PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tripin Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Birchack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Balls
vs
Birchack

169 cm
19
136 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

159 cm
23
138 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tripin Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Birchack!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls connects with the punch.
Balls throws a poor cross that misses

and Birchack counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Balls!
Balls gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Balls controlling the position well.
Birchack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Birchack throwing shots but Balls is blocking nicely.
Birchack sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balls defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Birchack lands a nice short elbow.
Balls has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Birchack drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
Balls is trying to maintain the position but Birchack is very close to passing his half guard.
Birchack throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Birchack looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balls with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Birchack drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
Birchack thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Balls's head.
Balls is looking to control Birchack's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Balls avoid being mounted?
Balls makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Balls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchack throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balls works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Birchack in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Birchack throwing strikes but missing.
Balls is trying to keep Birchack in close.
Birchack working some strikes from top position.
Birchack is fighting to break Balls's control of his arms but Balls is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Birchack postures up in Balls's guard and throws a big left but Balls blocks it.
Balls is adopting a defensive guard.
Birchack throws a big elbow that misses.
Balls looking to control.
Birchack is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birchack is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Birchack loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Birchack distracts Balls with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balls pulls Birchack in close to his closed guard and prevents Birchack from doing any damage or advancing position.
Birchack makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Birchack is in close to Balls's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Balls is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Balls wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Birchack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Birchack must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Balls working for a triangle but Birchack defends it easily.
Balls avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birchack loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Birchack postures up in Balls's guard and throws a big left but Balls blocks it.
Birchack throws a big elbow that misses.

Balls has his foot on Birchack's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Birchack works his way back into a safe position though.
Birchack with a flurry of punches that miss.
Birchack postures up in Balls's guard and throws a big left but Balls blocks it.
Birchack throwing strikes but missing.
Balls avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Birchack is working Balls over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Birchack throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balls works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Balls holds on and takes a little breather.
Balls is trying to control the position but Birchack postures up.
Birchack is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Birchack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchack throws a big elbow that misses.
Birchack postures up in Balls's guard and throws a big left but Balls blocks it.
Balls not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Balls working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Birchack.
Birchack trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Balls looking to control.
Birchack trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Balls wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Birchack throws a big elbow that misses.
Birchack cracks Balls with a solid left hand.
Birchack postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Birchack throwing strikes but missing.
Balls pulls Birchack in close to his closed guard and prevents Birchack from doing any damage or advancing position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Birchack accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Birchack dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Balls misses with a hook.
Balls punishes Birchack's body with a nice straight punch.
Balls scores with a crisp jab that stopped Birchack in his tracks.
Balls lands a really nice looking cross but Birchack seems unphased.
Balls uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Birchack takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Balls throws a lazy right hand but Birchack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Birchack tries to counter it with a takedown but Balls pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balls scores with a jab to the jaw.
Birchack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Balls lands with a nice body punch.
Balls misses with an uppercut

and Birchack counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchack working away.
Birchack creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Balls sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Birchack lands a nice forearm strike.
Birchack misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Balls wants to control but Birchack postures up.
Birchack throws an elbow but Balls slips to the side and avoids it well.
Balls gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Balls trying to control here.
Balls on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Birchack seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Birchack throwing shots but Balls is blocking nicely.
Birchack sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balls defending well though.
Anthony Birchack has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls is looking to control Birchack's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Balls avoid being mounted?
Birchack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balls has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Birchack is working away from the top position though.
Birchack thows a huge punch but Balls dodges it nicely.
Birchack thows a huge punch but Balls dodges it nicely.
Birchack scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Balls blocking the ground and pound attempt from Birchack.
Balls trying to control from the bottom.
Balls holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Birchack looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balls with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Birchack working Balls over with strikes.

Balls is rocked!

Birchack is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Oh Balls is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Birchack looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balls with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Birchack lands a big elbow - Balls is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Birchack!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Birchack!