PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chrisopher Ball (ranked 1805 p4p, 236 weight class) and Tucco Llagostera (ranked 3204 p4p, 369 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ball
vs
Llagostera

186 cm
25
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
189 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Tends to cut

ZZ POPS

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chrisopher Ball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tucco Llagostera!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llagostera lunges at Ball with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ball's hand.
Tucco Llagostera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ball gets a clinch.
Ball stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ball lands with a right to the head.
Llagostera's coach down at Island Safe Space was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Llagostera's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ball lands with a left to the head.
Ball lands a shot to the body.
Ball throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Llagosteras head.
Ball misses with the head strike.
Ball definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ball lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Llagostera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ball working aggressively here.
Ball blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Llagostera blocks an uppercut.
Llagostera wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ball prevents Llagostera from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Llagostera.
Ball lands a nice shot to the body.
Ball keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Llagostera's efforts to push away.
Ball pushes Llagostera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ball makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Llagostera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ball works the jab nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ball.

Llagostera breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by Llagostera misses
and Ball counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Llagostera is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Ball engages and cracks Llagostera with a massive lead left hook - Llagostera tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Ball is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chrisopher Ball!