PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mitsu Misawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott 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.

Misawa
vs
Hall

182 cm
19
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsu Misawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Hall!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall tests Misawa's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Hall clinches up against the cage.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Misawa.

It looks like Scott Hall has been cut.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Misawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misawa looking to stall.
Hall avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hall's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Hall lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misawa backwards.
Hall lands with a short shot to the head.
Misawa pushes Hall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hall lands a left hand.
Hall blocks the elbow strike.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Hall.
Misawa is struggling to control the position.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Misawa tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall lands with a short shot to the head.
Misawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Hall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Misawa backwards.
Misawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Hall cracks Misawa with a nice body shot.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Hall blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Hall lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misawa backwards.
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Scott Hall's cut even more.
Hall looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hall dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Misawa.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Misawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa blocks a body shot from Hall.
Hall blocks the elbow strike.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Hall blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Hall avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
Misawa blocking some punches.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.

Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hall misses with a low kick as Misawa jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hall moves into range and clinches up with Misawa.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Misawa.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Misawa.
Hall misses the shot to the body.
Misawa blocks a head kick by Hall.
Misawa seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Misawa seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Misawa scores with a jab to the body.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall lands a head kick. Misawa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Misawa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Misawa is rocked!
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Misawa manages to avoid it.
Misawa tries to counter by clinching up but Hall breaks away and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Hall's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Misawa throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.

Hall clinches up against the cage.
Misawa tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall lands an uppercut.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Misawa controls his hands.
Misawa takes a shot to the head.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Misawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Hall.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Hall 's eye.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Misawa.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misawa stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Hall scores with a hook to the body.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misawa.
Hall misses with some punches.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Misawa tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Misawa controls the action.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Misawa controls the action.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Hall shrugs off.
Misawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Hall.
Hall tries a body shot but Misawa blocks it.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hall's defenses.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hall.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Misawa.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Hall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Misawa gets tackled into the cage by Hall. Hall maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hall blocks a body shot from Misawa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hall's brow.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Hall avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Hall prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Misawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa prevents a body shot from Hall.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Hall in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Scott Hall's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Misawa is stalling here.
Hall lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Misawa or not.
Hall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misawa's elbow.
Hall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hall lands a body shot.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hall.
Misawa tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall lands with a left to the head.

Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall throws a hook to the side of Misawa's head but Misawa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall throws a chopping leg kick but Misawa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Scott Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall connects with a leg kick. Misawa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Misawa looks up at the clock. Bad move! Hall lands a right hand from hell, dropping Misawa. Hall pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Hall!