PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kreese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kreese's entrance music is 'Sweep The Leg, Johnny' by No More Kings. A fine choice. John Kreese could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bill Ballantine's chin.

Kreese
vs
Ballantine

195 cm
21
266 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
230 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Kreese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Ballantine!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kreese dives in and scores a takedown into Ballantine's guard.
Kreese throwing strikes but missing.
Ballantine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kreese is looking to pass into half guard but Ballantine pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Ballantine is in guard.

Kreese looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ballantine landing with the ground and pound.
Ballantine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kreese 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.
Ballantine postures up in Kreese's guard and throws a big left but Kreese blocks it.
Ballantine stands up over Kreese, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ballantine is fighting to break Kreese's control of his arms but Kreese is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreese is trying to keep Ballantine in close.
Ballantine is looking to work some ground and pound but Kreese has wrist control.
Ballantine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kreese trying to control the position.
Ballantine stopping the sweep attempt from Kreese.
Ballantine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ballantine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ballantine throws a strike but Kreese rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Ballantine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kreese. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ballantine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreese is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kreese trying to control but Ballantine is working from the bottom.
Kreese throwing strikes but missing.
Kreese throws a big right hand that misses.
Kreese engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kreese wants to control from the top but Ballantine keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kreese sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Kreese gets a takedown into half guard.
Ballantine regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kreese.
Kreese trying to control but Ballantine is working from the bottom.
Kreese slips nicely into half guard.
Kreese is looking to stall here but Ballantine recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine is trying to keep Kreese in close.
Ballantine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kreese pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ballantine is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ballantine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kreese dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kreese closes the distance and clinches.
Kreese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kreese wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Kreese breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Kreese misses its intended target.
Ballantine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kreese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kreese looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kreese takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like John Kreese has been cut.
Ballantine misses with an uppercut.
Ballantine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kreese circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballantine throws a head kick that misses

and Kreese counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kreese.
Kreese tries to pull guard but Ballantine won't allow it.

Kreese manages to break the clinch.
Kreese takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Ballantine moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreese tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ballantine smiles and moves away.
Ballantine stuffs the takedown attempt from Kreese. Kreese gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Kreese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kreese slips under a jab from Ballantine.
Ballantine is looking to clinch but Kreese is avoiding it.
Ballantine missing with a left hand there. Kreese was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kreese wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ballantine moves in looking to clinch but Kreese pushes him off.
Kreese is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ballantine.
Ballantine drops Kreese with a huge uppercut! Kreese drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Ballantine is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Ballantine!
A very excited looking Bill Ballantine made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
John Kreese was interviewed post fight and said 'Defeat does not exist in my dojo! This loss will be avenged twofold -- against my opponent first, and THEN his students!'.