PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Maia
vs
Hall

182 cm
30
188 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

185 cm
31
198 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Hall!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia connects with a body shot that sends Hall's belly button to the back.
Maia misses with a body shot.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hall tries to clinch there but Maia circles away.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maia wants a takedown but no success here.
Hall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maia jumps guard but Hall stands there with Maia around his waist. Maia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall slips a jab from Maia.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Maia looking to score a takedown here. Hall is defending well but Maia drives through and ends up in Hall's guard.
Maia preventing the sweep.
Maia passes into half guard.
Maia thows a huge punch but Hall dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maia thows a huge punch but Hall dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia trying to mount his opponent but Hall defends it.
Maia stalling away here and it's allowed Hall to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall has control of Maia's left arm, preventing Maia from doing any damage.
Maia wants to control from the top but Hall keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia is really struggling to control Hall but he's trying to hold on to the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Daniel Maia wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A big right from Hall misses.
An inside leg kick from Maia misses.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall lands a nice hook to Maia's body. Maia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hall keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hall defending well as Maia loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall takes a swing at Maia's ribcage but misses.
Maia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hall's head.
Maia throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.

Maia closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hall quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall is not content to let Maia control the position.
Hall tries to get to full guard but Maia has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hank Hall will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Maia swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Maia misses with a low kick.
Maia lands with a good body shot.
Hall throws a series of punches but Maia moves out of range.
Hall stuffs the takedown attempt from Maia. Maia gets slowly back to his feet.
Hall looks to throw a body kick
and Maia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hall thinking.
Maia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hall.
Maia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hall is fending him off so far but Maia persists. Nope, Hall circles away and we're back to standing.

Hall closes the distance and clinches.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Maia controls his hands.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Hall lands with a short shot to the head.
Maia blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hank Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maia staying out of range there.
Maia misses with a wild body shot.
Maia just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maia tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maia misses with a looping right.
Hall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maia circles away quickly and effectively.
Maia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hall as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall missing with a left hand there. Maia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hall pushes Maia up against the cage in a clinch.

Hall breaks from the clinch.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Maia misses.
Hall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Maia rather than just go for the knockout.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Maia misses the jab.
Maia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hall in his tracks.
Hall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maia slips a jab and a cross from Hall.

Hall lands a left and a right that send Maia crashing to the mat, dazed. Hall thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Daniel Maia has been cut.
Hank Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hall is fending him off so far but Maia persists. Nope, Hall circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hall throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Maia is rocked!
Hall lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Maia - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Hall!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hank Hall!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Hank Hall waved his t-shirt featuring 5th Round Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.