PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halo Halo (ranked 2477 p4p, 3724 weight class) and Adonis Jordan (ranked 308 p4p, 441 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Halo
vs
Jordan

193 cm
26
250
2 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
265
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Halo Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adonis Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo works Jordan's body with a nice hook.
Halo misses with a wild body shot.
Jordan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Halo stuffs the takedown.

Halo darts in and clinches Jordan up against the cage.
Jordan is trying to pull guard but Halo has him pressed against the cage.
Halo lands a left hand.
Halo lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Halo.
Halo lands a body punch.
Halo scores with a shoulder strike.
Halo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Halo pushes Jordan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jordan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Halo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Halo Halo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adonis Jordan.
A nice left hand lands by Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jordan backwards.
Halo stalling.
I was talking to Halo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jordan is looking to take this one to the mat.
A shot in the inside from Halo.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Halo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jordan looks winded!
Halo lands an uppercut.
Halo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Halo lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Halo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Halo.
Halo presses Jordan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Halo.
Halo'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.
Halo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of Jordan's head.
Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Halo.
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jordans head.
Halo stalls.
Halo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Halo gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Jordan letting Halo take a breather here.
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Halo.
Halo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Halo scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Halo.
Halo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Jordan backwards.
Halo lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Halo.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of Jordan's head.
Halo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Jordan backwards.
Halo lands with a short shot to the head.
Halo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jordan.
A right hook to the body lands for Halo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Halo Halo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Halo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Halo clinches with his opponent.
Jordan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Halo walks away with a smile on his face. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jordan drops his hands momentarily and Halo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jordan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Halo avoids it really well and circles away.

Halo clinches with his opponent.
Halo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jordan can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jordan is breathing heavily.
Jordan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jordans head.
A short right from Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Halo on the inside.
Halo is struggling to control the position.
A right handed body shot lands from Halo.
Halo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Halo.
A short right from Halo on the inside.
Halo pushes Jordan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo gets through Jordan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Halo leaning against his opponent.
Halo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jordan or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Halo.
Halo cracks Jordan with a nice body shot.
Halo Halo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Halo pushes Jordan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Halo lands with a right to the head.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Jordan is rocked!

Halo lands a big uppercut and Jordan is down! He's in big trouble - Halo follows him to the mat!
Jordan is still in real trouble! Can Halo finish him?
Ground and pound from Halo.
Halo lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Jordan! More strikes land and this one is all over! Halo jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Halo Halo!