PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garrick Ballantyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton has chosen Voices as his entrance music. Garrick Ballantyne could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randy Orton's chin.

Ballantyne
vs
Orton

182 cm
27
183 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

194 cm
28
185 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrick Ballantyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Orton!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ballantyne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garrick Ballantyne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballantyne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orton misses with a two punch combination.
Ballantyne is looking to clinch but Orton is avoiding it.
Ballantyne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ballantyne tries to clinch but Orton moves out of range.
Ballantyne checks the leg kick.

Ballantyne closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Orton looking to slow down the pace here.
Ballantyne lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantyne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ballantyne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orton.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Orton blocks an elbow strike from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orton's face.
Ballantyne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Ballantyne crunches a lovely knee into Orton's ribcage.
Ballantyne with a knee to the head.
Ballantyne is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ballantyne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orton's face.

Orton is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Orton is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballantyne finish him?
Ballantyne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orton is defending well for now.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ballantyne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Orton looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantyne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Orton's defenses.
Ballantyne controlling the action here for a moment.
Ballantyne misses with an elbow strike.
Orton seems to have recovered his senses.

Ballantyne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Orton misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne is looking to slow Orton down with leg kicks.
Orton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ballantyne tries to land a leg kick but Orton saw it coming and moves away.
Ballantyne scores with a leg kick.

Ballantyne has managed to clinch.
Ballantyne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Orton looking to stall.
Ballantyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orton backwards.
A body shot lands from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside.
Ballantyne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Orton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside.
Ballantyne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Ballantyne drops Orton with a big knee straight up the middle! Orton is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Ballantyne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Orton sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Orton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrick Ballantyne dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ballantyne scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Good leg kick by Ballantyne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ballantyne throws a low kick, looking for Orton's leg but Orton calmly moves out of range.
Ballantyne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orton can do to turn this around?

Ballantyne forces Orton back against the cage and clinches.
Ballantyne scores a nice knee to the body.
Ballantyne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ballantyne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orton backwards.

Ballantyne breaks from the clinch.
Orton is breathing heavily.
Orton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ballantyne can pounce on him.
Ballantyne tries to close the distance and clinch but Orton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ballantyne fakes the leg kick and cracks Orton in the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantyne tries to clinch but Orton is having none of it.
Ballantyne tries to clinch up but Orton circles away and keeps his distance.
Ballantyne pushes Orton away with a front kick.
Ballantyne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ballantyne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ballantyne. Orton shrugs it off though.
Ballantyne scoring well with a low kick there.
Ballantyne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Orton if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Orton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne throws a leg kick which misses Orton's front leg but catches the back leg as Orton tries to avoid it.
Orton blocks a head kick by Ballantyne.
Orton misses with a low kick as Ballantyne jumps back.
Orton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both fighters circling a little - Ballantyne finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Ballantyne.
Garrick Ballantyne is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballantyne lands with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ballantyne. That's going to slow Orton down.
Ballantyne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ballantyne scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ballantyne.

Ballantyne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Orton avoiding damage as Ballantyne throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ballantyne - that landed with a thud.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Ballantyne lands a damaging elbow.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside.
Orton takes an elbow to the temple.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Ballantyne landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Orton is pressed against the cage. Ballantyne pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Orton! Two more big strikes from Ballantyne and Orton crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Garrick Ballantyne!