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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Wickleby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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194 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Wickleby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Balls!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wickleby misses with a wild combination.
Wickleby pushes Balls up against the cage in a clinch.
Balls has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wickleby avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Balls jumps guard but Wickleby stands there with Balls around his waist. Balls gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Balls breaks from the clinch.
Wickleby gets a clinch.
Balls working aggressively here.
Wickleby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wickleby taking a breather.
Wickleby manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Wickleby there.
Balls keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wickleby shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Balls but Balls pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Balls moves forwards but Wickleby connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wickleby.
Balls keeps the fight on the outside.
Balls stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Wickleby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wickleby shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Balls connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Balls connects with an inside leg kick.
Wickleby fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck for Wickleby with that takedown attempt.
Balls keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wickleby has a takedown stuffed.
Wickleby throws a series of punches but Balls avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickleby shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Balls defends it nicely.
Balls misses with a looping right.
Balls lands a jab to Wickleby's midsection.
Wickleby misses the jab.
Wickleby shoots for a double leg takedown but Balls sprawls well. He's pushed Wickleby's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Balls feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wicklebys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jab from Balls.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wickleby throws a left and a right that both miss
and Balls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A combination from Wickleby does no damage.
Balls takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wickleby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Wickleby misses.
Balls ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wickleby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wickleby looks to land a combination but Balls avoids it well.
Wickleby is breathing heavily.
Balls slips a jab from Wickleby.
Balls shoots in but no luck this time.
Balls darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Balls is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wickleby gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Balls to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Balls must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Balls makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Balls landing some decent shots from guard.
Balls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wickleby swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balls seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wickleby won't allow Balls to pass to mount.
Balls thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wickleby's head.
Balls wants to free his trapped foot but Wickleby is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wickleby moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wickleby is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wickleby is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry 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.
Wickleby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Wickleby, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balls avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wickleby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balls lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wickleby has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wickleby and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Some wild striking there from Wickleby.
Balls takes a swing at Wickleby's ribcage but misses.
Balls tests Wickleby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balls has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wickleby finds it's way round the side to connect with Balls's head.
Harry Balls seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wickleby tries to bum rush Balls with a series of wild strikes but Balls uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wickleby defending well as Balls loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls keeps the fight on the outside.
Wickleby ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Balls misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wickleby.
Balls lands with a straight right. Wickleby didn't see that one coming.
Wickleby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wickleby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balls lands with an overhand left.
Wickleby has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balls.
Wickleby misses with a double jab
and Balls counters with a body kick that stops Wickleby in his tracks momentarily.
Balls scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balls lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickleby fails to land with a series of punches.
Wickleby lands a jab to the head.
Balls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wickleby swivels and escapes.
Wickleby tries to clinch but Balls moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wickleby shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Balls gets back to full guard.
Wickleby wants to control from the top but Balls keeps moving.
Balls has his hands on Wickleby's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls trying to control the position.
Balls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wickleby manages to get himself to full guard.
Balls stands and throws Wickleby's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Balls seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wickleby gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Balls is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wickleby is looking to control Balls's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wickleby avoid being mounted?
Balls drops an elbow to the side of Wickleby's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls is looking to advance position but Wickleby won't allow it.
Wickleby might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wickleby blocking the ground and pound attempt from Balls.
Nice strikes from Balls there.
Wickleby is staying active underneath Balls, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harry Balls has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wickleby regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Balls.
Wickleby keeping full guard, as Balls tries to pass.
Wickleby looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balls loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Balls showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Wickleby looks to land a right hand but Balls moved out of range.
Balls dodges the punch combination from Wickleby.
Balls looking to score a takedown here. Wickleby is defending well but Balls drives through and ends up in Wickleby's guard.
Wickleby controls Balls momentarily but Balls frees himself.
Balls trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wickleby has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Balls can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wickleby looking to control.
Balls stopping the sweep attempt from Wickleby.
Balls sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wickleby's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Balls working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balls throwing shots but Wickleby is blocking nicely.
Wickleby is trying to maintain the position but Balls is very close to passing his half guard.
Balls wants to pass to mount but Wickleby is defending the position.
Wickleby wants to improve his position but Balls is controlling well.
Balls has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls looking to control but Wickleby is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Balls landing strikes from the mount and Wickleby is in trouble!
Wickleby is squirming around, avoiding Balls's attempts to control the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wickleby is in all sorts of trouble here.
Balls raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wickleby is rocked!
Balls cracks Wickleby with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Balls!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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