PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stuart Ball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Micheal Minh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ball
vs
Micheal Minh

181 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stuart Ball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Micheal Minh!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micheal Minh fails with a takedown attempt.
Micheal Minh tries to clinch but Ball moves away

and Ball counters with a takedown into side control.
Micheal Minh wants to control but Ball postures up.

Ball has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Micheal Minh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ball sprawls well. Ball wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Micheal Minh gets slowly back to his feet.
Ball is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Micheal Minh with a poor takedown
and Ball counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stuart Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Micheal Minh.

Micheal Minh fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ball sprawls well initially but Micheal Minh persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Micheal Minh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball is trying to control but can't.
Ball makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ball.
Ball is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Micheal Minh's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Ball isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Micheal Minh stacks Ball on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Micheal Minh!
Ball gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Micheal Minh keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball wants to control but Micheal Minh is keeping busy.
Ball works his way to full guard. Good work.
Micheal Minh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ball is proving hard to escape from.
Ball bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Micheal Minh's guard.

Ball gets to his feet - Micheal Minh follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ball slaps away a takedown attempt from Micheal Minh, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Micheal Minh looks winded!

Ball closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ball lands in his opponent's guard.
Micheal Minh has a closed guard, preventing Ball from standing up.
Micheal Minh is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ball is controlling him.
Micheal Minh has a closed guard, preventing Ball from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ball controls from within his opponent's guard.

Ball stands up and waves to Micheal Minh to follow him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Micheal Minh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As Micheal Minh tries to get set, Ball tries to push him back and clinch up but Micheal Minh manages to avoid the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stuart Ball 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.

Micheal Minh darts in trying to clinch

and Ball counters with a nice double leg into side control. Micheal Minh won't be happy with that.

Ball stands up.

Ball shoots in and gets a takedown into Micheal Minh's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ball stands up from Micheal Minh's guard - Ball perhaps looking for a knockout.
Micheal Minh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ball pinned against the cage. Ball gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball misses with a takedown attempt - Micheal Minh sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Micheal Minh throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ball tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Micheal Minh is in Ball's guard.
Micheal Minh looking to pass the guard.
Micheal Minh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ball. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Micheal Minh is breathing heavily.
Micheal Minh throwing strikes from guard but Ball blocks nicely.
Ball pulls Micheal Minh in close to his closed guard and prevents Micheal Minh from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball wants to sweep here but Micheal Minh controlling him for the moment.

Ball looking for a triangle here. Micheal Minh is fighting it but it looks tight! Ball pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Micheal Minh is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Stuart Ball!