Sational swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sational lands with a nice body punch.
Sational misses with the combination.
Sational misses with a body shot.
Hall lunges at Sational with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sational's hand.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sational manages to avoid it.
Hall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hall avoids the head kick by Sational.
Hall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sational misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sational is looking to score with low kicks.
Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sational moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sational shoots in looking for a takedown but Hall manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sational's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sational keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall misses with an uppercut
and Sational counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hall's knee momentarily.
Hall looks to land a right hand but Sational moved out of range.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hall is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sational swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sational uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
A telegraphed right hand from Hall misses the target.
Sational misses with a wild combination.
Hall misses with a combination
and Sational counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sational misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sational swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall throws a hook but Sational blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sational circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall tries to clinch but Sational moves out of range.
Hall clobbers Sational with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hall shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sational throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sational throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Sational looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sational fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sational looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sational takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sational swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sational tries to land a front kick but Hall steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hall misses with a lunging right hand
and Sational counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sational throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Hall missing with a left hand there. Sational was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses the shot to the body.
Sational will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hall takes the fight into the clinch.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Sational controls his hands.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall is stalling here.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall cracks Sational with a nice body shot.
Jimmy Hall has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Hall will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sational up against the cage.
Sational fails to pull guard.
Sational is trying to pull guard but Hall turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jimmy Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sen Sational.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sational is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hall pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
Hall has Sational pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hall has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Hall!