PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ziba Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MIchael Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Halo
vs
Henley

190 cm
32
214 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

186 cm
24
199 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class 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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ziba Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, MIchael Henley!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Henley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halo misses with a body kick.
Halo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Halo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Halo.
Halo looks for the body kick but Henley saw that one coming.
Henley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Halo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Henley's hands.

It looks like MIchael Henley has been cut.
Halo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Henley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Halo misses with an uppercut.
A cross from Halo lands.
Halo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Halo gets tackled into the cage by Henley. Henley maintains the clinch.
Halo misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Halo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halo moves away.
Halo throws an off balance right hand
and Henley counters with a straight right hand.
Halo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Halo throws a head kick that misses.
Henley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Halo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halo misses with an uppercut.
Halo misses with an uppercut. Henley saw that one coming.
A combination from Henley does no damage.
Henley connects with a body shot.
Henley fails in his attempt to clinch.

Henley rushes Halo and presses him up against the cage.
Halo is leaning against Henley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.

Halo breaks the clinch.
Henley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Henley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Henley.
Halo throws a push kick but Henley slaps the foot to one side.
Halo throws a lazy head kick
letting Henley counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henley moves in looking to clinch but Halo pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Halo.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch but Halo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Halo looks to score with a jab to the body but Henley is just out of range.
Henley tries to clinch up.
Henley misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henley throws a counter combo.
Halo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Henley is out of range and Halo settles back down.
Henley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Henley needs to keep his hands up - Halo had a free shot at his head there.
Henley tries to clinch up but Halo circles away and keeps his distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Henley.
Henley lands with a slapping head kick.
Halo throws a shot from downtown. Henley moves away and avoids it.
Henley tries to clinch but Halo is having none of it.
Henley lands a jab-cross combination.
Henley slips a straight right by Halo.
A left lands for Henley.
Henley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Halo thuds his shin into the meat of Henley's side.
Good work by Halo as he checks the leg kick.
Halo throws a head kick but Henley moves out of range.
Halo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Henley looks winded!
Henley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Halo can pounce on him.
Halo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Henley under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws the kick towards the body but Henley avoids it.
Halo connects with a looping right hand.
Henley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Halo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henley misses with a low kick.
Halo misses with a looping left.
Henley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Halo misses with an uppercut
and Henley counters with a one-two to the body.
Halo misses with a hook
and Henley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halo misses with a hook
and Henley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Henley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halo was well out of range. Poor timing from Henley.
Halo connects with a body shot.
Henley tries to move into range but Halo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That has opened up MIchael Henley's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halo just misses with a punch to the body.
Henley throws out a counter right but Halo avoids it with no problem.
Henley moves out of range of the strikes.
Halo connects with a looping right hand.
Henley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Halo takes a swing at Henley's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo looks for the body kick but Henley saw that one coming.
Halo misses with a kick to the body.
Halo swats away the attempt to clinch by Henley.
Henley misses with a two punch combination.
Henley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Halo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halo throws a jab when Henley was well out of range.
Halo throws a shot from downtown. Henley moves away and avoids it.
Halo looks for the body kick but Henley saw that one coming.

Henley clinches.
Halo lands a body punch in the clinch.

Henley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo misses with an uppercut. Henley saw that one coming.
Henley counters with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henley ducks right into an uppercut from Halo.

The cut above MIchael Henley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Henley misses with a few strikes there.
Henley walks into a jab.
Halo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Halo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziba Halo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on MIchael Henley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henley takes a swing at Halo's ribcage but misses.
Halo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henley can do to turn this around?
Henley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Halo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Halo blocks the body kick.
Henley ducks under a wild hook from Halo.
Halo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Halo throws a head kick that misses.
Halo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Halo misses with a looping right.

