PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Another One Bites The Dust. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Harry Balls was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rose
vs
Balls

186 cm
29
192 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

189 cm
29
194 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rose!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Balls!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Balls misses with a wild combination.
Rose with a nice cross.
Rose lands with a nice body punch.
Rose lands a head shot.
Rose throws a predictable looking body shot
and Balls counters with a series of strikes. Rose will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rose throws a sloppy body shot

and Balls counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rose's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Balls manages to get himself to full guard.
Rose tries to free his leg and advance position but Balls is retaining full guard.
Rose sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Balls is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Balls looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rose is one step ahead there.

We're going to have a standup here because Johnny Rose wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Balls avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A jab lands there for Rose.
Rose swings for the body but Balls moves out of range.
Rose lands with a straight right. Balls didn't see that one coming.
Rose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rose throws a leg kick but Balls moved away.
Johnny Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls fails with a takedown attempt.
Rose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rose throws a predictable looking body shot
and Balls counters with a head kick. That will keep Rose thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rose misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rose.
Rose avoids the body shot from Balls.
Balls displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rose throws out the jab.
A left lands for Rose.
Rose lands with a nice body punch.
Balls shoots in and drives through. Rose sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good work by Balls as he checks the leg kick.
Rose is looking to wear down Balls with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balls was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Rose misses with a leg kick.
Balls avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose scores with a leg kick.
Jab by Rose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Rose dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Rose throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rose scores with a jab to the jaw.

Balls is rocked!
Balls tries to get into range but Rose steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Balls! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Rose scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Rose!
Johnny Rose retains his middleweight title!