PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papa John (ranked 2398 p4p, 3097 weight class) and Ralph Hall (ranked 346 p4p, 434 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

John
vs
Hall

177 cm
25
180
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa John!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralph Hall!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

John gets tackled into the ropes by Hall. Hall maintains the clinch.
John lands a body punch.
John tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
John scores with a shoulder strike.
Hall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but John is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from John.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hall takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but John avoids the damage to the body.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hall jumps guard and drags John to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hall has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Arcalimon Top Team. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Hall keeping moving, preventing John from controlling successfully.

John is sitting in close to Hall's body. Hall has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! John is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, John is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Hall.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ralph Hall!
Ralph Hall is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Ralph Hall started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.