PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Ballard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hendo Bendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bendo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. No Falter kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ballard
vs
Bendo

180 cm
21
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Ballard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hendo Bendo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bendo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bendo lands in his opponent's guard.
Ballard wants to stand up but Bendo is controlling him.
Bendo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ballard controls Bendo momentarily but Bendo frees himself.
Bendo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bendo lands a couple of digs.
Ballard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bendo controls the pace.
Bendo wants to control from the top but Ballard keeps moving.
Bendo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bendo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bendo landing strikes.
Bendo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bendo working the ground and pound.
Bendo working the ground and pound.
Bendo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ballard sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ballard is looking to regain half guard here but Bendo keeps moving and retains side control.

Bendo is trying to get an arm triangle but Ballard is defending well.

Bendo tries for a kimura but Ballard is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bendo lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bendo cracks Ballard with a big right hand but Ballard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bendo cracks Ballard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bendo scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Bendo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ballard wants to get back to his feet.
Bendo working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bendo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Ballard is rocked!
Bendo landing strikes.
Oh Ballard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bendo lands some shots froms side control.
Bendo is putting a hurting on Ballard here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bendo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ballard to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bendo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bendo controlling the position.
Bendo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bendo in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ballard looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Bendo turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hendo Bendo!
Hendo Bendo took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75 for their support in the buildup to the fight.