PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hammer Radovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Radovan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hammer Here Comes The Hammer Hammer Time. Hall has chosen Change the World as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Radovan
vs
Hall

182 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hammer Radovan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Hall!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radovan thuds a left hand into Hall's body.
Radovan lands the left hand.
A cross from Radovan lands.
Radovan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hall.
Radovan throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall feints the counter takedown.
Radovan misses with a straight right.
Radovan lands with a good body shot.
Hall walks into a left hand.
Hall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hall takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Radovan throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Hall with the counter takedown but Radovan avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hall.
We've been told by Radovan's head coaches at All Time Wrestling that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radovan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hall avoids the body shot from Radovan.
Radovan tries to clinch but Hall moves away

and Hall counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Radovan keeping moving, preventing Hall from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hall has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hall throwing strikes from guard but Radovan blocks nicely.
Radovan wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Hall advances to half guard.
Hall is trying to control the action in half guard but Radovan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hall controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Hall.
Radovan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hall on the ground.
Hall trying to control the action but Radovan is working from the bottom.
Hall is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Hall not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hall slows the pace down in half guard.
Hall trying to pass the guard but Radovan defending well.
Hall is keen to just control but Radovan is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hall lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Hall frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Radovan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Hall connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Radovan is trying to escape the mount.
Hall with good strikes from the mount here!
Hall avoids the attempt from Radovan to control.
Hall scoring with strikes but Radovan is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Hall.
Hall scoring with strikes but Radovan is staying in there.
Hall pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Radovan is working to get back to half guard.
Radovan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hall looking to finish Radovan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Radovan!
Hall in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hall postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Radovan looks a forlorn figure.
Hall in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hall landing strikes from the mount and Radovan is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radovan taking shots to the head.
Hall with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Radovan is looking to get to half guard.
Hall has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Radovan's face.
Hall looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hall unloading with bombs!
Radovan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hall working the ground and pound effectively.
Radovan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Radovan tries to get out of the position.
Radovan is desperately trying to improve his position but Hall has a good base and remains in mount.
Hall lands a big elbow.
Radovan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Radovan is rocked!
Radovan can't escape the position.
Radovan is in a horrible position here. Hall smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Hall connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Radovan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hall looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Hall dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Radovan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Radovan.
Radovan seems to have got his legs back now.
Radovan misses with a hook.
Radovan lands a head shot.
Hammer Radovan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radovan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Radovan.
Radovan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.

Radovan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Radovan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Radovan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
Hall is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Radovan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radovan is struggling to control the position.
A short body shot lands from Radovan as the two fighters clinch.
Radovan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Radovan fails to land.
Radovan swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Radovan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hall has Radovan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Radovan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right handed body shot lands from Radovan.
Hall tries for a takedown but Radovan manages to get underhooks.
Hammer Radovan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Hall.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Radovan can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radovan tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Radovan digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Radovan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Nice body punch from Radovan - that landed with a thud.
Radovan misses with a punch to the body.
Radovan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall goes for a takedown attempt but Radovan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Radovan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radovan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hall under the eye.

Hall is rocked!

Radovan has Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Radovan finish him?
Radovan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radovan pushes Hall against the cage. Radovan is working some dirty boxing. Radovan pushes off with a quick right hook! Hall goes down! Hall tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Radovan moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hammer Radovan!
Hammer Radovan is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Hammer Radovan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Bobby Hall was interviewed post fight and said 'I tried. First of all I want to thank god for allowing me to get in the cage and to do what I do and come out safely and him as well. Thank you Mr. Sacana for the title shot. Congrats to Hammer on winning. I lost to a great fighter. I'll train harder for that 185 title'.