PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lolipo Slider (ranked 1402 p4p, 195 weight class) and Phil Baloni (ranked 2339 p4p, 294 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Slider
vs
Baloni

187 cm
38
220 lbs
26 - 17 - 1

190 cm
28
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lolipo Slider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Baloni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baloni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slider fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baloni loads up on a big right hand but Slider slips the punch.
Baloni misses with a wild body shot.

Slider has managed to clinch.
Slider's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baloni has a couple of punches blocked by Slider.
Slider keeps control of Baloni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Slider blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slider pushes Baloni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Baloni looking to slow down the pace here.
Baloni looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slider.
Slider throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Slider scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slider lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baloni backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slider tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baloni's elbow.
Slider lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baloni backwards.
Slider goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Slider scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slider scores with a shoulder strike.
Slider landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Baloni looks winded!
Slider lands a body punch.
Slider lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baloni or not.
Slider lands a left hand.
Slider lands a right hand.
A short right from Slider.
Slider gets through Baloni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slider lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slider.

Baloni is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Slider scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baloni is still on wobbly legs! Can Slider finish him?
Baloni looking to stall.
Baloni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Slider lands a good knee to the midsection. Baloni won't want to take too many of those.
Slider has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Baloni - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Slider, and another! Baloni is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Lolipo Slider!
A very excited looking Lolipo Slider made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.