PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allen Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Doe
vs
Hall

175 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Allen Hall!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe tries to clinch up.

Doe moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
Doe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hall's face.
Hall changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Doe fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Doe tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe is looking to clinch.

Doe drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hall tries to control but Doe manages to take his back.
Doe is hanging on to Hall's back as he tries to escape.
Hall manages to reverse the position and now he's in Doe's guard. Nice work there by Hall.
Hall trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall prevents Doe from getting back to his feet.

Hall gets to his feet - Doe follows without any prompting.
Hall looks gassed!
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John Doe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Allen Hall.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Doe takes the fight into the clinch.
Hall has Doe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Doe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Doe tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Doe lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Doe.
Hall avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Doe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Doe lands an elbow just above Hall 's eye.
Doe misses with an elbow strike.
Doe tries a knee to the head but Hall blocks it.
Doe looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Doe lands a knee to the head.
Doe trying to land knees to the body.
Doe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hall's face.
Hall jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Doe walks away with a smile on his face. Hall gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Doe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hall.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Hall fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Hall tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Doe swivels and escapes.

Doe clinches.
Doe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Doe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Doe just stands there and leans against the cage.

Doe drags the fight down to the ground.
Hall is looking to advance position but Doe has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Doe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doe tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.

Hall fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Doe sprawls well initially but Hall persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Doe regains full guard. Nicely done.
Doe wants to get back to his feet but Hall is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Doe is on top in guard.
Hall is breathing heavily.

Hall is looking for a triangle here but Doe uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe cracks Hall with a big right hand but Hall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Doe landing a few strikes.
Hall tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Doe easily slips into full mount!
Hall is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe with the ground and pound from mount.
Doe with a couple of short strikes.
Doe working the ground and pound effectively.
Hall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Doe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall is bucking up trying to escape but Doe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hall taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Doe.
Doe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hall is trying to escape the mount.
Doe working Hall over with strikes here.

Hall is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Doe lands with some strikes.
Doe with good strikes from the mount here!
Doe connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Doe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doe wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
John Doe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Doe wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doe darts in and clinches Hall up against the cage.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall is trying to break free.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Hall tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Doe lands a knee to the head.
Doe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Doe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Doe.
Hall blocks the elbow strike.
Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Doe.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.

Hall decides to pull guard.
Hall lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Doe!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Doe looks a forlorn figure.
Hall lands a big shot there that rocks Doe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hall throws some wild stikes that Doe manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall prevents Doe from getting the reversal.

Hall is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Doe has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Doe!

Hall is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Doe stands and steps away. Hall gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall fails to land the takedown.
Doe is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Doe tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
John Doe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Doe moves into the clinch.
Allen Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Doe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A knee to the head by Doe.
Doe digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Doe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Doe!