PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stavros Halkias (ranked 5229 p4p, 3711 weight class) and Hamed Juniorss (ranked 514 p4p, 455 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Halkias
vs
Juniorss

192 cm
19
218
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
220
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stavros Halkias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hamed Juniorss!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halkias with a hook.
Halkias sizes up Juniorss with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Halkias fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Juniorss takes a swing at Halkias's ribcage but misses.
Halkias lands a jab.
Juniorss looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Halkias throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Juniorss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Juniorss with a jab.
Nice body punch from Juniorss.
Halkias slips under a jab from Juniorss.
Halkias scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juniorss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halkias.
Halkias lands with a kick to the temple. Juniorss shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Halkias scores with a jab to the head.
Halkias keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Halkias.
Juniorss steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Halkias.
Juniorss throws a predictable looking body shot
and Halkias makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Halkias with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halkias scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Halkias lands a high kick!

Juniorss is rocked!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Halkias.
Juniorss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Juniorss just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHalkias.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juniorss. Halkias does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halkias's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Juniorss connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Halkias scrambles back to his feet.
Juniorss scores with a jab. Halkias acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Juniorss throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Halkias counter with a right hand.
Halkias has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rollins Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Halkias with a nice calf kick.
Juniorss takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Juniorss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halkias tried to counter with a leg kick but Juniorss avoided it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halkias swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halkias keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss tests Halkias's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Juniorss misses the shot to the body.
Juniorss scores with a shot to the body.
Halkias throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Halkias, as that shot connected.
Halkias just misses with a punch to the body.
Juniorss throws a hook but Halkias blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Juniorss.
An attempted straight right counter from Halkias misses the target.
Juniorss doesn't manage to clinch there - Halkias circles away.
Halkias looks to throw the jab but Juniorss is out of range.
Halkias connects with a jab.
Juniorss catches Halkias with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Halkias.
Juniorss connects with a good right hand that stumbles Halkias. Halkias circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Halkias connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Halkias throws a counter high kick but Juniorss was just alert enough to avoid it.
Halkias thows a left - swing and a miss!
Juniorss throws the left hand but Halkias avoids the punch easily.
Juniorss lands a really nice looking cross but Halkias seems unphased.
Halkias throws a shot from downtown. Juniorss moves away and avoids it.
Juniorss wants to counter the offense by Halkias and move into the clinch position.
Juniorss moves out of range as Halkias strikes.
Jab from Halkias.
Juniorss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juniorss throws a lazy uppercut
and Halkias counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hamed Juniorss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juniorss moves in looking to clinch but Halkias pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Halkias.
Halkias slips under a jab from Juniorss.
Halkias connects with an inside leg kick.
Juniorss misses with a left hand
enabling Halkias to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halkias throws a combination. Juniorss tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Juniorss is still on wobbly legs! Can Halkias finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halkias misses with a looping left.
Juniorss seems to have recovered his senses.
Juniorss tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Halkias manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Juniorss looks to move away, Halkias throws a big counter combo but Juniorss just gets out of the way.
Juniorss misses with an uppercut. Halkias saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Juniorss misses its intended target.
Juniorss misses with a jab, cross combination.
Juniorss waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Halkias.
Halkias bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Juniorss misses with a straight right.
Halkias connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Halkias lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halkias avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Juniorss misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice shot lands for Juniorss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Halkias dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice straight punches there by Juniorss. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Juniorss.
Halkias takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Halkias takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Juniorss looks to land a left hand but Halkias moved out of range nicely.
Juniorss cracks Halkias with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Juniorss tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Halkias misses its intended target.
Juniorss lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Halkias throws a body kick that misses.
Halkias uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juniorss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halkias throws a right and a left that both miss.
A shot to the body from Juniorss misses
and Halkias counters with a three punch combo that has Juniorss backing up. Juniorss nods at Halkias to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halkias connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Halkias, as that shot connected.
Juniorss throws a hook to the side of Halkias's head but Halkias sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halkias connects with a solid leg kick.
Juniorss misses with a wild combination.
Juniorss moves out of range as Halkias strikes.
Halkias misses with a body punch
and Juniorss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Juniorss looks to land a left hand but Halkias moved out of range nicely.
Juniorss uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halkias.

