PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall's entrance music is AC/DC - Hell's Bells. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hall
vs
Painija

178 cm
31
182 lbs
36 - 7 - 2

160 cm
28
176 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pauli Painija!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Painija throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hall lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Painija has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Painija and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Painija tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Painija misses the shot to the body.

Painija moves into the clinch.
Painija takes an elbow to the temple.
Painija tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Pauli Painija has been cut.
Painija missing with knees to the body.
Painija throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Painija tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Hall lands an elbow inside that Painija shrugs off.
Painija lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall with a knee to the head.
Hall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hall.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Painija throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall throws a leg kick which misses Painija's front leg but catches the back leg as Painija tries to avoid it.
Hall is looking to score with low kicks.
Painija falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hall counters with a good low kick that Painija was not able to check.
Painija misses with a low kick as Hall jumps back.
Painija is looking to clinch.
Painija dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a front kick aimed at Painija's knee but Painija avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Painija ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Painija.
Painija checks a leg kick nicely.
Painija checks the leg kick.
Hall moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Painija shoots in for a takedown but Hall shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Painija waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hall.
Painija tries to clinch but Hall moves out of range.
Hall lands with a kick to the temple. Painija shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sam Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Painija throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hall lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Painija has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Painija and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hall scoring well with a low kick there.
Painija tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Painija misses the shot to the body.
Painija shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hall defends it nicely.
Hall defending well as Painija loads up on a big left hand.
Painija ducks right into an uppercut from Hall.
Painija fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall takes a swing at Painija's ribcage but misses.
Painija looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Hall throws a low kick, looking for Painija's leg but Painija calmly moves out of range.
Painija misses with a lunging right hand
and Painija takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Painija shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hall as he avoids it easily.
Sam Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pauli Painija.
Painija tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Painija misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Painija looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Painija misses with a body punch

and Hall counters with a head kick that drops Painija to the mat! Painija scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Painija is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Painija misses with a combination
and Hall counters with a nice leg kick.
Painija is still on wobbly legs! Can Hall finish him?
Painija looks gassed!
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Painija gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Hall gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Hall!
Sam Hall retains his welterweight title!
Post fight, Sam Hall took to the microphone: 'Hey, Jane! You still got some hype, belongs to me. Ya wanna give it up quietly, or do I have to come and get it?'.