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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleki Oliweli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliweli has chosen Chant & E Ala E as his entrance music. Johnie Ballantine had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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210 lbs
25 - 11 - 0 |
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213 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaleki Oliweli!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliweli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oliweli throws an overhand right that lands on Ballantine's shoulder, as Ballantine tries to avoid the shot.
Ballantine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ballantine closes the distance and clinches.
Ballantine misses with some punches.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oliweli blocking some punches.
Ballantine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ballantine tries a body shot but Oliweli blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliweli controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
Oliweli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliweli taking a breather.
Ballantine lands an uppercut.
It looks like Kaleki Oliweli has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliweli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oliweli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliweli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliweli controls his hands.
Oliweli manages to break the clinch.
Johnie Ballantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliweli lands with a straight right. Ballantine didn't see that one coming.
Ballantine throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oliweli slips a jab from Ballantine.
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliweli looks to score with a jab to the body but Ballantine is just out of range.
Ballantine misses the jab.
Ballantine takes one to the side of the head.
Ballantine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliweli moves away from the strike by Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliweli.
Ballantine throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oliweli tries to work over Ballantine's front leg with a kick but Ballantine checks it.
Ballantine slips under a jab.
Oliweli throws a body punch but Ballantine moves out of range.
Ballantine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oliweli.
Oliweli misses with a lunging right hand
and Oliweli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine misses with a straight left.
Ballantine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ballantine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A swing and a miss from Ballantine.
Oliweli throws a hook to the side of Ballantine's head but Ballantine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ballantine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Oliweli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ballantine connects with a right hand. Oliweli shakes it off.
Oliweli misses with a left hand
and Ballantine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ballantine drops his hands momentarily and Oliweli takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ballantine thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballantine connects with a body shot that sends Oliweli's belly button to the back.
Ballantine works Oliweli's body with a nice hook.
Oliweli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliweli thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballantine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliweli misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ballantine counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ballantine misses with a straight left.
Oliweli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine closes the distance and clinches.
Ballantine has a couple of punches blocked by Oliweli.
Ballantine misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Ballantine.
Oliweli is trying to stall.
Ballantine tries to work over Oliweli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ballantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballantine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Ballantine.
Oliweli breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine slips a jab and a cross from Oliweli.
Ballantine lands with an uppercut that bounces Oliweli off the cage and back into range.
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnie Ballantine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaleki Oliweli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ballantine tries to clinch up.
Oliweli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballantine moves away.
Ballantine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ballantine instigates a clinch.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliweli.
Oliweli prevents a body shot from Ballantine.
Ballantine has a couple of punches blocked by Oliweli.
Ballantine misses with some punches.
Ballantine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ballantine throws a head punch that misses.
Ballantine prevents Oliweli from breaking the clinch.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantine lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine tries a body shot but Oliweli blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Ballantine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliweli's elbow.
Ballantine tries to throw a body punch but Oliweli avoids it by throwing Ballantine back against the cage.
Oliweli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ballantine moves in looking to clinch but Oliweli pushes him off.
Oliweli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oliweli misses with a two punch combination.
Oliweli throws a hook to the side of Ballantine's head but Ballantine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ballantine takes a swing at Oliweli's ribcage but misses.
Ballantine swings for the body but Oliweli moves out of range.
Oliweli swings for the body but Ballantine moves out of range.
Ballantine fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine moves out of range as Oliweli strikes.
Ballantine throws a jab when Oliweli was well out of range.
Oliweli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ballantine throws an off balance right hand
and Oliweli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ballantine walks into a jab.
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
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!
Oliweli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballantine. Oliweli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ballantine avoids the body shot from Oliweli.
Ballantine lands a front kick.
Ballantine comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oliweli looks to throw the jab but Ballantine is out of range.
Oliweli swings widly with a right hand
and Ballantine counters with a right hand to the body.
Oliweli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ballantine counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine moves in looking to clinch but Oliweli pushes him off.
Ballantine dodges the punch combination from Oliweli.
Ballantine scores with a jab to the head.
Oliweli gets tackled into the cage by Ballantine. Ballantine maintains the clinch.
Oliweli tries to break free but Ballantine pushes him back against the cage.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliweli.
Oliweli tries to break the clinch but Ballantine is controlling the position.
Ballantine works on Oliweli's body with a couple of short punches.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantine working aggressively here.
Ballantine lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Ballantine lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballantine throws a head punch that misses.
Ballantine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That has opened up Kaleki Oliweli's cut even more.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliweli.
Ballantine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliweli.
Oliweli is pushing Ballantine up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oliweli is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliweli is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnie Ballantine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaleki Oliweli's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Oliweli takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oliweli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliweli lands a glancing blow to the side of Ballantine's head.
Ballantine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliweli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oliweli lands a jab to Ballantine's midsection.
Oliweli shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
A shot to the liver by Ballantine. Beautiful body shot.
Ballantine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliweli manages to avoid it.
Ballantine scores with a nice head shot.
Oliweli is rocked!
Ballantine ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Oliweli out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnie Ballantine!
A victorious Johnie Ballantine thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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