PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Night Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Osborne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to War. Osborne has chosen DMX - We Right Here as his entrance music. Night Hall has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hall
vs
Osborne

185 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

169 cm
23
186 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Night Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wayne Osborne!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Osborne moves into the clinch successfully.
Osborne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hall's defenses.

It looks like Night Hall has been cut.
Osborne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Osborne.
Osborne lands a nice elbow.
Osborne lands an elbow inside that Hall shrugs off.

Night Hall's cut is getting worse.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Osborne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Osborne as Hall tries to tie him up.
Osborne is pressed up against the cage. Hall has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Osborne down to the mat. Osborne avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Osborne keeps Hall at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Osborne takes the fight into the clinch.
Osborne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Osborne.
Osborne landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Osborne.
Osborne scores a nice knee to the body.
Osborne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Osborne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Osborne lands an elbow that stopped Hall in his tracks for a moment.

Night Hall's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Osborne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Osborne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Osborne landing knees to the head.

Jeez, Night Hall's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Osborne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hall's face.
Hall tries a body shot but Osborne blocks it.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Osborne misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osborne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Osborne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Osborne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Osborne.
Osborne lands an elbow inside.
Osborne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Hall has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Osborne regains guard immediately.
Hall slips nicely into half guard.
Hall thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Osborne's head.
Hall is just content to waste time from the top position. Osborne takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Osborne is looking to stand up but Hall isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hall accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Osborne has Hall pulled in close to control his posture.
Hall throws and elbow that misses. Osborne uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hall's guard. Nice move by Osborne!
Osborne throws a big right hand that misses.
Osborne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Osborne postures up in Hall's guard and throws a big left but Hall blocks it.
Osborne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hall controls Osborne momentarily but Osborne frees himself.
Hall avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hall not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Osborne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hall avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hall tries to get out of the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Osborne pushes Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
Osborne pushes off an throws an elbow but Hall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hall takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Night Hall's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wayne Osborne!