PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Billy Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Lamb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Balls
vs
Lamb

172 cm
19
148 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

164 cm
20
153 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate Lamb!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Balls checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.
Lamb feints a counter leg kick.
Balls lands a body shot.
Balls jabs Lamb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lamb swinging wildly here.
Balls works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Nate Lamb has been cut.
We've been informed that Lamb has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Balls with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balls misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Balls.
Lamb should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lamb thuds his right hand into Balls's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Balls is looking to wear down Lamb with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
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!
A head kick misses from Lamb.
Balls was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lamb pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lamb throws out a leg kick but Balls moves out of range and Lamb only half commits.
Balls misses with a body shot.
Balls works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A lazy left from Lamb finds it's target.
Balls fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lamb tries a low kick but Balls avoids it.
Balls throws a nice looking combination but Lamb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lamb throws a body kick that misses.
Lamb drops his hands momentarily and Balls takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A combination from Balls does no damage.
Balls throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lamb on the side of the head.
Nate Lamb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lamb on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Balls swings for the body but Lamb moves out of range.
Lamb motions for Balls to come forward. Lamb throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balls looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lamb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balls.
A telegraphed right hand from Balls misses the target.
Lamb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Balls jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lamb throws a head kick but Balls moves out of range.
Balls stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Lamb is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamb goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lamb is still on wobbly legs! Can Balls finish him?
Lamb will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Balls was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lamb seems to have recovered his senses.
Lamb motions for Balls to come forward. Lamb throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balls throws the left hand but Lamb avoids the punch easily.
Lamb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balls.
Balls swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lamb is trying to counter with his kicks.
Balls blocks a leg kick.
Lamb takes a swing at Balls's ribcage but misses.
Balls was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Balls ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balls is looking for a counter combo.
Lamb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balls sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lamb takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Balls throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lamb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamb misses with a head kick.
Balls avoids the head kick by Lamb.
As Lamb looks to move away, Balls throws a big counter combo bu Lamb just gets out of the way.
Balls throws a series of punches but Lamb moves out of range.
Lamb misses with a low kick.
A big left from Lamb misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls throws a body punch but Lamb moves out of range.
Lamb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balls loads up on a big right hand but Lamb slips the punch.
Balls is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
An inside leg kick from Lamb misses.
Balls swings for the body but Lamb moves out of range.
Lamb throws a head kick but Balls moves out of range.
Balls bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Balls ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamb moves away.
Lamb throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Balls counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balls scores with a three punch combo!
Lamb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balls connects with a jab.
Lamb loads up on a big right hand but Balls slips the punch.
Balls misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lamb tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Balls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lamb misses with a head kick.
Balls waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lamb.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balls misses with a hook. Lamb ducked under it nicely.
Lamb appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lamb tries to clinch up.
Balls misses with a looping right.
Lamb walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Balls checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lamb misses with a hook.
Balls throws a body punch but Lamb moves out of range.
Balls takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balls loads up on a big right hand but Lamb slips the punch.

Balls gets tackled into the cage by Lamb. Lamb maintains the clinch.
Balls is trying to break the clinch but Lamb is controlling him.
Lamb missing with knees to the body.
Balls wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balls avoids a wild elbow strike from Lamb.
Balls is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Balls wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Balls dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Lamb'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.

Balls throws a jab when Lamb was well out of range.
Balls fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lamb looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lamb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamb tries to close the distance and clinch but Balls swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Balls was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lamb swings for the body but Balls moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Balls. Those never looked like landing.
Lamb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lamb throws a head kick but Balls moves out of range.
Lamb throws a push kick but Balls slaps the foot to one side.
Lamb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balls is looking to counter punch.
Good shot there by Balls.
Billy Balls is winning the standup battle so far.
Balls looks to throw the jab but Lamb is out of range.
Lamb throws out a counter right but Balls avoids it with no problem.
Balls is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lamb can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamb moves out of range of the strikes.

