PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between rocky balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Le Nogue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

balboa
vs
Le Nogue

190 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

177 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, rocky balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bastien Le Nogue!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Le Nogue looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Le Nogue with a nice head shot there.
Le Nogue keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of balboa's head.
Le Nogue being controlled here momentarily.
Le Nogue stands up over balboa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
balboa keeping moving, preventing Le Nogue from controlling successfully.
Le Nogue missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
balboa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le Nogue has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
balboa is trying to keep Le Nogue in close.
balboa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
balboa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Le Nogue trying to control but balboa is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Nogue throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

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

Le Nogue closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Le Nogue missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
balboa wants to control but Le Nogue is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Le Nogue trying to control the pace.
balboa is trying to maintain the position but Le Nogue is very close to passing his half guard.
balboa is controlling Le Nogue's trapped leg to prevent Le Nogue from advancing to side control.
Le Nogue is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Le Nogue slips a nice elbow through balboa's hands, connecting with balboa's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
balboa has hold of Le Nogue's hands but Le Nogue slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Le Nogue trying to control the pace.
balboa is trying to stand up here but Le Nogue is controlling him well.
Le Nogue is controlling the pace.
balboa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Le Nogue scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

balboa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Le Nogue lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, if Le Nogue is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
balboa trying to control from the bottom.
Le Nogue lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Le Nogue slips a nice elbow through balboa's hands, connecting with balboa's forehead.
Le Nogue frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Le Nogue can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as balboa is looking to escape.
Le Nogue controlling from the full mount.
balboa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if balboa tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
balboa tries to lock up and control but Le Nogue gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Le Nogue cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Le Nogue with a couple of short strikes.
balboa wants to control but Le Nogue is having none of it.
balboa is breathing heavily.
Le Nogue loads up with a big shot that hurts balboa! He's pulled Le Nogue in close but Le Nogue has postured up and lands more strikes. Can balboa survive? More strikes from Le Nogue and balboa is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bastien Le Nogue!