PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Prince Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arcturus Balfour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ali
vs
Balfour

168 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Prince Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arcturus Balfour!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balfour misses with a series of wild punches.
Ali throws a leg kick but Balfour sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ali throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Balfour dips to his left and cracks Ali with an uppercut!

It looks like Prince Ali has been cut.

Ali closes the distance and clinches.
Ali takes a shot to the head.
Balfour swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ali is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balfour is defending well for now.
Ali tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balfour avoids it.
Balfour lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Ali tries a knee to the head but Balfour blocks it.
Ali misses with a knee strike.
Ali throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balfour blocks it with crossed arms.
Balfour stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Balfour tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balfour tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ali blocking some punches.
Ali lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Balfour fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Balfour.
Balfour working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Balfour.
A nice left hand lands by Balfour.
Balfour tries to throw a body punch but Ali avoids it by throwing Balfour back against the cage.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balfour lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Balfour swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balfour blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balfour tries a body shot but Ali blocks it.
Balfour has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Balfour doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ali tries to land a knee to the head but Balfour blocks with his arms.
Balfour lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Nice body punch from Balfour.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Balfour avoiding damage as Ali throws knees to the body.
Ali tries a knee to the head but Balfour blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Balfour.
Balfour takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balfour throws a head punch that misses.
Ali looking to throw knees to the head but Balfour is blocking nicely.
Balfour avoiding damage as Ali throws knees to the body.
Balfour has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Ali blocking some punches.
Balfour lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balfour misses with some punches.
Balfour stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ali working Balfour over with knees to the body.
Ali looking to throw knees to the head but Balfour is blocking nicely.
Balfour working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Balfour misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Balfour as the two fighters clinch.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ali putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balfour in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balfour takes a knee to the side of the body.
Balfour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balfour lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balfour misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balfour misses with some punches.
Ali misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balfour.
Balfour presses Ali against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balfour managing to block the knees to the body from Ali.
Ali looking to throw knees to the head but Balfour is blocking nicely.
Ali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balfour lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ali or not.
Ali prevents a body shot from Balfour.
Balfour swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balfour lands a shoulder strike.
Ali keeps control of Balfour as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Balfour's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Balfour tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ali's elbow.
Balfour can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balfour.
Balfour lands a body punch.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balfour misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ali misses with a knee strike.
Balfour misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balfour can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Ali tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balfour avoiding damage as Ali throws knees to the body.
Ali tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balfour avoids it.
Balfour doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balfour tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arcturus Balfour dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Prince Ali's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ali avoids the body shot from Balfour.
Balfour ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Balfour throws out a powerful jab.
Ali slips a straight right by Balfour.

Ali moves into the clinch successfully.
Ali tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balfour avoids it.
Balfour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balfour softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ali throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balfour blocks it with crossed arms.
Ali blocks a body shot from Balfour.
Ali looking to throw knees to the head but Balfour is blocking nicely.
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Ali.
Balfour throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ali with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ali tries a knee to the head but Balfour blocks it.
Ali throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Balfour fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balfour.
Balfour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ali takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Balfour.
Ali tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balfour throws a head punch that misses.
Balfour can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Balfour lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Balfour.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balfour lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Balfour as the two fighters clinch.
Balfour misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balfour tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balfour misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Balfour on the inside.
Balfour lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balfour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Balfour as the two fighters clinch.
Balfour tries to throw a body punch but Ali avoids it by throwing Balfour back against the cage.
Ali working Balfour over with knees to the body.
Balfour on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balfour wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Balfour.
Ali misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balfour.
Balfour lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Balfour works on Ali's body with a couple of short punches.
Balfour avoiding damage as Ali throws knees to the body.
Balfour lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Balfour swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balfour lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Balfour lands a shoulder strike.
Balfour misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ali trying to land knees to the body.
Balfour works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ali with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balfour lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Balfour works on Ali's body with a couple of short punches.
Balfour works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balfour misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ali with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Balfour.
Balfour lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Ali with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balfour tries to circle away but Ali has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Balfour scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balfour works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balfour scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Balfour lands a hook that snaps the head of Ali backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ali manages to break the clinch.
Balfour moves out of range of the leg kick from Ali.
A jab from Ali misses.
Ali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balfour is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balfour takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balfour takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balfour blocks a head kick by Ali.
Ali misses with a few strikes there.
Ali defending well as Balfour loads up on a big left hand.
Balfour takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ali is looking to slow Balfour down with leg kicks.
Ali moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balfour paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arcturus Balfour showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Prince Ali's cut.
That's time! Ali's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ali ducks right into an uppercut from Balfour.
Ali slips under a jab from Balfour.
Ali tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ali is looking to clinch.
Ali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balfour.
Balfour avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice cross by Balfour.
Ali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balfour cracks Ali with a good jab.
Ali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ali misses with a body kick.
Ali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balfour has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A leg kick checked by Balfour.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balfour connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ali. Ali circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Balfour looks to throw the jab but Ali is out of range.
Prince Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali throws a sloppy head kick and Balfour moves out of range easily.
Balfour might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ali throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balfour takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balfour throws a hook but Ali avoids it easily.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ali misses with a body kick.
Ali tries to clinch but Balfour is having none of it.
Ali misses with a hook. Balfour ducked under it nicely.
Donk. Ali catches Balfour right on the button with a cross.
Balfour wants to clinch up but Ali keeps it at a distance.
Ali wants to clinch
and Balfour counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balfour blocks the body kick.
Ali throws a push kick but Balfour slaps the foot to one side.
Ali looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ali throws a looping overhand right but Balfour ducks down to avoid it.
Ali throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ali scores with a push kick.
Ali pivots, looking for a leg kick but Balfour is out of range and Ali settles back down.
Ali throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Ali finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Balfour counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ali misses the jab.
Ali misses with an uppercut.
Ali misses with a low kick.

Balfour closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balfour misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Balfour.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balfour creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ali missing with knees to the body.
Ali is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balfour is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balfour creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balfour swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balfour in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Prince Ali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ali misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balfour.
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Ali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balfour lands with a short shot to the head.
Balfour takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ali tries to land a knee to the head but Balfour blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Balfour.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balfour working aggressively here.
Balfour working aggressively here.
Balfour struggles to land a body shot inside as Ali controls his hands.
Ali blocks a body shot from Balfour.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balfour goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ali tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arcturus Balfour seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Balfour working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Balfour.
Ali putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balfour in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balfour works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Balfour.
Balfour misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balfour misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Balfour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balfour throws a head punch that misses.
Ali lands a knee to the head.
Ali tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arcturus Balfour comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Balfour has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arcturus Balfour!