PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Perez (ranked 5405 p4p, 6389 weight class) and Izzy Hall (ranked 591 p4p, 650 weight class). Izzy Hall has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Enzo Perez's chin.

Perez
vs
Hall

188 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
214
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 The Island, Enzo Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Izzy Hall!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hall rushes Perez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hall sprawls well. Hall wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Perez gets slowly back to his feet.
Hall is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Perez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Izzy Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Perez.
Hall keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Perez gets a clinch.
Hall looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
Hall should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Perez jumps guard but Hall stands there with Perez around his waist. Perez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enzo Perez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Perez blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez is looking to break free of the clinch but Hall has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Perez.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perez wants a takedown but no success here.
Perez tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Hall.
Hall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Perez is breathing heavily.
Hall lands a body punch.
Hall using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Hall breaks the clinch.

Hall moves into the clinch.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Hall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall pushes Perez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hall stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Hall's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
Hall tries to work over Perez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall with a knee to the head.

It looks like Enzo Perez has been cut.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Perez.
Perez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hall avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hall scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Hall drops Perez onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Perez is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Perez is rocked!
Hall tries a knee to the head but Perez blocks it.
Oh Perez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hall has closed the distance and engaged Perez in a clinch.
Hall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Perez senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Izzy Hall!