PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harry Ballzonya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craigie Bee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Ballzonya could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Craigie Bee's chin.

Ballzonya
vs
Bee

182 cm
22
169 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

182 cm
26
165 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Ballzonya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craigie Bee!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bee's corner calls for a 1-2. Bee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ballzonya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bee was well out of range. Poor timing from Ballzonya.
Bee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Craigie Bee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Bee misses.
Bee swings for the body but Ballzonya moves out of range.
Ballzonya does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ballzonya fails with a takedown attempt.
Ballzonya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bee.
A head kick misses from Bee.
Bee moves out of range of the strikes.
Bee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee throws a hook but Ballzonya blocks it.
Bee has his takedown stuffed
and Ballzonya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ballzonya shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bee sprawls well. Bee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ballzonya gets slowly back to his feet.
Bee lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Ballzonya misses.
Ballzonya checks the leg kick.
Bee needs to keep his hands up - Ballzonya had a free shot at his head there.
Bee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Bee.

Ballzonya shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bee manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ballzonya is looking to work some ground and pound but Bee has wrist control.

Bee has his foot on Ballzonya's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ballzonya works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ballzonya's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ballzonya sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ballzonya trying to control but Bee is working from the bottom.
Ballzonya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bee on the ground.
Bee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ballzonya has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ballzonya landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bee keeping moving, preventing Ballzonya from controlling successfully.
Bee is trying to control the position but Ballzonya postures up.
Bee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ballzonya throws an elbow that misses. Bee uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ballzonya's guard. Nice move by Bee!
Bee won't allow Ballzonya to sweep him here.
Ballzonya trying to keep a closed guard but Bee is proving a slippery customer.
Ballzonya wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bee stopping the sweep attempt from Ballzonya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ballzonya wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Harry Ballzonya has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ballzonya shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Ballzonya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bee misses with a left hand
and Ballzonya counters with an inside leg kick.
Ballzonya loads up on a big right hand but Bee slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballzonya scores with a jab. Bee acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bee misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Ballzonya dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ballzonya throws a leg kick but Bee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bee lands a nice shot that snaps Ballzonya's head back.
Bee connects with a nice looking jab.
Ballzonya thuds a left hand into Bee's body.
Ballzonya thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballzonya blocks a head kick by Bee.
Ballzonya thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bee takes a swing at Ballzonya's ribcage but misses.
Bee throws a sloppy head kick and Ballzonya moves out of range easily.
Bee throws the left hand but Ballzonya avoids the punch easily.
Bee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ballzonya paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ballzonya under the eye.
Good work by Ballzonya as he checks the leg kick.
Ballzonya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ballzonya throws out the jab.
Bee lands a glancing blow to the side of Ballzonya's head.
Bee throws out a powerful jab.
Bee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Bee.
Ballzonya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballzonya throws a big shot that misses.
Ballzonya scores with the left hand. Bee knows he should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Bee misses the target.
Nice body punch from Ballzonya.
Craigie Bee seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Ballzonya drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballzonya trying to control but Bee is working from the bottom.
Ballzonya throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ballzonya looking to sit in guard and control but Bee gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harry Ballzonya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bee trying to control but Ballzonya is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ballzonya swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bee wants to control from the top but Ballzonya keeps moving.
Ballzonya trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ballzonya wants to sweep but no luck.
Ballzonya pulls Bee in close to his closed guard and prevents Bee from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ballzonya is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Harry Ballzonya just wasn't active enough.
Ballzonya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bee.
Ballzonya throws a shot to the body.
Bee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballzonya moves away.
Ballzonya shoots in but Bee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ballzonya avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ballzonya connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Harry Ballzonya will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ballzonya feints a jab promting Bee to slip. Ballzonya then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bee slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballzonya. Bee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bee takes one to the side of the head.
Bee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ballzonya throws a leg kick but Bee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ballzonya lands a jab.
Bee checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bee slips a straight right by Ballzonya.
Bee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ballzonya counters with a nice uppercut.
Ballzonya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ballzonya scores with a jab to the jaw.

Bee is rocked!
Bee slips a jab from Ballzonya.
Bee is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballzonya finish him?
Ballzonya misses with a looping right.
Ballzonya throws out a loose jab but Bee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballzonya misses with a hook.
Bee slips a jab from Ballzonya.
Ballzonya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bee staying out of range there.
Ballzonya looks to land a right hand but Bee moved out of range.
Ballzonya misses with an uppercut.
Ballzonya thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ballzonya throws a shot from downtown. Bee moves away and avoids it.
Ballzonya misses with a straight left.
Bee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ballzonya throws out the jab.
Ballzonya throws the left hand but Bee avoids the punch easily.
Bee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ballzonya.
Ballzonya misses with a looping right.
Ballzonya wobbles Bee with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Ballzonya dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Bee to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harry Ballzonya!
In his post fight interview, Harry Ballzonya started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.