PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Pelono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Halo
vs
Pelono

191 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
211 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Solomon Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Denis Pelono!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Halo closes the distance and pushes Pelono back into the cage.
Halo is pressed up against the cage. Pelono has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Halo down to the mat. Halo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halo misses the shot to the body.
Halo closes the distance but Pelono moves to the side
and Pelono counters with a solid body kick.
Pelono takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Halo gets a clinch.
Halo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halo lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelono is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Halo is defending well.
Halo presses Pelono against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pelono on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Halo.
Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pelono looks winded!
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Pelono backwards.
Pelono should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Halo lands with a short shot to the head.
Halo is working Pelono over against the cage.
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!
Halo scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Denis Pelono has been cut.
A body shot lands from Halo.
Halo digs a right hand into Pelono's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pelono's gas tank.
A body shot lands from Halo.
Halo lands a knee to the head.
Halo lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelono lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halo connects with a knee to the head.
Halo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Halo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
Halo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Halo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Halo scores with a knee to the head.
Halo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelono in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Halo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pelono's face.
Halo lands a body punch.
Halo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pelono or not.
Halo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Halo lands a right hand.
Halo landing knees to the head.
Halo gets through Pelono's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halo works on Pelono's body with a couple of short punches.
Halo lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Halo obliges.
Halo landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelono takes a shot to the head.
Halo lands with a short shot to the head.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Halo.
Knees to the body from Halo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Halo.
Halo cracks Pelono with a nice body shot.
Halo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Halo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Halo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denis Pelono's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Halo jabs at Pelono's body.
Halo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pelono can do to turn this around?
Halo moves in looking to clinch but Pelono pushes him off.
Halo doesn't manage to clinch there - Pelono circles away.
Halo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Halo forces Pelono back against the cage and clinches.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Pelono backwards.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
Pelono has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Halo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pelono can turn it around.
Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pelono backwards.
Halo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pelono is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Halo landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Halo.
Halo landing knees to the body.
Pelono is breathing heavily.
Halo with a knee to the head.

Pelono is rocked!
Halo controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Solomon Halo!