PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xiomar Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halo has chosen Kanye West - Jesus Walks as his entrance music. Mamed Mousasi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mousasi
vs
Halo

187 cm
29
269 lbs
14 - 3 - 1

202 cm
21
286 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

West Coast Apparel

Broken Halo Pride 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 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mamed Mousasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xiomar Halo!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Mousasi misses.
Mousasi throws a right hand that misses
and Halo counters with a thumping low kick.
Halo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mousasi throws a poor cross that misses
and Halo counters with a thumping low kick.
A low kick from Halo misses
and Mousasi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mousasi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mousasi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mousasi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mousasi scores with a jab. Halo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mousasi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mousasi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Halo counters with a straight right hand.
Halo looks to land a left hand but Mousasi moved out of range nicely.
Mousasi throws a right hand that misses
and Halo counters with a right hand to the body.
Mousasi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Halo lands with an uppercut that bounces Mousasi off the cage and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi misses with a right hand
and Halo counters with a nice body kick.
Mousasi misses with a wild body shot.
Halo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halo lands a jab to the head.
Halo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mousasi is breathing heavily.
Mousasi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halo counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mousasi misses the shot to the body.
Halo throws a hook to the side of Mousasi's head but Mousasi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mousasi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Mousasi.
Mousasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halo throws a leg kick
and Mousasi counters with a nice body shot.
Halo misses with a head kick.
Mamed Mousasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mousasi counters with a nice body shot.
Halo moves away from the strike by Mousasi.
Mousasi misses with a lunging right hand
and Halo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mousasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo thumps Mousasi with a low kick.
Halo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Halo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Halo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mousasi.
Mousasi wants to clinch
and Halo counters with a nice uppercut.
Halo misses with a hook to the body
and Mousasi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Halo.
Mousasi lands a jab to Halo's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mousasi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mousasi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Halo's sensitive parts.
Halo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Halo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mousasi.
Halo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo misses with a body punch
and Mousasi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mousasi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halo manages to avoid it.
Mousasi misses with a combination
and Halo counters with a body kick that stops Mousasi in his tracks momentarily.
Halo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mousasi throws an overhand right that lands on Halo's shoulder, as Halo tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mousasi throws a big shot that misses.
Mousasi looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
Mousasi scores with a jab to the body.
Halo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mousasi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Halo connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mousasi throws an off balance right hand
and Halo counters with a low kick, right behind Mousasi 's knee.
Halo throws a low kick but Mousasi avoids it.
Halo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Mousasi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mousasi.
Halo throws a leg kick which misses Mousasi's front leg but catches the back leg as Mousasi tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mousasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mousasi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Halo misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiomar Halo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Halo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mousasi.
Halo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mousasi missing with a left hand there. Halo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Mousasi.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mousasi manages to avoid it.
Halo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mousasi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mousasi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mousasi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Halo misses with a kick to the body
and Halo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Halo misses with a lunging right hand
and Mousasi counters with a right hand to the body.
Halo misses with a jab to the body
and Halo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Halo is predictable there
and Mousasi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mousasi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Halo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Halo moves out of range of the strikes.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mousasi manages to avoid it.
Mousasi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Xiomar Halo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mousasi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halo manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mousasi misses the target.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Halo avoids it well.
Mousasi misses with a left hand
and Halo counters with a leg kick.
Mousasi misses with a low kick as Halo jumps back.
Halo misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Mousasi to counter with a crisp jab.
Mousasi slips a straight right by Halo.
Mousasi moves out of range of the strikes.
Halo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mousasi's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi misses with a body punch
and Halo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mousasi throws a leg kick
and Halo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mousasi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mousasi throws a lazy uppercut
and Mousasi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mousasi throws a good cross that connects.
Mousasi scores with a leg kick.
Mousasi tries to clinch but Halo is having none of it.
Mousasi misses with a lunging right hand
and Halo counters with a series of strikes. Mousasi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mousasi wants to clinch up but Halo keeps it at a distance.
Mousasi slips a jab and a cross from Halo.
Halo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Halo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Halo looks for the body kick but Mousasi saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halo throws out the jab.
Halo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Halo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mousasi counters with a left and a right that stings Halo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Halo - that will leave a mark!
A low kick from Halo is predictable there
and Mousasi counters with a nice uppercut.
Halo lands with a nice combination. Mousasi backs away looking to recover.
Mousasi blocks the body kick.
Mousasi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Halo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halo avoids the body shot from Mousasi.
Mousasi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mousasi throws a right hand that misses
letting Halo counter with a right hand.
Halo misses with a kick to the body
and Mousasi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Halo is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Halo misses with a leg kick
and Mousasi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mousasi throws a hook to the side of Halo's head but Halo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick by Halo misses
enabling Mousasi to counter with a crisp jab.
Mousasi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Halo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mousasi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mousasi misses with a body shot.
Mousasi misses with an uppercut.
Mousasi swings widly with a right hand
and Halo counters with a straight right hand.
Halo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halo slips a jab from Mousasi.
Halo digs a good hook to Mousasi's body.
Halo misses with a left hand
and Mousasi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiomar Halo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mousasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Mousasi. Those never looked like landing.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mousasi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Halo misses with a jab to the body
and Mousasi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Halo thinking.
Mousasi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Halo's head backwards.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Halo.
Mousasi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mousasi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Halo momentarily.
Mousasi misses with a lunging right hand
and Halo counters with a nice leg kick.
Mousasi connects with a solid leg kick.
Mousasi catches Halo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mousasi with a nice cross.
Mousasi tries a low kick but Halo avoids it.
Mousasi scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Halo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Mousasi.
Halo throws a leg kick
and Mousasi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mousasi misses with a body shot.

Mousasi forces Halo back against the cage and clinches.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mousasi scores with the left hand. Halo knows he should have avoided that one.
Halo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mousasi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mousasi misses with a few strikes there.
Mousasi scoring well with a low kick there.
Mousasi misses with a shot to the body
and Halo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mousasi's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi tries a low kick but Halo avoids it.
Halo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mousasi counters with a right hand to the body.
Mousasi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Halo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mousasi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Halo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mousasi fails to land with a series of punches.
Mousasi misses with the combination.
Mousasi misses with a two punch combination.
Mousasi misses with a body shot.
Mousasi lands a leg kick that knocks Halo off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mousasi. Halo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo keeps the fight on the outside.
Halo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Halo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mousasi is out of range.

Mousasi moves into the clinch.
Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mousasi tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mousasi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mousasi gets through Halo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Halo.
Mousasi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mousasi struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Mousasi lands a nice uppercut.
Mousasi'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.
Mousasi gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Mamed Mousasi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Mousasi controls the action.
Mousasi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mousasi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mousasi lands a left hand.
Mousasi takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Mousasi.
Mousasi controlling the action here for a moment.
Mousasi lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mousasi pushes Halo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mousasi lands a body punch.
Mousasi struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mousasi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mousasi lands with a right to the head.
Mousasi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Halo up against the cage.
Mousasi lands with a light punch inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mamed Mousasi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Halo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xiomar Halo!