PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between K The Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Hallick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rad comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac - Don't Get It Twisted. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

The Rad
vs
Hallick

183 cm
28
157 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

193 cm
19
223 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing
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Master Lee's One Stop
Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, K The Rad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Hallick!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rad misses with a wild body shot.
Hallick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hallick lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Hallick misses
and Rad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rad avoids the head kick by Hallick.
Hallick throws a sloppy head kick and Rad moves out of range easily.
Rad throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A head kick by Hallick misses
and Rad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hallick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hallick pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rad is out of range and Hallick settles back down.
Rad seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rad fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hallick has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallick throws a head kick that misses.
Rad blocks a head kick by Hallick.
Hallick misses with a wild body shot.
Hallick misses with a jab to the body
and Hallick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rad defending well as Hallick loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rad lands a slapping body shot.
Rad lunges at Hallick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hallick's hand.
A head kick by Hallick misses
enabling Rad to counter with a crisp jab.
Rad takes a swing at Hallick's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Rad does no damage.
Hallick throws a leg kick
and Hallick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rad throws a front kick aimed at Hallick's knee but Hallick avoids it well.
Hallick thows a leg kick but Rad checks it
and Rad counters with a low kick, right behind Hallick 's knee.
Rad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Hallick finds it's way through Rad's defenses.
Hallick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hallick throws a looping overhand right but Rad ducks down to avoid it.
Rad throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hallick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rad manages to avoid it.
Rad throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Al Hallick has been cut.
A big left from Hallick misses.
Rad plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hallick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hallick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Hallick.
Rad keeps the fight on the outside.
Hallick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rad moves away.
Both fighters circling a little - Rad finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rad fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hallick takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rad delivers a nice body kick.
Al Hallick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rad, right into the meat.
Hallick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A cross from Rad lands.
Hallick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rad. Rad obviously looking to wear him down.
Rad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rad lunges at Hallick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hallick's hand.
Hallick throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hallick looks winded!
Rad blocks a jab.
Hallick is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rad rather than just go for the knockout.
Hallick throws a poor cross that misses
and Rad makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rad ducks under a wild hook from Hallick.
Hallick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hallick throws a sloppy head kick
and Rad counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallick misses with a hook.
Rad scores with a spinning back kick!
A slow jab from Hallick misses its intended target.
Hallick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hallick misses with a looping right.
Rad throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Rad.
Hallick takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hallick throws a poor cross that misses
and Rad counters with a solid body kick.
Rad cracks Hallick with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallick throws a sloppy head kick and Rad moves out of range easily.
Rad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hallick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rad lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

K The Rad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Al Hallick's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Danga de danga de dang - Rad scores with a four punch combination!
Hallick has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rad.
Hallick doesn't manage to clinch there - Rad circles away.
Rad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hallick.
Rad with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hallick misses with a hook. Rad ducked under it nicely.
Rad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hallick. That did some damage!
Rad lands a nice looking body shot.
Hallick connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hallick connects with a looping right hand.
A good leg kick by Rad.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hallick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rad. Rad obviously looking to wear him down.
A punch lands to the side of Hallick 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hallick misses with an uppercut
enabling Rad to counter with a crisp jab.
Rad lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rad's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rad duly obliges.
Hallick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Hallick is rocked!

Hallick instigates a clinch.
Rad can't break the clinch.
Rad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rad works on Hallick's body with a couple of short punches.
Hallick misses with a body punch.
A short right from Rad on the inside.
The referee calls for Hallick to work.
Hallick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hallick throws a punch but it's blocked by Rad.

Rad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rad scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rad feints and then cracks Hallick's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hallick down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallick takes one to the chin there.
K The Rad is winning the standup battle so far.
Hallick on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rad scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rad dips to his left and cracks Hallick with an uppercut!
Hallick is still on wobbly legs! Can Rad finish him?
Hallick jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hallick seems to have recovered his senses.
Hallick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hallick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rad looks to throw the jab but Hallick is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Rad.
Rad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hallick can do to turn this around?
Rad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hallick.
Rad connects with a solid leg kick.
Hallick bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rad's head backwards.
Rad lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallick misses with a left hand
and Rad counters with a left to the body.
Hallick is breathing heavily.
Rad lands with a hook. Hallick tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hallick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rad.
Good shot there by Rad.

That has opened up Al Hallick's cut even more.
Rad is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rad feints and then cracks Hallick's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hallick down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hallick throws out a powerful jab.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rad here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rad scores with a body shot.
Rad scores with a jab to the body.
Rad lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hallick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rad takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallick walks into a stiff left hand from Rad.
Hallick misses with a leg kick
and Rad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rad scores with a hook to the body. Hallick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice uppercut lands for Rad. That snapped Hallick's head back.
Rad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hallick's sensitive parts.
Rad lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rad scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hallick misses with a low kick.
Rad uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hallick has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallick takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rad lunges at Hallick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hallick's hand.
Rad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hallick. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

K The Rad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Al Hallick's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hallick throws a head kick that misses.
Hallick tries a head kick but it misses.
Hallick throws a sloppy head kick
and Rad counters with a low kick, right behind Hallick 's knee.
Rad scores with a body shot.
Rad moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rad with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rad smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rad throws a shot to the body.
Hallick has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rad finds it's way round the side to connect with Hallick's head.

Rad drops Hallick with a beautiful combination! Hallick stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rad is looking for the KO!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rad throws a sloppy head kick and Hallick moves out of range easily.
Rad steps in with a hook that catches Hallick right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Rad follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hallick looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). K The Rad!
A relieved looking K The Rad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.