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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balbus Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chrys Kyle (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.
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150 lbs
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159 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balbus Michael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chrys Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle connects with a body shot.
Kyle has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kyle there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kyle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kyle throws a solid leg kick but Michael takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kyle.
Michael takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Michael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kyle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balbus Michael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kyle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kyle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kyle misses with a straight left.
Michael uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kyle.
Kyle moves out of range as Michael strikes.
Kyle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kyle takes a swing at Michael's ribcage but misses.
Michael looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michael lands a lovely overhand right.
Michael pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle throws a lazy right hand but Michael sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michael's corner calls for a 1-2. Michael obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Michael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kyle thuds a left hand into Michael's body.
Kyle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kyle looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michael.
Kyle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Michael swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michael chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kyle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kyle moves out of range of the leg kick from Michael.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kyle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Michael has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michael and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Michael throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Michael.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle checks a low kick from Michael.
Michael is looking to chop away at Kyle's legs.
A little jabbing left from Kyle on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Michael swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kyle.
Kyle throws a leg kick
and Michael counters with a low kick, right behind Kyle 's knee.
Michael throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michael connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A combination from Kyle does no damage.
Kyle throws a hook but Michael blocks it.
Kyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Michael.
Michael checks a leg kick.
Michael throws a leg kick but Kyle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Michael scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle sizes up Michael with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kyle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Michael misses with a straight left.
A combination from Michael does no damage.
Michael misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid body kick from Michael.
Kyle throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michael.
Kyle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Michael eats them both and turns towards Kyle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kyle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Michael connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michael jabs Kyle to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Michael throws out a leg kick but Kyle moves out of range and Michael only half commits.
Michael feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kyle's calf.
Michael looks to land a right hand but Kyle moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michael thinks about countering with a body kick.
Michael delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Michael.
Kyle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Michael throws a leg kick
and Kyle counters with a three punch combo that has Michael backing up. Michael nods at Kyle to acknowledge the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Michael.
Michael digs a good body shot into Kyle's ribs.
Michael clinches up with Kyle and pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Michael.
Michael controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kyle throws a punch but it's blocked by Michael.
Michael taking a breather.
Kyle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balbus Michael dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kyle throws a right and a left that Michael avoids nicely.
Kyle fails to land with a series of punches.
Kyle moves out of range of the leg kick from Michael.
A nice side step and Kyle releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Michael lands with a hook. Kyle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Michael connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Michael misses with a series of wild punches.
Kyle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Michael scores with a decent looking hook.
Michael tries to land a front kick but Kyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kyle is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kyle throws a leg kick that misses.
Michael lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kyle throws a series of punches but Michael avoids them all with ease.
Michael connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Michael misses its intended target.
A jab lands there for Michael.
Kyle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Michael is able to avoid easily.
Kyle throws a head kick that misses.
Kyle is looking to clinch but Michael is avoiding it.
Michael lands a leg kick that knocks Kyle off balance momentarily.
Michael lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kyle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Michael makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Michael connects with a right hand. Kyle shakes it off.
Kyle takes a swing at Michael's ribcage but misses.
Michael throws a half hearted mid kick.
Michael cracks Kyle with a right hand to the side of the head.
Michael slips under a jab.
Nice body punch from Kyle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Michael.
Michael misses with a kick to the body.
Kyle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Michael avoids a kick to the body.
Kyle scores with a nice strike.
Michael is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kyle can do to turn this around?
Michael swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kyle counters with a right hand to the body.
Michael connects with a jab.
Michael lands a leg kick that knocks Kyle off balance momentarily.
Michael has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kyle throws a head kick that misses
and Michael counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kyle throws a left and a right that both miss
and Michael connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kyle walks forward, straight into a front kick from Michael.
Michael tries to work over Kyle's front leg with a kick but Kyle checks it.
Kyle has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Michael.
Michael lunges at Kyle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kyle's hand.
Michael takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Michael lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kyle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kyle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Michael throws a push kick but Kyle slaps the foot to one side.
Balbus Michael is winning the standup battle so far.
Michael throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kyle on the side of the head.
Michael instigates a clinch.
Michael is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kyle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Michael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Michael.
Michael lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Michael tries to pull guard but Kyle forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Michael throws a head punch that misses.
Kyle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Michael tries to pull guard but Kyle holds him up against the cage and eventually Michael drops back down to his feet.
A short body shot lands from Kyle as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael is trying to maintain a safe position but Kyle gets an underhook and turns Michael into the cage.
Michael cracks Kyle with a nice body shot.
Kyle taking a breather.
Kyle tries to work over Michael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michael working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kyle takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michael trying to control the position but instead, Kyle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Michael into the cage.
Michael with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kyle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michael backwards.
A short body shot lands from Kyle as the two fighters clinch.
Kyle avoiding damage as Michael throws knees to the body.
Michael misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michael scores with a nice hook to the head.
Michael looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balbus Michael dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Michael lands a lovely overhand right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kyle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Michael has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michael and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Michael pushes Kyle away with a front kick.
Kyle throws a low kick but Michael moves out of range easily.
Michael throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Michael blocks the leg kick.
Kyle tries to land a leg kick but Michael saw it coming and moves away.
Kyle takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kyle misses with a leg kick
and Michael makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That kick from Michael tenderised Kyle's leg. Kyle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Michael feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kyle's calf.
Kyle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michael sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kyle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Michael with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kyle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good work by Michael as he checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Michael.
Michael fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Michael ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And Michael counters with a quick kick to the body but Kyle blocks it.
Nice body kick there by Michael.
Kyle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kyle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Michael's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kyle under the eye.
Kyle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Michael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chrys Kyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyle throws a right and a left that Michael avoids nicely.
Michael connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kyle scores with a jab.
Michael misses with a low kick.
Michael throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Michael slips a jab and a cross from Kyle.
Michael throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kyle checks a leg kick.
Kyle looks to land a left hand but Michael moved out of range nicely.
Michael connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kyle. Kyle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kyle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Michael has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michael and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kyle looks to land a left hand but Michael moved out of range nicely.
Michael is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael scores with a decent looking hook.
Kyle throws a series of punches but Michael avoids them all with ease.
Kyle throws a wild body kick that Michael sees coming a mile off.
Michael fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kyle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Michael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Michael.
Michael avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Kyle.
A jab from Kyle misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Michael.
Michael tries to clinch there but Kyle circles away.
Kyle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kyle throws a low kick but Michael avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Michael.
Kyle throws out a leg kick but Michael moves out of range and Kyle only half commits.
As Kyle backs away, Michael returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Michael looks to land a body kick but Kyle moved away.
Michael throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kyle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Michael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kyle manages to avoid it.
Kyle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Michael.
Kyle just misses with a punch to the body.
Kyle throws a lazy uppercut
and Michael counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balbus Michael showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Michael, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balbus Michael!
In his post fight interview, Balbus Michael started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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RATING
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