PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Narloch (ranked 109 p4p, 295 weight class) and Robbie Hall (ranked 5 p4p, 23 weight class). Hall has chosen Andy Shauf: The Magician as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Narloch
vs
Hall

183 cm
34
217
22 - 11 - 0

165 cm
34
148
24 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leandro Narloch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Robbie Hall!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Narloch throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Robbie Hall has been cut.
Narloch scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall slips a jab from Narloch.
Hall looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narloch throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Narloch misses with a looping left.
Narloch sets himself, and Hall steps forward looking for the clinch! Narloch avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Narloch misses the target.
Hall wants to counter the offense by Narloch and move into the clinch position.
Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab from Narloch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narloch throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Narloch defends it well.
A big left from Narloch misses.
A slow jab from Narloch misses its intended target.
Hall slips a straight right by Narloch.
And Hall tries to counter it with a takedown but Narloch pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Narloch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hall wants to counter with a clinch but Narloch pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narloch swings widly with a right hand

and Hall counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Narloch keeping moving, preventing Hall from controlling successfully.
Narloch wants to get back to his feet but Hall is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Narloch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Narloch wants to stand but Hall is controlling the position.
Hall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Narloch is keeping the position for now.

Hall thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to control but Narloch is working from the bottom.
Hall is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Hall thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hall trying to control but Narloch is working from the bottom.
Narloch is looking to stand up but Hall isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Narloch misses with a looping right.
Hall tries to counter by closing the distance.
A swing and a miss from Narloch.
Hall with the counter takedown but Narloch avoids it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Narloch missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leandro Narloch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robbie Hall's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hall moves out of range of the strikes.
Narloch throws a big shot that misses.
Narloch throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall staying out of range there.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Narloch misses.
Narloch misses with a lunging right hand

and Hall counters with a takedown into side control.
Hall is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Narloch bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Narloch misses with a straight left.
A jab from Narloch misses.
Hall tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall moves away from the strike by Narloch.
Narloch throws a lazy uppercut

and Hall counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall won't allow Narloch to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Narloch is looking to stand back up but Hall counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Narloch.
Hall is keen to just control but Narloch is a slippery customer.
Narloch pushes Hall off looking to stand but Hall dives back in and keeps control.

Hall is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Narloch is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Narloch does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hall stops Narloch from getting back to his feet.
Narloch tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hall manages to move to mount!
Narloch is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hall tries to control but Narloch wriggling away.
Narloch wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Narloch bucks Hall off and manages to get back to his feet!
Narloch misses with an uppercut.
Narloch throws a big shot that misses.
Hall drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Narloch defends it well.
Nice defenses there by Hall.
Leandro Narloch is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A jab from Narloch misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leandro Narloch will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Robbie Hall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A big left from Narloch misses.
Hall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narloch.
Hall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Narloch misses with a hook.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narloch throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Hall tries to counter it with a takedown but Narloch pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Narloch misses.
Hall with the counter takedown but Narloch avoids it easily.
Narloch throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Hall feints the counter takedown.
Narloch looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Narloch misses with a lunging right hand

and Hall counters with a shoot takedown. Narloch fights it but they end up in guard.
Robbie Hall has got the better of the ground game so far.
Narloch is looking to stand up but Hall isn't so interested in that idea.
Robbie Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Narloch pushes Hall off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall staying out of range there.
Narloch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Narloch misses with a hook. Hall ducked under it nicely.
Narloch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hall under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narloch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Narloch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Narloch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hall drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Narloch defends it well.
Narloch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Hall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narloch.
Nice defenses there by Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Narloch.
Hall tries to counter by closing the distance.
Narloch throws an overhand right that lands on Hall's shoulder, as Hall tries to avoid the shot.
Hall is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Narloch.
Hall feints the counter takedown.
Leandro Narloch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Narloch with a nice cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leandro Narloch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Narloch, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leandro Narloch!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Leandro Narloch waved his t-shirt featuring 30th Century Beer Store's logo in front of the cameras.