PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Krutcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krutcher comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Things - Savage. Jason Krutcher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krutcher
vs
Ballantine

181 cm
34
208 lbs
33 - 15 - 0

188 cm
36
210 lbs
38 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Krutcher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Johnie Ballantine!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krutcher throws a hook but Ballantine avoids it easily.

Krutcher moves into the clinch.
Ballantine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krutcher.
Ballantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ballantine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Krutcher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krutcher lands an elbow that stopped Ballantine in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Ballantine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Jason Krutcher has been cut.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Krutcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krutcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Krutcher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Krutcher.
Ballantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballantine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine can't find room to land a body shot as Krutcher controls the action.
Ballantine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutcher controls his hands.
Krutcher lands an elbow inside.
Ballantine is looking to control Krutcher's arms but Krutcher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ballantine has his back to the cage.
Ballantine digs a right hand into Krutcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krutcher's gas tank.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krutcher prevents a body shot from Ballantine.
Krutcher goes for a takedown attempt but Ballantine pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Krutcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ballantine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krutcher fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ballantine on the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Krutcher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ballantine swings for the body but Krutcher moves out of range.
Krutcher attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ballantine on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krutcher misses with a low kick.
Krutcher has been working on his balance at Kick In The Nutz Gym (14 Elite Coaches, Low Cap), so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Ballantine.
Krutcher tries to clinch but Ballantine is having none of it.
Krutcher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Krutcher misses its intended target.
Ballantine throws a looping overhand right but Krutcher ducks down to avoid it.
Jason Krutcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krutcher connects with a single shot there.

Krutcher drives through and clinches with Ballantine against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Krutcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krutcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krutcher lands an elbow inside.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Krutcher blocks an uppercut.
Krutcher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantine blocks an elbow strike from Krutcher.
Krutcher scores with a shot to the side of Ballantine's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher looking to slow down the pace here.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Krutcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ballantine tries a body shot but Krutcher blocks it.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ballantine blocks an uppercut.
Ballantine dodges an elbow strike from Krutcher.
Krutcher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Krutcher.
Ballantine avoiding damage as Krutcher throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballantine.
The referee calls for Ballantine to work.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krutcher.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Krutcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krutcher.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krutcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ballantine avoids it.
Krutcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krutcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krutcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
Ballantine tries to work over Krutcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krutcher goes for a takedown attempt but Ballantine pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ballantine lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krutcher throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Ballantine.
Krutcher missing with a left hand there. Ballantine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Krutcher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Krutcher's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Krutcher takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krutcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballantine's brow.
Krutcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Krutcher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ballantine gets through Krutcher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Ballantine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krutcher lands an elbow that stopped Ballantine in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Johnie Ballantine has been cut.
Ballantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Krutcher has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ballantine after a bit of a struggle.
Ballantine is leaning against Krutcher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ballantine is pushing Krutcher up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ballantine blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krutcher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Ballantine taking a breather.
Good body shot from Ballantine.
Krutcher missing with knees to the body.
Krutcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ballantine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Krutcher.
Jason Krutcher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Krutcher holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Krutcher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballantine takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Ballantine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Krutcher.
Krutcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ballantine misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantine avoids a wild elbow strike from Krutcher.
Ballantine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ballantine blocks the elbow strike.
Ballantine avoiding damage.
Krutcher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Ballantine.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krutcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballantine's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krutcher.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
Krutcher dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Krutcher throws an elbow that misses.
Ballantine can't find room to land a body shot as Krutcher controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine blocking some punches.
Ballantine blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
A short left from Ballantine.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ballantine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krutcher can't get the takedown.

