PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garrick Ballantyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garrick Ballantyne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ballantyne
vs
Teller

182 cm
34
202 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

183 cm
25
190 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans
Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrick Ballantyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jax Teller!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantyne thows a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick from Teller misses.
Ballantyne cracks Teller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ballantyne tries to bum rush Teller with a series of wild strikes but Teller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Teller moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ballantyne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Teller misses the shot to the body.
Ballantyne lands a jab to the nose.
Teller pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Ballantyne rushes Teller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Teller blocks an uppercut.
Teller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Teller blocking some punches.
Ballantyne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ballantyne trying to stall but Teller improves his position.
Ballantyne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballantyne lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantyne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantyne lands an uppercut.
Teller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teller is trying to break the clinch but Ballantyne is controlling him.
Ballantyne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ballantyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballantyne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballantyne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Teller dodges an elbow strike from Ballantyne.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantyne.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Teller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballantyne backwards.
Ballantyne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantyne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Teller using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ballantyne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teller lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
A short right from Ballantyne.
Teller avoiding damage as Ballantyne throws knees to the body.
Ballantyne lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from Ballantyne.
Teller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ballantyne backwards.
Ballantyne missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ballantyne throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teller.
Ballantyne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ballantyne controlling the action here for a moment.
Ballantyne pushes Teller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballantyne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Ballantyne on the inside.
Ballantyne is looking to control Teller's arms but Teller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ballantyne has his back to the cage.
Ballantyne blocks an uppercut.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Teller shrugs off.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ballantyne working Teller over with knees to the body.
Ballantyne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Teller looks winded!
Teller dodges an elbow strike from Ballantyne.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantyne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Teller avoiding damage as Ballantyne throws knees to the body.
Ballantyne missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Ballantyne.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballantyne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ballantyne scores a nice knee to the body.
Ballantyne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballantyne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teller takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ballantyne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Teller's brow.
Teller tries to work over Ballantyne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballantyne.
Teller misses with the head strike.
Ballantyne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantyne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Teller working aggressively here.
Teller takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ballantyne scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrick Ballantyne dominated that round.
That's time! Ballantyne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Teller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Teller looks to throw the jab but Ballantyne is out of range.
Teller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ballantyne was well out of range. Poor timing from Teller.
Teller avoids the head kick by Ballantyne.
Teller throws a head kick that misses
and Ballantyne counters with a three punch combo that has Teller backing up. Teller nods at Ballantyne to acknowledge the strikes.
Ballantyne slips a jab from Teller.
A swing and a miss from Teller.
Ballantyne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teller punishes Ballantyne's body with a nice straight punch.
Teller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ballantyne counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Teller is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ballantyne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ballantyne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teller connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice jab there from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne misses with a hook.
Teller throws a head kick that misses.
Teller misses with a hook to the body
and Ballantyne counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantyne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teller throws a combination. Ballantyne tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Teller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ballantyne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teller thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballantyne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teller lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ballantyne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ballantyne swinging wildly here.
Ballantyne avoids the body shot from Teller.
Ballantyne moves in looking to clinch but Teller pushes him off.
Ballantyne tries to bum rush Teller with a series of wild strikes but Teller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Teller blocks a jab.
Teller avoids a kick to the body.
Teller is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ballantyne rather than just go for the knockout.
Ballantyne scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller slips a jab from Ballantyne.
Teller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Teller throws the left hand but Ballantyne avoids the punch easily.
Ballantyne cracks Teller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Teller fails with an attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teller misses with a double jab.
Teller scores with a nice body kick.
Teller throws a low kick, looking for Ballantyne's leg but Ballantyne calmly moves out of range.
Teller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ballantyne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Teller scrambles back to his feet.

Ballantyne closes the distance and pushes Teller back into the cage.
Ballantyne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Teller.
Teller throws a head punch that misses.
Ballantyne misses with a punch to the body.
Garrick Ballantyne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Teller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ballantyne takes an elbow to the temple.
Teller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ballantyne blocks an elbow strike from Teller.
Ballantyne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Teller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A left hand lands to the body for Teller.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ballantyne lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teller.
Teller controlling the action here for a moment.
Teller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantyne throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantyne fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantyne blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teller.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Teller.
Ballantyne tries to throw a body punch but Teller avoids it by throwing Ballantyne back against the cage.
Teller blocks an elbow strike.
Ballantyne blocks an elbow strike from Teller.
Ballantyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teller avoids the elbow strike from Ballantyne, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ballantyne.
Teller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ballantyne throws an elbow but misses.
Ballantyne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Teller in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantyne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Teller is defending well for now.
Ballantyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballantyne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teller lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jax Teller will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Teller takes a swing at Ballantyne's ribcage but misses.
Ballantyne with a jab.
Ballantyne on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Ballantyne is rocked!
Ballantyne leaves his chin hanging out and Teller seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Ballantyne crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jax Teller!
Jax Teller took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their support in the buildup to the fight.