PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Val Halla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crom The Cimmerian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Cimmerian has chosen Anvil of Crom as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Halla
vs
The Cimmerian

195 cm
25
257 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Val Halla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Crom The Cimmerian!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Cimmerian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halla throws out the jab.
The Cimmerian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Halla at a distance.
Halla misses with a body shot.
Halla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by The Cimmerian as he connects with a hook.
Halla looks to score with a jab to the body but The Cimmerian is just out of range.
The Cimmerian throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Halla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Cimmerian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Halla cracks The Cimmerian with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! The Cimmerian looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Halla finish him?

It looks like Crom The Cimmerian has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halla takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Halla is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Cimmerian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Cimmerian works the jab nicely.
The Cimmerian scores with a sloppy right hand. Halla should have avoided that one.
Halla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Cimmerian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Cimmerian, as that shot connected.
Halla throws an off balance right hand
and The Cimmerian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Cimmerian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Halla lands with a straight right. The Cimmerian didn't see that one coming.
A shot to the liver by The Cimmerian. Beautiful body shot.
Halla just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Halla misses its intended target.
The Cimmerian scores with a jab. Halla acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab lands there for The Cimmerian.
A shot to the body from Halla misses
and The Cimmerian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halla misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Cimmerian lands with an overhand left.
Halla throws a poor cross that misses
and The Cimmerian counters with a two punch combo.
The Cimmerian avoids the body shot from Halla.
Halla throws a body shot but no joy.
Halla definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Cimmerian with a hook.
The Cimmerian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Halla throws a poor cross that misses
and The Cimmerian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halla on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Halla misses the shot to the body.
The Cimmerian lands a nice shot to the body.
Halla's corner calls for a 1-2. Halla obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Halla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch lands to the side of Halla 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Halla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Cimmerian.
The Cimmerian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The Cimmerian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Halla with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Halla takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Cimmerian scores with a nice head shot.
A big left from Halla misses.
The Cimmerian throws out a powerful jab.
The Cimmerian bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Cimmerian misses with a looping left.

Halla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Cimmerian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halla is keeping busy.
Halla misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halla swings wildly with an uppercut but The Cimmerian uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Cimmerian tries to land knees in the clinch but Halla avoids the damage to the body.
The Cimmerian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crom The Cimmerian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Crom The Cimmerian's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A cross from The Cimmerian lands.
The Cimmerian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Cimmerian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from The Cimmerian misses.
The Cimmerian scores with a decent looking hook.
Crom The Cimmerian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Cimmerian lands a body shot.
The Cimmerian looks to land a right hand but Halla moved out of range.
The Cimmerian throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Cimmerian blocks a jab.

Halla cracks The Cimmerian with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! The Cimmerian looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Halla finish him?

The Cimmerian is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Cimmerian lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Cimmerian scores with a decent looking hook.
The Cimmerian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halla.
Halla slips under a jab from The Cimmerian.
The Cimmerian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Cimmerian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Cimmerian is breathing heavily.
Halla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Cimmerian.
The Cimmerian misses with a hook. Halla ducked under it nicely.

Halla instigates a clinch.
Halla avoiding damage as The Cimmerian throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halla lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Cimmerian backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Halla.
The Cimmerian throws a punch but it's blocked by Halla.
Halla lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Halla.
Halla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Halla lands a right hand.
Halla lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Cimmerian backwards.
The Cimmerian is still on wobbly legs! Can Halla finish him?
The fighters are playing wrist control here with The Cimmerian pressed against the cage. Halla frees himself up and cracks The Cimmerian with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! The Cimmerian crumples to the floor, out cold! Halla jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Val Halla!
Val Halla thanked the fans post fight for their support.