PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Hallow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hallow comes to the cage accompanied by We Will Rise. This should be fireworks!

Hallow
vs
Martin

205 cm
25
294 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques Hallow!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Martin!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hallow avoids it really well and circles away.
Martin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hallow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Roman Martin has been cut.
Hallow stuffs the takedown.
Jacques Hallow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Martin.
Hallow stuffs the takedown attempt from Martin. Martin gets slowly back to his feet.
Martin has a takedown stuffed.
Hallow moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Martin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hallow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Martin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hallow is looking to escape.
Martin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hallow has hold of Martin's hands but Martin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallow is trying to stand up here but Martin is controlling him well.

Martin wants to work for an arm triangle but Hallow is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Martin stops Hallow from getting back to his feet.

Martin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Martin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hallow's head.
Hallow is trying to stand back up but Martin is controlling him

Martin wants to work for an arm triangle but Hallow is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hallow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martin on the ground.
Martin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents Hallow from standing back up.

Martin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Martin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hallow defends it well.
Martin thows a huge punch but Hallow dodges it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hallow keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallow is trying to stand up here but Martin is controlling him well.
Hallow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hallow tries to get out of the position.
Martin drops an elbow to the side of Hallow's head.

Martin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Martin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Martin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Martin lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallow regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Martin.
Hallow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin throwing strikes but missing.

Martin drops back looking for a leg! Hallow is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hallow manages to kick Martin off! Martin jumps back into Hallow's guard.
Hallow keeping full guard, as Martin tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hallow working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Martin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Martin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hallow avoids it really well and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Hallow. Beautiful body shot.
Hallow throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Hallow. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hallow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martin fails with the takedown.
Hallow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hallow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martin doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab lands there for Hallow.

That has opened up Roman Martin's cut even more.
Martin with a poor takedown
and Hallow counters with a huge left! Martin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Hallow isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Martin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Hallow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Hallow!
Jacques Hallow retains his super heavyweight title!
Jacques Hallow bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.