PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between David Haller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Testicular Cancer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haller
vs
Cancer

167 cm
19
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
148 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Haller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Testicular Cancer!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haller tries to work over Cancer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Cancer scores with a nice short uppercut.
I was talking to Haller's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Haller digs a right hand underneath Cancer's ribcage. Cancer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Haller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cancer.
Cancer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cancer presses Haller against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Haller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haller tries a body shot but Cancer blocks it.
Haller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cancer working aggressively here.
Cancer misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Haller.
Cancer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haller struggles to land a body shot inside as Cancer controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cancer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Haller.
Haller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haller lands with a right to the head.
Cancer prevents a body shot from Haller.
Haller prevents a body shot from Cancer.
Haller lands with a short shot to the head.
Haller lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Cancer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cancer.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cancer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cancer can't find room to land a body shot as Haller controls the action.
Haller misses with a punch to the body.
Cancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Cancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
Cancer misses with the head strike.
Cancer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Haller.
Cancer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Haller swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cancer misses with a punch to the body.
Cancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Cancer fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Haller fails to land.
Cancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Haller controls his hands.
Cancer digs a right hand underneath Haller's ribcage. Haller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cancer working aggressively here.
Cancer lands a hook that snaps the head of Haller backwards.
A body shot lands from Cancer.
Haller pushes Cancer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cancer blocking some punches.
Cancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Haller works on Cancer's body with a couple of short punches.
Cancer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cancer working aggressively here.
Haller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cancer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Haller.
Cancer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haller misses with a body punch.
Haller misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Haller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that David Haller will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cancer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haller backs up against the ropes.
Haller looks to score with a jab to the body but Cancer is just out of range.
Haller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haller walks into a jab.
Haller connects with a single shot there.
Haller swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cancer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Cancer misses.
Cancer throws a lazy uppercut
and Haller counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cancer thinking.
Cancer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haller.
Haller throws a body shot but no joy.
Haller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cancer.
Cancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cancer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cancer looks to throw the jab but Haller is out of range.
Haller is looking to wear down Cancer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cancer throws a hook to the side of Haller's head but Haller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haller swings for the body but Cancer moves out of range.

Haller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haller lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cancer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cancer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller scores with a shoulder strike.
Haller misses with a body punch.
Haller swings wildly with an uppercut but Cancer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cancer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cancer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haller.
Cancer can't find room to land a body shot as Haller controls the action.
Haller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cancer swings wildly with an uppercut but Haller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cancer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haller blocking some punches.
Cancer tries to throw a body punch but Haller avoids it by throwing Cancer back against the ropes.
Cancer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cancer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haller backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haller.
David Haller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Haller controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Haller swings wildly with an uppercut but Cancer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Cancer fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cancer working aggressively here.
Cancer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Haller.
Haller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cancer prevents a body shot from Haller.
Cancer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haller lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haller scores with a nice hook to the head.
Haller blocking some punches.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haller digs a right hand into Cancer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cancer's gas tank.
Cancer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haller lands a shot to the body.
Cancer is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haller tries to throw a body punch but Cancer avoids it by throwing Haller back against the ropes.
Cancer working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that David Haller will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cancer throws an off balance right hand
and Haller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cancer misses with a straight left.
Cancer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cancer lands with an uppercut that bounces Haller off the ropes and back into range.
Haller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cancer.
Haller throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cancer on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Haller misses the target.
Haller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cancer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Haller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haller just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cancer! But no joy.
Haller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cancer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haller.
An attempted straight right counter from Haller misses the target.
Cancer has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Haller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cancer misses with a hook
and Haller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haller with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cancer looks to land a right hand but Haller moved out of range.
Haller slips a jab from Cancer.
Testicular Cancer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Cancer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller throws out a loose jab but Cancer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Cancer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cancer is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cancer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haller connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cancer scrambles back to his feet.
Cancer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haller ducks under a wild hook from Cancer.
David Haller is winning the standup battle so far.
Cancer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Haller finds it's way round the side to connect with Cancer's head.
Cancer digs a good body shot into Haller's ribs.
Haller takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Cancer gets tackled into the ropes by Haller. Haller maintains the clinch.
Haller lands with a short shot to the head.
Haller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haller.
Haller pushes Cancer back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cancer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left hand lands to the body for Haller.
A short left from Cancer.
Good body shot from Haller.
A head punch on the inside from Cancer fails to land.
Haller scores with a hook to the body.
Cancer takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haller lands a body shot.
Haller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cancer backwards.
Haller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cancer or not.
Haller lands a body punch in the clinch.
Haller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cancer's elbow.
Haller digs a right hand underneath Cancer's ribcage. Cancer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cancer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Haller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Haller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haller scores with a shot to the side of Cancer's head.
Haller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haller can't find room to land a body shot as Cancer controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Cancer fails to land.
Cancer throws a punch but it's blocked by Haller.
Cancer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haller blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Haller clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Haller has Cancer up against the ropes in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Haller.
Cancer has a couple of punches blocked by Haller.
Haller works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Haller controls his hands.
Haller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haller.
Haller lands with a short shot to the head.
Cancer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haller can't find room to land a body shot as Cancer controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haller.
Haller lands a nice shot to the body.
Haller lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haller lands a hook that snaps the head of Cancer backwards.
Haller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haller digs a right hand into Cancer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cancer's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haller tries to work over Cancer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cancer is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Haller lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Haller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haller throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cancers head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Haller.
Haller lands with a right to the head.

Cancer is rocked!
Haller scores with a shot to the side of Cancer's head.
Cancer is still on wobbly legs! Can Haller finish him?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haller.
Haller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Haller.
Haller lands a body shot.
Haller is working Cancer over against the ropes.
Haller scores with a nice hook to the head.
Haller gets through Cancer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Haller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Haller cracks Cancer with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Cancer goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Cancer wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). David Haller!
Our winner, David Haller, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.