PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finn Balor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean-Louis Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Balor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Monster. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Balor
vs
Andre

172 cm
35
152 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

172 cm
30
153 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Finn Balor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean-Louis Andre!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balor tries a head kick but it misses.
Andre thuds a left hand into Balor's body.
Andre slips under a jab from Balor.
Balor staying out of range there.
Balor just misses with a punch to the body.
Balor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Andre was well out of range. Poor timing from Balor.
Andre is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Balor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Andre has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Balor blocks the body kick.
Andre throws a head kick but Balor moves out of range.
Balor cracks Andre with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Balor is predictable there
and Andre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wrecking Crew Elite MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Balor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Andre.
Balor scores with a kick to the body.
Balor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balor tries to land a leg kick but Andre saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balor throws a body kick that misses.
Balor misses with a low kick.
Balor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balor scores with a head kick. Andre tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Andre moves in looking to clinch but Balor pushes him off.
Jean-Louis Andre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Andre checks a low kick from Balor.
Andre drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Balor defends it well.
Andre lands the left hand.
Balor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Balor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andre.
A slapping leg kick lands for Andre.
Balor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Andre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Andre drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Balor defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balor avoids the head kick by Andre.
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!
Balor connects with a body shot that sends Andre's belly button to the back.
Balor scores with a head kick.

Andre is rocked!
Andre checks a leg kick.
Andre is still on wobbly legs! Can Balor finish him?
Andre throws a jab when Balor was well out of range.
And Balor counters with a quick kick to the body but Andre blocks it.
Andre seems to have recovered his senses.
Andre loads up on a big right hand but Balor slips the punch.
Andre throws out a loose jab but Balor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andre misses with a wild body shot.
Balor misses the shot to the body.
Andre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Andre moves into the clinch.
Balor misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balor blocks an elbow strike.
Balor lands a right hand.
Andre blocks an uppercut.
Balor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balor misses with some punches.
Andre is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Balor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Andre backwards.
Balor swings wildly with an uppercut but Andre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andre lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Finn Balor has been cut.
Balor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Balor.
Andre blocking some punches.
Balor gets through Andre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Andre takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balor misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre controlling the action here for a moment.
Balor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Balor tries to work over Andre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Balor.
Balor lands with a left to the head.
Balor managing to block the knees to the body from Andre.
Balor blocks an elbow strike.
Balor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Balor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Andre's elbow.
Andre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Balor's face.
Andre misses with a body punch.
Andre misses with some punches.
Balor tries to work over Andre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Balor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Andre backwards.
Andre tries to land a knee to the head but Balor blocks with his arms.
Balor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Andre.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Andre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn Balor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Finn Balor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Balor connects with a nice cross there... Andre is looking wobbly and Balor recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Andre to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Balor jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Finn Balor!
A very excited looking Finn Balor 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.