PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shin Gouki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa comes to the cage accompanied by Fratelli D'Italia. This should be a great matchup!

Balboa
vs
Gouki

175 cm
22
184 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

169 cm
23
174 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanni Balboa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shin Gouki!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gouki misses with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balboa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gouki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Balboa cracks a nice hook into Gouki's ribs.
Gouki throws a leg kick which misses Balboa's front leg but catches the back leg as Balboa tries to avoid it.
Gouki swats away the attempt to clinch by Balboa.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Gouki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gouki scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gouki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Balboa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Balboa has managed to clinch.
Gouki wants to get back to striking at distance but Balboa won't allow it.
Balboa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Gouki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gouki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balboa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gouki. Gouki obviously looking to wear him down.
Gouki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balboa closes the distance and clinches.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa takes an elbow to the temple.
Balboa scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Balboa avoiding damage as Gouki throws knees to the body.
Balboa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gouki throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
Gouki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gouki tries to break the clinch but Balboa is controlling the position.
Balboa is trying to stall.
Gouki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balboa is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Balboa.

Gouki breaks the clinch.
Balboa moves forwards but Gouki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gouki needs to keep his hands up - Balboa had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Gouki avoids them all with ease.
Gouki misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gouki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Balboa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gouki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gouki looks to land a combination. Balboa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gouki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gouki misses with a body shot.
Balboa throws a shot from downtown. Gouki moves away and avoids it.
Gouki swings widly with a right hand
and Balboa counters with a nice uppercut.
Gouki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gouki just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Gouki as he connects with a hook.
Gouki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Balboa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Gouki lands a big head kick that sends Balboa tumbling to the mat! Gouki takes a step backwards and waves Balboa back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Balboa is rocked!
Gouki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Balboa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gouki throws the left hand but Balboa avoids the punch easily.
Balboa tries to clinch up but Gouki circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Balboa moves into the clinch.
Gouki prevents a body shot from Balboa.
Gouki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.

Balboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balboa wants to clinch up but Gouki keeps it at a distance.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
Gouki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Balboa connects with a single shot there.

Gouki is rocked!
Balboa sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Gouki's defenses. It connects perfectly with Gouki's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Giovanni Balboa!
Giovanni Balboa retains his welterweight title!
Giovanni Balboa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.