PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hank Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hall
vs
Jones

185 cm
30
198 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

186 cm
33
195 lbs
22 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, James Jones!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones slips a jab from Hall.
Hall defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hall works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hall.

Jones is rocked!
Jones cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.
Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hall scores with a jab to the head.
Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Jones connects with a right hand. Hall shakes it off.
Jones misses with a hook.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Hall throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Hall ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Jones misses the jab.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hall's shoulder, as Hall tries to avoid the shot.
Jones throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Hall lands a jab to the nose.
Hall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Jones throws out a leg kick but Hall moves out of range and Jones only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Hall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hall misses with an uppercut.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks a jab.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good exchange - Hall coming out on top.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
No joy there for Hall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hall misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hall has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Hall scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Hall dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hall avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Hall misses the target.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones lands a jab.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hall counters with a stiff right hand.
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hall!
Hall throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones blocks a head kick by Hall.
Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
A big left from Jones misses.
Hall connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, jab by Hall - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Hall moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands the left hand.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hall lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
A combination from Hall does no damage.
Hank Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hall digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sloppy strikes from Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Hall slips under a jab from Jones.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hall lands a jab to the nose.
Hall lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hall avoids the body shot from Jones.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hall swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Hall dominated that second round.
That's time! Hall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Hall tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Hall.
A jab from Jones misses.
Hall misses with a hook.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones avoids the head kick by Hall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Hank Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Hall misses with a double jab.
Hall tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hall throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Hall throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hall.
A shot to the body from Hall misses
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hall misses with the combination.
Hall throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones misses with the combination.
Hall throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Hall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hall throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hall at a distance.
Hall lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Hall.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Hall misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Hall finish him?
Jones misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hall 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Hall!
After the big win, Hank Hall made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors 5th Round Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.