PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Bezoink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica-Nothing else matters . The crowd seem to be enjoying Bezoink's choice of entrance music: Fuel. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hall
vs
Bezoink

189 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Bezoink!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bezoink tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Good leg kick by Bezoink there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bezoink stuffs the takedown attempt from Hall. Hall gets slowly back to his feet.

Hall shoots in and bounces Bezoink off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Bezoink is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bezoink wants to stand but Hall is controlling the position.
Hall showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezoink is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hall slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tito Hall just wasn't active enough.
Bezoink slaps away a takedown attempt from Hall, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bezoink misses with the combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hall.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bezoink clinches up with Hall and pushes him back against the cage.
Bezoink blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to circle away but Bezoink has him pinned against the cage.
Bezoink working aggressively here.
Bezoink taking a breather.
Hall tries for a takedown but Bezoink manages to get underhooks.
Bezoink tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bezoink defends it nicely.
We've been told by Hall's head coaches at BLACKSMITH GYM - THE 25 Coach Las Vegas Mega-Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hall avoids the head kick by Bezoink.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Tito Hall has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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.
Hall throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bezoink's waist but Bezoink gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hall off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hall takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bezoink wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Bezoink with a hook.
Hall changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bezoink tries to avoid it but Hall manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bezoink to the ground. Bezoink escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
We've been informed that Bezoink has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Bezoink closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bezoink lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Hall is pressed up against the cage. Bezoink has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hall down to the mat. Hall avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bezoink tries to clinch but Hall moves out of range.

Bezoink moves into the clinch.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bezoink tries a head kick but it misses.

Hall looking to score a takedown here. Bezoink is defending well but Hall drives through and ends up in Bezoink's guard.
Bezoink really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hall. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bezoink wants to stand and escape but Hall is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink controls Hall momentarily but Hall frees himself.
Bezoink looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hall is one step ahead there.
Hall stays in close to Bezoink's body and controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall passes into half guard.
Bezoink wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Bezoink dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tito Hall's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hall avoids the head kick by Bezoink.
Bezoink leaves Hall with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bezoink is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Bezoink stuffs the takedown.
Bezoink scores with a spinning back kick!
Ernie Bezoink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall shoots in for a takedown but Bezoink shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Bezoink. No joy for Hall on that attempt.
Hall has a takedown stuffed.
Bezoink throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Bezoink stalks Hall and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hall's face. Hall staggers backwards, shaken.
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!

Bezoink lands a big head kick that sends Hall tumbling to the mat! Bezoink takes a step backwards and waves Hall back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Hall is rocked!
Bezoink looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Bezoink backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Hall's temple! It sends Hall violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Bezoink celebrates and the doctors try to help Hall!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Ernie Bezoink!
Ernie Bezoink decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.