PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johann Joensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joensen comes into the arena with Gasolina blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hall's choice of entrance music: AC/DC - Hell's Bells. Sam Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Joensen
vs
Hall

180 cm
37
170 lbs
34 - 23 - 0

178 cm
34
182 lbs
43 - 12 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johann Joensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joensen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Joensen scores with a push kick.
Joensen throws a solid leg kick but Hall takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joensen.
Hall thuds his right hand into Joensen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Johann Joensen has been cut.
Hall defending well as Joensen loads up on a big left hand.
Joensen cracks Hall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Joensen tries to bum rush Hall with a series of wild strikes but Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joensen.
Joensen throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Joensen cracks Hall with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Joensen moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
Hall slows down the pace here.
Joensen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Joensen content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joensen.
Hall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Joensen is leaning against Hall and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joensen tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Joensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Joensen is blocking nicely.
Joensen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hall misses with an elbow over the top.
Joensen blocks an elbow strike.
Joensen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
A short left from Joensen.
Hall lands a left hand.
Hall misses with some punches.
Joensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Joensen's ribcage.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joensen misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores a nice knee to the body.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Joensen avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Hall lands a nice elbow.

Johann Joensen's cut is getting worse.
Hall lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joensen backwards.
Hall utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Joensen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Joensen fails to land.
Joensen working aggressively here.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Joensen avoids the damage to the body.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Joensen.
Joensen works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joensen backwards.
Joensen has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Joensen avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joensen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Joensen.

Joensen breaks from the clinch.
Hall lands a jab.
Joensen drops his hands momentarily and Hall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Joensen is rocked!

Johann Joensen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Oh Joensen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hall throws a hook to the side of Joensen's head but Joensen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joensen seems to have got his legs back now.
Hall with a nice cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Hall checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Joensen clobbers Hall with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Joensen's head.

Hall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Joensen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joensen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Joensen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hall creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joensen's defenses.
Hall takes a knee to the side of the body.
Joensen tries to land a knee to the head but Hall blocks with his arms.
Joensen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
Joensen misses with a punch to the body.
Hall blocking some punches.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joensen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall scores with a hook to the body. Joensen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joensen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hall to score with a decent uppercut.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Joensen gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Hall gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Joensen is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Hall!
Sam Hall looked relieved post fight as he said the following; '2 more fights to go and then I'm coming for you, Father Time...'.