PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Balboa (ranked 4941 p4p, 5044 weight class) and Tommy Fury (ranked 579 p4p, 587 weight class). Balboa comes to the cage accompanied by 20 de Abril by Celtas Cortos. Jose Balboa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Balboa
vs
Fury

190 cm
18
193
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
195
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Fury!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury's corner calls for a 1-2. Fury obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Balboa shoots in but Fury avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Balboa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fury paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab from Fury.
Fury blocks a head kick by Balboa.
Fury darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fury punishes Balboa's body with a nice straight punch.
Balboa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fury scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fury connects with a body shot that sends Balboa's belly button to the back.
Fury bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Balboa misses with a kick to the body
and Fury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fury cracks Balboa with a good jab.
Balboa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fury connects with a right hand. Balboa shakes it off.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
Fury digs a good body shot into Balboa's ribs.
Balboa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fury connects with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Balboa.
Fury paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Balboa misses with a wild body shot.
Fury lands a jab to the head.
Fury lands with a shot to the body.
Fury wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fury comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Balboa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch lands to the side of Balboa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fury jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fury lands with a shot to the body.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Balboa misses with a leg kick
and Fury counters with a stiff right hand.
Tommy Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balboa walks into a stiff left hand from Fury.
Fury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fury throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fury thuds a left hand into Balboa's body.
Fury lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Balboa at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Fury as he connects with a hook.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fury throws a shot to the body.
Fury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fury cracks Balboa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Balboa takes one to the chin there.
Fury is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balboa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Fury wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Fury. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fury.
Balboa takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands a jab to the nose.
Balboa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fury lands with a hook. Balboa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Balboa is rocked!
Fury walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Balboa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Fury swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Balboa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Fury!
The defeated Jose Balboa had this to say: 'Welp'.