PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cian McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halo comes to the cage accompanied by Murder Was the Case. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Halo
vs
McGarrity

177 cm
21
164 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

BHP's Shaolin Nutrition & Laundry (One Stop Shop)

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luciano Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cian McGarrity!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo throws a good cross that connects.
McGarrity lands a leg kick that knocks Halo off balance momentarily.
A low kick from Halo misses
and McGarrity counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Halo throws a lazy uppercut

and McGarrity counters by moving into the clinch.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGarrity doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Halo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGarrity's efforts to push away.
A short right from Halo on the inside.
Halo takes a shot to the head.
McGarrity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGarrity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGarrity tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo slows down the pace here.
McGarrity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGarrity blocks an uppercut.
Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGarrity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGarrity scores with a shoulder strike.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
McGarrity throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halos head.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks with his arms.
McGarrity tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the cage.
McGarrity blocking some punches.
Halo connects with a nasty looking knee right to McGarrity's face.
Halo pushes McGarrity back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McGarrity is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McGarrity digs a right hand into Halo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Halo's gas tank.
Halo working McGarrity over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Halo.
McGarrity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halo's elbow.
McGarrity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halo blocks a body shot from McGarrity.
A right handed body shot lands from McGarrity.
McGarrity stalls.
A body shot lands from McGarrity.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGarrity has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGarrity scores with a hook to the body.
Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but McGarrity avoids the damage to the body.
McGarrity is struggling to control the position.
Halo lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGarrity has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGarrity's elbow.
Halo has a couple of punches blocked by McGarrity.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGarrity working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGarrity tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McGarrity stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Halo is looking to control McGarrity's arms but McGarrity gets an underhook and turns him. Now Halo has his back to the cage.
Halo is breathing heavily.
McGarrity blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGarrity trying to stall but Halo improves his position.
Halo is leaning against McGarrity and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGarrity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGarrity misses with the head strike.
Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGarrity.
Halo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Halo.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
McGarrity misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGarrity looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Halo working aggressively here.
Halo has a couple of punches blocked by McGarrity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo landing knees to the body.
McGarrity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo tries to stall but McGarrity uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McGarrity tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.
Halo lands a body punch.
McGarrity looking to stall.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGarrity blocks an uppercut.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Halo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Halo with a knee to the head.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks with his arms.
McGarrity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Halo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGarrity taking a breather.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of McGarrity's head.
Halo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Halo.
McGarrity misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Halo.
McGarrity looking to slow down the pace here.
McGarrity on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Halo.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from McGarrity.
Halo swings wildly with an uppercut but McGarrity uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGarrity wants to get back to striking at distance but Halo won't allow it.
Halo tries a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks it.
McGarrity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGarrity has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Halo.
McGarrity lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Halo.
McGarrity lands with a light punch inside.
McGarrity blocking some punches.
McGarrity lands a nice shot to the body.
McGarrity misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGarrity blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano Halo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McGarrity throws a hook but Halo blocks it.
Halo throws a head kick that misses
and McGarrity counters with a body kick that stops Halo in his tracks momentarily.
Halo throws a body kick that misses.

Halo instigates a clinch.
Halo blocks a body shot from McGarrity.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGarrity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGarrity throws a head punch that misses.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGarrity blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
McGarrity blocking some punches.
Luciano Halo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Halo working aggressively here.
McGarrity tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the cage.
McGarrity is stalling here.
Halo lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Halo lands an uppercut.

McGarrity breaks the clinch.
Halo connects with a jab.
Halo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGarrity.
McGarrity moves out of range of the strikes.
Cian McGarrity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halo lands a jab.
McGarrity ducks under a wild hook from Halo.
McGarrity connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGarrity throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGarrity misses with a body shot

and Halo counters by moving into the clinch.
Halo misses with a punch on the inside.
McGarrity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McGarrity tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McGarrity is breathing heavily.
Halo landing knees to the head.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by McGarrity.
A right hand to the body from McGarrity.
McGarrity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Halo trying to land knees to the body.
Halo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGarrity blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Halo.
Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGarrity wants to stall.
Halo lands with a short shot to the head.
Halo cracks McGarrity with a nice body shot.
Halo tries a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks it.
McGarrity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of McGarrity's head.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo scores with a shot to the side of McGarrity's head.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by McGarrity.
Halo lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
McGarrity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Halo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Halo lands a knee to the head.

McGarrity is rocked!
Halo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McGarrity is still on wobbly legs! Can Halo finish him?
Halo with a knee to the head.
Halo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo misses with the head strike.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halo.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
Halo misses with some punches.
McGarrity can't find room to land a body shot as Halo controls the action.
Halo digs a right hand underneath McGarrity's ribcage. McGarrity let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McGarrity seems to have recovered his senses.
Halo misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGarrity lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from McGarrity.
Good body shot from McGarrity.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks with his arms.
McGarrity pushes Halo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McGarrity tries to throw a body punch but Halo avoids it by throwing McGarrity back against the cage.

McGarrity breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Halo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGarrity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGarrity fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano Halo dominated that second round.
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!

Halo throws a push kick but McGarrity slaps the foot to one side.
McGarrity takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McGarrity tries to clinch there but Halo circles away.
Halo lands a nice looking body kick.
McGarrity takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Halo.
McGarrity walks into a jab.

Halo pushes McGarrity up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Halo.
Halo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Halo lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Halo.
McGarrity takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but McGarrity blocks with his arms.
Halo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McGarrity up against the cage.
Halo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Halo.
Halo lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Halo lands a big knee! That's hurt McGarrity! Oh, he's all over the place! Halo lands another knee that sends McGarrity to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luciano Halo!