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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Walton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lenny Hall will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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220 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brad Walton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lenny Hall!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Walton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walton seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hall looks to land a combination. Walton sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Walton misses with an uppercut. Hall saw that one coming.
Walton darts in and clinches Hall up against the cage.
Hall is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walton.
A short right from Hall.
Walton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Walton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hall avoiding damage as Walton throws knees to the body.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton misses with a punch to the body.
Hall is leaning against Walton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hall is trying to push Walton away but Walton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Walton.
Walton tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Walton has double underhooks.
Hall is trying to break free.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Walton can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hall moves away from the strike by Walton.
Hall closes the distance and pushes Walton back into the cage.
Walton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walton tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walton has him pressed against the cage.
Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walton has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton is looking to control Hall's arms but Hall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walton has his back to the cage.
Hall lands with a light punch inside.
Walton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hall is working Walton over against the cage.
Walton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walton misses with the head strike.
Hall is trying to force a seperation but Walton has the dominant position.
Walton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Walton has him pressed against the cage.
Walton missing with knees to the body.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Walton avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Walton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lenny Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hall scores with a hook to the body. Walton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall has Walton up against the cage in a clinch.
Walton has Hall pressed against the cage, preventing Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Walton tries to tie him up.
Walton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hall lands with a nice body punch.
Hall gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lenny Hall dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walton.
Walton changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Walton rather than just go for the knockout.
Hall lands with a good body shot.
Walton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walton gets tackled into the cage by Hall. Hall maintains the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lenny Hall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hall gets through Walton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton moves in looking to clinch but Hall pushes him off.
Walton tries to clinch up
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall scores with a nice right hand.
Walton slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
Lenny Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall tests Walton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hall is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hall has managed to clinch.
Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Walton has double underhooks.
Hall is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Walton tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Walton back against the cage.
Walton wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walton.
Hall misses with the head strike.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walton's elbow.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall wants to get back to striking at distance but Walton won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall works on Walton's body with a couple of short punches.
Walton manages to break the clinch.
Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Hall forces Walton back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with a shoulder strike.
Hall pushes Walton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall is trying to break free.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Walton is looking to control Hall's arms but Hall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walton has his back to the cage.
Walton missing with knees to the body.
Walton is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns Walton into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maybe Walton would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Hall is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall slows down the pace here.
Walton is looking for a takedown.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hall is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hall tries to work over Walton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lenny Hall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Hall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hall stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Walton has Hall pressed against the cage, preventing Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walton trying to control the position but instead, Hall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walton into the cage.
Walton stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Walton can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall prevents a body shot from Walton.
Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walton misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hall is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hall taking a breather.
Walton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall drives through and clinches with Walton against the cage.
Walton tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Walton back against the cage.
Hall tries to break the clinch but Walton is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Walton controls the action.
Hall tries to break the clinch but Walton is controlling the position.
Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walton tries to counter by clinching up but Hall breaks away and moves out of range.
Walton throws out a leg kick but Hall moves out of range and Walton only half commits.
Hall closes the distance and clinches.
Walton breaks from the clinch.
Walton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Walton wants to clinch
and Hall counters with a left to the body.
Hall misses with a double jab.
Walton drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hall sprawls and moves away.
Hall cracks Walton with a good jab.
Walton is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hall's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walton takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hall for as long as he can get away with.
Walton's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Brad Walton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lenny Hall is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Walton is looking to advance position but Hall won't allow it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Walton stops Hall from getting back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Walton throws a lazy uppercut
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A punch combination from Hall misses.
Hall cracks Walton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hall has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lenny Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hall winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lenny Hall!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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