Halkias drops Juniorss with a beautiful combination! Juniorss stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Halkias is looking for the KO!
Juniorss misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Halkias to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halkias fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Juniorss has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Juniorss ducks under a wild hook from Halkias.
Halkias tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Juniorss was well out of range. Poor timing from Halkias.
Juniorss swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Halkias.
Juniorss has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Juniorss throws a poor cross that misses
and Halkias connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Halkias throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Juniorss misses with a looping left.
Halkias jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Juniorss throws a jab but it's blocked by Halkias.
Juniorss misses with a hook.
Halkias is looking to counter punch.
Halkias blocks a jab.
Juniorss cracks Halkias with a right hand to the side of the head.
Juniorss needs to keep his hands up - Halkias had a free shot at his head there.
Juniorss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Halkias lands a big head kick that sends Juniorss tumbling to the mat! Halkias takes a step backwards and waves Juniorss back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Juniorss's corner calls for a 1-2. Juniorss obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Juniorss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halkias is looking to counter punch.

Halkias lands a big right hand that sends Juniorss crashing to the mat! Halkias stays standing though and waves Juniorss back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Halkias tries a head kick but it misses.
Halkias staying out of range there.
Halkias scores with a kick to the midsection.
Halkias misses with a hook
and Juniorss cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Halkias thows a leg kick but Juniorss checks it
and Halkias takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Halkias stuns Juniorss with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Halkias is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Juniorss can do to turn this around?
Juniorss throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halkias counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juniorss lands a slapping body shot.
Halkias listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Juniorss misses the target.
Juniorss throws a right and a left that Halkias avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Halkias drops Juniorss with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Juniorss looks back up at him and smiles so Halkias waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Halkias slips a jab from Juniorss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halkias connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Juniorss defending well as Halkias loads up on a big left hand.
Juniorss looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Juniorss has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Juniorss there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Juniorss.
Halkias dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Juniorss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halkias.
Halkias misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Juniorss.
Juniorss tries to counter with a clinch but Halkias shakes him off and moves away.
Juniorss wants to clinch up but Halkias keeps it at a distance.
Juniorss listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Halkias pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Decent striking displayed by Halkias there.
Halkias throws a solid leg kick but Juniorss takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Halkias.
Juniorss steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Halkias.
Juniorss throws a good cross that connects.
Halkias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Halkias dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Juniorss throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Halkias was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Juniorss.
Juniorss falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halkias counters with a left to the body.
Juniorss punishes Halkias's body with a nice straight punch.
Juniorss throws a jab when Halkias was well out of range.
Halkias walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Halkias scoring well with a low kick there.
Halkias takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Halkias throws a quick inside leg kick.
Juniorss tries to clinch
and Halkias counters with a nice uppercut.
Halkias on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Halkias waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Juniorss.
Halkias swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juniorss takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juniorss misses with a body shot.
Halkias smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Juniorss throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Juniorss closes the distance and clinches.
Juniorss tries to land knees in the clinch but Halkias avoids the damage to the body.
Juniorss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halkias lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Juniorss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Juniorss's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Halkias lands with a right to the head.
Halkias blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halkias blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Halkias.
Juniorss tries to throw a body punch but Halkias avoids it by throwing Juniorss back against the cage.
Halkias working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halkias working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halkias lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halkias lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Juniorss backwards.
Still in the clinch, Halkias scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Halkias.
Juniorss's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Halkias dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Juniorss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halkias lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Juniorss lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Halkias scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Juniorss as the two fighters clinch.
Juniorss missing with knees to the body.
Halkias working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss tries to land a knee to the head but Halkias blocks with his arms.
Halkias blocks a body shot from Juniorss.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halkias creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Halkias escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Juniorss.
Juniorss might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Juniorss misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Halkias misses.

Halkias lands a big head kick that sends Juniorss tumbling to the mat! Halkias takes a step backwards and waves Juniorss back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juniorss throws the left hand but Halkias avoids the punch easily.
Juniorss tries to move into range but Halkias moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stavros Halkias is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Juniorss misses with a combination
and Halkias counters with a straight right hand.
Halkias swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halkias with a nice calf kick.
Juniorss misses with a hook
letting Halkias counter with a right hand.
Halkias slips a straight right by Juniorss.
Halkias with the inside leg kick.
Juniorss takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juniorss missing with a left hand there. Halkias was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Juniorss misses the body punch
and Halkias counters with a good low kick that Juniorss was not able to check.
Hamed Juniorss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Halkias slips a jab from Juniorss.
As Juniorss backs away, Halkias returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Halkias displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Juniorss throws out the jab.
Juniorss swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halkias scores with a jab to the head.
Halkias ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Halkias feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Juniorsss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Halkias lands the left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stavros Halkias showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Halkias has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stavros Halkias!
Our winner, Stavros Halkias, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.