PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Hall (ranked 942 p4p, 1280 weight class) and Papa John (ranked 134 p4p, 182 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hall
vs
John

180 cm
26
180
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
26
180
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

The Dirty Needle Project

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralph Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Papa John!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Ralph Hall has been cut.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
John looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hall blocks a jab.
Hall attempts a counter takedown but John avoids it well and moves away.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
John misses with a lunging right hand

and Hall counters with a single leg into guard. John didn't expect that.
John wants to sweep but no luck.
Hall looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

John wants to reverse the position here. Hall has hold of a leg though and he's dropped back looking for a kneebar! The fighters roll across the mat but John is forced to tap! John looks devastated but at least his leg points in the right direction.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ralph Hall!
Ralph Hall retains his welterweight title!
Ralph Hall bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.