Ballantine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krutcher misses with the combination.
Krutcher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krutcher jabs Ballantine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Krutcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ballantine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ballantine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ballantine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ballantine connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krutcher is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher throws out a leg kick but Ballantine moves out of range and Krutcher only half commits.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Krutcher lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ballantine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ballantine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Krutcher lands a right hook to the body.
Krutcher misses with a kick to the body.
Krutcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jason Krutcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Krutcher looks to land a combination. Ballantine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Krutcher throws a series of punches but Ballantine avoids them all with ease.
Krutcher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ballantine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ballantine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krutcher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine just misses with a punch to the body.
Krutcher throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ballantine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krutcher throws a looping overhand right but Ballantine ducks down to avoid it.
Ballantine throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Krutcher dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Krutcher scores with a kick to the midsection.

Krutcher clinches.
Krutcher throws a punch but it's blocked by Ballantine.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it misses.
Ballantine lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ballantine.
Krutcher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ballantine pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krutcher.
Krutcher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krutcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballantine avoids the damage to the body.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Krutcher.
Ballantine pushes Krutcher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ballantine lands a hook that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krutcher working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Ballantine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ballantine doesn't manage to clinch there - Krutcher circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Ballantine misses.
Krutcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ballantine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ballantine just misses with a punch to the body.
Krutcher 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.
Krutcher walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ballantine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ballantine lands a jab to Krutcher's midsection.
Krutcher attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Krutcher swinging wildly here.
Ballantine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ballantine is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Krutcher rather than just go for the knockout.
Ballantine swats away the attempt to clinch by Krutcher.
Ballantine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krutcher lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine connects with a body shot.
Krutcher bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ballantine's head backwards.
Krutcher throws a right and a left that Ballantine avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krutcher getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krutcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krutcher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ballantine misses with a wild body shot.
Ballantine takes one to the side of the head.
Krutcher throws a hook but Ballantine avoids it easily.
Ballantine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krutcher scores with a sloppy right hand. Ballantine should have avoided that one.
Krutcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ballantine slips a jab from Krutcher.
Ballantine blocks a head kick by Krutcher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Krutcher looks to score with a jab to the body but Ballantine is just out of range.
Krutcher throws a lazy right hand but Ballantine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ballantine keeps the fight on the outside.
Krutcher takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Krutcher clinches with his opponent.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Krutcher.
Krutcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballantine wants to stall.
Ballantine blocks an elbow strike from Krutcher.
Krutcher blocking some punches.
Krutcher is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ballantine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krutcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballantine's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krutcher.
Ballantine scores with a hook to the body.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krutcher comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ballantine tries a body shot but Krutcher blocks it.
Ballantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Ballantine managing to block the knees to the body from Krutcher.
Ballantine lands a left hand.
Krutcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballantine avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
Krutcher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Krutcher throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krutcher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Krutcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Johnie Ballantine just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Krutcher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ballantine counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ballantine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krutcher.
Krutcher misses with a looping left.
Ballantine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ballantine works the jab nicely.
Krutcher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ballantine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krutcher throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ballantine's head.
A punch lands to the side of Krutcher 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Krutcher is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantine blocks a leg kick.
Oh Krutcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ballantine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Krutcher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krutcher seems to have got his legs back now.
Ballantine connects with an inside leg kick.

Ballantine darts in and clinches Krutcher up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krutcher's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Ballantine.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutcher controls his hands.
Ballantine avoids a wild elbow strike from Krutcher.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krutcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ballantine's brow.
Krutcher tries to land a knee to the head but Ballantine blocks with his arms.
Krutcher misses with an elbow over the top.
Ballantine works on Krutcher's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Ballantine scores with a shot to the side of Krutcher's head.
Krutcher trying to land knees to the body.
Krutcher missing with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Krutcher misses with a knee to the head.
Ballantine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Ballantine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Ballantine.
A shot in the inside from Ballantine.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Ballantine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Krutcher missing with knees to the body.
Krutcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballantine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krutcher's elbow.
Ballantine avoids a wild elbow strike from Krutcher.
Ballantine lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Krutcher to his knees! Ballantine keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnie Ballantine!
Johnie Ballantine is the new light heavyweight champion!
Johnie Ballantine thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Jason Krutcher was interviewed post fight and said 'That was a tough fight tonight but that's how it goes sometimes. I'll be back again.'.