PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Hume (ranked 3598 p4p, 440 weight class) and Rodney Halford (ranked 2011 p4p, 282 weight class). Rodney Halford has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hume
vs
Halford

187 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Desmond Hume!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodney Halford!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halford just misses with a punch to the body.
Hume wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Halford looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hume throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Halford's waist but Halford gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hume off to one side.
Halford misses with a wild body shot.
Hume misses with a lunging right hand
and Halford counters with a nice kick to the body.
Halford lands with a nice body kick.
Hume throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Halford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hume fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halford manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Halford misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Halford.
Hume fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hume doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hume avoids the body shot from Halford.
Halford fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hume has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hume throws a head punch that misses.
Hume throws a punch but it's blocked by Halford.
Hume swings wildly with an uppercut but Halford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hume has a couple of punches blocked by Halford.
Hume tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hume misses with a punch to the body.
Hume misses with a punch to the body.
Halford can't break the clinch.
Hume lands a nice uppercut.
Halford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Hume.
Halford looking to stall.
Hume swings wildly with an uppercut but Halford uses good head movement to avoid it.

Halford breaks from the clinch.
Halford is looking to land body kicks.
Hume throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Hume looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hume is standing up over Halford. Halford looks to escape but Hume dives into side control.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halford struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halford wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Halford really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hume. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hume has an Americana. Halford didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Hume is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Hume hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Desmond Hume!
Our winner, Desmond Hume, 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.