PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Jergensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferenz Balas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jergensen
vs
Balas

170 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
177 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sven Jergensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ferenz Balas!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balas keeps the fight on the outside.
Balas leaves Jergensen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Balas misses with a hook.
Jergensen slips under a jab from Balas.
Balas cracks Jergensen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jergensen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jergensen ducks under a wild hook from Balas.
Balas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jergensen wants to clinch but Balas slips to the side
and Balas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Balas scores with a body shot.
Balas swats away the attempt to clinch by Jergensen.

Balas tries to keep at a distance but Jergensen has taken the fight into the clinch.

Jergensen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jergensen trying to pass the guard but Balas defending well.
Jergensen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Balas!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jergensen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Balas wants to control but Jergensen is having none of it.
Jergensen looking to finish Balas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balas!
Jergensen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jergensen unloads with some shots from mount but Balas bucks and avoids them well.
Jergensen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Balas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balas tries to lock up and control but Jergensen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Balas blocking the ground and pound.
Jergensen landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jergensen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Balas because Jergensen loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Jergensen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jergensen scoring with strikes but Balas is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by Jergensen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jergensen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balas hang on?
Jergensen raining down shots from the mount!
Balas is looking to get to half guard.
Balas felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Balas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jergensen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balas is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jergensen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jergensen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Balas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jergensen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jergensen throws some wild stikes that Balas manages to avoid easily.
Jergensen is landing with some decent strikes but Balas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Balas wants to control but Jergensen is having none of it.
Jergensen looking to ground and pound but Balas is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balas blocking the ground and pound.
Balas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jergensen throws some wild stikes that Balas manages to avoid easily.
Balas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Jergensen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jergensen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Balas working to try and regain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Balas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jergensen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jergensen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Balas because Jergensen loaded up on that one.
Balas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jergensen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Jergensen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jergensen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Balas leaves Jergensen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jergensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balas tries to bum rush Jergensen with a series of wild strikes but Jergensen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jergensen takes one on the button.
Jergensen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balas can do to turn this around?
Balas lands a slapping body shot.
Jergensen moves away from the strike by Balas.
Jergensen blocks a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Balas throws a body shot but no joy.
Balas throws a jab when Jergensen was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen shoots in for a takedown but Balas shows good takedown defense.
Balas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jergensen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Balas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jergensen sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jergensen has managed to clinch.
Balas lands with a light punch inside.

Jergensen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jergensen moves into full mount! Balas won't be happy about that!
Balas gets back to half guard.
Jergensen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Balas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jergensen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Balas!
Sven Jergensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jergensen with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balas working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balas blocking the ground and pound.
Jergensen unloads with some shots from mount but Balas bucks and avoids them well.
Jergensen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jergensen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jergensen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jergensen misses with a head shot.
Balas is trying to stand up.
Jergensen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jergensen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balas blocking the ground and pound.
Jergensen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jergensen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balas hang on?
Balas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jergensen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jergensen avoids the attempt from Balas to control.
Balas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jergensen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balas's face.
Jergensen with shots to the head and body - Balas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jergensen looking to finish Balas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balas!
Jergensen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jergensen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jergensen thowing shots but they're missing.
Jergensen unloads with some shots from mount but Balas bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jergensen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balas wants to control but Jergensen is having none of it.
Jergensen thowing shots but they're missing.
Jergensen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Balas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Jergensen with good strikes from the mount here!
Jergensen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Balas is rocked!
Jergensen unloads with some shots from mount but Balas bucks and avoids them well.
Balas is still in real trouble! Can Jergensen finish him?
Balas is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jergensen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Balas's guard.
Balas seems to have recovered his senses.
Jergensen advances to half guard.
Balas is in trouble now - Jergensen has advanced to mount!
Jergensen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Balas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Jergensen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jergensen unloads with some shots from mount but Balas bucks and avoids them well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen looking to finish Balas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balas!
Jergensen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jergensen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Jergensen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jergensen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jergensen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Balas can't escape the position.
Jergensen working Balas over with strikes here.
Jergensen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jergensen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Balas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jergensen.
Jergensen lands a big shot there that rocks Balas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jergensen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jergensen lands a big elbow - Balas is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Balas is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sven Jergensen!
In his post fight interview, Sven Jergensen gave a big smile as he said 'Le Grande no more hiding!!!!'.