PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Island Boy (ranked 4048 p4p, 3104 weight class) and Blue Balls (ranked 511 p4p, 397 weight class). Boy comes to the cage accompanied by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWSEa5U9_U. Blue Balls will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Boy
vs
Balls

182 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
211
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blue Balls!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls jabs at Boy's body.
Balls catches Boy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balls looks to score with a jab to the body but Boy is just out of range.
Boy swings widly with a right hand
and Balls counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balls jabs at Boy's body.
Balls connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boy. Boy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Boy looks to land a left hand but Balls moved out of range nicely.
Blue Balls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls ducks under a wild hook from Boy.
Boy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balls's jab looks to have found its range, popping Boy under the eye.

Boy shoots in and bounces Balls off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Balls is trying to control the position but Boy postures up.

Boy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Boy wants to control from the top but Balls keeps moving.
Balls trying to keep a closed guard but Boy is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Balls's guard.
Balls has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Boy is working away from the top position though.
Boy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Boy is trying to control. Balls wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Balls is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Boy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Boy works his way into side control.
Boy working away.
Boy is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Balls tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy cracks Balls with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Balls tries to buck Boy off but Boy is having none of it.
Boy lands an elbow.
Boy lands an elbow.
Boy cracks Balls with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
You can see the frustration on Balls's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boy is staying tight to Balls's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Balls tries to improve position but can't.
Boy passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Balls!
Balls looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Boy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balls is looking to improve his position but Boy isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Boy is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Balls can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Balls is desperately trying to improve his position but Boy has a good base and remains in mount.
Balls taking shots to the head.
Balls is trying to escape the mount.
Boy avoids the attempt from Balls to control.
Boy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Boy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Boy landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Balls that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy tries to control but Balls wriggling away.
Boy working Balls over with strikes here.
Boy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balls's face.
Boy with good strikes from the mount here!
Boy lands a big shot there that rocks Balls but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Boy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boy unloading with bombs!

Balls is rocked!

Boy goes for an armbar but Balls turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Balls.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Boy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Balls has gone for a leg lock! Boy slips out almost immediately though and dives into Balls's guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Island Boy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Boy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balls sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balls with a hook.
Boy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balls scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Boy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balls can do to turn this around?
Balls throws a good cross that connects.
Balls lands a head shot.
Boy misses with a body shot.
Boy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balls connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boy. Boy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A cross from Balls lands.
Boy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balls works Boy's body with a nice hook.
Balls lands with a cross.
Boy lands a jab.
Boy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Balls works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls thuds a left hand into Boy's body.
Boy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blue Balls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Balls lands a jab to Boy's midsection.
Boy misses with a hook. Balls ducked under it nicely.

Balls tries to sprawl but Boy drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Balls actively working from the bottom here.
Balls moves into full guard.

Balls working for submissions but it's allowed Boy to get to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balls on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Island Boy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy is trying to control the action in half guard but Balls is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boy lands strikes from half guard.
Boy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Balls trying to control from the bottom.

Balls looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Boy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Balls trying to control here.
Boy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Boy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Boy lands a nice short elbow.
Boy is thwarting Balls's attempts to control the position.

Boy moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Balls.
Boy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balls keeps working.
Balls is working to avoid the ground and pound but Boy connects with a decent elbow.
Boy wants to control but Balls is keeping him busy.
Balls tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Boy presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Boy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls is in a horrible position here. Boy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Boy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Balls wants to control but Boy is having none of it.
Balls is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Boy is staying active.
Balls is in all sorts of trouble here.
Boy tries to control but Balls wriggling away.
Boy controlling the position easily from mount.
Balls tries to hold on but Boy pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Island Boy will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Balls lands a jab to the head.

Boy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Boy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Boy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Boy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Balls wants to control but Boy postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balls is trying to get back to half guard.
Boy looks up at the clock and then as Balls takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Boy is working Balls over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls wants to control but Boy postures up.
Boy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Balls to see if he's OK.
Boy controlling the position from side mount.
Boy works to advance to full mount. Balls defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Balls is bucking up trying to escape but Boy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Boy looking to finish Balls with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balls!
Boy raining down shots from the mount!

Boy jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Balls is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Balls and Boy has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Boy working the head and body with strikes.
Island Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Balls is trying to improve his position.
Boy slows the pace down.
Boy'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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Boy presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Boy controlling the pace for now.
Balls tries to hold on but Boy pushes him away.
Boy content just to control the position here.
Blue Balls has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls wants to hold on but Boy pushes him away.
Boy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Balls wants to hold on but Boy pushes him away.
Boy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Balls flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Island Boy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Island Boy!
Our winner, Island Boy, 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.