PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borden Chantry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halo has chosen I am a Nightmare Walking as his entrance music. Borden Chantry could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gabriel Halo's chin.

Chantry
vs
Halo

188 cm
27
212 lbs
16 - 5 - 3

188 cm
36
215 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Mohito Fightwear

Conquer
KnockOut

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 16 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borden Chantry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Halo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo blocks a jab.
Chantry has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Chantry throws a right and a left that Halo avoids nicely.
Halo lands a jab to Chantry's midsection.
Chantry misses with a hook. Halo ducked under it nicely.

Chantry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chantry misses with a punch on the inside.
Chantry blocks the elbow strike.
Chantry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Halo.
Chantry is looking to control Halo's arms but Halo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chantry has his back to the cage.
Chantry misses with the head strike.
Chantry tries to circle away but Halo has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chantry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Halo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chantry can't break the clinch.
Chantry tries to stall but Halo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chantry swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chantry misses with a body punch.
Halo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chantry takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Borden Chantry has been cut.
Chantry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chantry.
Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chantry backwards.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Chantry backwards.
Chantry swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chantry lands a nice uppercut.
Chantry struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Chantry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
Halo stalling.
Chantry working aggressively here.
Chantry takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chantry working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chantry can't break the clinch.
Chantry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halo is keeping busy.
Halo controlling the action here for a moment.
Halo lands a nice shot to the body.
Chantry misses with some punches.
Chantry tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.
Chantry pushes Halo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chantry.
Halo lands a nice uppercut.
Chantry lands with a left to the head.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chantry misses with some punches.
Chantry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halo throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Chantry fails to land.

Chantry manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chantry throws a sloppy head kick and Halo moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Halo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chantry half committed to a counter leg kick.
Halo swats away the attempt to clinch by Chantry.
Halo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Halo scores with a body shot.
Halo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chantry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chantry tries to clinch up but Halo circles away and keeps his distance.
Chantry tests Halo's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Gabriel Halo has been cut.
No joy there for Chantry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chantry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chantry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Halo manages to circle out of the way.
Chantry throws a right hand that misses

and Halo counters with a head kick that drops Chantry to the mat! Chantry scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Chantry is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo steps in with a hook that catches Chantry right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Halo follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Chantry looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Halo!
During a confident post fight interview, Gabriel Halo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.