PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charley Hanagan (ranked 1105 p4p, 171 weight class) and Melchizedek Halo (ranked 968 p4p, 151 weight class). Hanagan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Guilty Until Proven Innocent. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hanagan
vs
Halo

180 cm
26
211 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

185 cm
33
215 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charley Hanagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Melchizedek Halo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hanagan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Halo's hands.
Hanagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halo manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Halo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Halo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hanagan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Halo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanagan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hanagan looks to land a left hand but Halo moved out of range nicely.
Hanagan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Halo misses with a head kick.
Hanagan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Halo.
Hanagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halo was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanagan.
Halo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Hanagan.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Halo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hanagan missing with a left hand there. Halo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Halo tries to keep at a distance but Hanagan has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Halo.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Halo has a couple of punches blocked by Hanagan.
Hanagan 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan misses with a punch to the body.
Hanagan can't break the clinch.
Halo tries to throw a body punch but Hanagan avoids it by throwing Halo back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Hanagan.
Halo blocks an uppercut.
Halo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hanagan lands with a left to the head.
Hanagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanagan cracks Halo with a nice body shot.
Hanagan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Halo.
Hanagan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo lands a nice uppercut.
Hanagan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Halo prevents it.
Hanagan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Halo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Halo prevents a body shot from Hanagan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halo.
Hanagan working aggressively here.
Hanagan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan throws a head punch that misses.
Halo working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanagan.
Hanagan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Halo is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charley Hanagan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hanagans head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halo blocks an uppercut.
Halo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hanagan or not.
Hanagan has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
A left hand lands to the body for Halo.
Hanagan blocks a body shot from Halo.
Hanagan working aggressively here.

Halo manages to break the clinch.
Halo throws a lazy right hand but Hanagan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Hanagan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Hanagan misses.
Hanagan moves forwards but Halo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Halo.
Hanagan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Halo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanagan.
Halo jabs at Hanagan's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanagan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hanagan throws a poor cross that misses
and Halo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halo thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Hanagan misses the target.
Halo is looking to score with low kicks.
Hanagan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Halo misses with a hook.
Halo connects with a nice looking jab.
Hanagan moves forwards but Halo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A cross from Halo lands.
Melchizedek Halo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Halo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hanagan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hanagan misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. Hanagan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanagan appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Halo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanagan.
Halo slips a straight right by Hanagan.
Halo scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanagan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Halo dips to his left and cracks Hanagan with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick from Halo misses.
A slow jab from Hanagan misses its intended target.
Hanagan throws a hook but Halo blocks it.
Halo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hanagan misses with a body shot.
Halo throws an overhand right that lands on Hanagan's shoulder, as Hanagan tries to avoid the shot.
Hanagan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Halo looks to land a left hand but Hanagan moved out of range nicely.
Halo lands with a hook. Hanagan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Hanagan misses.
Halo lands a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanagan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hanagan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Halo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halo with a nice cross.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanagan manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melchizedek Halo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Halo avoids the body shot from Hanagan.
Halo throws an off balance right hand

and Hanagan counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halo.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Halo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hanagan prevents a body shot from Halo.
Melchizedek Halo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Halo lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Hanagan.
Hanagan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Halo breaks from the clinch.
Halo takes a swing at Hanagan's ribcage but misses.
Halo lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo lands a really nice looking cross but Hanagan seems unphased.
Halo lands a high kick!
Halo swings for the body but Hanagan moves out of range.
Hanagan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halo cracks Hanagan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hanagan tries to close the distance and clinch but Halo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Halo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanagan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanagan manages to avoid it.
Halo lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Halo does it's job there.
Halo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Halo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halo looks for the body kick but Hanagan saw that one coming.
Hanagan lands a really nice looking cross but Halo seems unphased.
Halo scores with a spinning back kick!
Halo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Hanagan pushes Halo up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanagan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanagan swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanagan blocks a body shot from Halo.
A body shot lands from Hanagan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanagan cracks Halo with a nice body shot.
Halo is breathing heavily.
Halo misses with some punches.
Hanagan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hanagan lands a nice uppercut.
Hanagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Hanagan.
Hanagan misses with the head strike.
Halo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanagan lands with a left to the head.

Hanagan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hanagan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hanagan looks to throw the jab but Halo is out of range.
Melchizedek Halo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Halo dodges the punch combination from Hanagan.
Halo misses with a shot to the body

and Hanagan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Halo is looking for a sweep. Hanagan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hanagan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hanagan in particular looking to stall.
Halo trying to hold on to Hanagan's head to control him but Hanagan postures up.
Halo is not content to let Hanagan control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halo manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hanagan wants to control from the top but Halo keeps moving.
Hanagan wants to pass the guard but Halo is keeping the position.
Hanagan trying to control but Halo is working from the bottom.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Halo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hanagan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Hanagan is working for a kimura but Halo is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Charley Hanagan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Halo throws out a loose jab but Hanagan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halo misses with a head kick.
Hanagan moves out of range as Halo strikes.
Hanagan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Halo on the side of the head.
Halo misses with a looping left.
A big right from Hanagan misses.
Halo slips a jab from Hanagan.
Halo throws a jab when Hanagan was well out of range.
Hanagan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo feints and then cracks Hanagan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanagan down.
Hanagan scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanagan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Halo circles away.
Halo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hanagan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Halo misses with a hook
letting Hanagan counter with a right hand.

Hanagan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Halo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hanagan is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Halo is trying to escape and Hanagan transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Halo is forced to tap! Nice work there by Hanagan! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Charley Hanagan!
During a confident post fight interview, Charley Hanagan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.