PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Dorrance Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spartacus Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Spartacus Halo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Dorrance Jr
vs
Halo

196 cm
26
222 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
30
225 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Edmund Dorrance Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spartacus Halo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Dorrance Jr.
Dorrance Jr thuds a left hand into Halo's body.
Halo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dorrance Jr is fending him off so far but Halo persists. Nope, Dorrance Jr circles away and we're back to standing.
Dorrance Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dorrance Jr appears to be looking for a big counter.
Halo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dorrance Jr swivels and escapes.
Halo looks to throw the jab but Dorrance Jr is out of range.
Halo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo throws a low kick but Dorrance Jr moves out of range easily.
Halo misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo misses with a body kick.
Halo connects with a nice looking jab.
Dorrance Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
Dorrance Jr takes a swing at Halo's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrance Jr throws a jab when Halo was well out of range.
Spartacus Halo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Halo checks a leg kick.
Dorrance Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Halo lands a lovely overhand right.
Halo throws a series of punches but Dorrance Jr moves out of range.
Dorrance Jr scores with a nice right hand.
Dorrance Jr throws a head kick but Halo moves out of range.
Halo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dorrance Jr.
Dorrance Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Halo misses with an uppercut.
Dorrance Jr lands an overhand right.

It looks like Spartacus Halo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a wild body kick that Dorrance Jr sees coming a mile off.
Dorrance Jr went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Halo throws a body punch but Dorrance Jr moves out of range.
Dorrance Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dorrance Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dorrance Jr misses with a body kick.
And Halo tries to counter it with a takedown but Dorrance Jr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Halo.
Dorrance Jr throwing a counter right hand but Halo manages to avoid it.
Edmund Dorrance Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spartacus Halo.
Halo misses with a hook. Dorrance Jr ducked under it nicely.
Dorrance Jr is looking to counter punch.
Dorrance Jr lands an overhand right.
Dorrance Jr throws a lazy right hand but Halo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dorrance Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Edmund Dorrance Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dorrance Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Halo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dorrance Jr can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dorrance Jr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Halo on the side of the head.
Halo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dorrance Jr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Halo somewhat.
Dorrance Jr misses with a low kick.
Dorrance Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Halo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dorrance Jr. That did some damage!

Dorrance Jr sends Halo crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Dorrance Jr is motioning to the referee to let Halo up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Halo is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dorrance Jr misses with a hook
and Halo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halo with a poor takedown
and Dorrance Jr counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edmund Dorrance Jr!
Edmund Dorrance Jr decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.