PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rambeau Balbeaua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theo Gillberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gillberg's choice of entrance music: In Flames - Colony. Theo Gillberg has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rambeau Balbeaua's chin.

Balbeaua
vs
Gillberg

186 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
29
215 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rambeau Balbeaua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Theo Gillberg!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balbeaua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balbeaua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Balbeaua listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Balbeaua misses with a body shot.
Gillberg takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Balbeaua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balbeaua scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balbeaua blocks a jab.
Balbeaua jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Balbeaua moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gillberg needs to keep his hands up - Balbeaua had a free shot at his head there.
Gillberg takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Balbeaua throws a half hearted mid kick.
Balbeaua scores with a jab to the jaw.
Balbeaua throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gillberg.
Balbeaua throws a sloppy head kick and Gillberg moves out of range easily.
Gillberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Balbeaua fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gillberg checks it well.
Gillberg misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillberg misses with a body punch
and Balbeaua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Balbeaua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gillberg looks gassed!
A head kick from Balbeaua lands but Gillberg takes it in his stride.
Gillberg on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gillberg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Balbeaua lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gillberg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balbeaua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Balbeaua is looking to wear down Gillberg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Balbeaua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balbeaua stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balbeaua scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid body kick from Balbeaua.
Balbeaua lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Balbeaua lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Gillberg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gillberg chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balbeaua can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillberg moves out of range as Balbeaua throws a body kick.
Balbeaua misses with a kick to the body
letting Gillberg counter with a right hand.
Balbeaua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gillberg.
Balbeaua is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gillberg walks forward, straight into a front kick from Balbeaua.
Balbeaua lands with a hook. Gillberg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Balbeaua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gillberg takes one to the chin there.
Gillberg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gillberg on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Balbeaua tests Gillberg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balbeaua connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gillberg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Balbeaua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Balbeaua thows a body kick. Gillberg tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balbeaua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gillberg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balbeaua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Balbeaua.
Balbeaua scores with a kick to the body.
Gillberg on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Balbeaua instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balbeaua.
Balbeaua controlling the action here for a moment.

Balbeaua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balbeaua.
Balbeaua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gillberg.
Balbeaua throws a body punch but Gillberg moves out of range.
Balbeaua lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gillberg misses with a double jab.
Balbeaua misses with an uppercut. Gillberg saw that one coming.
A combination from Balbeaua does no damage.
Gillberg misses with a wild body shot.
Balbeaua throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Balbeaua is looking to slow Gillberg down with leg kicks.
Balbeaua throws a chopping leg kick but Gillberg manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gillberg takes a swing at Balbeaua's ribcage but misses.
Gillberg loads up on a big right hand but Balbeaua slips the punch.
Balbeaua just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rambeau Balbeaua dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Balbeaua looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gillberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balbeaua just misses with a punch to the body.
Gillberg missing with a left hand there. Balbeaua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balbeaua lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gillberg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gillberg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gillberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balbeaua throws out the jab.
Balbeaua throws a sloppy head kick and Gillberg moves out of range easily.
Balbeaua throws a series of punches but Gillberg moves out of range.
Gillberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gillberg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gillberg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gillberg bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Balbeaua's head backwards.
Balbeaua moves out of range as Gillberg strikes.
A big left from Gillberg misses.
Gillberg throws a lazy right hand but Balbeaua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balbeaua lands a nice shot to the body.
Balbeaua cracks Gillberg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balbeaua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Gillberg checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Balbeaua is looking to slow Gillberg down with leg kicks.
Gillberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gillberg is breathing heavily.
Gillberg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gillberg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balbeaua misses with a body shot.
Balbeaua scores with a head kick. Gillberg tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balbeaua. Gillberg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balbeaua wants to land a leg kick but Gillberg is out of range.
Gillberg takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balbeaua stuns Gillberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Balbeaua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Balbeaua goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A shot to the liver by Balbeaua. Beautiful body shot.
Balbeaua connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balbeaua lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Balbeaua has Gillberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Balbeaua stalling the fight.

Balbeaua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balbeaua scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gillberg scores with a hook.
Gillberg lands a slapping body shot.
Gillberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Balbeaua is just out of range.
Balbeaua scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balbeaua digs a good hook to Gillberg's body.
Balbeaua connects with a leg kick. Gillberg looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Balbeaua.
Nice jab there from Balbeaua.
Balbeaua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gillberg.
That kick from Balbeaua tenderised Gillberg's leg. Gillberg is trying to keep his angry face on.

Balbeaua has Gillberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Balbeaua stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalling in the clinch from Balbeaua.

Balbeaua breaks the clinch.
Balbeaua misses with a looping right.
Balbeaua throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Balbeaua lands with a cross.
Balbeaua lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balbeaua catches Gillberg with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balbeaua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gillberg can do to turn this around?
Balbeaua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gillberg to score with a decent uppercut.
Gillberg doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balbeaua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rambeau Balbeaua dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Gillberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balbeaua. Balbeaua obviously looking to wear him down.
Balbeaua scores with a body shot.
Balbeaua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gillberg throws out the jab.
Balbeaua moves away from the strike by Gillberg.
Balbeaua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice cross by Balbeaua.
Gillberg chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balbeaua can pounce on him.
Balbeaua swings for the body but Gillberg moves out of range.
Balbeaua fakes the leg kick and cracks Gillberg in the body.
Rambeau Balbeaua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillberg throws an overhand right that lands on Balbeaua's shoulder, as Balbeaua tries to avoid the shot.
Balbeaua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Balbeaua moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Balbeaua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gillberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gillberg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gillberg on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balbeaua. Gillberg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balbeaua lands a nice looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balbeaua, right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balbeaua.
Gillberg takes one on the button.
Gillberg lunges at Balbeaua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balbeaua's hand.
Balbeaua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balbeaua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Balbeaua scores with a leg kick.
Balbeaua plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Balbeaua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gillberg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gillberg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
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!
Nice cross by Balbeaua.
Balbeaua punishes Gillberg's body with a nice straight punch.
Balbeaua connects with a right hand. Gillberg shakes it off.
Balbeaua scores with a kick to the body.
Theo Gillberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillberg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balbeaua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rambeau Balbeaua is winning the standup battle so far.

Balbeaua moves into the clinch successfully.
Balbeaua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gillberg backwards.
Balbeaua is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gillberg has had enough of the clinch but Balbeaua keeps him there for the moment.
Gillberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Balbeaua tries to work over Gillberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Balbeaua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balbeaua lands with a kick to the temple. Gillberg shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Balbeaua throws a series of punches but Gillberg avoids them all with ease.
Gillberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balbeaua connects with a body shot that sends Gillberg's belly button to the back.
Balbeaua scores with a shot to the body.
Balbeaua misses with a body shot.
Balbeaua dodges the punch combination from Gillberg.
Balbeaua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Balbeaua swings for the body but Gillberg moves out of range.
A jab from Balbeaua finds it's way through Gillberg's defenses.
Both fighters circling a little - Balbeaua finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillberg checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gillberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gillberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balbeaua. Balbeaua obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gillberg tries to bum rush Balbeaua with a series of wild strikes but Balbeaua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balbeaua cracks a nice hook into Gillberg's ribs.
Balbeaua throws a push kick but Gillberg slaps the foot to one side.
Balbeaua throws a body kick that misses.
Balbeaua scores with a leg kick.
Rambeau Balbeaua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gillberg with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balbeaua to score with a decent uppercut.
Gillberg takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Balbeaua throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Gillberg.
Balbeaua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gillberg.
Gillberg moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Balbeaua. Beautiful body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rambeau Balbeaua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balbeaua 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rambeau Balbeaua!