PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes to the cage accompanied by A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart. Clark has chosen Follow Me by Breaking Benjamin as his entrance music. Ryan Ballinger has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ballinger
vs
Clark

191 cm
24
222 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

190 cm
22
223 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Clark!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballinger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ballinger drives through and clinches with Clark against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Ballinger.
Clark is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballinger.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballinger controls his hands.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ballinger missing with knees to the body.
Ballinger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Ballinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Ballinger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clark misses with a knee strike.
Clark tries to work over Ballinger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark tries to stall but Ballinger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Clark misses with some punches.
Ballinger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Clark managing to block the knees to the body from Ballinger.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ballinger.
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Danny Clark has been cut.
Clark looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands an elbow inside.
Clark takes a shot to the head.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ballinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.

Ballinger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Clark does no damage.
Clark takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Ballinger instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark misses with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clark.
Ballinger has Clark pressed against the cage, preventing Clark from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ballinger avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries a body shot but Ballinger blocks it.

Ballinger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Ballinger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ballinger misses with a wild body shot.
Clark wants to clinch up but Ballinger keeps it at a distance.

Ballinger clinches.
Ballinger trying to land knees to the body.
Ballinger leaning against his opponent.
Knees to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ballinger working Clark over with knees to the body.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ballinger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ballinger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ballinger trying to land knees to the body.
Ballinger digs a right hand underneath Clark's ribcage. Clark let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ballinger breaks the clinch.
Clark misses with a wild combination.

Ballinger drives through and clinches with Clark against the cage.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ballinger is defending well for now.
Ballinger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Clark in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but Ballinger is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballinger.
Ballinger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ballinger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ballinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Ballinger lands a shot to the body.
Clark takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands a nice shot to the body.
Ballinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clark avoids it.
Ballinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clark's face.
Ballinger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ballinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Clark won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ballinger obliges.
Ballinger lands with a short shot to the head.
Clark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ballinger avoids it.
Ballinger scores a nice knee to the body.

Ballinger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ballinger throws a nice looking combination but Clark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ballinger rushes Clark and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Ballinger.
Clark tries a knee to the head but Ballinger blocks it.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballinger's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Ballinger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Clark's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ballinger drives through and clinches with Clark against the cage.
Ballinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ballinger landing knees to the head.
Ballinger lands a nice elbow.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but Ballinger is blocking nicely.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clark lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ballinger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Ballinger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clark can do to turn this around?
Ballinger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ballinger works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ballinger is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ballinger lands a knee to the body.
Ballinger digs a right hand underneath Clark's ribcage. Clark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Clark is breathing heavily.
Clark managing to block the knees to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger digs a right hand underneath Clark's ribcage. Clark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ballinger misses with a knee to the head.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ryan Ballinger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ballinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Clark won't want to take too many of those.
Ballinger is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ballinger scores with a shot to the side of Clark's head.
Ballinger lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
Ballinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clark's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Ballinger.
Ballinger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballinger landing knees to the body.
Ballinger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ballinger cracks Clark with a nice body shot.
Ballinger lands an elbow inside that Clark shrugs off.
Ballinger scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Ballinger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Ballinger as the two fighters clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ballinger.
Ballinger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Clark in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ballinger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Ballinger is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clark takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ballinger crunches a lovely knee into Clark's ribcage.

Ballinger breaks the clinch.

Ballinger rushes Clark and presses him up against the cage.
Clark avoiding damage as Ballinger throws knees to the body.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clark tries to break free but Ballinger pushes him back against the cage.
Ballinger landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger effectively controlling the action here.
Clark trying to stall but Ballinger improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballinger.
Ballinger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ballinger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ballinger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ballinger presses Clark against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands an elbow inside.
Ballinger is working Clark over against the cage.
Nice elbow from Ballinger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballinger lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ballinger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ballinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Ballinger missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ballinger.
Ballinger scores a nice knee to the body.
Ballinger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ballinger lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head.
Ballinger crunches a lovely knee into Clark's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Ballinger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danny Clark's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Clark blocks a head kick by Ballinger.
Ballinger swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
Ballinger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ballinger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ballinger lands with a slapping head kick.
Ballinger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ballinger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ballinger working Clark over with knees to the body.
Ballinger is stalling here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger lands a nice uppercut.
Clark avoiding damage as Ballinger throws knees to the body.
Ballinger slows down the pace here.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clark lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ballinger lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ballinger letting Clark take a breather here.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballinger.
Clark is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clark takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballinger cracks Clark with a nice body shot.
Ballinger lands an elbow inside.

Ballinger manages to break the clinch.
Ryan Ballinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
Clark avoids the head kick by Ballinger.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballinger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ballinger dodges the punch combination from Clark.
Ballinger tries a head kick but it misses.
Ballinger stalks Clark and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Clark's face. Clark staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clark.
Ballinger throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ballinger throws a head kick that misses.
Ballinger throws a head kick but Clark moves out of range.
A cross from Clark lands.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ballinger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Clark manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clark showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ballinger.
Ryan Ballinger is winning the standup battle so far.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
Ballinger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clark connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ballinger's hands.
Clark misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ballinger.
Ballinger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ballinger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clark moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clark.
Some wild striking there from Ballinger.
Clark cracks Ballinger with an open hand slap.
Ryan Ballinger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Clark throws a right and a left that Ballinger avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Ballinger's shoulder, as Ballinger tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Danny Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ballinger throws a head kick but Clark moves out of range.
Ballinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Ballinger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ballinger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Ballinger!