PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Halme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl van der Rohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halme's entrance music is Tony Halme - Kuningas Voittamaton. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Halme
vs
van der Rohen

191 cm
24
300 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Koffin Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Halme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl van der Rohen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Halme. van der Rohen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Halme misses with a looping left.
van der Rohen avoids the body shot from Halme.
van der Rohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Halme circles away quickly and effectively.
Halme misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halme falls off balance throwing a combination
and van der Rohen counters with a left and a right that stings Halme.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halme looks to land a left hand but van der Rohen moved out of range nicely.
van der Rohen wants to slow Halme down by chopping away at his legs.
Halme throws a left and a right that both miss
and van der Rohen counters with an outside leg kick.
van der Rohen staying out of range there.
Halme throws a left and a right that both miss
and van der Rohen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Halme's knee momentarily.
Halme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from van der Rohen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Halme falls off balance throwing a combination
and van der Rohen counters with a right hand to the body.
Halme is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van der Rohen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Halme throws a jab when van der Rohen was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Halme.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from van der Rohen.
Halme throws a lazy right hand but van der Rohen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Halme swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and van der Rohen counters with an outside leg kick.
Halme falls off balance throwing a combination
and van der Rohen counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick lands from van der Rohen.
van der Rohen swinging wildly here.
Halme avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van der Rohen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Halme looks to land a right hand but van der Rohen moved out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Halme misses with a double jab
and van der Rohen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Halme is really struggling to find his range with his punches. van der Rohen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
van der Rohen lands a slapping body shot.
van der Rohen misses with a leg kick.
van der Rohen lands with a nice body punch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halme takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
van der Rohen misses with the combination.

van der Rohen lands a left and a right that send Halme crashing to the mat, dazed. van der Rohen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Tony Halme has been cut.
van der Rohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Halme throws a hook to the side of van der Rohen's head but van der Rohen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Halme misses with a straight right.
Halme misses with a hook to the body
and van der Rohen counters with a leg kick.
van der Rohen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Halme counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Karl van der Rohen has been cut.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Halme takes one to the chin there.
Halme throws a body punch but van der Rohen moves out of range.
Halme throws a sloppy body shot
and Halme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halme misses with a combination
and van der Rohen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Halme's knee momentarily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
van der Rohen throws a right and a left that Halme avoids nicely.
Halme throws out a loose jab but van der Rohen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tony Halme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halme lands with a good body shot.
Halme misses with a shot to the body
and van der Rohen counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halme throws a series of punches but van der Rohen moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl van der Rohen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Halme bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps van der Rohen's head backwards.
Halme looks to throw the jab but van der Rohen is out of range.
Halme misses the shot to the body.
van der Rohen throws a low kick, looking for Halme's leg but Halme calmly moves out of range.
Halme looks to land a right hand but van der Rohen moved out of range.
van der Rohen throws a leg kick but Halme sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Halme cracks van der Rohen with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! van der Rohen looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Halme finish him?
van der Rohen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Halme rather than just go for the knockout.
van der Rohen is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van der Rohen misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halme. van der Rohen does a little dance to reset his feet.
van der Rohen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halme throws a shot from downtown. van der Rohen moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Halme misses its intended target.
Halme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van der Rohen manages to avoid it.
Halme connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends van der Rohen to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Halme!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tony Halme!