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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferenz Balas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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176 cm
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177 lbs
5 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Bolton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ferenz Balas!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bolton manages to avoid it.
Bolton lands with a shot to the body.
Balas throws a body shot but no joy.
Balas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolton.
Bolton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolton scores with a jab to the body.
Bolton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bolton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Ground Zero in the buildup to the fight.
Balas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bolton staying out of range there.
Bolton moves out of range as Balas strikes.
A slow jab from Bolton misses its intended target.
Balas has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bolton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balas.
Balas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bolton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balas was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolton.
A jab from Bolton misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolton ducks under a wild hook from Balas.
Balas misses with an uppercut.
Balas clinches up with Bolton and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton wants to get back to striking at distance but Balas won't allow it.
Balas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bolton is trying to push Balas away but Balas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Balas has Bolton pushed against the cage.
Bolton is trying to break free.
Bolton being controlled against the cage.
The referee calls for Balas to work.
Balas breaks the clinch.
Balas looks to land a right hand but Bolton moved out of range.
Bolton misses with a looping left.
Balas throws a looping overhand right but Bolton ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bolton just misses with a punch to the body.
Balas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolton.
Balas throws out a counter right but Bolton avoids it with no problem.
Balas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balas throws out a loose jab but Bolton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Bolton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bolton connects with a nice looking jab.
Balas throws a hook but Bolton blocks it.
Balas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bolton throws a body punch but Balas moves out of range.
Nice cross by Balas.
Balas with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balas swings for the body but Bolton moves out of range.
Bolton misses with a body shot.
Bolton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolton is looking to wear down Balas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Balas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balas cracks Bolton with an open hand slap.
Balas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bolton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balas lands a nice shot that snaps Bolton's head back.
Balas loads up on a big right hand but Bolton slips the punch.
Bolton misses with the combination.
Balas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolton.
Balas throws the left hand but Bolton avoids the punch easily.
Balas looks to land a right hand but Bolton moved out of range.
Balas throws a hook but Bolton blocks it.
Bolton throws a hook to the side of Balas's head but Balas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ferenz Balas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balas, as that shot connected.
Bolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balas works Bolton's body with a nice hook.
Balas throws a good cross that connects.
Bolton misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balas was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bolton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bolton throws a jab but it's blocked by Balas.
Balas throws a right hand that Bolton ducks under and follows up with a left that Bolton also avoids with ease.
Nice uppercut there from Balas.
Balas slips a jab and a cross from Bolton.
Balas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bolton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balas scores with a jab. Bolton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bolton misses with a hook
and Balas counters with a nice uppercut.
Balas tests Bolton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bolton cracks a nice hook into Balas's ribs.
Bolton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Balas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balas throws a jab when Bolton was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferenz Balas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Balas misses the jab.
Bolton tests Balas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balas misses with an uppercut. Bolton saw that one coming.
A lazy left from Balas finds it's target.
Bolton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolton.
Balas connects with a body shot that sends Bolton's belly button to the back.
Bolton misses with a wild body shot.
Bolton misses with a wild body shot.
Bolton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ferenz Balas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolton.
Bolton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balas moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Balas.
Balas taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Balas's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Balas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, jab by Balas - just one landing.
Balas jabs Bolton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bolton lands a jab.
Bolton throws a shot from downtown. Balas moves away and avoids it.
Bolton scores with a shot to the body.
Bolton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balas to score with a decent uppercut.
Bolton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balas.
A little feinted left hand from Bolton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab lands there for Bolton.
A punch combination from Balas misses.
Bolton lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Balas counters with a nice uppercut.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balas closes the distance but Bolton moves to the side
and Bolton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Balas takes one to the side of the head.
Balas lands a jab.
Bolton looks to score with a jab to the body but Balas is just out of range.
Bolton cracks Balas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bolton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bolton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bolton throws a combination that misses
and Bolton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bolton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balas's head.
Balas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Balas darts in and clinches Bolton up against the cage.
Balas stalling in the clinch but Bolton improves position.
Balas scores with a shoulder strike.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bolton working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Balas to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Balas looking to throw knees to the head but Bolton is blocking nicely.
Balas has Bolton pressed against the cage.
Bolton is looking to break free of the clinch but Balas has double underhooks.
Balas slows down the pace here.
Balas slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ferenz Balas.
Balas throws a lazy right hand but Bolton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bolton takes a swing at Balas's ribcage but misses.
Balas lands a nice hook to Bolton's body. Bolton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Balas there.
Balas lands with a good body shot.
Bolton swinging wildly here.
Bolton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balas looks to land a left hand but Bolton moved out of range nicely.
Balas lands a glancing blow to the side of Bolton's head.
Bolton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balas.
Balas looks to throw the jab but Bolton is out of range.
Balas lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolton on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Balas lands with a hook. Bolton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bolton avoids the body shot from Balas.
It looked like Bolton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Balas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolton.
The fighters circling - Bolton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferenz Balas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Balas tests Bolton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bolton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Balas scores with a punch to the head.
Balas slips a jab from Bolton.
Balas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bolton manages to avoid it.
Balas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bolton is rocked!
Balas circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Bolton to the canvas! Bolton doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Balas keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ferenz Balas!
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