PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bonnel Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duncan Rogers is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Balingit
vs
Rogers

207 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
273 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bonnel Balingit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Duncan Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balingit paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Rogers scores a takedown into full mount!
Rogers prevents Balingit from getting the reversal.
Balingit is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rogers controlling the pace for now.
Balingit wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rogers.
Rogers throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rogers looking to finish with strikes here!
Balingit sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Balingit makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Balingit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rogers trying to control but Balingit is working from the bottom.
Balingit wants to get back to his feet but Rogers passes into half guard.
Balingit wants to get back to full guard.
Balingit tries to kick Rogers off but Rogers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Balingit manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balingit scores with a one two! Rogers had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Duncan Rogers has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Balingit swivels and escapes.
Rogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Balingit circles away.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Bonnel Balingit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duncan Rogers.
Rogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Balingit pinned against the cage. Balingit gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balingit lands the left hand.
Balingit misses with a double jab.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balingit.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Rogers looks gassed!
Balingit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rogers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balingit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duncan Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balingit cracks Rogers with an open hand slap.
Balingit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bonnel Balingit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balingit scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balingit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That has opened up Duncan Rogers's cut even more.
Balingit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balingit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balingit is looking to wear down Rogers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rogers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balingit to score with a decent uppercut.
Balingit lands with a good body shot.
Balingit lands a body shot.
Balingit scores with a sloppy right hand. Rogers should have avoided that one.
A punch lands to the side of Rogers 's head but he takes it in his stride.

The cut above Duncan Rogers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Balingit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balingit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rogers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Balingit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rogers.
Balingit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Balingit sizes up Rogers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balingit throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
Rogers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Balingit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rogers backs up against the cage.

Duncan Rogers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Balingit swinging wildly here.
Balingit is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Balingit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balingit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rogers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Balingit avoids it really well and circles away.
Rogers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balingit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balingit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rogers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Balingit throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bonnel Balingit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Rogers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rogers walks into a straight right hand from Balingit.
Balingit tests Rogers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balingit jabs at Rogers's body.
Balingit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Balingit lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rogers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bonnel Balingit is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers takes one to the chin there.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Duncan Rogers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bonnel Balingit!