PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Richardson
vs
Halo

185 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nate Richardson!
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, Dominick Halo!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halo misses with a left hand
and Richardson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Halo scores with a takedown into Richardson's guard.
Halo is looking to work some ground and pound but Richardson has wrist control.
Halo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Halo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Richardson is trying to control the position but Halo postures up.
Richardson has momentary wrist control but Halo slips an elbow through the middle.
Halo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo is looking to work some ground and pound but Richardson has wrist control.
Halo postures up and lands a big shot to Richardson's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo trying to control but Richardson is working from the bottom.
Halo throwing strikes but missing.
Richardson looking to control but Halo passes into half guard.
Halo throwing shots but Richardson is blocking nicely.
Halo thows a huge punch but Richardson dodges it nicely.
Halo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Halo is thwarting Richardson's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Halo winds up and cracks Richardson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Halo winds up and cracks Richardson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Richardson trying to control here.
Halo slows the pace down in half guard.
Halo drops an elbow to the side of Richardson's head.
Richardson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Halo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Richardson is trying to get back to full guard.
Halo is keen to just control but Richardson is a slippery customer.
Halo passes into side control, despite Richardson's attempt to control the position.
Halo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Halo working the ground and pound from side control.
Halo moves into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Halo.
The referee warns Richardson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Nate Richardson has been cut.
Richardson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Halo on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo working the ground and pound effectively.
Halo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Halo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo landing shots from mount.

Nate Richardson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Richardson is squirming around, avoiding Halo's attempts to control the action.
Halo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Richardson looks a forlorn figure.

Jeez, Nate Richardson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dominick Halo!