PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Vahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AC/DC - Hell's Bells. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hall
vs
Vahti

178 cm
35
179 lbs
44 - 13 - 2

180 cm
30
182 lbs
23 - 9 - 2

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 44 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karri Vahti!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall blocks the body kick.
Karri Vahti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall takes a swing at Vahti's ribcage but misses.
Vahti moves out of range as Hall throws a body kick.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vahti.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hall.
The fighters circling - Hall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Vahti. That one must have hurt.
Hall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vahti loads up on a big right hand but Hall slips the punch.
Vahti avoids the head kick by Hall.
Hall misses the jab.
Vahti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hall thumps Vahti with a low kick.
Hall has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vahti lands with a nice body punch.
Vahti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Vahti takes a kick to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hall.
Hall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vahti tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Vahti.
Hall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vahti. That did some damage!
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vahti.
Hall lands a front kick.
Vahti moves out of range as Hall throws a body kick.

Vahti clinches up against the cage.
Vahti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Vahti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vahti is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns Vahti into the cage.
Vahti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Vahti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vahti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Vahti.
Vahti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vahti avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.

Vahti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vahti looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
Hall cracks Vahti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Vahti has closed the distance and engaged Hall in a clinch.
Hall lands a good knee to the midsection. Vahti won't want to take too many of those.

Vahti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vahti misses with a body shot.
Vahti missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vahti manages to avoid it.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vahti was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Vahti slips a straight right by Hall.
Vahti tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
No joy there for Vahti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vahti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Hall lands with a straight right. Vahti didn't see that one coming.
Hall looks to land a left hand but Vahti moved out of range nicely.
Vahti swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Hall throws out a loose jab but Vahti uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Vahti misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vahti.
Vahti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Karri Vahti has been cut.
Vahti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hall throws a looping overhand right but Vahti ducks down to avoid it.
Hall throws a front kick that sends Vahti stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vahti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall looks to land a body kick but Vahti moved away.
Vahti lands with a nice body kick.
Hall throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Vahti misses the target.
Vahti swings widly with a right hand
and Hall counters with a nice leg kick.

Vahti clinches up with Hall and pushes him back against the cage.
Vahti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vahti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hall tries a body shot but Vahti blocks it.
Hall is leaning against Vahti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hall looking to slow down the pace here.
Hall has Vahti pressed against the cage, preventing Vahti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vahti working aggressively here.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vahti looks winded!
A short right from Vahti on the inside.
Vahti lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Vahti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Vahti blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vahti tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Vahti controls the action.
Vahti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vahti avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sam Hall will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karri Vahti's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vahti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall scores with a hook.
Vahti avoids the body shot from Hall.
Vahti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hall.
Vahti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hall is able to avoid easily.
Hall misses with a straight right.
Hall staying out of range there.
Vahti wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall connects with a leg kick. Vahti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hall scores with a one two! Vahti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Vahti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Vahti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vahti's hands.
Hall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hall throws a head kick but Vahti moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Vahti tenderised Hall's leg. Hall is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vahti throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Vahti misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hall throws a head kick but Vahti moves out of range.
Vahti throws a leg kick which misses Hall's front leg but catches the back leg as Hall tries to avoid it.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vahti moves away.
Vahti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Vahti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Hall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hall walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vahti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hall misses with a body kick.
Vahti misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Hall catches Vahti right on the button with a cross.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vahti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vahti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vahti throws a push kick but Hall slaps the foot to one side.
Vahti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vahti cracks Hall with a good jab.
A punch lands to the side of Vahti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vahti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vahti moves out of range as Hall throws a body kick.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vahti.
Vahti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall lands with a right hand.
Vahti throws a solid leg kick but Hall takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vahti.
Hall connects with the punch.
Hall misses with a low kick.
Vahti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Vahti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahti wants to clinch.
Hall misses with a looping left.
Vahti tries to bum rush Hall with a series of wild strikes but Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vahti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hall sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vahti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vahti avoids a kick to the body.
Vahti missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vahti.
Vahti throws a front kick that sends Hall stumbling back into the cage.
Vahti cracks Hall with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hall tries a head kick but it misses.
Sam Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Vahti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vahti throws a push kick but Hall slaps the foot to one side.
Vahti throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vahti avoids the body shot from Hall.

Hall gets tackled into the cage by Vahti. Vahti maintains the clinch.
Hall tries a body shot but Vahti blocks it.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall letting Vahti take a breather here.

Vahti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hall drives through and clinches with Vahti against the cage.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Vahti controls the action.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vahti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vahti stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Vahti's ribcage.
Vahti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karri Vahti's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hall lands a nice looking body kick.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Hall swings for the body but Vahti moves out of range.
Hall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Vahti thuds his right hand into Hall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vahti throws a series of punches but Hall moves out of range.
Vahti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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!
Vahti darts in trying to clinch
and Hall counters with a left to the body.
Vahti misses with a body shot.
Hall avoids the body shot from Vahti.
Vahti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vahti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hall checks it well.
Vahti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Vahti's head.
Vahti scores with a push kick.
Hall misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Vahti.
Vahti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Vahti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Vahti takes one to the side of the head.
Hall misses with a leg kick.
Hall throws a head kick but Vahti moves out of range.
Hall loads up on a big right hand but Vahti slips the punch.
Vahti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Vahti.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vahti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hall.
A left and a right from Vahti both land. Nice combination.

Hall is rocked!
Hall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vahti catches Hall with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Hall forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Karri Vahti!
Karri Vahti seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.