PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Peter Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Predator Apocalypse. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Peter Hall
vs
Harrison

186 cm
22
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Solid chin

5th Round Clothing
5th Round Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Peter Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peter Hall motions for Harrison to come forward. Peter Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Peter Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick by Harrison misses
and Peter Hall counters with a good low kick that Harrison was not able to check.
Harrison throws a lazy head kick
and Peter Hall counters with a good low kick that Harrison was not able to check.
Harrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Peter Hall is fending him off so far but Harrison persists. Nope, Peter Hall circles away and we're back to standing.
Harrison looks gassed!
Harrison swings widly with a right hand

and Peter Hall counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Peter Hall.
Peter Hall lands a damaging elbow.

Peter Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peter Hall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Peter Hall connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison misses with a combination
and Peter Hall counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harrison's knee momentarily.
Peter Hall lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison walks forward, straight into a front kick from Peter Hall.
Peter Hall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kevin Peter Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peter Hall throws a chopping leg kick but Harrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harrison tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Peter Hall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harrison shoots in but Peter Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jerry Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peter Hall is looking to slow Harrison down with leg kicks.
Peter Hall throws a head kick but Harrison moves out of range.

Harrison rushes Peter Hall and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peter Hall controlling the action here for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Harrison's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Peter Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peter Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrison tries to pull guard but Peter Hall holds him up against the cage and eventually Harrison drops back down to his feet.
Kevin Peter Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Harrison.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Peter Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Peter Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Peter Hall lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Peter Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Peter Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrison takes a knee to the side of the body.

Peter Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrison takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Peter Hall motions for Harrison to come forward. Peter Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison shoots in but Peter Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Peter Hall wants to land a leg kick but Harrison is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peter Hall.
Peter Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Peter Hall lands a good knee to the midsection. Harrison won't want to take too many of those.

Peter Hall breaks the clinch.
Peter Hall feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harrison's calf.
Peter Hall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harrison.
Peter Hall throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Peter Hall moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.
Knees to the body from Peter Hall.
Harrison avoids the elbow strike from Peter Hall, against the cage.
Harrison avoids the elbow strike from Peter Hall, against the cage.
Peter Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peter Hall lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Peter Hall scores a nice knee to the body.
Peter Hall landing knees to the body.

Peter Hall manages to break the clinch.
Harrison throws a body kick the misses
and Peter Hall counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peter Hall scores with a head kick. Harrison tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peter Hall as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Peter Hall dominated that round.
That's time! Peter Hall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Peter Hall swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Peter Hall lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harrison's sensitive parts.
Harrison avoids the head kick by Peter Hall.
Jerry Harrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Harrison is trying desperately to land a takedown but Peter Hall is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Harrison.
Harrison throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Peter Hall's waist but Peter Hall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harrison off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peter Hall motions for Harrison to come forward. Peter Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
Peter Hall throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A clash of legs there as Harrison blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peter Hall stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Peter Hall wants it to stay on the feet.
Kevin Peter Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Harrison.
Peter Hall throws a leg kick but Harrison moved away.
Peter Hall tries a low kick but Harrison avoids it.

Harrison closes the distance and clinches.
Peter Hall pushes Harrison back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peter Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Peter Hall misses with a knee to the head.

Peter Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Harrison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peter Hall lands a knee to the body.
Peter Hall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrison's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peter Hall missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peter Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Peter Hall missing with knees to the body.
Peter Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harrison is trying to drag Peter Hall to the mat but Peter Hall just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Peter Hall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrison can do to turn this around?
Peter Hall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Peter Hall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peter Hall missing with knees to the body.
Peter Hall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison avoiding damage as Peter Hall throws knees to the body.
Harrison dodges an elbow strike from Peter Hall.
A head punch on the inside from Harrison fails to land.
Peter Hall has Harrison pushed against the cage.
Peter Hall lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peter Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Harrison clinches.
Harrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peter Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Harrison tries to score a body lock takedown but Peter Hall shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harrison avoids the elbow strike from Peter Hall, against the cage.
Peter Hall gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harrison.
Peter Hall using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peter Hall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Harrison has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Peter Hall uses from the top position.
Harrison wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Peter Hall is now in half guard.
Harrison is looking to control Peter Hall's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Harrison avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peter Hall is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Harrison wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Peter Hall dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Harrison has Peter Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
Peter Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peter Hall is defending well for now.
Harrison avoiding damage as Peter Hall throws knees to the body.
Peter Hall stops a takedown attempt from Harrison.
Peter Hall landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peter Hall working Harrison over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Peter Hall.
Peter Hall is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Peter Hall lands an elbow inside that Harrison shrugs off.
Peter Hall lands a nice elbow.
Peter Hall lands a damaging elbow.
Harrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kevin Peter Hall has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Peter Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Peter Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peter Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peter Hall stalling in the clinch but Harrison improves position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Peter Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Peter Hall prevents the takedown attempt.
Peter Hall working Harrison over with knees to the body.
Harrison tries to stall but Peter Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Peter Hall.
Peter Hall lands a nice elbow.
Peter Hall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Peter Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peter Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Peter Hall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peter Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peter Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Peter Hall lands a good knee to the midsection. Harrison won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Peter Hall fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kevin Peter Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Harrison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harrison.
Peter Hall throws a solid leg kick but Harrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Peter Hall.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Peter Hall.
Peter Hall slaps away a takedown attempt from Harrison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Harrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throws a lazy head kick
and Peter Hall counters with a nice leg kick.
Harrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harrison blocks a leg kick.
Peter Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peter Hall throws a leg kick but Harrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Peter Hall feints and then cracks Harrison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harrison down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Peter Hall.
Peter Hall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peter Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
Peter Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peter Hall connects with a solid leg kick.
Harrison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Peter Hall counters with a nice leg kick.

Peter Hall fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrison, pushing him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peter Hall obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Peter Hall manages to break the clinch.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Peter Hall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jerry Harrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kevin Peter Hall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A chopping leg kick lands by Peter Hall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Peter Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Peter Hall has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Peter Hall!