|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Huge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garrick Ballantyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 177 cm
27
176 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
|
182 cm
29
183 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Huge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrick Ballantyne!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huge closes the distance but Ballantyne moves to the side
and Ballantyne counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ballantyne moves into the clinch.
Huge doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballantyne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Huge tries a knee to the head but Ballantyne blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne leaning against his opponent.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Huge as Ballantyne tries to tie him up.
Ballantyne gets through Huge's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huge dodges an elbow strike from Ballantyne.
Huge lands a knee to the head.
Huge looking to throw knees to the head but Ballantyne is blocking nicely.
Huge trying to land knees to the body.
Huge with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Ballantyne on the inside.
Huge throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge leaning against his opponent.
Huge tries to break free but Ballantyne pushes him back against the cage.
Ballantyne lands an uppercut.
Ballantyne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Huge is trying to break free.
Ballantyne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Huge tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballantyne avoids the damage to the body.
Huge tries to land a knee to the head but Ballantyne blocks with his arms.
Huge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Ballantyne.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ballantyne as Huge tries to tie him up.
Huge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Ballantyne.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ballantyne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ballantyne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ballantyne's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Huge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne misses with some punches.
Ballantyne managing to block the knees to the body from Huge.
Ballantyne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Huge backwards.
Huge takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballantyne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huge in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Huge is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Ballantyne.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Huge prevents a body shot from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne is struggling to control the position.
Ballantyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huge backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ballantyne.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Ballantyne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huge's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne lands an elbow that stopped Huge in his tracks for a moment.
Huge tries to land a knee to the head but Ballantyne blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Ballantyne.
Ballantyne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballantyne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huge lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballantyne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ballantyne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ballantyne content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ballantyne lands with a light punch inside.
Ballantyne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Huge or not.
Ballantyne digs a right hand underneath Huge's ribcage. Huge let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ballantyne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ballantyne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ballantyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huge backwards.
Ballantyne scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Ballantyne as the two fighters clinch.
Huge takes an elbow to the temple.
Ballantyne lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantyne stalling in the clinch.
Ballantyne scores with a hook to the body.
Ballantyne works on Huge's body with a couple of short punches.
Ballantyne struggles to land a body shot inside as Huge controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Ballantyne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ballantyne taking a breather.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A hook to the body from Ballantyne.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballantyne.
Huge using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ballantyne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ballantyne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ballantyne works on Huge's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Ballantyne as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Huge with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garrick Ballantyne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oooooh!!! Ballantyne has knocked Huge down with a huge combo! Ballantyne steps away and waves a wobbly Huge back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Huge is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huge moves into range and clinches up with Ballantyne.
Huge tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballantyne avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ballantyne scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ballantyne.
Ballantyne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huge in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Huge shrugs off.
Ballantyne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ballantyne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Huge takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ballantyne lands a right hand.
Oh Huge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ballantyne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huge lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Huge seems to have got his legs back now.
Ballantyne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ballantyne leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ballantyne cracks Huge with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ballantyne scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee calls for Ballantyne to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantyne looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Ballantyne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ballantyne's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ballantyne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ballantyne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ballantyne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Huge up against the cage.
Huge has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Garrick Ballantyne.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ballantyne.
Ballantyne clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ballantyne - that landed with a thud.
Garrick Ballantyne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ballantyne cracks Huge with a nice body shot.
Huge is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballantyne stalling.
Ballantyne landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Ballantyne.
Ballantyne lands an elbow inside that Huge shrugs off.
Huge takes a shot to the head.
Ballantyne slowing the pace effectively.
Ballantyne receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Ballantyne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ballantyne lands a right hand.
Ballantyne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ballantyne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ballantyne unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Huge! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ballantyne is unloading with more strikes now! Huge drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garrick Ballantyne!
Garrick Ballantyne bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
