PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baltasar Halko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Langhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halko comes to the cage accompanied by The Lumberjack by Jackyl. Langhi has chosen Mama Said Knock You Out as his entrance music. Michael Langhi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Halko
vs
Langhi

150 cm
30
300 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

210 cm
30
296 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baltasar Halko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Langhi!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halko throws the kick towards the body but Langhi avoids it.
Langhi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've been hearing reports that Halko has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Halko misses with a series of wild punches.
Langhi scores with a sloppy right hand. Halko should have avoided that one.
Halko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Langhi pinned against the cage. Langhi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Halko shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Langhi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Langhi wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Halko postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Langhi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Halko, into his guard.

Halko is looking to cinch up a triangle. Langhi throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Halko's body to avoid the submission. Halko has instead reached around Langhi's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Halko arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Baltasar Halko!
Baltasar Halko decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.