PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Hall (ranked 1349 p4p, 2084 weight class) and Ante Pavlovic (ranked 210 p4p, 306 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hall
vs
Pavlovic

180 cm
26
180
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
180
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

The Dirty Needle Project

The Dirty Needle Project
Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralph Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Pavlovic!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlovic misses with an uppercut.
Pavlovic misses with an uppercut.
Hall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Ralph Hall has been cut.
Hall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pavlovic misses with a straight right.
Pavlovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ante Pavlovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall is looking to land body kicks.
Hall defending well as Pavlovic loads up on a big left hand.
Hall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pavlovic manages to circle out of the way.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pavlovic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hall has Pavlovic up against the cage in a clinch.

Hall jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pavlovic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hall has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pavlovic has managed to get both his arms back between Hall's legs - danger averted.
Hall seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Pavlovic's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Hall is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Hall looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Pavlovic is defending well. Hall quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Pavlovic has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Hall celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ralph Hall!
Ralph Hall is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Ralph Hall started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.