PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ambrogio Ballestrazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballestrazzi comes to the cage accompanied by Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ballestrazzi
vs
Leak

195 cm
37
220 lbs
23 - 17 - 0

188 cm
34
217 lbs
20 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ambrogio Ballestrazzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ballestrazzi.
Ballestrazzi appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jab by Ballestrazzi.
Kelly Leak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballestrazzi misses with a straight left.
Ballestrazzi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leak scoring well with a low kick there.
Ballestrazzi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Leak cracks Ballestrazzi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leak blocks the body kick.
Leak throws a lazy right hand but Ballestrazzi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballestrazzi misses with a straight left.
Ballestrazzi throws a looping overhand right but Leak ducks down to avoid it.
Leak throws a sloppy head kick and Ballestrazzi moves out of range easily.
Ballestrazzi throws a poor cross that misses
and Leak counters with a straight right hand.
Ballestrazzi with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leak slips under a jab.
Ballestrazzi tries a head kick but it misses.
Leak takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ballestrazzi thows a leg kick but Leak checks it
and Leak connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leak throws out a loose jab but Ballestrazzi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leak swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ballestrazzi counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Leak!

Leak throws Ballestrazzi to one side and escapes!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballestrazzi throws a body shot but no joy.
Leak takes a swing at Ballestrazzi's ribcage but misses.
Leak connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leak is looking to slow Ballestrazzi down with leg kicks.
Ballestrazzi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ballestrazzi slips a jab and a cross from Leak.
Ballestrazzi misses with a wild body shot.
Leak shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ballestrazzi as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leak misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Ballestrazzi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Leak jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ballestrazzi drops his hands momentarily and Leak takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Leak lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Ambrogio Ballestrazzi has been cut.
Leak is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ballestrazzi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Leak tries a head kick but it misses.
Ballestrazzi punishes Leak's body with a nice straight punch.
Ballestrazzi swinging wildly here.
Ballestrazzi checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ballestrazzi misses the target.
Ballestrazzi dips to his left and cracks Leak with an uppercut!
Leak walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ballestrazzi.
Leak looks winded!
Leak steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ballestrazzi. That one must have hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi scores with a hook.
Ballestrazzi scores with a nice strike.
Ballestrazzi pushes Leak away with a front kick.
Leak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ballestrazzi throws a shot from downtown. Leak moves away and avoids it.
Ballestrazzi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ballestrazzi missing with a left hand there. Leak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ballestrazzi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ballestrazzi feints and then cracks Leak's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leak down.
Ballestrazzi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ballestrazzi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Leak avoids it really well and circles away.
Leak wants to counter the offense by Ballestrazzi and move into the clinch position.
Ballestrazzi punishes Leak's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leak throws an overhand right that lands on Ballestrazzi's shoulder, as Ballestrazzi tries to avoid the shot.
Ballestrazzi looks to land a body kick but Leak moved away.
Ballestrazzi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Leak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ballestrazzi.
Ballestrazzi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ballestrazzi jabs at Leak's body.
Ballestrazzi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ballestrazzi just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballestrazzi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Leak connects with a high kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leak misses the body punch
and Ballestrazzi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leak tries to bum rush Ballestrazzi with a series of wild strikes but Ballestrazzi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ballestrazzi half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ballestrazzi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ambrogio Ballestrazzi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ambrogio Ballestrazzi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leak forces Ballestrazzi back against the cage and clinches.

Leak has picked Ballestrazzi up - he's going for a ride! Leak dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ballestrazzi tries to get to full guard but Leak has control of the leg.
Ballestrazzi wants to control but Leak is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ballestrazzi keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ballestrazzi gets full guard.
Leak preventing the sweep.
Ballestrazzi controlling Leak's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leak trying to control the position from guard on top but Ballestrazzi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leak working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leak working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi wants to sweep but no luck.
Ballestrazzi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Leak throwing strikes but missing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ballestrazzi is on top in guard.

We've been hearing that Ballestrazzi has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leak is pulling down on Ballestrazzi's head to control his posture.
Ballestrazzi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Leak looking to control.
Leak wants to sweep but no luck.
Leak keeps trying to improve his position.
Leak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly Leak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Leak is breathing heavily.
Leak has Ballestrazzi pulled in close to control his posture.
Ballestrazzi stands up over Leak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ballestrazzi wants to control from the top but Leak keeps moving.
Ballestrazzi working some strikes from top position.
Leak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ballestrazzi throwing strikes from guard but Leak blocks nicely.
Ballestrazzi chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ballestrazzi distracts Leak with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ballestrazzi landing with the ground and pound.
Ballestrazzi stands up over Leak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Leak is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leak is still in real trouble! Can Ballestrazzi finish him?
Ballestrazzi lands a couple of elbows.
Ballestrazzi stands and throws Leak's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A big shot lands for Ballestrazzi! That's hurt Leak! Will he recover? Ballestrazzi fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ambrogio Ballestrazzi!
A relieved looking Ambrogio Ballestrazzi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.