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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Natsu Dragneel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Natsu Dragneel!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragneel wants to slow Balkan down by chopping away at his legs.
Balkan tried to score with a low kick but Dragneel checks it.
Dragneel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dragneel defending well as Balkan loads up on a big left hand.
Balkan is looking to land body kicks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dragneel.
Balkan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Balkan lands a jab.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragneel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Balkan ducks right into an uppercut from Dragneel.
Dragneel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dragneel throws a sloppy head kick and Balkan moves out of range easily.
Jami Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Balkan misses
and Dragneel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragneel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balkan.
Balkan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Balkan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dragneel.
Balkan throws a solid leg kick but Dragneel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balkan.
Balkan moves in looking to clinch but Dragneel pushes him off.
Dragneel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dragneel.
Balkan misses with a leg kick
and Dragneel counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Jami Balkan has been cut.
Dragneel throws a leg kick which misses Balkan's front leg but catches the back leg as Balkan tries to avoid it.
Balkan throws a body punch but Dragneel moves out of range.
Dragneel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balkan.
Dragneel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragneel is just out of range.
Dragneel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dragneel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balkan was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragneel.
Balkan gets a clinch.
Balkan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balkan is looking to break free of the clinch but Dragneel has double underhooks.
Balkan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balkan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balkan lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel tries to work over Balkan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dragneel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dragneel moves out of range as Balkan strikes.
Balkan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That kick from Balkan tenderised Dragneel's leg. Dragneel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Balkan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Balkan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Donk. Dragneel catches Balkan right on the button with a cross.
Balkan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balkan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Balkan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Balkan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dragneel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Balkan's knee momentarily.
Dragneel throws a good cross that connects.
Dragneel misses with a few strikes there.
Dragneel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dragneel lands a leg kick that knocks Balkan off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragneel. Balkan does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dragneel, right into the meat.
Dragneel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Balkan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dragneel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balkan.
Balkan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dragneel.
Dragneel throws a body punch but Balkan moves out of range.
Balkan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dragneel.
Good work by Dragneel as he checks the leg kick.
Balkan scores with a hook to the body. Dragneel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dragneel jabs at Balkan's body.
Balkan checks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dragneel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Balkan. That one must have hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Balkan!
Dragneel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan connects with an inside leg kick.
Dragneel digs a good body shot into Balkan's ribs.
Dragneel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Balkan.
Dragneel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Balkan counters with a nice body kick.
Balkan takes a swing at Dragneel's ribcage but misses.
Balkan moves away from the strike by Dragneel.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
Balkan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Balkan moves out of range as Dragneel throws a body kick.
Balkan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Balkan blocks a low kick nicely.
Balkan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragneel is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Balkan as he checks the leg kick.
Dragneel tries a head kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Balkan as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Natsu Dragneel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
That's time! Balkan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Balkan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Balkan throws a leg kick which misses Dragneel's front leg but catches the back leg as Dragneel tries to avoid it.
Balkan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dragneel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dragneel, right into the meat.
Natsu Dragneel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balkan takes a swing at Dragneel's ribcage but misses.
Dragneel 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.
Balkan with a hook.
Balkan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balkan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dragneel checks it well.
Balkan tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragneel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balkan tries to work over Dragneel's front leg with a kick but Dragneel checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dragneel.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balkan looks to land a body kick but Dragneel moved away.
Dragneel throws a sloppy head kick and Balkan moves out of range easily.
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dragneel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel is looking to land body kicks.
Dragneel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dragneel throws a front kick that sends Balkan stumbling back into the cage.
Dragneel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dragneel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balkan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dragneel misses with a lunging right hand
and Balkan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dragneel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Dragneel lands a leg kick that knocks Balkan off balance momentarily.
Balkan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Balkan 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.
A good leg kick by Balkan.
Dragneel throws a leg kick but Balkan moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Dragneel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragneel looks to throw the jab but Balkan is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Balkan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dragneel doesn't seem phased though.
Balkan misses with a straight left.
Balkan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Balkan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Balkan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dragneel moves out of range as Balkan strikes.
Balkan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dragneel manages to avoid it.