Lamb clinches with his opponent.
Balls blocks an elbow strike from Lamb.
Lamb throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lamb trying to control the position but instead, Balls has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lamb into the cage.
Lamb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balls avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Lamb manages to break the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balls.
Lamb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balls misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balls. Lamb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lamb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lamb loads up on a big right hand but Balls slips the punch.
Balls jabs at Lamb's body.
Balls scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lamb just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamb misses with a hook.
Balls throws a big shot that misses.
Billy Balls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamb motions for Balls to come forward. Lamb throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lamb tries a head kick but it misses.
Lamb wants to clinch up but Balls keeps it at a distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lamb is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Balls misses the target.
Lamb tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Balls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lamb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balls misses with a looping left.
Lamb avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamb misses with a low kick as Balls jumps back.
A swing and a miss from Balls.
Lamb throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Balls looks to throw the jab but Lamb is out of range.
Balls scores with the left hand. Lamb knows he should have avoided that one.
Balls moves out of range of the leg kick from Lamb.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses

and Balls counters with a crisp one two that drops Lamb! Balls thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Lamb to his feet! Lamb is in big trouble!
Balls circles away from the clinch attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lamb.
Lamb throws a wild body kick that Balls sees coming a mile off.
Lamb jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Balls blocks the leg kick.
Balls misses with a wild combination.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.

Lamb rushes Balls and presses him up against the cage.
Balls swings wildly with an uppercut but Lamb uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Lamb fails to land.
Balls being controlled against the cage.
Lamb lands an elbow inside.
Balls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lamb.
Lamb lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lamb using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lamb misses with a knee strike.
Balls taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamb tries to land a knee to the head but Balls blocks with his arms.
Lamb tries to land a knee to the head but Balls blocks with his arms.
Balls tries to break the clinch but Lamb is controlling the position.
Lamb working aggressively here.
Lamb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balls avoids it.
Lamb unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamb throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Balls prevents a body shot from Lamb.
Lamb misses with an elbow strike.
Lamb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balls tries to break free but Lamb pushes him back against the cage.
Lamb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balls's elbow.
Lamb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balls.
Balls tries to break the clinch but Lamb is controlling the position.
Lamb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balls lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Balls wants to get back to striking at distance but Lamb won't allow it.
Lamb creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Lamb showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate Lamb's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lamb throws a leg kick
and Balls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balls connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lamb motions for Balls to come forward. Lamb throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balls is looking to counter punch.
Lamb misses with a low kick.
Balls misses the shot to the body.
Lamb appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lamb looks to throw the jab but Balls is out of range.
Lamb misses with a body kick.
Balls takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lamb dodges the punch combination from Balls.
Balls blocks the body kick.
Balls misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balls looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamb is just out of range.
Lamb throws a hook but Balls avoids it easily.
Balls looks to land a combination but Lamb avoids it well.
Balls fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamb manages to avoid it.
Lamb takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamb throws a lazy uppercut
and Balls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balls on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lamb. Lamb obviously looking to wear him down.
Lamb throws a half hearted mid kick.
Balls scores with a nice head shot.
Balls is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Lamb.
Balls misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lamb! But no joy.
Lamb has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lamb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balls.
A little jabbing left from Lamb on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lamb tries to clinch up.
It looked like Balls was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lamb.
Lamb throws a leg kick that misses.

Lamb has managed to clinch.
Balls on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balls is trying to break the clinch but Lamb has him pressed against the cage.
Balls is trying to push Lamb away but Lamb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Balls is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lamb looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lamb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balls avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balls blocking some punches.
Lamb utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lamb misses with a knee strike.
Lamb lands a knee to the body.
Balls blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lamb trying to land knees to the body.
Lamb connects with a knee to the head.
Lamb landing knees to the body.
Balls wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lamb lands an elbow inside that Balls shrugs off.
Balls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lamb tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balls tries to stall but Lamb uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamb lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lamb tries a body shot but Balls blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balls.
Balls is trying to push Lamb away but Lamb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Balls is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lamb landing knees to the body.
Lamb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balls is trying to break the clinch but Lamb has him pressed against the cage.
Lamb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balls avoiding damage as Lamb throws knees to the body.
Balls avoiding damage as Lamb throws knees to the body.
Lamb lands a knee to the body.

Balls breaks from the clinch.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.
Lamb thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balls swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamb throws a wild body kick that Balls sees coming a mile off.
Balls fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamb manages to avoid it.
Lamb throws out a counter right but Balls avoids it with no problem.
Balls throws a body shot but no joy.
Lamb slips a jab from Balls.
A slow jab from Balls misses its intended target.
Lamb avoids the body shot from Balls.
Lamb lands with a nice combination. Balls backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balls throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lamb goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lamb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A shot to the liver by Lamb. Beautiful body shot.
Lamb throws a leg kick but Balls sees it coming and moves out of range.
Balls is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lamb takes a swing at Balls's ribcage but misses.
Lamb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Balls.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Lamb comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lamb 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Lamb!
In defeat, Billy Balls stepped up to the mic, saying 'My girlfriend left me blue balled last night..'.