PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gawain Orucai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orucai comes to the cage accompanied by When Worlds Collide. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orucai
vs
Hall

160 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

150 cm
19
140 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gawain Orucai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Hall!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Orucai clinches up against the cage.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of Orucai backwards.

It looks like Gawain Orucai has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Orucai is rocked!
Hall dodges an elbow strike from Orucai.
Orucai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orucai misses with an elbow over the top.
I was talking to Orucai's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Orucai misses with a punch to the body.
Orucai wants to stall.
Hall gets through Orucai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Orucai trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orucai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orucais head.
Oh Orucai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orucais head.
Orucai pushes off an throws an elbow but Hall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hall blocks an elbow strike from Orucai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Orucai seems to have got his legs back now.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orucai tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
Orucai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Orucai.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Orucai's head.
Hall lands an uppercut.
Orucai is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hall to keep the fight standing.
Orucai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orucai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orucai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Orucai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
Hall misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orucai backwards.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Orucai's head.
Hall misses with some punches.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orucai backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Orucai! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hall is unloading with more strikes now! Orucai drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Hall!