PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyga West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Barry Balls was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

West
vs
Balls

224 cm
18
295 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

203 cm
18
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyga West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Balls!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Balls.
West ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balls moves away.
Balls misses with a series of wild punches.
West fails with a takedown attempt.
Balls swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
Balls keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Balls swinging wildly here.
Balls swinging wildly here.
West with a lazy takedown attempt
and Balls counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyga West. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balls avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balls tries to bum rush West with a series of wild strikes but West uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

West scores a takedown into full mount!
West is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Balls tries to reverse the position but West maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
West trying to control but he's not successful this time.
West with the ground and pound from mount.
West wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Balls is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Balls moves into full guard.
West stopping the sweep attempt from Balls.
Balls keeping full guard, as West tries to pass.
Balls has West pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balls controlling West's posture.

Tyga West has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Balls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

A momentary lapse in concentration from West enables Balls to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. West manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Balls is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls postures up.
Balls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. West swivels though and keeps the full guard.
West keeping moving, preventing Balls from controlling successfully.
Balls looking to pass the guard.
West trying to keep a closed guard but Balls is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tyga West just wasn't active enough.
West waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balls.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.

Balls fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging West to the ground. Balls is now in West's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balls is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
West will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Balls's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Balls dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Balls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balls misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Balls, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West is looking to clinch.
West fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Balls falls off balance throwing a combination
and West counters with a leg kick.
West fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Balls avoids it really well and circles away.
Balls misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balls throws a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Balls both land. Nice combination.
Balls will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Balls fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. West sprawls well initially but Balls persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balls is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and West defends it well.
Balls seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but West does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
West looks like he's trying to stand up.
Balls trying to control the action but West is working from the bottom.
West is trying to get back to full guard.
Balls working the head and body with strikes.
Balls prevents West from improving his position.
Balls moves into full mount! West won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls controlling his opponent.
Balls takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

Balls is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! West is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Barry Balls!