PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ground Pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Pound
vs
Balls

193 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ground Pound!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Balls!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pound avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balls wants to clinch.
Pound shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Balls defends it nicely.
Pound avoids the body shot from Balls.

Balls shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pound's guard.
Balls wants to stand but Pound is controlling his posture from full guard.
Balls slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls preventing the sweep.
Pound is trying to control the position but Balls postures up.
Pound utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pound bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Balls's guard.
Pound scoring with punches to the head and body.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Balls holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pound pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balls is keeping the position for now.
Pound keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Balls's head.
Balls looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pound is looking to work some ground and pound but Balls has wrist control.
Pound wants to control from the top but Balls keeps moving.
Pound is really struggling to control Balls but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Balls pushes Pound off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Balls drives through with a takedown into guard.
Balls postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Balls trying to control but Pound is working from the bottom.
Balls wants to stand but Pound is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pound keeping moving, preventing Balls from controlling successfully.
Balls must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pound pulls Balls in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Balls trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pound's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Balls dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Balls wants to clinch.

Balls looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Balls looking to pass the guard.
Pound is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pound looking for a sweep. Not yet Pound, not yet.
Balls trying to control but Pound is working from the bottom.
Balls would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Balls fails with the takedown

and Pound counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Pound seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balls tries to get to full guard but Pound has control of the leg.
Pound is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Balls trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls works his way to full guard. Good work.
Balls wants to stand but Pound is controlling the position.
Pound would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Balls is wriggling around but Pound manages to pass to half guard.
Balls taking some punishment here, with Pound in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pound drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
Pound not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pound trying to control the action but Balls is working from the bottom.
Pound throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balls wants to control but Pound is keeping busy.
Balls is positioning himself well to prevent Pound advancing to mount.
Pound is controlling the pace.
Pound is thwarting Balls's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ground Pound dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Balls has taken the fight to the clinch.
Balls landing knees to the body.
Balls throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Balls is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Balls with a knee to the head.
Pound is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Balls pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Balls is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Balls ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Balls no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Balls looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pound is one step ahead there.
Pound keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Balls's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pound's guard.
Pound wants to sweep but no luck.
Balls looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Pound keeping moving, preventing Balls from controlling successfully.
Balls looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pound looking to hit a scissor sweep but Balls is one step ahead there.
Balls looking to pass the guard.
Balls looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls throws a strike but Pound rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pound pushes down on Balls's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Balls wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Balls punching from the bottom.
Balls is looking to escape.
Balls is not content to let Pound control the position.
Pound wants to pass to mount but Balls is defending the position.
Balls really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pound. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Balls is trying to control but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Balls shoots and misses

and Pound counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ground Pound.
I think Pound has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!