PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Miko Dimelo (ranked 19856 p4p, 650 weight class) and Crown Halo (ranked 4547 p4p, 504 weight class). Miko Dimelo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Crown Halo's chin.

Dimelo
vs
Halo

182 cm
28
203 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

191 cm
32
214 lbs
15 - 11 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Miko Dimelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crown Halo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dimelo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Halo moves out of range of the body kick from Dimelo.
A nice side step and Halo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dimelo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dimelo throws the left hand but Halo avoids the punch easily.
Halo scores with a nice strike.
Halo avoids the head kick by Dimelo.
Halo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick from Dimelo lands but Halo takes it in his stride.

It looks like Crown Halo has been cut.
Dimelo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Halo digs a good body shot into Dimelo's ribs.
Dimelo wants to clinch
and Halo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halo looks to throw the jab but Dimelo is out of range.
Dimelo is looking for a counter combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimelo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halo.

Dimelo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dimelo struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Halo wants to stall.
Halo misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Dimelo.
A short left from Halo.
Dimelo lands a body punch.
Halo looks winded!
Dimelo struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dimelo tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.
Dimelo struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dimelo lands an uppercut.
Dimelo can't find room to land a body shot as Halo controls the action.
Dimelo misses with a punch to the body.
Dimelo misses with a body punch.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Halo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dimelo tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo stalling.
Halo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dimelo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dimelo lands with a light punch inside.
Halo with a knee to the head.
Dimelo managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimelo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimelo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dimelo avoids the damage to the body.
Halo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Halo prevents a body shot from Dimelo.
Dimelo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dimelo misses with a punch to the body.
Dimelo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Halo backwards.
Halo tries a knee to the head but Dimelo blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halo misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Dimelo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Crown Halo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Crown Halo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dimelo throws a one two combo.

Dimelo lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Halo goes down! The ref sends Dimelo to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Halo is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dimelo manages to avoid it.
Halo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dimelo throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dimelo.
Dimelo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Halo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Halo swings for the body but Dimelo moves out of range.
Dimelo walks into a straight right hand from Halo.
Dimelo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halo throws out a counter right but Dimelo avoids it with no problem.
Halo takes a swing at Dimelo's ribcage but misses.
Dimelo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimelo is looking to score with low kicks.
Halo throws a half hearted mid kick.

Dimelo connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Halo onto his butt! Halo bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Halo connects with a jab.
Dimelo cracks the inside of Halo's front leg.
Dimelo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As Dimelo backs off Halo throws a huge counter combo but Dimelo manages to avoid it all.
Halo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Halo.
Dimelo throws a counter high kick but Halo was just alert enough to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halo scores with a spinning back kick!
Dimelo is looking to slow Halo down with leg kicks.
Dimelo misses with a looping right.
Halo avoids the body shot from Dimelo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dimelo can pounce on him.
Good exchange - Dimelo coming out on top.
A lazy left from Halo finds it's target.
Dimelo misses with a body shot.
Dimelo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halo can do to turn this around?
Dimelo connects with a leg kick. Halo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dimelo throws a sloppy head kick and Halo moves out of range easily.
Halo scores with a decent looking hook.
Halo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Halo lands an overhand right.
Dimelo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Halo lands a right and a left and another right! Dimelo goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Crown Halo!
An out of breath Crown Halo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.