PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ginger Jesus (ranked 3709 p4p, 2367 weight class) and Tony Halme (ranked 163 p4p, 146 weight class). Jesus comes to the cage accompanied by Jesus Walks BY-KANYE WEST. Halme has chosen Katri Helena-Katson autiota hiekkarantaa as his entrance music. 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.

Jesus
vs
Halme

195 cm
47
243
31 - 19 - 0

220 cm
33
276
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ginger Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Halme!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Halme tries to land a knee to the head but Jesus blocks with his arms.
Halme is trying to maintain a safe position but Jesus gets an underhook and turns Halme into the cage.
Jesus lands with a light punch inside.
Halme misses with a knee to the head.
Halme trying to control the position but instead, Jesus has worked for underhooks and has pushed Halme into the cage.
Halme lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ginger Jesus has been cut.
Jesus gets through Halme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Halme is looking to control Jesus's arms but Jesus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Halme has his back to the cage.
Jesus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Halme is defending well for now.
Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Halme taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jesus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Halme backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Jesus fails to land.
Halme missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jesus.
Jesus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jesus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halme's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jesus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Halme backwards.
Halme lands a shoulder strike.
Halme blocking some punches.
Halme is trying to stall.
Jesus takes an elbow to the temple.
Jesus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jesus misses with a body punch.
Halme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Halme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jesus misses with the head strike.
Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Halme, against the cage.
Jesus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halme.
Jesus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halme's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Halme holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jesus lands a hook that snaps the head of Halme backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halme creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halme lands a damaging elbow.
Halme missing with knees to the body.
Jesus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jesus.
Halme wants to get back to striking at distance but Jesus won't allow it.
Halme lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jesus backwards.
Jesus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halme comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jesus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jesus as Halme tries to tie him up.

Halme manages to break the clinch.
Halme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jesus.
Jesus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Halme counters with a three punch combo that has Jesus backing up. Jesus nods at Halme to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halme misses with a two punch combination.
Jesus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jesus gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tony Halme!
Tony Halme tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.