PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Walcott (ranked 1564 p4p, 204 weight class) and Crown Halo (ranked 2549 p4p, 303 weight class). Walcott kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Way Of The Fist. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walcott
vs
Halo

187 cm
35
206 lbs
19 - 15 - 1

191 cm
34
207 lbs
18 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Pit Bull Development

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 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Walcott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crown Halo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Halo gets a clinch.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Walcott definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walcott stalling the fight.
Walcott missing with knees to the body.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halo blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but Walcott blocks with his arms.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walcott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walcott slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halo is keeping busy.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Halo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Halo.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Halo with a knee to the head.
Halo lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walcott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Halo.
Halo avoids the elbow strike from Walcott, against the cage.
Halo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Walcott seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Halo can turn it around.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halo is keeping busy.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Halo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halo's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo blocking some punches.
Walcott displaying some good clinch control by pressing Halo up against the cage.
Halo digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Halo.
Walcott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walcott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Walcott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halo tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walcott trying to control the position but instead, Halo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walcott into the cage.
Walcott tries to stall but Halo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walcott seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Halo is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

Halo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walcott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Halo.
Walcott throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Halo counters with a low kick, right behind Walcott 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo avoids a kick to the body.
Halo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Walcott tries to keep at a distance but Halo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walcott tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Walcott.
Walcott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Walcott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Walcott is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Walcott.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walcott lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walcott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
Walcott digs a right hand into Halo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Halo's gas tank.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
Walcott throws an elbow that misses.
Walcott managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
Walcott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
Halo blocking some punches.
Walcott pushes Halo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walcott avoiding damage.
Halo with a knee to the head.
Halo landing knees to the head.
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walcott throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walcott misses the body punch
and Halo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walcott thinking.
Walcott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Halo doesn't seem bothered though.
A low kick from Walcott misses
and Halo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Walcott's knee momentarily.
Walcott misses with a lunging right hand
and Halo counters with a two punch combo.
Walcott looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
Halo walks into a straight right hand from Walcott.
Walcott tries a head kick but it misses.
Halo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Walcott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walcott lands with a kick to the ribs.
Walcott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Halo replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Walcott blocks it well.
Walcott cracks a nice hook into Halo's ribs.

Walcott forces Halo back against the cage and clinches.
Walcott trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walcott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walcott throws an elbow but misses.
Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Walcott avoids the damage to the body.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walcott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walcott letting Halo take a breather here.
Halo lands with a short shot to the head.
Halo trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Halo is breathing heavily.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walcott managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halo is keeping busy.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halo takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott is pushing Halo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.

Halo breaks from the clinch.
Walcott works Halo's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a leg kick

and Halo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Walcott lands a right hand.
Walcott misses with the head strike.
Walcott misses with some punches.
Walcott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Halo backwards.
Walcott is trying to maintain a safe position but Halo gets an underhook and turns Walcott into the cage.
Walcott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halo can do to turn this around?
Halo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walcott displaying some good clinch control by pressing Halo up against the cage.
Joe Walcott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halo takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Walcott.
Walcott trying to control the position but instead, Halo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walcott into the cage.
Walcott is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo blocks an uppercut.
Walcott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Walcott has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A body shot lands from Walcott.
Knees in the clinch landing for Halo.
Walcott holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halo tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Halo cracks Walcott with a nice body shot.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Halo tries a knee to the head but Walcott blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walcott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walcott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Walcott dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Halo throws a head kick that Walcott semi-blocks.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Walcott throws a jab when Halo was well out of range.
Walcott throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Walcott looks to land a body kick but Halo moved away.
Halo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A cross from Walcott lands.
Halo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott tries to close the distance and clinch but Halo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walcott throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Walcott motions for Halo to come forward. Walcott throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo slips a straight right by Walcott.

Halo clinches up with Walcott and pushes him back against the cage.
Halo blocking some punches.
Halo trying to control the position but instead, Walcott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Halo into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Walcott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walcott lands a shot to the body.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Walcott fails to land.
Walcott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott gets through Halo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walcott misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo lands with a light punch inside.
Walcott struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Crown Halo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott taking a breather.
Halo lands a left hand.
Walcott misses with some punches.
Halo misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Halo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Halo lands a knee to the head.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Walcott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott misses with a punch to the body.
Halo misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
The referee is keeping an eye on Walcott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Halo avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the cage.
Walcott throws an elbow that misses.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halo's elbow.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walcott just misses with a elbow thrown towards Halo's brow.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walcott lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Halo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walcott managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
Halo struggles to land a body shot inside as Walcott controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Halo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walcotts head.
Halo is trying to push Walcott away but Walcott has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walcott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Halo lands a left hand.
Halo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halo tries to land a knee to the head but Walcott blocks with his arms.
Halo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walcott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walcott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walcott!
Joe Walcott really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Pit Bull Development logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.