PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Crown Halo (ranked 19187 p4p, 815 weight class) and Victor Sharp (ranked 570 p4p, 80 weight class). Sharp has chosen Immortal Technique-Cause Of Death as his entrance music. Victor Sharp has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Crown Halo's chin.

Halo
vs
Sharp

191 cm
26
222 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

225 cm
30
224 lbs
16 - 6 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Aspire Clothing
Venom Combat Sports

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Crown Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp scores with a shot to the body.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Halo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Sharp.
Halo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sharp counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halo is looking to land body kicks.
Halo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Halo throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
Halo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sharp.
Halo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Halo throws a counter high kick but Sharp was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sharp throws a combination that misses
and Halo counters with a straight right hand.

Halo instigates a clinch.
Halo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sharp lands a right hand.
Sharp lands a hook that snaps the head of Halo backwards.
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!
Sharp is leaning against Halo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sharp misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Halo as the two fighters clinch.
Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharp's elbow.
Sharp working aggressively here.
Sharp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sharp has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Halo prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sharp misses with a punch on the inside.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Sharp controls the action.
Halo lands a right hand.
Halo blocks a body shot from Sharp.
A short uppercut from Sharp.
Halo lands a right hand.
Sharp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Halo controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
Sharp struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo blocking some punches.
Halo misses with a punch on the inside.
Halo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sharp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Halo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
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!
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sharp.
Sharp's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sharp's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sharp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sharp has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Halo prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Halo tries a knee to the head but Sharp blocks it.
Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo misses with a body punch.
Sharp is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sharp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Sharp dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sharp throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Halo on the side of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sharp.
Halo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Halo misses with a wild combination.
Halo lands with a straight right. Sharp didn't see that one coming.
Halo misses with a head kick.
Sharp is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sharp wants to clinch but Halo slips to the side
and Sharp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo throws a series of punches but Sharp avoids them all with ease.
Sharp throws a body punch but Halo moves out of range.
Sharp lands a leg kick that knocks Halo off balance momentarily.
Victor Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp jabs Halo right on the nose. Halo blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Sharp misses.
Sharp has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sharp scores with a leg kick.
Sharp swings for the body but Halo moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Halo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo tries to land a body kick
and Sharp counters with a nice uppercut.
Victor Sharp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharp lands with an uppercut that bounces Halo off the ropes and back into range.
Sharp cracks the inside of Halo's front leg.
Sharp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halo throws out the jab.
Sharp has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sharp attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
A solid body kick from Halo.
Sharp buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Sharp.
Sharp looks to land a combination but Halo avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halo checks a leg kick nicely.
Halo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sharp throws a counter combo.
Halo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sharp.
Sharp finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And Halo counters with a quick kick to the body but Sharp blocks it.
Halo scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharp should have avoided that one.
Halo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Halo darts in and clinches Sharp up against the ropes.
A short left from Sharp.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Halo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Sharp misses with a punch on the inside.
Sharp lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Halo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Sharp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sharp clinches.
Halo blocks a body shot from Sharp.
Halo effectively controlling the action here.
Halo misses with the head strike.
Victor Sharp seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sharp lands a shoulder strike.
Sharp lands an uppercut.
Crown Halo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sharp lands a shot to the body.
Halo is trying to force a seperation but Sharp has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Sharp.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Sharp fails to land.
Halo struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharp controls his hands.
Halo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sharp throws a head punch that misses.
Sharp has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halo's elbow.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sharp misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sharp throws a punch but it's blocked by Halo.
Sharp pushes Halo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Halo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sharp blocks it with crossed arms.
Sharp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharp lands a left hand.
Halo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sharp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Halo.
A right handed body shot lands from Halo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Halo.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Sharp.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp lands a right hand.
Sharp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sharp tries to throw a body punch but Halo avoids it by throwing Sharp back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sharp.
Sharp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sharp tries to throw a body punch but Halo avoids it by throwing Sharp back against the ropes.
Sharp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharp's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Halo.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sharp blocks it with crossed arms.
Sharp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Victor Sharp is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Sharp comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sharp has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Sharp!
A very excited looking Victor Sharp made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.