PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikos Balopoulos (ranked 1497 p4p, 2151 weight class) and Brandon Cillian (ranked 205 p4p, 281 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Balopoulos
vs
Cillian

178 cm
28
164
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
165
7 - 4 - 0

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Counter fighter
Cardio machine

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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikos Balopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Cillian!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cillian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Balopoulos just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Cillian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cillian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cillian lands a jab-cross combination.
Cillian lands with a straight right. Balopoulos didn't see that one coming.
Cillian lands the left hand.
Cillian looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Balopoulos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Balopoulos seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cillian lands a glancing blow to the side of Balopoulos's head.
Balopoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cillian counters with a left and a right that stings Balopoulos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balopoulos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balopoulos throws a hook but Cillian avoids it easily.
Balopoulos misses with a body punch
and Cillian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cillian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cillian lands a body shot.
Cillian comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balopoulos takes one to the side of the head.
Cillian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cillian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Balopoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Cillian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balopoulos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cillian is fending him off so far but Balopoulos persists. Nope, Cillian circles away and we're back to standing.
Balopoulos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cillian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cillian lands with a hook. Balopoulos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Balopoulos throws a poor cross that misses
letting Cillian counter with a right hand.
Jab from Cillian.

Balopoulos is rocked!
Balopoulos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oh Balopoulos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cillian thuds his right hand into Balopoulos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cillian scores with a decent looking hook.
Cillian is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balopoulos had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cillian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Balopoulos seems to have got his legs back now.
Balopoulos misses with a right hand
and Cillian counters with a straight right hand.
Cillian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Cillian.
Cillian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Balopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Balopoulos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brandon Cillian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balopoulos misses with a looping right.
Cillian swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Balopoulos.
Balopoulos throws a hook but Cillian blocks it.
Cillian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cillian thuds a left hand into Balopoulos's body.
Cillian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Balopouloss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cillian slips a jab from Balopoulos.
Cillian scores with a jab. Balopoulos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Balopoulos misses with a hook
and Cillian counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cillian swinging wildly here.
Balopoulos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cillian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balopoulos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cillian listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cillian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Balopoulos on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cillian cracks Balopoulos with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Cillian has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Balopoulos to stand back up!
Cillian lands a glancing blow to the side of Balopoulos's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balopoulos looks up at the clock. Bad move! Cillian lands a right hand from hell, dropping Balopoulos. Cillian pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Cillian!