PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kassius Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kingsley's choice of entrance music: Alpenglow (instrumental) - Nightwish. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Halo
vs
Kingsley

187 cm
32
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
38
221 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Venom Combat Sports

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kassius Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kingsley is fending him off so far but Halo persists. Nope, Kingsley circles away and we're back to standing.
Kingsley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Halo. That did some damage!
Halo fails in his attempt to clinch.
James Kingsley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halo tries to clinch up but Kingsley circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Halo.
Kingsley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Halo sprawls well. Halo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kingsley gets slowly back to his feet.
Kingsley keeps the fight on the outside.
Halo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingsley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Halo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kingsley changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley lands a jab to Halo's midsection.
Kingsley misses with a wild combination.
Halo 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.
Kingsley lands a head shot.
Kingsley swats away the attempt to clinch by Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Halo's hands.
Kingsley lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingsley. Halo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo tries to clinch but Kingsley moves out of range.
Kingsley shoots in and drives through. Halo sprawls well.
Halo doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingsley circles away.
Kingsley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halo wants to clinch.
Halo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halo wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Halo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Halo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Kingsley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Halo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kingsley has managed to get both his arms back between Halo's legs - danger averted.
Kingsley works over Halo with some ground and pound from guard.
Kingsley with a nice head shot there.
Kingsley trying to control the position from guard on top but Halo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halo is trying to control the position but Kingsley postures up.
Kingsley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kingsley stands up over Halo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Halo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kingsley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kingsley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Kingsley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Halo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kingsley has managed to get both his arms back between Halo's legs - danger averted.
Halo is trying to keep Kingsley in close.
Kingsley trying to control but Halo is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingsley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kingsley is working Halo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Halo has momentary wrist control but Kingsley slips an elbow through the middle.
Kingsley passes Halo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Halo is trying is best to control the position here.

Halo actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo trying to control but Kingsley postures up.
Halo gets full guard.

Halo is looking for a triangle but Kingsley pushes his legs off easily.
Halo has momentary wrist control but Kingsley slips an elbow through the middle.
Kingsley is working Halo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kingsley is looking to work some ground and pound but Halo has wrist control.

Halo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kingsley stacks Halo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kingsley!
Kingsley is working Halo over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kingsley working the ground and pound.
Halo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kingsley off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Kingsley dominated that round.
That's time! Halo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kingsley misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kingsley slaps away a takedown attempt from Halo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kingsley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Halo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good standup being displayed there by Kingsley as he connects with a hook.
Nice jab there from Kingsley.
Nice takedown defense from Kingsley. No joy for Halo on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley fails with the takedown.
Halo tries to clinch but Kingsley moves out of range.
Halo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Halo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kingsley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
James Kingsley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kingsley throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Halo counters with a takedown into side control.
Halo scoring with punches from side control.
Halo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Halo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingsley hang on?
Halo punching from mount but Kingsley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Halo wants to control the pace but Kingsley is squirming around nicely.
Halo unloads with some shots from mount but Kingsley bucks and avoids them well.

Halo goes for an armbar but Kingsley turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kingsley.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kingsley postures up and lands a big shot to Halo's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley pushing down on Halo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kingsley prevents Halo from improving his position.
Kingsley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Halo has hold of Kingsley's hands but Kingsley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Halo wants to control but Kingsley is keeping busy.
Halo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kingsley is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Halo is looking to improve his position.
Halo wants to control but Kingsley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kingsley landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kingsley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Halo trying to control but Kingsley postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Halo looking for submissions off his back.
Halo is not content to let Kingsley control the position.
Kingsley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Halo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kingsley is thwarting Halo's attempts to control the position.
Halo is looking to improve his position.
Halo has hold of Kingsley's hands but Kingsley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Halo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kingsley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo is pressing down on Kingsley's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Halo wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kingsley is now in half guard.
Kingsley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Halo is looking to improve his position.

Halo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kingsley works his way into full mount!
Kingsley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kingsley softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Halo is out cold! Kingsley jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Kingsley!
James Kingsley took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.