PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Westlake (ranked 5450 p4p, 25379 weight class) and Cj Hallinan (ranked 513 p4p, 0 weight class). Westlake comes into the arena with Tek It (Sped Up) 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.

Westlake
vs
Hallinan

179 cm
25
160
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
163
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyler Westlake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cj Hallinan!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westlake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Westlake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Westlake throws a right and a left that Hallinan avoids nicely.

Hallinan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Westlake is trying to defend but Hallinan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Westlake wants to control but Hallinan is keeping busy.
Westlake manages to get to full guard.
Hallinan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westlake working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallinan being controlled here momentarily.
Westlake controls Hallinan momentarily but Hallinan frees himself.
Hallinan wants to control from the top but Westlake keeps moving.

Westlake has his foot on Hallinan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hallinan works his way back into a safe position though.
Hallinan lands a couple of digs.
Hallinan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Westlake kicks Hallinan off and gets to his feet.
Westlake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Westlake looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Westlake throws a nice looking combination but Hallinan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hallinan darts in looking for a takedown but Westlake gets double underhooks and turns Hallinan into the cage.
Hallinan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Westlake tries to bum rush Hallinan with a series of wild strikes but Hallinan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hallinan is defended easily by Westlake.
Westlake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westlake throws a combination that misses
and Hallinan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hallinan tries to clinch there but Westlake circles away.
Westlake sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hallinan shoots in looking for a takedown. Westlake tries to sprawl out of it but Hallinan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Westlake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tyler Westlake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hallinan.

Hallinan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Westlake wants to control but Hallinan is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlake is looking to improve his position.
Westlake regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hallinan prevents Westlake from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Westlake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Westlake is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Westlake dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hallinan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Westlake counters with a series of strikes. Hallinan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Westlake misses with a series of wild punches.
Westlake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hallinan tries for a takedown but Westlake sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hallinan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Westlake but Westlake pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tyler Westlake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hallinan.
Hallinan tries to clinch but Westlake moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Westlake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Westlake circles away from the clinch attempt
and Westlake counters with a three punch combo that has Hallinan backing up. Hallinan nods at Westlake to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallinan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Westlake's waist but Westlake gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hallinan off to one side.
Westlake misses with a few strikes there.
Westlake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hallinan counters with a head kick.
Westlake tries to bum rush Hallinan with a series of wild strikes but Hallinan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hallinan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Westlake.
Westlake tries to bum rush Hallinan with a series of wild strikes but Hallinan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hallinan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Westlake sprawls well. Westlake wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hallinan gets slowly back to his feet.
Westlake is looking for a counter combo.
Hallinan is breathing heavily.
Hallinan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Westlake.
Westlake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westlake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hallinan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallinan trying to control from half guard but Westlake is working away.
Hallinan is looking to stall here but Westlake recovers full guard.
Hallinan throws a big right hand that misses.
Hallinan postures up.
Hallinan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Westlake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hallinan wanted to stand there but Westlake had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westlake controlling the position.
We've been informed that Hallinan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Westlake is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Hallinan presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Hallinan has had enough of the clinch but Westlake keeps him there for the moment.
Westlake has had enough of the clinch but Hallinan keeps him there for the moment.
Westlake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hallinan can do to turn this around?
Hallinan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Westlake to keep the fight standing.
Hallinan is trying to force a seperation but Westlake has the dominant position.
Hallinan trying to control the position but instead, Westlake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hallinan into the cage.
Westlake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlake is looking to break free of the clinch but Hallinan has double underhooks.
Hallinan jumps guard but Westlake turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Westlake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hallinan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Westlake to keep the fight standing.
Hallinan missing with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A frustrated look appears on Westlake's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Westlake manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Westlake dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Westlake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hallinan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Westlake as he avoids it easily.
Westlake is looking for a counter combo.
Westlake misses with the combination.
Hallinan doesn't manage to clinch there - Westlake circles away.
Tyler Westlake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Westlake misses with a series of wild punches.
Westlake misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hallinan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Westlake did well to prevent Hallinan getting side control.
Westlake regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Westlake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Westlake trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Westlake tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Westlake keeping full guard, as Hallinan tries to pass.

Westlake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Westlake wants to stand and escape but Hallinan is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hallinan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Westlake has Hallinan pulled in close to control his posture.
Hallinan postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tyler Westlake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westlake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hallinan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Westlake on the side of the head.
No joy there for Westlake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice side step and Hallinan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Westlake swinging wildly here.
Hallinan counters with a body kick.
Hallinan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hallinan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Westlake misses with a series of wild punches.
Westlake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hallinan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallinan tries to clinch there but Westlake circles away.
Westlake misses with a combination
and Hallinan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hallinan shoots in for a takedown but Westlake shows good takedown defense.
Tyler Westlake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hallinan.
Hallinan tries to close the distance and clinch but Westlake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westlake misses with a double jab.
Hallinan darts in looking for a takedown but Westlake gets double underhooks and turns Hallinan into the cage.
Westlake throws a right hand that Hallinan ducks under and follows up with a left that Hallinan also avoids with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Westlake as Hallinan shoots in.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hallinan dodges the punch combination from Westlake.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Westlake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Westlake 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Westlake!
Tyler Westlake decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.