PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Tecumseh Sherman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sherman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Battle Hymn Of The Republic. Jimmy Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tecumseh Sherman
vs
Hall

195 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
247 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Just Fight
Springfield HW Nutrition

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tecumseh Sherman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Hall!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hall jabs Sherman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Sherman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sherman.
Sherman throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sherman looks to land a combination but Hall avoids it well.
Hall jabs Sherman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sherman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Sherman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall defending well as Sherman loads up on a big left hand.
Hall wants to clinch up but Sherman keeps it at a distance.
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall throws a body punch but Sherman moves out of range.
Sherman misses with a series of wild punches.
Sherman scores with a shot to the body.
Sherman slips a jab from Hall.
Sherman misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hall.
Sherman looks to land a combination but Hall avoids it well.
Sherman throws a right and a left that Hall avoids nicely.
Sherman jabs Hall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sherman throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Hall missing with a left hand there. Sherman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sherman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sherman lands a nice hook to Hall's body. Hall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sherman misses the shot to the body.
Jimmy Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Sherman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sherman manages to avoid it.
Sherman works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Sherman connects with a jab.
Sherman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sherman duly obliges.

It looks like Jimmy Hall has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sherman missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherman fails to land with a series of punches.
Sherman staying out of range there.
Sherman is looking to wear down Hall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hall tries to clinch up.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch but Sherman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sherman to score with a decent uppercut.
Sherman misses with a series of wild punches.
Sherman needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like William Tecumseh Sherman has been cut.
Sherman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hall takes a swing at Sherman's ribcage but misses.
Sherman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hall jabs at Sherman's body.
Hall scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hall misses with an uppercut. Sherman saw that one coming.
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sherman manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hall gets tackled into the cage by Sherman. Sherman maintains the clinch.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sherman is trying to break the clinch but Hall is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sherman.
Sherman tries to circle away but Hall has him pinned against the cage.
Sherman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Sherman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sherman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sherman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sherman thows a body shot but no joy.
Hall lands with a nice body punch.
Hall swings for the body but Sherman moves out of range.
Sherman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Sherman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hall thows a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sherman at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hall.
Sherman throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Sherman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sherman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Hall lands.
Hall cracks Sherman with a good jab.
Sherman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Sherman.
Hall throws a big shot that misses.
Hall avoids the body shot from Sherman.
Sherman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sherman swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
Sherman scores with a jab.
A combination from Sherman does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that William Tecumseh Sherman will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Sherman. Those never looked like landing.
Sherman throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sherman slips under a jab.
Sherman takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Sherman does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Hall.
Sherman throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Hall moves out of range as Sherman strikes.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sherman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hall.
Hall scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall throws a body punch but Sherman moves out of range.
Sherman slips under a jab from Hall.

Sherman clinches up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sherman prevents a body shot from Hall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sherman can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sherman.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Sherman controls the action.
Sherman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Sherman.
Sherman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sherman wants to break free but Hall has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sherman.
Sherman can't break the clinch.
Sherman presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hall is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sherman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Sherman.
Hall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sherman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Sherman.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Sherman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sherman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall misses with an uppercut.
Sherman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Sherman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sherman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Hall misses.
Sherman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherman throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Hall looks to land a left hand but Sherman moved out of range nicely.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Sherman is out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Sherman scores with a four punch combination!
Sherman swinging wildly here.
Hall is looking to clinch.
Sherman wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Sherman misses with a body shot.
Sherman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sherman slips a jab from Hall.
A big left from Hall misses.

Sherman forces Hall back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall prevents Sherman from breaking the clinch.
Sherman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sherman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Sherman controls his hands.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Sherman controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sherman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall prevents Sherman from breaking the clinch.

Sherman breaks from the clinch.

Sherman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sherman letting Hall take a breather here.
Hall tries a body shot but Sherman blocks it.
Sherman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall looking to stall.
Sherman tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
William Tecumseh Sherman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sherman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Tecumseh Sherman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall throws a right hand that misses
and Sherman counters with a nice uppercut.
William Tecumseh Sherman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sherman misses with the combination.
Sherman works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Sherman.
Sherman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sherman ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Sherman throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sherman looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Hall misses with an uppercut. Sherman saw that one coming.
Sherman jabs Hall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sherman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sherman moves out of range as Hall strikes.
Sherman misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherman misses with a wild body shot.
Sherman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sherman moves forwards but Hall connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sherman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall lands a really nice looking cross but Sherman seems unphased.
Sherman takes one on the button.
Hall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sherman.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sherman was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Sherman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sherman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Hall lands with a hook. Sherman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sherman misses with a wild body shot.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sherman moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sherman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sherman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sherman was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Hall works Sherman's body with a nice hook.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sherman tries to clinch but Hall moves out of range.
Sherman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Sherman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hall looks to land a right hand but Sherman moved out of range.
Sherman moves away from the strike by Hall.
Sherman sizes up Hall with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sherman swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sherman on the side of the head.
Sherman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Sherman throws a shot to the body.
Hall slips a jab and a cross from Sherman.
Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

William Tecumseh Sherman's cut is getting worse.
Sherman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sherman needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.
Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hall misses with a hook.
Hall tries to clinch there but Sherman circles away.
Sherman looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sherman.
Sherman takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherman lands with a right hand.
A combination from Sherman does no damage.
Sherman slips a straight right by Hall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall connects with a body shot.
Sherman takes one on the button.
Sherman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jimmy Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sherman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Sherman.
Sherman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Sherman prevents a body shot from Hall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Sherman breaks from the clinch.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sherman.
Jimmy Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William Tecumseh Sherman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Sherman does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sherman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Tecumseh Sherman!
William Tecumseh Sherman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Just Fight for their support in the buildup to the fight.