PBP Commentary

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

Ballinger
vs
Lancaster

191 cm
25
222 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

179 cm
28
211 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 9 - 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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancaster swings widly with a right hand
and Ballinger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ballinger tries to clinch up but Lancaster circles away and keeps his distance.

Lancaster drops Ballinger with a left and a right! Oh, Ballinger is hurt - Lancaster dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Ryan Ballinger has been cut.
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!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lancaster working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lancaster throws an elbow but Ballinger slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ballinger stops Lancaster from passing to mount.
Lancaster wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ballinger keeps working.
Lancaster throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lancaster lands a nice forearm strike.
An elbow from Lancaster crashes against the mat.
Ballinger is trying to improve his position.
Ballinger takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lancaster is chipping away with strikes.
Ballinger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ballinger dodges the ground and pound from Lancaster.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lancaster.
Ballinger is looking to reverse the position.
Lancaster trying to control the action but Ballinger is working from the bottom.
Lancaster throwing strikes but Ballinger manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Lancaster is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lancaster throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Ballinger lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lancaster misses with a strike from the bottom.

Lancaster sneaks out the side door and pushes Ballinger away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

Lancaster is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ballinger's half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancaster is nestled in close to Ballinger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lancaster thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lancaster not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lancaster throwing shots but Ballinger is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lancaster missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ballinger manages to get to full guard.

Ballinger looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lancaster wants to pass the guard but Ballinger is keeping the position.
Lancaster missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lancaster throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ballinger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Ballinger has his foot on Lancaster's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lancaster works his way back into a safe position though.
Lancaster works over Ballinger with some ground and pound from guard.

Ballinger is looking for a triangle but Lancaster pushes his legs off easily.
Lancaster postures up in Ballinger's guard and throws a big left but Ballinger blocks it.
Lancaster throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lancaster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lancaster working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lancaster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lancaster looking to pass the guard.

Ballinger looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lancaster trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ballinger punching from the bottom - just letting Lancaster know he's still in a fight.
Lancaster preventing the sweep.
Lancaster looking to pass the guard.
Lancaster won't allow Ballinger to sweep him here.
Lancaster lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ballinger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lancaster throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancaster chips away with some ground and pound.
Lancaster lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lancaster accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lancaster postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lancaster preventing the sweep.

Lancaster avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lancaster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ballinger is breathing heavily.
Lancaster missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ballinger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lancaster content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ballinger has momentary wrist control but Lancaster slips an elbow through the middle.
Lancaster working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ballinger's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lancaster is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lancaster throwing strikes from guard but Ballinger blocks nicely.
Lancaster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lancaster lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm Lancaster dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Ballinger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ballinger tries to clinch there but Lancaster circles away.
Lancaster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ballinger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Ballinger takes the fight into the clinch.
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.
Lancaster fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ballinger tries to land a knee to the head but Lancaster blocks with his arms.
Lancaster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancaster misses with some punches.
Ballinger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lancaster on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ballinger landing knees to the body.
Lancaster is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lancaster is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ballinger.
Ballinger pushes Lancaster back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballinger with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ballinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lancaster takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ballinger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballinger crunches a lovely knee into Lancaster's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Lancaster won't want to take too many of those.
Ballinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lancaster's face.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ballinger tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancaster avoids the damage to the body.
Ballinger lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballinger lands an elbow just above Lancaster 's eye.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lancaster lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ballinger misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ballinger lands a nice knee to the body.
Ballinger lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ballinger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lancaster takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ballinger just leaning against Lancaster, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger lands with a short shot to the head.
Ballinger lands an elbow that stopped Lancaster in his tracks for a moment.
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Ballinger connects with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ballinger takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ballinger keeps control of Lancaster as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballinger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ballinger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancaster.
Ballinger throws a knee to the head but misses.
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 Ryan Ballinger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lancaster throws a jab when Ballinger was well out of range.
Good shot there by Lancaster.
Ballinger moves away from the strike by Lancaster.
Ballinger lands with a right hand.
Lancaster jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ballinger moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancaster throws a looping overhand right but Ballinger ducks down to avoid it.
Lancaster works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ballinger throws a head kick that half lands.
Lancaster throws a body kick that misses.

Lancaster clinches with his opponent.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ballinger lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lancaster takes an elbow to the temple.
Ballinger with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger blocks an uppercut.
Ballinger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lancaster has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballinger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballinger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lancaster is trying to break the clinch but Ballinger is controlling him.
Ballinger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ballinger.
Lancaster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Lancaster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ryan Ballinger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger wants to clinch up but Lancaster keeps it at a distance.
Lancaster is looking to land body kicks.

Lancaster clinches with his opponent.
Lancaster takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ballinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lancaster's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands an elbow just above Lancaster 's eye.
Ballinger taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ballinger scores with a knee to the head.
Ballinger lands a good knee to the midsection. Lancaster won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ryan Ballinger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lancaster misses with some punches.
Lancaster takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ballinger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lancaster takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ballinger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger stalling the fight.
Ballinger lands an elbow just above Lancaster 's eye.
Lancaster on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancaster has a couple of punches blocked by Ballinger.
Ballinger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ballinger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lancaster's face.
A short uppercut from Lancaster.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ballinger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballinger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Ballinger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ballinger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Ballinger!
After winning the bout, Ryan Ballinger thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.