Henley gets a clinch.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Henley controls the action.
Halo tries to circle away but Henley has him pinned against the cage.
Halo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Henley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Halo throws a hook but Henley avoids it easily.
Halo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo looks to throw the jab but Henley is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Henley. That's going to slow Halo down.
A swing and a miss from Halo.
Halo looks to land a body kick but Henley moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henley throws a combination. Halo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Henley tries to clinch but Halo is having none of it.
Halo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henley.
Henley moves out of range as Halo strikes.
Halo throws a jab when Henley was well out of range.
Henley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Henley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Halo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Halo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henley wants to clinch.
Henley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Halo is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Halo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
MIchael Henley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Halo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Henley is out of range and Halo settles back down.
Henley staying out of range there.
Henley slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Halo.
Henley follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Ziba Halo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Halo misses its intended target.
Henley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Halo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Henley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo lands a nice looking body shot.
Henley looks to land a body kick but Halo moved away.
Halo throws an off balance right hand
and Henley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Halo lands a head shot.
Henley looks to land a combination. Halo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Halo can pounce on him.
Henley tries to clinch up but Halo circles away and keeps his distance.
Henley is looking to clinch but Halo is avoiding it.
Halo is looking to counter punch.
Henley throws a right hand that Halo ducks under and follows up with a left that Halo also avoids with ease.
Henley digs a good body shot into Halo's ribs.
Halo tries a head kick but it misses.
Henley stuns Halo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Halo.
Henley is breathing heavily.
Henley slips a jab from Halo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Halo misses.
Halo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Halo throws a wild body kick that Henley sees coming a mile off.
Halo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Halo is looking to land body kicks.
Halo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henley throws a big counter head kick but Halo avoids it with no problem.
Halo looks for the body kick but Henley saw that one coming.
Halo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Halo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Halo loads up on a big right hand but Henley slips the punch.
Henley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henley blocks a jab.
Henley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halo.
Henley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Halo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Halo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Halo quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Halo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Halo misses with a looping right.
Henley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henley manages to avoid it.
Halo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Halo loads up on a big right hand but Henley slips the punch.
Henley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halo throws out the jab.
Henley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
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!
Henley thumps Halo with a low kick.
Henley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Halo rather than just go for the knockout.
Halo misses with a looping left.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Henley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Halo - the referee stops the clock and Henley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Halo. Henley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A combination from Henley does no damage.
Halo missing with a left hand there. Henley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Henley has closed the distance and engaged Halo in a clinch.
Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henley stalling in the clinch but Halo improves position.
Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henley's elbow.
Halo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Henley prevents a body shot from Halo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziba Halo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on MIchael Henley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Henley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halo.
Halo throws the kick towards the body but Henley avoids it.
Henley walks into a left hand.
Halo tries to land a front kick but Henley steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ziba Halo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Halo throws a big shot that misses.
Halo throws a head kick that misses.
Henley throws a series of punches but Halo moves out of range.
Halo thuds a left hand into Henley's body.
Henley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Halo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Halo misses with a kick to the body
and Henley counters with a left and a right that stings Halo.
Halo moves out of range of the body kick from Henley.
Halo misses the jab.
Nice body kick from Halo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halo cracks Henley with a good jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henley lands with a good body shot.
Halo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Henley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Halo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Henley ducks right into an uppercut from Halo.
Halo throws a sloppy head kick and Henley moves out of range easily.
Halo keeps the fight on the outside.
Halo throws a head kick that misses
and Henley finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Henley lands with a shot to the body.
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Halo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Henley. Henley obviously looking to wear him down.
Henley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Henley looks to land a combination but Halo avoids it well.
Henley blocks a jab.
Halo looks to land a body kick but Henley moved away.
Henley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Halo swings for the body but Henley moves out of range.
Henley has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Halo.
Halo misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Halo misses with an uppercut
and Henley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley throws a combination. Halo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Halo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halo misses with a hook.

Henley clinches.
Henley blocks a body shot from Halo.

Halo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Halo.
Henley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A thudding body kick lands there by Henley!
Henley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Halo.
Henley moves out of range as Halo strikes.
Henley moves in looking to clinch but Halo pushes him off.
Henley walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henley doesn't manage to clinch there - Halo circles away.
Halo looks to land a body kick but Henley moved away.
Henley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Henley looks to score with a jab to the body but Halo is just out of range.
Henley avoids a kick to the body.

Henley closes the distance and pushes Halo back into the cage.
Henley trying to land knees to the body.

Halo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo throws a jab but it's blocked by Henley.
Ziba Halo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henley ducks right into an uppercut from Halo.
Halo throws a big shot that misses.
Henley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Halo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Halo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Henley's hands.
Halo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henley moves out of range of the body kick.
Halo cracks Henley with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley tries to clinch but Halo moves out of range.
Henley moves out of range of the body kick from Halo.
Henley slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Henley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Halo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Halo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MIchael Henley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Halo lands with a nice body kick.
Henley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henley tries to clinch up.
Henley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Halo throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henley slips a straight right by Halo.
Halo is looking to land body kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ziba Halo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Halo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ziba Halo!
Ziba Halo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.