PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Halder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Hinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake Halder has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Halder
vs
Hinch

192 cm
30
263 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

201 cm
30
280 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Halder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Stevie Hinch!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hinch rushes Halder and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Halder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Stevie Hinch has been cut.
Halder 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.
Halder lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Halder.
Hinch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Halder prevents it.
Hinch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Halder walks away with a smile on his face. Hinch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hinch has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Halder is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Halder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hinch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hinch looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hinch moves out of range of the body kick.
Halder throws a body kick that misses
and Hinch counters with a body kick that stops Halder in his tracks momentarily.
Hinch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halder throws out the jab.
Halder goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hinch shoots in for a takedown but Halder shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blake Halder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stevie Hinch.
Halder throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Hinch colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Halder as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Hinch is left battered and dazed whilst Halder and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Halder!
Blake Halder thanked the fans post fight for their support.