PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hall
vs
Huerta

182 cm
37
179 lbs
19 - 40 - 0

195 cm
36
270 lbs
15 - 21 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 19 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall throws a looping overhand right but Huerta ducks down to avoid it.
Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Huerta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hall displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hall throws a right hand that Huerta ducks under and follows up with a left that Huerta also avoids with ease.
Huerta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hall throws a right and a left that Huerta avoids nicely.
Hall looks to land a combination but Huerta avoids it well.
Hall tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Huerta counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hall misses with a double jab.
Huerta slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Hall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hall is looking to clinch.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huerta.
Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Hall looks to land a combination. Huerta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huerta.
Hall misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta slips under a jab from Hall.
Hall throws a series of punches but Huerta avoids them all with ease.
Huerta tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Hall tries to bum rush Huerta with a series of wild strikes but Huerta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Huerta throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Hall tries to score with a low kick but Huerta moves his leg out of the way.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huerta.
A bone on bone clash there as Huerta blocks the leg kick.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Huerta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huerta scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall dodges the punch combination from Huerta.
Huerta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Huerta blocks a leg kick.
Hall looks to land a combination but Huerta avoids it well.
Hall misses with a double jab
and Huerta counters with a big head kick but Hall shrugs it off.
Huerta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Huerta is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a combination
and Huerta counters with a low kick, right behind Hall 's knee.
Huerta throws a right hand that Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Hall also avoids with ease.

Huerta clinches up against the cage.
Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hall is trying to break free.
Hall prevents a body shot from Huerta.
Huerta prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Huerta counters with a series of strikes. Hall will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Hall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huerta slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Hall dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hall throws a hook but Huerta avoids it easily.
Huerta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huerta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hall tries to clinch up.
Huerta checks a leg kick.

Huerta pushes Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Huerta misses with a body punch.
Huerta swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall goes for a takedown attempt but Huerta pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hall buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hall here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall throws a series of punches but Huerta moves out of range.
Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huerta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall tries to clinch there but Huerta circles away.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jesse Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Huerta moves out of range of the strikes.
Huerta avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to clinch
and Huerta counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Huerta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hall counters with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Huerta.

Hall gets tackled into the cage by Huerta. Huerta maintains the clinch.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall lands with an overhand left.
Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jesse Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huerta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hall throws out the jab.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huerta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a hook to the side of Huerta's head but Huerta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Jesse Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huerta blocks a jab.
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huerta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Huerta moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Huerta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Huerta prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Huerta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall has had enough of the clinch but Huerta keeps him there for the moment.
Hall is working for takedown but Huerta is calmly controlling the position for now.
Good body shot from Huerta.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huerta landing knees to the body.
Huerta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Huerta lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hall is rocked!
Huerta lands with a left to the head.
Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Huerta lands a nice uppercut.
Huerta pushes Hall against the cage. Huerta is working some dirty boxing. Huerta pushes off with a quick right hook! Hall goes down! Hall tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Huerta moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Huerta!