PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alonso Ballard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Enzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ballard
vs
Enzo

153 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alonso Ballard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lance Enzo!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Enzo shoots in and gets a takedown into Ballard's guard.
Ballard is pulling down on Enzo's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Enzo wants to control from the top but Ballard keeps moving.
Enzo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Enzo wants to stand but Ballard has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Enzo wants to stand and escape but instead Ballard has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Enzo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ballard landing with the ground and pound.
Ballard really is a fat lump.
Ballard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ballard preventing the sweep.
Enzo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ballard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballard with a nice head shot there.
Ballard wants to control from the top but Enzo keeps moving.
Ballard preventing the sweep.

Ballard gets to his feet. Enzo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Enzo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Enzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ballard is on top in guard.
Ballard throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballard trying to control but Enzo is working from the bottom.
Enzo is trying to control the position but Ballard postures up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Enzo wants to stand up but Ballard is controlling him.
Enzo keeping moving, preventing Ballard from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alonso Ballard wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Enzo has closed the distance and engaged Ballard in a clinch.

Enzo gets control of Ballard's arms and successfully pulls guard. Enzo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ballard postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ballard gets to his feet. Enzo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Enzo drops his hands momentarily and Ballard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Enzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Ballard.

Enzo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ballard is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Enzo thows a huge punch but Ballard dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enzo tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ballard controls his leg.
Ballard gets full guard.
Enzo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ballard is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ballard is breathing heavily.
Enzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ballard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Enzo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballard has a closed guard, preventing Enzo from standing up.
Enzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ballard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Enzo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Enzo.
Ballard wants to clinch

and Enzo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Enzo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballard misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballard tries for a takedown but Enzo manages to get underhooks.

Enzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Enzo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ballard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballard darts in trying to clinch

and Enzo counters by moving into the clinch.

Enzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Enzo drives through and clinches with Ballard against the cage.

Enzo pulls guard successfully.
Enzo wants to stand but Ballard is controlling the position.
Ballard trying to control the position from guard on top but Enzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enzo throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ballard trying to control the position from guard on top but Enzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ballard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Enzo's head.
Ballard works over Enzo with some ground and pound from guard.
Enzo is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ballard dives into side control.
Ballard landing strikes.
Enzo can't do much from the bottom here.
Ballard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Enzo down.
Ballard is looking to take a break and control but Enzo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballard lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enzo is not content to let Ballard control the position.
Ballard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Enzo some visible discomfort.
Ballard working the ground and pound.
Ballard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Enzo keeps working.
Enzo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ballard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ballard lands a nice forearm strike.
Ballard is looking to take a break and control but Enzo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Enzo down.
Ballard working the ground and pound.
Enzo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ballard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ballard trying to control the position but Enzo is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ballard has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Enzo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Enzo counters with a left and a right that stings Ballard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonso Ballard dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Enzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ballard tries to clinch there but Enzo circles away.
Ballard tries to clinch up but Enzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Ballard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Enzo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Enzo showed some decent athleticism there.
Ballard trying to hold on to Enzo's head to control him but Enzo postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballard moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ballard trying to keep a closed guard but Enzo is proving a slippery customer.
Enzo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ballard's guard.
Ballard being controlled here, momentarily.
Enzo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enzo wants to stand but Ballard has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ballard looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Alonso Ballard has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Enzo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ballard eats them both and turns towards Enzo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Alonso Ballard has been cut.

Enzo moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ballard works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ballard throwing strikes but missing.
Ballard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ballard is looking to work some ground and pound but Enzo has wrist control.
Ballard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Enzo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Enzo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ballard.
Enzo wants to stand up but Ballard is controlling him.
Ballard lands a couple of elbows.
Ballard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Enzo holds on and takes a little breather.
Ballard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Enzo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ballard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ballard chips away with some ground and pound.
Ballard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Enzo is trying to control the position but Ballard postures up.
Ballard lands a couple of digs.
Ballard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ballard stops Enzo from standing up.
Ballard trying to control but Enzo is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ballard scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alonso Ballard.
I think Ballard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lance Enzo!
During a confident post fight interview, Lance Enzo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.