PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Monty Milano (ranked 956 p4p, 1370 weight class) and Charlie Hall (ranked 40 p4p, 64 weight class). Monty Milano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Milano
vs
Hall

200 cm
30
265
14 - 9 - 0

186 cm
33
273
19 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Monty Milano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Hall!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Milano. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Milano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Milano went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Milano misses with a looping right.
Milano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Charlie Hall has been cut.
Hall moves away from the strike by Milano.

Hall shoots in and gets a takedown into Milano's guard.
Milano working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Milano tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Milano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hall lands a couple of digs.
Hall stands up over Milano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Milano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Milano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hall wants to stand but Milano is controlling his posture from full guard.

Hall gets to his feet. Milano looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Milano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Hall releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Milano lands a jab to the head.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Hall throws a big shot that misses.
Hall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Milano.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Milano is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hall. That's going to slow Milano down.
Milano just misses with a punch to the body.
Milano throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab lands there for Milano.
Milano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hall looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Milano is fending him off so far but Hall persists. Nope, Milano circles away and we're back to standing.
Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hall throws a shot from downtown. Milano moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Milano does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall is looking to slow Milano down with leg kicks.
Hall dips to his left and cracks Milano with an uppercut!
Hall closes this distance looking for a takedown but Milano circles away.
Hall has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hall blocks a jab.
Milano misses with a body shot.
Milano tries to land a leg kick but Hall saw it coming and moves away.
Hall takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Milano lands with a cross.

That has opened up Charlie Hall's cut even more.
Hall slips a jab from Milano.
Hall tries to bum rush Milano with a series of wild strikes but Milano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Milano tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hall manages to circle out of the way.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Milano.
Hall cracks Milano with a good jab.
Milano avoids a kick to the body.
Charlie Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall misses with an uppercut.
Milano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hall with the inside leg kick.
Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hall throws a hook but Milano avoids it easily.
Milano wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Milano throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall shoots for a takedown but Milano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Monty Milano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Hall.
A decent looking cross lands there for Milano.
Milano misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Milano misses its intended target.
Milano throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Milano.
Milano throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Jab from Milano.
Milano dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Milano scores with a punch to the head.
Nice takedown defense from Milano. No joy for Hall on that attempt.
Milano misses with a straight right.
Monty Milano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hall has a takedown stuffed.
Nice jab there from Hall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milano lands a head shot.

The cut above Charlie Hall's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Milano misses the jab.
A left and a right from Milano both land. Nice combination.
Milano just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Milano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hall misses with the combination.
Milano lands a lovely overhand right.
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Milano misses the target.
Milano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Milano misses with a looping left.
Milano moves away from the strike by Hall.
The fighters circling - Milano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milano looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Milano misses with an uppercut.
Milano ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Milano misses with a wild body shot.
Hall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Milano eats them both and turns towards Hall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Monty Milano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charlie Hall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Milano looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Milano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Milano avoids the head kick by Hall.
Nice sprawl there from Milano as Hall shoots in.
Hall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by Hall.
Milano misses with an uppercut. Hall saw that one coming.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Milano.
Hall throws out a loose jab but Milano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milano swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Hall lands an overhand right.
Milano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hall misses with a few strikes there.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Milano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Hall scores with a sloppy right hand. Milano should have avoided that one.
Monty Milano is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milano throws out the jab.
Hall slips under a jab from Milano.
Milano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hall misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall connects with a crisp jab.
Hall throws a hook but Milano avoids it easily.
Milano drops his hands momentarily and Hall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Milano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Hall has Milano up against the cage in a clinch.

Hall breaks from the clinch.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Charlie Hall's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A cross from Hall lands.
Hall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Milano.
Hall lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Milano. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Monty Milano has been cut.
Hall shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Milano as he avoids it easily.
Milano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Milano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Milano throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milano swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws an overhand right that lands on Milano's shoulder, as Milano tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Hall. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Hall does no damage.
Milano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch but Milano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Milano misses.
Hall throws out a counter right but Milano avoids it with no problem.
Hall lands a nice hook to Milano's body. Milano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Milano misses.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Milano.
A big left from Hall misses.
Milano is looking to counter the offense by Hall and move into the clinch.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Milano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Milano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall cracks a nice hook into Milano's ribs.
Hall shoots in for a takedown but Milano shows good takedown defense.
Monty Milano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Hall.
Hall misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Milano.
Hall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall throws a nice looking combination but Milano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Milano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice straight punches there by Milano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Milano.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Milano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Milano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall with a hook.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Milano's head.
Hall defending well as Milano loads up on a big left hand.
Milano sets himself, and Hall steps forward looking for the clinch! Milano avoids it this time.
Hall takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Charlie Hall's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Monty Milano!
Monty Milano really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Bondi MMA 🏝️ logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.