PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Will Balanced (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Negrete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balanced is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Balanced
vs
Negrete

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Balanced!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Negrete!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balanced fails with a takedown attempt.
Balanced is breathing heavily.

Negrete decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Negrete is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Negrete with shots to the head and body - Balanced looks very uncomfortable down there.
Negrete working Balanced over with strikes here.
Negrete with a couple of short strikes.

Balanced is rocked!
Negrete landing shots from mount.
Oh Balanced is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Negrete with good strikes from the mount here!
Negrete lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Negrete landing strikes from the mount and Balanced is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Negrete.
Negrete pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Negrete lands a big elbow.
Balanced might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Negrete lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Negrete is landing with some decent strikes but Balanced is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Negrete looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Negrete landing strikes, looking to finish!
Negrete unloading with bombs!
Negrete unloading with bombs!
Negrete with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Negrete.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Negrete landing punches.
Negrete with shots to the head and body - Balanced looks very uncomfortable down there.
Balanced takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Negrete scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Balanced?
Negrete with a couple of short strikes.
Negrete scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Balanced?
Negrete lands with some strikes.
Negrete working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Negrete breaks from Balanced's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Negrete cracks Balanced with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Negrete breaks from Balanced's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Negrete lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balanced hang on?
Negrete with good strikes from the mount here!
Negrete putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Negrete working the ground and pound effectively.
Balanced is bucking up trying to escape but Negrete cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Negrete landing strikes from the mount and Balanced is in trouble!
Negrete working Balanced over with strikes here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Negrete lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balanced hang on?
The referee warns Balanced that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Negrete has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Negrete.
Negrete punishing his opponent with strikes.
Negrete is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balanced can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Negrete scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Balanced is in a horrible position here. Negrete smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Negrete putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Negrete lands a nice shot to the head.
Negrete cracks Balanced with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Negrete fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Negrete with shots to the head and body - Balanced looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Negrete connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Negrete putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Negrete looking to finish Balanced with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balanced!
Balanced is bucking up trying to escape but Negrete cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Negrete lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Negrete looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Balanced is bucking up trying to escape but Negrete cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Negrete punishing his opponent with strikes.
Negrete lands with some strikes.
Negrete landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Negrete working Balanced over with strikes here.
Balanced takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Negrete looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Negrete looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Negrete with the ground and pound from mount.
Negrete breaks from Balanced's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Negrete looking to finish Balanced with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balanced!
Negrete with shots to the head and body - Balanced looks very uncomfortable down there.
Negrete softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Balanced is out cold! Negrete jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raul Negrete!