PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ferenz Balas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Balas
vs
Hearns

176 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ferenz Balas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Hearns!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balas walks into a straight right hand from Hearns.
Hearns jabs Balas right on the nose. Balas blinks but takes it well.
Balas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hearnss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hearns ducks under a wild hook from Balas.
Hearns lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hearns fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balas.
Hearns moves out of range of the strikes.
Hearns wants to slow Balas down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balas. Hearns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hearns lands a leg kick that knocks Balas off balance momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Balas. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balas throws out the jab.
Balas swinging wildly here.
Hearns cracks Balas with a good jab.
Balas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Balas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balas throws an overhand right that lands on Hearns's shoulder, as Hearns tries to avoid the shot.
Balas tries to clinch up but Hearns circles away and keeps his distance.
Hearns slips a straight right by Balas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns throws a lazy uppercut
and Balas counters with a nice body shot.
Hearns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Balas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balas cracks Hearns with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hearns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hearns cracks a nice hook into Balas's ribs.
Hearns throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Balas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hearns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Balas takes a swing at Hearns's ribcage but misses.
Hearns cracks the inside of Balas's front leg.
Hearns drops his hands momentarily and Balas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hearns backs up against the cage.
Balas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hearns has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Balas looks to throw the jab but Hearns is out of range.
Hearns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A cross from Hearns lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balas.
Hearns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Balass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hearns throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hearns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hearns avoids the body shot from Balas.
Good standup being displayed there by Hearns as he connects with a hook.
A jab lands there for Balas.
Hearns feints and then cracks Balas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balas down.
Hearns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hearns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hearns throws a low kick but it's checked well by Balas.
Hearns is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hearns connects with a body shot.
Balas 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.
Balas misses the jab.
Balas throws a jab but it's blocked by Hearns.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns tries to land a leg kick but Balas saw it coming and moves away.
Hearns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balas.
Balas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Balas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hearns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Balas's head backwards.
Hearns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balas.
Hearns cracks Balas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hearns.
Hearns blocks a jab.
Balas just misses with a punch to the body.
Balas throws a body punch but Hearns moves out of range.
Balas misses with a straight left.
Hearns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Balas looks to land a left hand but Hearns moved out of range nicely.
Hearns works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hearns thumps Balas with a low kick.

Balas moves into the clinch successfully.
Hearns throws a punch but it's blocked by Balas.
Hearns is looking to control Balas's arms but Balas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hearns has his back to the cage.
Hearns being controlled against the cage.
Hearns pushes Balas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balas stalling in the clinch.
Hearns lands with a short shot to the head.
Balas has Hearns pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Hearns.
Balas is stalling here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ferenz Balas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Balas throws a lazy uppercut
and Hearns counters with a low kick, right behind Balas 's knee.
A swing and a miss from Balas.
Balas throws a body punch but Hearns moves out of range.
Hearns moves out of range of the strikes.
Hearns turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balas takes a swing at Hearns's ribcage but misses.
Ferenz Balas is winning the standup battle so far.
Hearns throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Hearns.
Hearns is looking to slow Balas down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Balas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hearns staying out of range there.
Hearns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Balas's sensitive parts.
Balas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hearns cracks Balas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Balas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hearns catches Balas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hearns avoids the body shot from Balas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns connects with a single shot there.
Balas throws a hook but Hearns avoids it easily.
Hearns lands a jab to the nose.
Balas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hearns in his tracks.
Balas looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearns is just out of range.
Balas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Balas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hearns makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Balas throws a hook but Hearns blocks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hearns.
Hearns misses with a low kick.
Balas throws a shot from downtown. Hearns moves away and avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hearns.
Balas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balas scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hearns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balas.
Hearns misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balas throws a hook but Hearns avoids it easily.
Balas throws a series of punches but Hearns moves out of range.
Balas throws a hook to the side of Hearns's head but Hearns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hearns connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balas scrambles back to his feet.
Hearns throws a low kick but Balas moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Hearns.
Hearns slips under a jab from Balas.
Balas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hearns on the side of the head.
Balas takes one to the chin there.
Hearns lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hearns cracks the inside of Balas's front leg.
Hearns connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Balas scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice combination there by Hearns.
Hearns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Balas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hearns.
Hearns ducks under a wild hook from Balas.
Balas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice defenses there by Hearns.
Hearns throws a good cross that connects.
Balas drops his hands momentarily and Hearns takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Balas misses with a body shot.
Hearns clobbers Balas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hearns scores with the left hand. Balas knows he should have avoided that one.
Hearns connects with a body shot.
Balas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balas looks to throw the jab but Hearns is out of range.

Balas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hearns, pushing him back against the cage.
Hearns lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Balas blocking some punches.
Balas looking to throw knees to the head but Hearns is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Balas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hearns throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hearns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hearns fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balas.
Balas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hearns.
Balas throws a hook to the side of Hearns's head but Hearns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balas looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearns is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hearns manages to avoid it.
Hearns is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hearns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hearns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ferenz Balas will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hearns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Balas's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Balas misses its intended target.
Balas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balas looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearns is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hearns.
Balas missing with a left hand there. Hearns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hearns slips a straight right by Balas.
Hearns takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hearns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Balas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hearns.
Balas throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Hearns to counter with a crisp jab.
Balas misses with a lunging right hand
and Hearns counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hearns thuds his right hand into Balas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hearns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balas.
Balas misses with an uppercut.
Hearns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hearns wants to get back to striking at distance but Balas won't allow it.
Hearns misses with the head strike.
Balas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hearns backwards.
Hearns being controlled against the cage.

Hearns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hearns scores with a nice head shot.
Balas looks to land a right hand but Hearns moved out of range.
Jab from Hearns.
Hearns lands a nice shot that snaps Balas's head back.
Hearns lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sloppy strikes from Hearns. Those never looked like landing.
Hearns throws out a loose jab but Balas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns slips a jab and a cross from Balas.

Balas has closed the distance and engaged Hearns in a clinch.
Hearns content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hearns lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hearns swings wildly with an uppercut but Balas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Balas.
Balas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balas can't break the clinch.
Balas is trying to maintain a safe position but Hearns gets an underhook and turns Balas into the cage.
Balas'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.
Hearns is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balas backwards.
Come on Balas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ferenz Balas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ferenz Balas.
Hearns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Balas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A good leg kick by Hearns.
Balas is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hearns's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hearns.
Hearns lands with an uppercut that bounces Balas off the cage and back into range.
Balas misses the shot to the body.
Balas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hearns. Hearns obviously looking to wear him down.
Balas throws a body shot but no joy.
Balas scores with a nice head shot.
Ferenz Balas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Balas throws a shot from downtown. Hearns moves away and avoids it.
Hearns throws a leg kick that misses.
Balas punishes Hearns's body with a nice straight punch.
Balas throws a lazy uppercut
and Hearns counters with a straight right hand.
Balas throws a right and a left that Hearns avoids nicely.
Hearns takes a swing at Balas's ribcage but misses.
Balas throws a jab when Hearns was well out of range.
Balas throws a hook but Hearns avoids it easily.
Balas throws a lazy uppercut
and Hearns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Balas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hearns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hearns can pounce on him.
Jab by Hearns.
Hearns throws a right hand that Balas ducks under and follows up with a left that Balas also avoids with ease.
Thomas Hearns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balas loads up on a big right hand but Hearns slips the punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thomas Hearns.
Well Balas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!