PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Belcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall has chosen Serial Killa as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belcher
vs
Hall

185 cm
24
170 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

178 cm
33
163 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

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Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bob Belcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Hall!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belcher.
Belcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Hall moves into the clinch successfully.

Belcher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belcher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bob Belcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Belcher.
Belcher avoids the head kick by Hall.
A combination from Belcher does no damage.
Hall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belcher moves forwards but Hall connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Belcher. Those never looked like landing.
Belcher connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Belcher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hall is out of range.
A shot to the body from Belcher misses
and Hall counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belcher.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with a wild combination.
Belcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall jabs Belcher to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hall with a nice cross.
Belcher tries to bum rush Hall with a series of wild strikes but Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Belcher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hall connects with a looping right hand.
Belcher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Belcher doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Belcher does no damage.
Belcher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Hall closes the distance and clinches.
Belcher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Belcher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Our sources have told us that Belcher has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Belcher.
Hall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Belcher tries to break the clinch but Hall is controlling the position.
Hall stalls.
Hall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belcher.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Belchers head.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Belcher backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belcher tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.

Hall breaks the clinch.
Hall digs a good body shot into Belcher's ribs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hall.
Belcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Belcher throws a looping overhand right but Hall ducks down to avoid it.
Belcher moves out of range of the body kick.
Hall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hall lands a nice looking body kick.
Belcher misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Belcher does no damage.
Belcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall scores with a hook to the body. Belcher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belcher throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Belcher misses.
Belcher is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Belcher takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hall throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Belcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Belcher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hall counters with a stiff right hand.
Hall delivers a nice body kick.
Belcher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hall scores with a spinning back kick!

Hall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Hall.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Belcher avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Hall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belcher is defending well for now.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hall lands a nice hook to Belcher's body. Belcher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hall lands with a hook. Belcher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hall tries to clinch up.
Hall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Belcher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hall.
Hall lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Hall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hall.
Hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Belcher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hall counters with a solid body kick.
Hall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belcher.
Hall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Belcher gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall scoring well with a low kick there.
Hall scoring well with a low kick there.
Belcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.

Hall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hall lands a right hand.

Belcher is rocked!
Hall lands an uppercut.
Oh Belcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hall.
Hall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bob Belcher has been cut.
Hall pushes Belcher against the cage. Hall is working some dirty boxing. Hall pushes off with a quick right hook! Belcher goes down! Belcher tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hall moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Hall!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Hall thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.