PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bo Nickal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Nickal
vs
Hall

180 cm
22
188 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

182 cm
23
188 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Nickal !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Hall!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nickal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hall.
Hall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nickal misses the shot to the body.
Hall has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Nickal takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Nickal .
Nickal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
We've been hearing reports that Nickal has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nickal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands with a right hand.
Nickal throws a body shot but no joy.
Nickal looks for a takedown but Hall sprawls well.
Hall tries to bum rush Nickal with a series of wild strikes but Nickal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hall throws a leg kick which misses Nickal 's front leg but catches the back leg as Nickal tries to avoid it.
Hall lands with a hook. Nickal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nickal .
Nickal misses with a double jab.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nickal moves away.
Hall avoids the body shot from Nickal .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hall.
Nickal tries to counter with a takedown but Hall is quick to defend against it.
Nickal walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nickal throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Hall fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Hall with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nickal moves out of range of the body kick.
Nickal throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hall to counter with a crisp jab.
Hall lands with an overhand left.
Nickal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Scott Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nickal misses with a hook.
Hall goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hall, as that shot connected.
Hall throws a looping overhand right but Nickal ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Hall.
Hall misses with a leg kick.
Nickal attempts a counter takedown but Hall avoids it well and moves away.
Nickal moves away from the strike by Hall.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hall, right into the meat.
Nickal fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bo Nickal . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nickal misses with a looping right.
Hall uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nickal misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nickal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nickal misses with a looping right.
Nickal looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Nickal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
Nickal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hall tries to avoid it but Nickal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hall to the ground. Hall escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nickal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nickal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nickal .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Hall dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nickal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nickal staying out of range there.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nickal .
Nickal throws a body shot but no joy.
Hall throws out a leg kick but Nickal moves out of range and Hall only half commits.

Nickal closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall keeping hold of Nickal 's head, controlling as best he can.
Nickal scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nickal seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

It looks like Scott Hall has been cut.
Hall has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nickal is working away from the top position though.
Nickal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickal is thwarting Hall's attempts to control the position.
Nickal lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nickal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hall with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nickal slips a nice elbow through Hall's hands, connecting with Hall's forehead.
Hall wants to control but Nickal is keeping busy.
Hall controlling the position well.
Nickal throwing shots but Hall is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nickal .
Hall regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hall not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nickal chips away with some ground and pound.
Hall seems keen to control Nickal 's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nickal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nickal postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nickal scoring with some ground and pound.
Nickal throws a big elbow that misses.
Nickal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall pulls Nickal in close to his closed guard and prevents Nickal from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nickal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nickal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nickal throwing strikes but missing.
Nickal postures up in Hall's guard and throws a big left but Hall blocks it.
Nickal with a nice head shot there.

That has opened up Scott Hall's cut even more.
Hall managing to control the position.
Nickal throws a big right hand that misses.
Nickal throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nickal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hall trying to control the position here.
Hall avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hall controlling Nickal 's posture.
Nickal scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

The cut above Scott Hall's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nickal postures up and lands a big shot to Hall's brow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nickal works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nickal thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nickal missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Nickal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Scott Hall's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nickal feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nickal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nickal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nickal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hall pulls Nickal in close to his closed guard and prevents Nickal from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nickal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nickal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nickal lands a couple of digs.
Nickal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Hall is trying to control the position but Nickal postures up.
Hall has Nickal pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nickal throwing strikes from guard but Hall blocks nicely.
Nickal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bo Nickal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hall avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nickal lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hall has Nickal pulled in close to control his posture.
Nickal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickal throwing strikes from guard but Hall blocks nicely.
Nickal stands up over Hall, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Scott Hall's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Scott Hall's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bo Nickal !