PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Conte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Balle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conte
vs
Balle

184 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Conte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalle Balle!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conte throws a series of punches but Balle moves out of range.
Balle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Balle slips a straight right by Conte.
Conte scores with a nice right hand.
Conte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balle.
Conte throws a body punch but Balle moves out of range.
Conte lands with a hook. Balle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Conte misses with an uppercut.
Balle closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conte circles away.
Conte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conte connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balle's hands.
Conte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Balle on the side of the head.
Conte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice jab there from Conte.
Balle fails with the takedown.
Jack Conte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalle Balle.
Balle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balle ducks under a wild hook from Conte.
Conte misses with a wild combination.
Jack Conte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conte cracks Balle with an open hand slap.
Conte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balle shoots in for a takedown but Conte shows good takedown defense.
Balle looks gassed!
Balle ducks under a wild hook from Conte.
Conte throws a hook but Balle avoids it easily.
Balle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Conte tries to avoid it but Balle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Conte to the ground. Conte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Conte is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big left from Conte misses.
Decent striking displayed by Conte there.
Conte fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Balle on the side of the head.
Conte scores with a hook.

Balle is rocked!
Balle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conte.
Balle is still on wobbly legs! Can Conte finish him?
Conte misses with a hook. Balle ducked under it nicely.
Balle is trying desperately to land a takedown but Conte is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Balle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balle seems to have recovered his senses.
Conte throws a hook to the side of Balle's head but Balle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conte cracks Balle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conte misses with a straight right.
Conte throws out a loose jab but Balle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balle moves away from the strike by Conte.
Conte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conte lands with a big left! Balle is wobbled badly! Conte comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Balle to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jack Conte!