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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vassago Ballardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yorgrim Karth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Yorgrim Karth enters the cage!
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220 lbs
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vassago Ballardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yorgrim Karth!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karth takes a swing at Ballardo's ribcage but misses.
Karth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ballardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Karth.
Karth thows a body shot but no joy.
Karth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ballardo at a distance.
A jab from Karth misses.
Ballardo is looking to clinch but Karth is avoiding it.
Ballardo tries to clinch but Karth is having none of it.
Ballardo is looking to clinch.
Karth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ballardo ducks under a wild hook from Karth.
Vassago Ballardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karth misses the shot to the body.
Ballardo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ballardo connects with an inside leg kick.
Karth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ballardo.
Karth misses with a hook. Ballardo ducked under it nicely.
Ballardo lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ballardo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ballardo throws a head kick but Karth moves out of range.
Karth scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karth blocks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Karth.
Karth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ballardo looks for the body kick but Karth saw that one coming.
A jab from Ballardo misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Karth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ballardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ballardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ballardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Ballardo.
Karth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Ballardo.
Ballardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karth was well out of range. Poor timing from Ballardo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ballardo.
Ballardo drives through and clinches with Karth against the cage.
Ballardo is leaning against Karth and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballardo lands an uppercut.
Karth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballardo lands with a short shot to the head.
Ballardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Karth controls his hands.
Ballardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Karth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballardo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo lands a left hand.
Come on Karth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Karth is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ballardo is keeping busy.
Ballardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballardo's elbow.
Ballardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karth tries to throw a body punch but Ballardo avoids it by throwing Karth back against the cage.
Ballardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballardo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ballardo.
Ballardo misses with a leg kick
and Karth counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ballardo thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ballardo.
Ballardo has Karth up against the cage in a clinch.
Ballardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ballardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Karth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ballardo feints and then cracks Karth's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karth down.
A big right from Karth misses.
Ballardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karth misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballardo trying to control the position but instead, Karth has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ballardo into the cage.
Karth struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballardo controls his hands.
Good body shot from Ballardo.
A head punch on the inside from Ballardo fails to land.
Karth misses with a body punch.
Karth throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Karth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ballardo lands with a left to the head.
Karth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Karth blocks an uppercut.
Karth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballardo backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karth blocking some punches.
Ballardo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karth is out of range and Ballardo settles back down.
Karth cracks a nice hook into Ballardo's ribs.
Ballardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ballardo blocks a jab.
Karth checks the leg kick.
Karth thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballardo misses with a low kick.
Karth takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ballardo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karth's sensitive parts.
Karth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ballardo manages to avoid it.
Ballardo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ballardo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karth is out of range and Ballardo settles back down.
Ballardo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ballardo 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.
Ballardo moves away from the strike by Karth.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karth lands a head shot.
That kick from Ballardo tenderised Karth's leg. Karth is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ballardo moves into the clinch.
Ballardo stalling against the cage.
Karth taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vassago Ballardo dominated that round.
That's time! Ballardo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Karth misses with a wild body shot.
Ballardo blocks a jab.
Karth throws a hook but Ballardo avoids it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ballardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karth.
Ballardo tries to close the distance and clinch but Karth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karth with a hook.
Karth lands an overhand right.
Ballardo moves out of range as Karth strikes.
Ballardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballardo throws a right and a left that Karth avoids nicely.
Karth misses with a looping right.
Karth's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karth keeps the fight on the outside.
Ballardo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karth is out of range and Ballardo settles back down.
Karth keeps the fight on the outside.
Karth misses with an uppercut.
Ballardo is looking to clinch but Karth is avoiding it.
Karth on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good shot there by Ballardo.
Karth connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballardo walks into a straight right hand from Karth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballardo throws a leg kick but Karth sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ballardo tries to land a leg kick but Karth saw it coming and moves away.
Ballardo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vassago Ballardo is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karth manages to avoid it.
Ballardo instigates a clinch.
Ballardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballardo lands a left hand.
Ballardo lands with a light punch inside.
Ballardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Karth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vassago Ballardo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ballardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ballardo. Ballardo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ballardo at a distance.
Ballardo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Karth thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karth.
Ballardo throws a chopping leg kick but Karth manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ballardo lands a leg kick that knocks Karth off balance momentarily.
Karth works the jab nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ballardo. That's going to slow Karth down.
Ballardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Karth circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karth misses the shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Karth checks a leg kick.
Ballardo scoring well with a low kick there.
Karth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ballardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ballardo 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.
Karth throws a body punch but Ballardo moves out of range.
Karth cracks Ballardo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Karth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karth checks a low kick from Ballardo.
Karth gets tackled into the cage by Ballardo. Ballardo maintains the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karth as Ballardo tries to tie him up.
Karth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karth prevents a body shot from Ballardo.
Ballardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballardo blocks an uppercut.
Ballardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Karth.
Karth breaks the clinch.
Ballardo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo tried to score with a low kick but Karth checks it.
Ballardo tries to clinch but Karth moves out of range.
Ballardo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ballardo wants to clinch up but Karth keeps it at a distance.
Ballardo throws a leg kick
and Karth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ballardo throws a head kick that half lands.
Ballardo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Karth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ballardo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karth is out of range.
Ballardo throws a head kick that half lands.
Karth is rocked!
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Ballardo throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Karth is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vassago Ballardo!
A very excited looking Vassago Ballardo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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RATING
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