PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Good (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arkady Balagan (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!

Good
vs
Balagan

184 cm
23
202 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
195 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Good!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Balagan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good misses with a hook.
Balagan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Good as he avoids it easily.
Balagan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Good as he avoids it easily.
Good lands a jab to the head.
Good misses with a body kick.
Good defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Balagan.
Nick Good has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
Good throws a jab but it's blocked by Balagan.
Good scores with a sloppy right hand. Balagan should have avoided that one.
Good misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good scores with a jab to the body.
Good tries to close the distance and clinch up but Balagan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balagan shoots in but Good avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Balagan moves out of range of the body kick from Good.

Good gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Balagan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balagan trying to control but Good is working from the bottom.
Balagan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Good can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Balagan controls the pace.
Balagan trying to control the position from guard on top but Good is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Good trying to keep a closed guard but Balagan is proving a slippery customer.
Balagan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Balagan trying to control but Good is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Balagan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Balagan staying out of range there.
Good throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Balagan on the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from Good. No joy for Balagan on that attempt.
Good works Balagan's body with a nice hook.
Good is looking to slow Balagan down with leg kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Good. Those never looked like landing.
Balagan goes for a double leg but Good avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Good continues to drive forward.
Balagan tries to move into range but Good moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Good.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Good. No joy for Balagan on that attempt.
Balagan shoots in looking for a takedown but Good manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Balagan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Good throws a hook but Balagan avoids it easily.
Balagan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balagan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Good is fending him off so far but Balagan persists. Nope, Good circles away and we're back to standing.
Good throws a jab when Balagan was well out of range.
Balagan drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Good defends it well.
Balagan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Good.
Good misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Balagan tries to counter it with a takedown but Good pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Good fakes the leg kick and cracks Balagan in the body.
Good is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balagan.
Nick Good is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balagan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Good misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Balagan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Good's guard.
Balagan throwing strikes but missing.
Balagan being controlled here momentarily.
Balagan lands a couple of digs.
Balagan trying to control the position from guard on top but Good is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Good keeping full guard, as Balagan tries to pass.
Good is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Good dominated that round.
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.

Good looks to land a combination but Balagan avoids it well.
Good throws a hook but Balagan avoids it easily.
Good misses with an uppercut.
Balagan shoots in and drives through. Good sprawls well.
Good throws a hook to the side of Balagan's head but Balagan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good lands a nice leg kick that just misses Balagan's sensitive parts.
Good will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Balagan dives in and scores a takedown into Good's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good looking to control.
Good knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Balagan on the ground.
Balagan throws a big right hand that misses.
Balagan wants to control from the top but Good keeps moving.
Balagan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Good trying to keep a closed guard but Balagan is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balagan trying to control the position from guard on top but Good is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Good looking to hit a scissor sweep but Balagan is one step ahead there.
Balagan landing with the ground and pound.
Good avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Some wild striking there from Good.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Balagan shoots in for a takedown but Good shows good takedown defense.
Good throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Balagan shoots in and drives through. Good sprawls well.
Nick Good has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
Good tries to work over Balagan's front leg with a kick but Balagan checks it.

Balagan gets a double leg takedown into Good's guard.
Arkady Balagan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Balagan wants to control from the top but Good keeps moving.
Balagan is fighting to break Good's control of his arms but Good is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Balagan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Good trying to keep a closed guard but Balagan is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Balagan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Balagan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Good looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Balagan looking to sit in guard and control but Good gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Good trying to control the position from guard on top but Balagan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Good being controlled here momentarily.
Good controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Good trying to control the position from guard on top but Balagan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Balagan looking for a sweep. Not yet Balagan, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balagan keeping moving, preventing Good from controlling successfully.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
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 Nick Good will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Balagan manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Good on his heels. He'll look to pass Good's guard now, I'm sure.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Good holds on and takes a little breather.
Good is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Balagan throwing strikes but missing.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Balagan working his ground and pound in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balagan stops Good from standing up.
Balagan is looking to work some ground and pound but Good has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good trying to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Balagan throwing strikes but missing.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Balagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Balagan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Good sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Balagan somewhat.
Good tries to bum rush Balagan with a series of wild strikes but Balagan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good throws a chopping leg kick but Balagan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A swing and a miss from Good.
A jab from Good does it's job there.
Balagan misses the shot to the body.
Nick Good is winning the standup battle so far.
Balagan shoots in and drives through. Good sprawls well.
It looked like Good wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Balagan checks a leg kick.
Good tried to score with a low kick but Balagan checks it.
Nick Good seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good throws a leg kick that misses.
Balagan staying out of range there.
Jab by Good.
Balagan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Good sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Balagan somewhat.
Nick Good has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
Balagan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Good sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Balagan somewhat.
Good misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good tries a low kick but Balagan avoids it.
Balagan feints the counter takedown.
Balagan shoots in but no luck this time.
Balagan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Good.
Good misses with a body shot.
Good tries to score with a low kick but Balagan moves his leg out of the way.

Balagan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Balagan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Good controlling Balagan's posture.
Balagan controlling from the top position.
Balagan prevents Good from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balagan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Good is rocked!
Balagan gets to his feet and stands over Good, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Good felt that one! Balagan unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Good from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arkady Balagan!
Arkady Balagan thanked the fans post fight for their support.