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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Case (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes to the cage accompanied by A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart. Case is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Aki & Turo - Mahtisonni. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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222 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Case!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballinger scores with a jab.
Ballinger misses the jab.
Ballinger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ballinger moves in looking to clinch but Case pushes him off.
Ballinger looks to land a right hand but Case moved out of range.
Ballinger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Case to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Case. Ballinger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ballinger throws a nice looking combination but Case bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Case has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ballinger.
Case lands a jab to Ballinger's midsection.
Ballinger darts in trying to clinch
and Case counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballinger looks for the body kick but Case saw that one coming.
Case pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ballinger avoids the body shot from Case.
Case swats away the attempt to clinch by Ballinger.
Ballinger throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Justin Case has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Case circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ballinger slips a jab from Case.
Ballinger tries to clinch but Case is having none of it.
Ryan Ballinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballinger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Case. Ballinger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Ballinger there.
Ballinger tries to clinch up.
Ballinger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Case.
Case doesn't manage to clinch there - Ballinger circles away.
Ballinger closes the distance and pushes Case back into the cage.
Ballinger trying to control the position but instead, Case has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ballinger into the cage.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ballinger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ballinger misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ballinger is pressed up against the cage. Case has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ballinger down to the mat. Ballinger avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Case misses with a straight right.
Sloppy strikes from Ballinger. Those never looked like landing.
Ballinger moves in looking to clinch but Case pushes him off.
Ballinger is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ballinger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ballinger moves into the clinch.
Case avoiding damage as Ballinger throws knees to the body.
A short right from Ballinger on the inside.
Case avoids a wild elbow strike from Ballinger.
Case misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballinger prevents a takedown attempt there.
Case misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Case wants to break free but Ballinger has control.
Case avoids the elbow strike from Ballinger, against the cage.
Case struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballinger controls his hands.
Case misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballinger gets through Case's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ballinger misses with an elbow strike.
Ballinger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ballinger.
Ballinger has a couple of punches blocked by Case.
Ballinger looking to stall.
Ballinger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Case blocks a body shot from Ballinger.
Ballinger prevents a body shot from Case.
Ballinger stalling the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Case manages to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballinger trying to control the position from guard on top but Case is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ballinger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ballinger throws a big right hand that misses.
Ballinger looking to pass the guard.
Case controls Ballinger momentarily but Ballinger frees himself.
Case has his hands on Ballinger's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ballinger looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Ballinger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Case's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Case looks to throw the jab but Ballinger is out of range.
Ballinger throws a quick inside leg kick.
Case misses with a lunging right hand
and Ballinger counters with a straight right hand.
Case misses with a straight left.
Case misses the shot to the body.
Ballinger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ballinger tries to move into range but Case moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ballinger misses with a jab to the body
enabling Case to counter with a crisp jab.
Ballinger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Case paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Case with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ballinger to score with a decent uppercut.
Ballinger ducks under a wild hook from Case.
Case lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Case.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Ballinger. That snapped Case's head back.
Ballinger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Case tries to break the clinch but Ballinger is controlling the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Case.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger lands a knee to the body.
Ballinger lands a nice uppercut.
Case prevents a body shot from Ballinger.
Ballinger lands an uppercut.
Case blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballinger tries to stall but Case uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Case tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ballinger smiles and moves away.
A big right from Case misses.
Case just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballinger scores with a jab to the jaw.
That has opened up Justin Case's cut even more.
Case misses with a hook.
Ballinger tries to clinch up.
Ryan Ballinger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ballinger moves into range and clinches up with Case.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Case makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Case misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Case looking to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Case misses with a punch to the body.
Ballinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ballinger misses with a body punch.
Ballinger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cases head.
Ballinger prevents the takedown attempt.
Ballinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Case avoids it.
Ballinger lands an elbow just above Case 's eye.
Ballinger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Case is rocked!
Ballinger crunches a lovely knee into Case's ribcage.
Case is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballinger finish him?
Ballinger landing knees to the head.
Case fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Case is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ballinger gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ryan Ballinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Case.
Case is breathing heavily.
Ballinger working Case over with knees to the body.
Ballinger has Case pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Case! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ballinger is unloading with more strikes now! Case drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Ballinger!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryan Ballinger thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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