Balkan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dragneel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balkan walks into a jab.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragneel was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
Balkan throws a big shot that misses.
Dragneel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Balkan blocks the low kick.
Dragneel throws a leg kick which misses Balkan's front leg but catches the back leg as Balkan tries to avoid it.
Dragneel throws a shot from downtown. Balkan moves away and avoids it.
Dragneel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Balkan throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a body punch but Dragneel moves out of range.
Balkan swings for the body but Dragneel moves out of range.
Dragneel throws a leg kick that misses.
Dragneel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balkan.
Balkan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dragneel lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Balkan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dragneel scores with a nice body kick.
Balkan misses with a looping right.
Dragneel pushes Balkan away with a front kick.
Balkan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragneel scores with a spinning back kick!
Dragneel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dragneel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dragneel. That's going to slow Balkan down.
Balkan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dragneel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dragneel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Dragneel.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dragneel.
Dragneel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Balkan blocks a head kick by Dragneel.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragneel was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Dragneel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dragneel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Dragneel. Those never looked like landing.
Balkan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balkan misses with a looping right.
Dragneel moves away from the strike by Balkan.
Dragneel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Balkan will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Natsu Dragneel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Balkan.
Dragneel tried to score with a low kick but Balkan checks it.
Balkan slips a jab from Dragneel.
Balkan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragneel is out of range and Balkan settles back down.
Dragneel throws out a leg kick but Balkan moves out of range and Dragneel only half commits.
Dragneel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balkan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dragneel throws a looping overhand right but Balkan ducks down to avoid it.
Dragneel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Balkan throws a right hand that Dragneel ducks under and follows up with a left that Dragneel also avoids with ease.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
Dragneel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balkan looks to throw the jab but Dragneel is out of range.
Dragneel avoids the body shot from Balkan.
Dragneel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balkan tried to score with a low kick but Dragneel checks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Balkan. That did some damage!
Balkan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dragneel takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dragneel tries to land a front kick but Balkan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dragneel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragneel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dragneel scores with a push kick.
Dragneel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragneel misses with a low kick.
Balkan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragneel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balkan misses the jab.
Dragneel lands a high kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Dragneel.
Dragneel scores with the left hand. Balkan knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dragneel missing with a left hand there. Balkan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dragneel avoids the body shot from Balkan.
Balkan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dragneel connects with a body shot.
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragneel is just out of range.
Balkan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dragneel moves away.
Balkan drops his hands momentarily and Dragneel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Balkan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dragneel misses with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dragneel. Balkan shrugs it off though.
Dragneel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel tries to land a body kick
and Balkan counters with a low kick, right behind Dragneel 's knee.
Dragneel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel moves out of range as Balkan strikes.
Dragneel throws a lazy body kick
and Balkan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Balkan misses with a body kick.
Donk. Dragneel catches Balkan right on the button with a cross.
Balkan moves away from the strike by Dragneel.
Dragneel scores with a nice body kick.
Dragneel is looking to land body kicks.
Balkan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Balkan throws a low kick, looking for Dragneel's leg but Dragneel calmly moves out of range.
Balkan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dragneel. Dragneel obviously looking to wear him down.
Balkan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dragneel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dragneel.
Dragneel slips under a jab from Balkan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragneel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkan moves out of range of the body kick.
Dragneel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Balkan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dragneel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkan.
Dragneel checks a leg kick nicely.
Balkan misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Dragneel to counter with a crisp jab.
Balkan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dragneel, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragneel throws a low kick but Balkan moves out of range easily.
Balkan throws a front kick aimed at Dragneel's knee but Dragneel avoids it well.
Dragneel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Balkan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Natsu Dragneel really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Balkan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dragneel looks to land a combination but Balkan avoids it well.
Dragneel looks to land a body kick but Balkan moved away.
Dragneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balkan throws a solid leg kick but Dragneel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balkan.
Balkan throws a low kick but Dragneel avoids it.
Balkan throws a chopping leg kick but Dragneel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dragneel throws a sloppy head kick and Balkan moves out of range easily.
Balkan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dragneel throws a push kick but Balkan slaps the foot to one side.
Dragneel moves out of range of the body kick from Balkan.
