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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keo Kalanie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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19
214 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keo Kalanie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lenny Hall!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalanie misses with a wild body shot.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kalanie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kalanie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hall as he jumps to the side.
Kalanie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalanie tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hall defends well and Kalanie ends up having to push Hall into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hall has closed the distance and engaged Kalanie in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kalanie up against the cage.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalanie fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keo Kalanie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalanie tries to keep at a distance but Hall has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kalanie prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lenny Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kalanie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hall's waist but Hall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kalanie off to one side.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall instigates a clinch.
Kalanie tries to pull guard but Hall won't allow it.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kalanie has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Hall to work.
Kalanie tries to pull guard but Hall won't allow it.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalanie 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.
Kalanie tries to pull guard but Hall forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hall is stalling here.
Kalanie tries to pull guard but Hall holds him up against the cage and eventually Kalanie drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalanie jumps guard but Hall stands there with Kalanie around his waist. Kalanie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hall is working Kalanie over against the cage.
Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hall has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Kalanie thows a leg kick but Hall checks it
and Hall counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hall clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hall.
Kalanie definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kalanie tries to pull guard but Hall won't allow it.
Kalanie is trying to pull guard but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Hall is trying to push Kalanie away but Kalanie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hall is trying to push Kalanie away but Kalanie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalanie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalanie shoots in but Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hall clinches.
Kalanie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kalanie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kalanie with a poor takedown
and Hall counters with a three punch combo that has Kalanie backing up. Kalanie nods at Hall to acknowledge the strikes.
Hall takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lenny Hall dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hall moves into the clinch successfully.
Kalanie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hall pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kalanie gets tackled into the cage by Hall. Hall maintains the clinch.
Kalanie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kalanie misses the shot to the body.
Kalanie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Hall blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall moves into range and clinches up with Kalanie.
Kalanie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kalanie throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Hall.
Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kalanie darts in looking for a takedown but Hall gets double underhooks and turns Kalanie into the cage.
Hall tries to clinch but Kalanie is having none of it.
Lenny Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hall checks a leg kick.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kalanie throws a body kick that misses
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Kalanie is predictable there
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hall tries to clinch
and Kalanie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hall throws a one two combo.
Hall is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall's corner calls for a 1-2. Hall obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kalanie misses with a wild body shot.
Hall moves into the clinch successfully.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kalanie breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Kalanie misses.
Kalanie is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Kalanie needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.
Kalanie takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Lenny Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with a nice strike.
Hall gets a clinch.
Hall breaks from the clinch.
Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hall doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalanie circles away.
Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Hall scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kalanie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hall gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kalanie looking to control but Hall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hall tries to control the position but Kalanie now has his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalanie throwing sloppy strikes.
Kalanie sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Hall taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Keo Kalanie!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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