PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Inghard (ranked 6653 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finn Balor (ranked 4228 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Inghard
vs
Balor

188 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Inghard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Finn Balor!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inghard stuffs the takedown.

Balor rushes Inghard and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Inghard as the two fighters clinch.
Balor tries to break the clinch but Inghard is controlling the position.
Balor is trying to maintain a safe position but Inghard gets an underhook and turns Balor into the cage.
Inghard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balor trying to control the position but instead, Inghard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Balor into the cage.
Inghard lands a nice shot to the body.

Balor jumps guard.
Balor is trying to control the position but Inghard postures up.
Inghard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inghard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inghard's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Balor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Balor wants to sweep here but Inghard controlling him for the moment.
Inghard engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Further stalling from Inghard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Inghard misses with a body shot.

Inghard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Inghard gets through Balor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Inghard.
Inghard scores with a shot to the side of Balor's head.
Inghard scores with a shot to the side of Balor's head.

Inghard manages to break the clinch.

Inghard closes the distance and clinches.
Inghard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Inghard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Inghard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Inghard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jack Inghard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balor looks winded!
Inghard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Inghard rushes Balor and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balor takes a shot to the head.
Inghard lands a body shot.
Inghard wants a takedown but no success here.
Inghard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Inghard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Inghard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balor backwards.
Inghard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balor takes a shot to the head.

Balor is rocked!
Inghard lands with a light punch inside.
Balor is still on wobbly legs! Can Inghard finish him?
Inghard scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inghard lands a shot to the body.
Inghard presses Balor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Inghard.
Balor seems to have recovered his senses.
Inghard pushes Balor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balor takes a shot to the head.
Inghard lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Balor to his knees! Inghard keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Inghard!
A relieved looking Jack Inghard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.