PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ballantine
vs
wonderful

188 cm
23
210 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
217 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mr wonderful!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
wonderful connects with a jab.
wonderful connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
wonderful throws and low kick but Ballantine moves out of range easily.
wonderful connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
mr wonderful seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
wonderful cracks the inside of Ballantine's front leg.
Ballantine throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like mr wonderful has been cut.
wonderful misses with a wild combination.
Ballantine throws a combination that misses
and wonderful makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Ballantine drops wonderful with a beautiful combination! wonderful stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ballantine is looking for the KO!

wonderful is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine misses with a hook. wonderful ducked under it nicely.
wonderful is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballantine finish him?
wonderful tries to work over Ballantine's front leg with a kick but Ballantine checks it.
wonderful seems to have recovered his senses.
wonderful paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ballantine missing with a left hand there. wonderful was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
wonderful slips under a jab.
wonderful uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ballantine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine throws a jab when wonderful was well out of range.
wonderful moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

wonderful forces Ballantine back against the cage and clinches.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Ballantine.
Ballantine blocks an uppercut.
wonderful misses with an elbow strike.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
wonderful stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ballantine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
wonderful's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
wonderful fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful pushes off an throws an elbow but Ballantine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Ballantine.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Ballantine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
wonderful fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ballantine breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of wonderful 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ballantine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from wonderful.
Ballantine throws a lazy right hand but wonderful sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine connects with a jab.
Ballantine moves out of range as wonderful throws a body kick.
wonderful fails to land with a series of punches.
Ballantine lands a jab to wonderful's midsection.
Ballantine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but wonderful manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Ballantine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
wonderful is looking to score with low kicks.
Ballantine misses with a straight right.
wonderful tries to clinch but Ballantine moves out of range.
Ballantine swats away the attempt to clinch by wonderful.
wonderful misses with a wild combination.
wonderful avoids the body shot from Ballantine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine moves out of range as wonderful throws a body kick.
Ballantine swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by wonderful.
A leg kick checked by Ballantine.
Ballantine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ballantine throws a right and a left that both miss.
wonderful lands with a slapping head kick.
wonderful misses with a double jab
and Ballantine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by wonderful. That's going to slow Ballantine down.
wonderful tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ballantine counters with a huge left! wonderful is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ballantine isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save wonderful from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ballantine!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnie Ballantine!