PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bratt Nardello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcu Halol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Marcu Halol enters the cage!

Nardello
vs
Halol

208 cm
27
260 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

189 cm
27
290 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Bratt Nardello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcu Halol!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nardello takes the fight into the clinch.

Nardello escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Halol throws a big shot that misses.
Nardello avoids the body shot from Halol.
Nardello connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Halol throws a lazy right hand but Nardello sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nardello takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Bratt Nardello has been cut.
A punch combination from Nardello misses.
Nardello fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halol manages to avoid it.

Nardello moves into the clinch.
Halol is looking to break free of the clinch but Nardello has double underhooks.
Halol is looking to break free of the clinch but Nardello has double underhooks.
Halol tries to break free but Nardello pushes him back against the cage.
Halol digs a right hand into Nardello's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nardello's gas tank.
Halol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Halol is trying to break the clinch but Nardello is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halol working hard to break the clinch.

Nardello breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Halol misses.
Halol thows a left - swing and a miss!

Nardello clinches with his opponent.
Nardello has Halol pressed against the cage, preventing Halol from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Nardello escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut there from Nardello.
Halol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nardello moves away.
Nardello swinging wildly here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nardello!
Nardello looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Halol is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nardello staying out of range there.
Halol cracks Nardello with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Halol moves forwards but Nardello connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nardello scores with a crisp jab that stopped Halol in his tracks.
Halol tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nardello was well out of range. Poor timing from Halol.
Nardello punishes Halol's body with a nice straight punch.
Halol throws a jab when Nardello was well out of range.
Nardello appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Nardello closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Halol lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nardello backwards.
A short left from Halol.

Halol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nardello gets a clinch.
Halol is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Nardello manages to break the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Nardello.
Halol throws an off balance right hand
and Nardello makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nardello lands a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Nardello. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nardello looks to land a combination but Halol avoids it well.
Nardello connects with a right hand. Halol shakes it off.
Nardello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Nardello moves into range and clinches up with Halol.

Halol breaks the clinch.
Halol swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nardello counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halol misses with a hook.
It looked like Nardello wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nardello bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nardello is looking to counter punch.
Halol gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nardello goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nardello is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Good standup being displayed there by Nardello as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice straight punches there by Nardello. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nardello.
Halol takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nardello scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halol takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Halol tries to clinch but Nardello moves out of range.

Nardello closes the distance and clinches.

Nardello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Halol takes one on the button.
Nardello tries to close the distance and clinch but Halol swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nardello feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Halols jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nardello ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Halol takes one to the side of the head.
Nardello fails to land with a series of punches.
Nardello lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Halol misses with a straight left.
Nardello is looking for a counter combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Oooooh!!! Nardello has knocked Halol down with a huge combo! Nardello steps away and waves a wobbly Halol back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Halol is rocked!
Nardello is breathing heavily.
Halol looks to land a right hand but Nardello moved out of range.
Halol takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Halol is still on wobbly legs! Can Nardello finish him?
Nardello tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bratt Nardello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bratt Nardello's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nardello lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Halol seems to have recovered his senses.
Nardello is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halol can do to turn this around?
Halol connects with a single shot there.
Halol has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Halol moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nardello throws a nice looking combination but Halol bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halol getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A telegraphed right hand from Halol misses the target.
Nardello connects with a single shot there.
Nardello clobbers Halol with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Halol misses with a straight right.
Halol might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Halol connects with a body shot.
Nardello fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Halol is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nardello tries to clinch but Halol is having none of it.
Nardello tries to bum rush Halol with a series of wild strikes but Halol uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Halol jabs at Nardello's body.
Halol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Nardello does it's job there.
Nardello is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nardello tries to bum rush Halol with a series of wild strikes but Halol uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halol swings for the body but Nardello moves out of range.
Halol waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nardello.
Halol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Nardello on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Halol takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Halol.
Halol drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Halol looks to land a right hand but Nardello moved out of range.
Nardello smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nardello thows a left - swing and a miss!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Halol can't find room to land a body shot as Nardello controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Halol's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Halol working hard to break the clinch.
Halol wants to get back to striking at distance but Nardello won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Halol breaks the clinch.
Nardello throws a right and a left that Halol avoids nicely.
Nardello defending well as Halol loads up on a big left hand.
Halol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nardello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nardello tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Halol manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Halol is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nardello with a body shot.
Halol misses with a straight right.
Nardello lands with a hook. Halol tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nardello lands with a straight right. Halol didn't see that one coming.
Nardello is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halol takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Halol throws a jab when Nardello was well out of range.
Bratt Nardello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Nardello does no damage.
Halol tries to counter by closing the distance.
Halol slips a jab and a cross from Nardello.
Halol throws a body punch but Nardello moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nardello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halol takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nardello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nardello went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nardello staying out of range there.
Nardello tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Halol fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halol is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nardello ducks under a wild hook from Halol.
Halol misses with a lunging right hand
and Nardello counters with a nice uppercut.
Nardello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halol is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nardello.
Nardello swats away the attempt to clinch by Halol.
Good exchange - Nardello coming out on top.
Halol thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halol misses with an uppercut.
Halol with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nardello to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halol throws a hook but Nardello blocks it.
Nice shot lands for Halol.
Halol throws out a loose jab but Nardello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nardello connects with a jab.
Nardello is looking to clinch.
Halol thows a left - swing and a miss!

Nardello darts in and clinches Halol up against the cage.

Nardello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nardello throws a series of punches but Halol avoids them all with ease.
Nardello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A left lands for Nardello.
Halol throws a jab when Nardello was well out of range.
Nardello just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nardello ducks under a wild hook from Halol.

Nardello moves into range and clinches up with Halol.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bratt Nardello dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bratt Nardello's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Halol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nardello is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nardello throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nardello connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Halol's hands.
Nardello misses the shot to the body.
Halol gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nardello, as that shot connected.
Halol is still on wobbly legs! Can Nardello finish him?
Bratt Nardello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halol misses with a body shot.
Halol seems to have recovered his senses.
Halol moves to clinch but Nardello breaks away
letting Nardello counter with a right hand.
Nardello cracks Halol with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Halol falls to his knees and Nardello doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bratt Nardello!