PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garrick Ballantyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ballantyne
vs
Richtofen

182 cm
34
202 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

190 cm
24
195 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrick Ballantyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richtofen misses the shot to the body.
Richtofen throws a leg kick which misses Ballantyne's front leg but catches the back leg as Ballantyne tries to avoid it.
Richtofen lands a leg kick that knocks Ballantyne off balance momentarily.
Richtofen looks for the body kick but Ballantyne saw that one coming.
Richtofen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ballantyne manages to avoid it.
Ballantyne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richtofen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Ballantyne forces Richtofen back against the cage and clinches.
Richtofen misses with a punch on the inside.
Richtofen struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballantyne controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richtofen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ballantyne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Richtofen scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Ballantyne on the inside.
Richtofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantyne slows down the pace here.
Richtofen swings wildly with an uppercut but Ballantyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantyne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut.
Richtofen dodges an elbow strike from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Richtofen up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Richtofen.
Richtofen looking to slow down the pace here.
Richtofen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ballantyne.
A head punch on the inside from Richtofen fails to land.
A bit of stalling here from Richtofen.
Ballantyne scores with a shot to the side of Richtofen's head.
Richtofen tries a body shot but Ballantyne blocks it.
Ballantyne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ballantyne throws a punch but it's blocked by Richtofen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richtofen tries to throw a body punch but Ballantyne avoids it by throwing Richtofen back against the cage.
Ballantyne working aggressively here.
Richtofen lands a right hand.
Ballantyne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballantyne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Richtofen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballantyne misses with the head strike.
Ballantyne takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richtofen.
Ballantyne lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richtofen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballantyne's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Richtofen tries to work over Ballantyne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ballantyne misses with some punches.
Ballantyne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richtofen is defending well for now.
Richtofen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ballantyne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ballantyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballantyne backwards.
Richtofen throws a head punch that misses.
Ballantyne tries a body shot but Richtofen blocks it.
Richtofen lands a left hand.
Richtofen blocks an uppercut.
Richtofen misses with a punch to the body.
Richtofen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ballantyne unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne missing with knees to the body.
Richtofen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Richtofen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ballantyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Richtofen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballantyne backwards.
Ballantyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Richtofen effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richtofen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantyne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Ballantyne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Garrick Ballantyne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Richtofen avoids the head kick by Ballantyne.
Richtofen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ballantyne.
Richtofen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ballantyne counters with a straight right hand.
Richtofen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Richtofen is looking to chop away at Ballantyne's legs.
That kick from Richtofen tenderised Ballantyne's leg. Ballantyne is trying to keep his angry face on.
Richtofen thuds his shin into the meat of Ballantyne's side.
Ballantyne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Richtofen is out of range.
Richtofen lands with an overhand left.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Richtofen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richtofen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richtofen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ballantyne gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Richtofen gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Ballantyne is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Richtofen!
After winning the bout, Edward Richtofen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.