PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Hall Jr (ranked 6650 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesperi Aho (ranked 7530 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall Jr comes into the arena with Dirt Off Your Shoulder-Jay Z blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hall Jr
vs
Aho

190 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

190 cm
17
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Urijah Hall Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesperi Aho!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aho scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Aho takes a kick to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Aho. Beautiful body shot.
Hall Jr ducks under a wild hook from Aho.
A head kick misses from Hall Jr.
Nice defenses there by Hall Jr.
Aho scores with a jab to the body.

Aho closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Aho lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aho lands a right hand.
Aho avoiding damage.
Aho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hall Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Aho has double underhooks.
A short right from Aho.
Aho gets through Hall Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Aho.
Aho keeps control of Hall Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hall Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Aho keeps control of Hall Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hall Jr is trying to force a seperation but Aho has the dominant position.
Hall Jr tries to break the clinch but Aho is controlling the position.
Aho misses with a punch on the inside.
Aho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall Jr is trying to break the clinch but Aho is controlling him.
Aho just leaning against Hall Jr, taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Aho.
Aho is pushing Hall Jr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stalling in the clinch from Aho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall Jr.
Aho displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hall Jr up against the cage.
Aho has a couple of punches blocked by Hall Jr.
Hall Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aho throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall Jr.
Hall Jr tries to circle away but Aho has him pinned against the cage.
Aho working aggressively here.

Hall Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall Jr misses with a head kick.
Aho looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Aho stuns Hall Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aho misses with a straight right.
Hall Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aho avoids the head kick by Hall Jr.
Aho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Aho darts in and clinches Hall Jr up against the cage.
Aho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall Jr backwards.
Aho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall Jr backwards.
Hall Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aho misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aho.
Hall Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hall Jr blocks an uppercut.
Hall Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall Jr backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aho.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aho lands with a left to the head.
Aho has Hall Jr pressed against the cage, preventing Hall Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hall Jr blocking some punches.
Aho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall Jr backwards.

Hall Jr is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall Jr.
Oh Hall Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hall Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hall Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Aho won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aho.
Hall Jr working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall Jr.
Hall Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aho swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aho throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall Jr.
Aho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Hall Jr is trying to break the clinch but Aho is controlling him.
Hall Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aho pushes Hall Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Aho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall Jr backwards.
Hall Jr takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesperi Aho dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Hall Jr.
Hall Jr gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Aho points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Hall Jr wakes up just in time to hear Aho thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jesperi Aho!
During a confident post fight interview, Jesperi Aho thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Urijah Hall Jr stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost the battle, but won the war. Fuck that guy and his whole team, bunch of chumps...'.