Balkan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dragneel looks for the body kick but Balkan saw that one coming.
Dragneel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balkan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dragneel.
Balkan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jab by Balkan.
Dragneel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Balkan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dragneel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dragneel lands a leg kick that knocks Balkan off balance momentarily.
Balkan tried to score with a low kick but Dragneel checks it.
Dragneel blocks the body kick.
Balkan feints and then cracks Dragneel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragneel down.
Balkan tries to work over Dragneel's front leg with a kick but Dragneel checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Balkan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Balkan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragneel is out of range and Balkan settles back down.
Dragneel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balkan.
Balkan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balkan tries to land a front kick but Dragneel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dragneel throws a low kick but Balkan moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Dragneel is predictable there
and Balkan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good work by Dragneel as he checks the leg kick.
Dragneel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Balkan. That did some damage!
Dragneel ducks under a wild hook from Balkan.
Dragneel tried to score with a low kick but Balkan checks it.
Dragneel walks into a straight right hand from Balkan.
Balkan lands a nice looking body kick.
Balkan blocks a jab.
Dragneel tries to score with a low kick but Balkan moves his leg out of the way.
Balkan cracks Dragneel with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Balkan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick from Balkan misses.
Dragneel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Balkan checks a low kick from Dragneel.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Dragneel misses.
Balkan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragneel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balkan.
Balkan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dragneel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dragneel. That's going to slow Balkan down.
Balkan throws a low kick but Dragneel moves out of range easily.
Dragneel misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Dragneel cracks Balkan with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balkan moves away.
Balkan with a hook.
Balkan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dragneel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balkan scrambles back to his feet.
Balkan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Dragneel tenderised Balkan's leg. Balkan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dragneel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dragneel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dragneel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Balkan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balkan throws a hook but Dragneel avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dragneel.
A decent looking cross lands there for Balkan.
Balkan takes a swing at Dragneel's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jami Balkan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Dragneel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Balkan.
Dragneel takes one to the side of the head.
Balkan throws a chopping leg kick but Dragneel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Balkan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dragneel misses with a low kick.
Dragneel slips a straight right by Balkan.
Balkan moves out of range of the body kick from Dragneel.
A big right from Dragneel misses.
Balkan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragneel walks into a straight right hand from Balkan.
Dragneel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balkan has time to react.
Dragneel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balkan looks to throw the jab but Dragneel is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balkan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Dragneel lands.
Balkan throws out a loose jab but Dragneel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan scoring well with a low kick there.
A big right from Dragneel misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balkan.
Balkan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A lazy body kick from Dragneel
and Balkan counters with a solid body kick.
Dragneel ducks under a wild hook from Balkan.
Dragneel throws a shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dragneel.
Dragneel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balkan doesn't seem bothered though.
Dragneel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balkan.
Dragneel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Balkan throws a wild body kick that Dragneel sees coming a mile off.
Jami Balkan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Balkan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dragneel, right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Balkan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dragneel throws a head kick that misses.
Dragneel moves out of range of the body kick.
Balkan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dragneel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balkan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
Balkan moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragneel lands with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Balkan is predictable there
and Dragneel counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
Dragneel is looking to land body kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Balkan!
A leg kick checked by Dragneel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dragneel.
Dragneel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dragneel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Balkan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dragneel 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.
Balkan digs a good hook to Dragneel's body.
Balkan throws out a leg kick but Dragneel moves out of range and Balkan only half commits.
Dragneel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Balkan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dragneel on the side of the head.
Crunch! Dragneel slams his shin into Balkan's torso.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balkan tries to score with a low kick but Dragneel moves his leg out of the way.
Dragneel avoids the head kick by Balkan.
Dragneel tests Balkan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balkan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dragneel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragneel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Natsu Dragneel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
Balkan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dragneel manages to avoid it.
Dragneel looks for the body kick but Balkan saw that one coming.
Balkan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragneel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragneel throws a solid leg kick but Balkan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dragneel.
Balkan throws an off balance right hand
and Dragneel counters with a thumping low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Natsu Dragneel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dragneel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 46:49
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 46:49
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Natsu Dragneel!
Natsu Dragneel is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Natsu Dragneel thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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