PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carson West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes into the arena with When The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash blaring out of the sound system. Ryan Ballinger could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carson West's chin.

Ballinger
vs
West

194 cm
24
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
31
208 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carson West!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West misses with a straight left.
West throws a series of punches but Ballinger avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from West, right into the meat.
West takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
West takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ballinger throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
West throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ballinger.
Ballinger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West throws a head kick that misses
letting Ballinger counter with a right hand.
West blocks a jab.
Ballinger moves to clinch but West breaks away
and Ballinger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ballinger has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Ballinger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
West keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circle momentarily. West darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballinger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Ballinger finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ballinger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
West throws a nice looking combination but Ballinger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

West closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
West pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Ballinger.
West keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ballinger's efforts to push away.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ballinger backwards.
Ballinger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
West scores with a shoulder strike.
Ballinger throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
Ballinger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Ballinger blocks with his arms.
West blocking some punches.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballinger avoids the damage to the body.
Ballinger takes an elbow to the temple.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Ballinger blocks with his arms.
West tries to throw a body punch but Ballinger avoids it by throwing West back against the ropes.
Ballinger tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, West creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
West lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West lands a right hand.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballinger can't find room to land a body shot as West controls the action.
West is working Ballinger over against the ropes.
Nice elbow from West.
Ballinger is trying to break the clinch but West has him pressed against the ropes.
Ballinger avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballinger.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ryan Ballinger has been cut.
West lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Ballinger is rocked!
Ballinger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West pushes Ballinger back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Ballinger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
West scores with an uppercut up the middle.
West has control of Ballinger and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Ballinger crashing to the mat! Ballinger looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! West looks delighted, as well he should.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Carson West!
Ryan Ballinger was interviewed post fight and said 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.