PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Balzli (ranked 5114 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Vegas (ranked 5297 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Balzli
vs
Vegas

182 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Balzli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Vegas!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balzli feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Balzli stands up over Vegas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

It looks like Bruno Vegas has been cut.
Vegas is trying to keep Balzli in close.
Balzli advances position into side control!
Vegas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That has opened up Bruno Vegas's cut even more.
Vegas is being controlled here.
Balzli is chipping away with strikes.

Bruno Vegas's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bruno Vegas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thomas Balzli!
Our winner, Thomas Balzli, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.