PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roderick Myers (ranked 5632 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bingo Halili (ranked 8216 p4p, 0 weight class). Halili has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Bingo Halili looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Myers
vs
Halili

197 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roderick Myers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bingo Halili!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halili dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Myers. That did some damage!
Halili looks winded!
Myers looks to land a combination but Halili avoids it well.
Myers shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Halili defends it nicely.
Myers lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halili looks to land a combination but Myers avoids it well.
Halili throws a nice head kick!
Myers fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers moves out of range of the body kick from Halili.
Myers feinted with a counter takedown.
Myers checks the leg kick nicely there.

Myers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Myers showed some decent athleticism there.
Myers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Halili keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Myers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Halili with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Myers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Halili has hold of Myers's hands but Myers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Myers there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers working the head and body with strikes.
Halili taking some punishment here, with Myers in his half guard.
Myers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halili is looking for a sweep. Myers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Myers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Myers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Myers is nestled in close to Halili, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Myers working Halili over with strikes.
Myers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Halili taking some punishment here, with Myers in his half guard.
Myers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Myers there.
Halili tries to kick Myers off but Myers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Myers is nestled in close to Halili, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Myers lands a nice short elbow.
Myers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Myers is nestled in close to Halili, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Myers there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Myers working over Halili with some ground and pound. Halili looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Myers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Halili is rocked!
Nice strikes from Myers there.
Halili is still in real trouble! Can Myers finish him?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Myers lands a nice short elbow.
Myers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers prevents Halili from standing back up.
Halili tries to get to full guard but Myers has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Myers there.
Myers lands with a punch from half guard.
Halili has hold of Myers's hands but Myers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Halili on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Halili has hold of Myers's hands but Myers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halili tries to kick Myers off but Myers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Myers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Myers there.
Myers lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Myers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roderick Myers dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Halili misses with a kick to the body

and Myers counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Myers jumps guard and drags Halili to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Halili trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Halili stopping the sweep attempt from Myers.

Myers is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Halili defends well.
Halili seems to have recovered his senses.
Myers is pulling down on Halili's head. It's preventing any offense from Halili, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roderick Myers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Halili stopping the sweep attempt from Myers.
Myers is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Myers has his foot on Halili's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Halili works his way back into a safe position though.
Myers seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Halili wants to get up but he can't break Myers's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Myers controlling the position.
Myers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halili can do to turn this around?
Myers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Myers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Halili manages to get himself to full guard.

Myers lands a couple of elbows.
Halili controls Myers momentarily but Myers frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers is in close to Halili's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Myers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Halili working for a triangle but Myers defends it easily.
Myers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Myers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Myers throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Halili's head.
Halili is trying to control the position but Myers postures up.
Myers is in close to Halili's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Halili has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Myers is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Halili.

Myers has hold of Halili's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Halili tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Myers cranks the arm and Halili screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Halili, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Roderick Myers!