PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Serrano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger has chosen A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart as his entrance music. Brian Serrano had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Serrano
vs
Ballinger

190 cm
28
209 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

191 cm
24
222 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Serrano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballinger tries to clinch but Serrano is having none of it.

Ballinger fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Serrano, pushing him back against the cage.
Serrano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Serrano wants to break free but Ballinger has control.
Serrano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Serrano is trying to break the clinch but Ballinger is controlling him.
Serrano wants to get back to striking at distance but Ballinger won't allow it.
Serrano working hard to break the clinch.
Ballinger cracks Serrano with a nice body shot.
Serrano is trying to force a seperation but Ballinger has the dominant position.
Serrano swings wildly with an uppercut but Ballinger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Serrano working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Ballinger.
Serrano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ballinger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Serrano's defenses.
Ballinger landing knees to the body.
Serrano is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballinger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Serrano's defenses.
Serrano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Serrano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ballinger lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger landing knees to the head.
Ballinger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ballinger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ballinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballinger cracks Serrano with a nice body shot.
Serrano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ballinger works on Serrano's body with a couple of short punches.
Ballinger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Serranos head.
Ballinger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Serrano backwards.
Serrano takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Serrano.
Ballinger connects with a knee to the head.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ballinger lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballinger crunches a lovely knee into Serrano's ribcage.
Serrano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ballinger is pushing Serrano up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ballinger scores with a nice hook to the head.

Serrano is rocked!
Ballinger lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Serrano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Serrano takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ballinger lands a nice knee to the body.
Ballinger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ballinger lands a body shot.
Ballinger lands a nice elbow.
A body shot lands from Ballinger.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ballinger has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Serrano - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Ballinger, and another! Serrano is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ryan Ballinger!
Ryan Ballinger made sure to mention his sponsor, 5th Round Clothing in his post fight interview.