PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Hallick (ranked 359 p4p, 55 weight class) and Hannes Haades (ranked 329 p4p, 49 weight class). Haades is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Accept - Head Over Heels. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hallick
vs
Haades

193 cm
35
218 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

190 cm
33
210 lbs
17 - 11 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Al Hallick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 4, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Haades!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haades misses with a straight left.
Haades loads up on a big right hand but Hallick slips the punch.
Hallick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hallick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Haades misses with a double jab.
Haades connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Al Hallick has been cut.
Haades ducks under a wild hook from Hallick.
Haades has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hallick misses the jab.
Haades tries to move into range but Hallick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hallick looks to throw the jab but Haades is out of range.
Haades misses with a body kick.

Hallick clinches with his opponent.
Hallick has Haades pressed against the cage, preventing Haades from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Haades fails to land.

Haades breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haades misses with a looping left.
Hallick wants to clinch.
Haades appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Haades cracks Hallick with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hallick sizes up Haades with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Haades takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good standup being displayed there by Haades as he connects with a hook.
Haades comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hallick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hallick moves out of range of the strikes.
Hallick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Haades steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hallick. That one must have hurt.
Hallick punishes Haades's body with a nice straight punch.
Haades doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hallick slips under a jab.
Hallick wants to land a leg kick but Haades is out of range.
Hallick moves out of range of the strikes.
Haades throws a leg kick
and Hallick counters with a stiff right hand.
Hallick has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AK Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
A big right from Hallick misses.
A slow jab from Hallick misses its intended target.
Haades ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallick is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Haades on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A slow jab from Haades misses its intended target.
Hallick punishes Haades's body with a nice straight punch.
Hallick moves forwards but Haades connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Haades looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Haades clinches.
Haades lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallick.

Hallick manages to break the clinch.
Haades throws a big shot that misses.
Hallick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hallick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haades was well out of range. Poor timing from Hallick.
Hallick misses with a straight left.
Haades throws a body shot but no joy.
Haades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Hallick misses the target.
Haades fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hallick looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hallick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haades can pounce on him.

Haades instigates a clinch.
Hallick blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haades blocks a body shot from Hallick.
A short right from Hallick.
Haades pushes Hallick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haades goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haades is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Haades.
Haades goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hallick can't find room to land a body shot as Haades controls the action.
Hallick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallick throws a punch but it's blocked by Haades.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haades.
Haades misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haades lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hallick backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Haades.
A right hand to the body from Haades.
Haades pushes Hallick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hallick swings wildly with an uppercut but Haades uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haades scores with a shot to the side of Hallick's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallick tries to throw a body punch but Haades avoids it by throwing Hallick back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haades misses with some punches.
Haades lands an uppercut.

Haades escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haades jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Haades throws a leg kick which misses Hallick's front leg but catches the back leg as Hallick tries to avoid it.
A big right from Haades misses.
Hallick throwing a counter right hand but Haades manages to avoid it.

Hallick has taken the fight to the clinch.
Haades misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hallick misses with some punches.
Haades swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallick is trying to maintain a safe position but Haades gets an underhook and turns Hallick into the cage.

Haades decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hallick gets to his feet - Haades follows without any prompting.
Hallick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haades throws out a counter right but Hallick avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haades misses with a straight right.
Haades misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Haades misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannes Haades dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Al Hallick's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hallick blocks a leg kick.
Haades scores with a sloppy right hand. Hallick should have avoided that one.
Hallick swats away the attempt to clinch by Haades.
Haades lands a jab to Hallick's midsection.
Haades misses with a straight right.
Haades has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hallick.
Haades staying out of range there.
Hannes Haades seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haades misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Haades misses the target.
Haades digs a good body shot into Hallick's ribs.
Hannes Haades seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Hallick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haades with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haades looks for the body kick but Hallick saw that one coming.
Haades throws a half hearted mid kick.
A combination from Haades does no damage.
Hallick ducks under a wild hook from Haades.
Hallick lands a nice shot that snaps Haades's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades takes a swing at Hallick's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Hallick.
Hallick moves out of range of the leg kick from Haades.
Hallick moves out of range as Haades strikes.
Haades thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haades throws out a leg kick but Hallick moves out of range and Haades only half commits.
Haades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hallick moves away.
Haades tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hallick blocks the body kick.
Haades misses with a few strikes there.
Hallick tries to clinch up.
Haades wants to counter the offense by Hallick and move into the clinch position.
Haades misses with the combination.
Hallick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haades. Haades obviously looking to wear him down.
Haades tries to clinch up.
Hallick feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Haades's calf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hallick.
Haades ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haades takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hallick clinches up against the cage.
Haades misses with a punch on the inside.
Hallick working aggressively here.
Hallick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hallick is looking to control Haades's arms but Haades gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hallick has his back to the cage.
Hallick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haades blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hallick fails to land.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Hallick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Haades.
Nice body punch from Hallick.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haades.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haades throws a head punch that misses.
Hallick lands a nice uppercut.
Hallick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hannes Haades seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haades misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haades.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallick looking to stall.

Haades breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haades listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haades walks into a straight right hand from Hallick.
Hallick scores with a spinning back kick!
Hallick moves out of range as Haades strikes.
Hallick scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, jab by Haades - just one landing.
Haades jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hallick scores with the left hand. Haades knows he should have avoided that one.
Hallick connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haades. Hallick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haades misses with a hook. Hallick ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haades moves in looking to clinch but Hallick pushes him off.
Hallick scores with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Hallick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haades finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Haades.
Haades turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hallick tries to clinch but Haades is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Hallick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Hallick gets tackled into the cage by Haades. Haades maintains the clinch.
Hallick is looking to control Haades's arms but Haades gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hallick has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hallick.
Haades is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hallick is leaning against Haades and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Hallick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Hallick.
Hallick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Haades takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hallick lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hallick lands a head kick. Haades smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hallick will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Haades throws out a loose jab but Hallick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haades looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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 Al Hallick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Al Hallick's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hallick, as that shot connected.
Hallick throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haades jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hallick ducks under a wild hook from Haades.
Haades throws a big shot that misses.
Hallick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haades.
Haades defending well as Hallick loads up on a big left hand.
Haades with a jab.
Hallick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haades throws a right hand that Hallick ducks under and follows up with a left that Hallick also avoids with ease.
Hallick connects with a crisp jab.
Haades scores with a spinning back kick!
Haades throws a solid leg kick but Hallick takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haades.
Haades misses with a straight right.
Hallick throwing a counter right hand but Haades manages to avoid it.
Hallick throws a jab but it's blocked by Haades.
It seemed like Haades was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Haades checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Haades wants to land a leg kick but Hallick is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haades lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hallick's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades swings for the body but Hallick moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Haades.
Haades's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Haades takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haades throws a wild body kick that Hallick sees coming a mile off.
Hallick throws a shot from downtown. Haades moves away and avoids it.
Haades takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Haades shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jab by Hallick.
Hallick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hallick throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hallick just misses with a punch to the body.
Hallick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haades pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Haades takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Haades takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hallick lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Hallick.
Hallick connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hallick lands a big uppercut and Haades crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Haades looks OK. Hallick waves Haades back to his feet!

Haades is rocked!
Haades punishes Hallick's body with a nice straight punch.
Hallick steps in with a hook that catches Haades right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Hallick follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Haades looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Hallick!
During a confident post fight interview, Al Hallick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.