PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Hallick (ranked 231 p4p, 35 weight class) and Joels Van Wijnbergen (ranked 663 p4p, 106 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hallick
vs
Van Wijnbergen

193 cm
40
215 lbs
36 - 13 - 0

185 cm
32
210 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 36 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Hallick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hallick fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Wijnbergen on the side of the head.
Van Wijnbergen throws a push kick but Hallick slaps the foot to one side.
Hallick has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hallick throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Van Wijnbergen misses its intended target.
Joels Van Wijnbergen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hallick blocks a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses
and Hallick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Wijnbergen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Wijnbergen throws a wild body kick that Hallick sees coming a mile off.
Van Wijnbergen throws a jab when Hallick was well out of range.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a looping left.

Hallick has closed the distance and engaged Van Wijnbergen in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wijnbergen blocking some punches.
Hallick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Wijnbergen backwards.
Hallick lands with a left to the head.
Van Wijnbergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Wijnbergen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Hallick.
Hallick blocking some punches.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hallick blocks a body shot from Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick tries to throw a body punch but Van Wijnbergen avoids it by throwing Hallick back against the cage.
Hallick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallick has a couple of punches blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hallick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Wijnbergen's elbow.
Van Wijnbergen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hallick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hallick can't find room to land a body shot as Van Wijnbergen controls the action.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hallick working aggressively here.
Hallick misses with some punches.
Hallick lands a right hand.
Van Wijnbergen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hallick seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Wijnbergen can turn it around.
Van Wijnbergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hallick misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen working aggressively here.
Van Wijnbergen lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Hallick blocks it.
Hallick has a couple of punches blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head punch that misses.
Van Wijnbergen takes a shot to the head.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Hallick blocks it.
Hallick takes a shot to the head.
Hallick blocks a body shot from Van Wijnbergen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hallick lands with a light punch inside.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hallick fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallick throws a head punch that misses.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Hallick blocks it.
Van Wijnbergen digs a right hand underneath Hallick's ribcage. Hallick let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hallick lands with a light punch inside.
Hallick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen lands a body shot.
Van Wijnbergen misses with some punches.
Hallick lands with a light punch inside.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick misses with the head strike.
A short right from Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Wijnbergen.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick blocks an uppercut.
Hallick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hallick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hallick blocks a body shot from Van Wijnbergen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick misses with some punches.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Hallick blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hallick fails to land.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hallick - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
A body shot lands from Hallick.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Hallick dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Van Wijnbergen. Hallick shrugs it off though.
Hallick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Van Wijnbergen looks to move away, Hallick throws a big counter combo but Van Wijnbergen just gets out of the way.
Van Wijnbergen staying out of range there.
Hallick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a kick to the body.
Van Wijnbergen takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Hallick moves into range and clinches up with Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen working aggressively here.
Hallick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Wijnbergen can do to turn this around?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Hallick - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hallick tries to throw a body punch but Van Wijnbergen avoids it by throwing Hallick back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hallick.
Nice body punch from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen blocking some punches.
Hallick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hallick throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Wijnbergen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Hallick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a body shot from Hallick.
Hallick throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Wijnbergen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Hallick.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hallick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hallick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Wijnbergen.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
Hallick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a left to the head.
Hallick misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Wijnbergen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Wijnbergen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hallick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hallick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen pushes Hallick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hallick.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Wijnbergen's elbow.
A short uppercut from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Van Wijnbergen scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallick misses with the head strike.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
Hallick tries a body shot but Van Wijnbergen blocks it.
Hallick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hallick.
Hallick lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Wijnbergen backwards.
Hallick has a couple of punches blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hallick or not.
Van Wijnbergen gets through Hallick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hallick blocks an uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hallick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Wijnbergen can't find room to land a body shot as Hallick controls the action.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hallick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hallick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallick has a couple of punches blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hallick blocks an uppercut.
Hallick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hallick.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hallick pushes Van Wijnbergen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hallick misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch to the body.
Hallick lands a right hand.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hallick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Wijnbergen backwards.
Hallick scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hallick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Hallick dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hallick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Wijnbergen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hallick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Wijnbergen throws a sloppy head kick and Hallick moves out of range easily.
A leg kick checked by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen swats away the attempt to clinch by Hallick.
Hallick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Wijnbergen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hallick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Wijnbergen, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a shoulder strike.
Hallick gets through Van Wijnbergen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Wijnbergen takes a shot to the head.
Al Hallick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hallick scores with a shot to the side of Van Wijnbergen's head.
Hallick misses with the head strike.
Van Wijnbergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallick swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hallick scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallick.
Hallick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hallick lands with a left to the head.
Hallick misses with a body punch.
Hallick pushes Van Wijnbergen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hallick pushes Van Wijnbergen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Wijnbergen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hallick backwards.
Hallick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joels Van Wijnbergen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hallick fails to land.
Hallick swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Wijnbergen.
Hallick lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Wijnbergen backwards.
Hallick blocks an uppercut.
Hallick lands with a short shot to the head.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Hallick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body punch.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Wijnbergen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Hallick.
Hallick misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hallick backwards.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Hallick blocks it.
Hallick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Wijnbergen misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body punch.
Van Wijnbergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with some punches.
Van Wijnbergen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hallick.
Van Wijnbergen digs a right hand underneath Hallick's ribcage. Hallick let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Wijnbergen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hallick's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Van Wijnbergen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Hallick.
Hallick lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hallick lands with a right to the head.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hallick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Al Hallick.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hallick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Hallick!
After winning the bout, Al Hallick thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.