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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes to the cage accompanied by A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart. Fox has chosen 2nd Round KO as his entrance music. Justin Fox told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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222 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
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215 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Fox!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox avoids the head kick by Ballinger.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ballinger is pressed up against the cage. Fox has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ballinger down to the mat. Ballinger avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A big left from Ballinger misses.
Fox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Ballinger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ballinger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jab by Ballinger.
Fox on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ballinger on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fox lands a nice hook to Ballinger's body. Ballinger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ballinger rushes Fox and presses him up against the cage.
Fox is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ballinger pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ryan Ballinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Fox.
Ballinger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fox avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox is working for takedown but Ballinger is calmly controlling the position for now.
A shot in the inside from Ballinger.
Ballinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ballinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ballinger scores with a shoulder strike.
Fox takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fox drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ballinger gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ballinger has Fox pressed against the cage.
Fox takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fox is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ballinger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fox's defenses.
Fox is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballinger gets through Fox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ballinger drops Fox with a big knee straight up the middle! Fox is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Fox is rocked!
Fox looks gassed!
Ballinger tries to close the distance and clinch but Fox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fox is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballinger finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger cracks Fox with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ballinger slips a straight right by Fox.
Ballinger cracks Fox with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Fox looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ballinger finish him?
Fox slips under a jab.
Fox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ballinger. Ballinger obviously looking to wear him down.
Fox seems to have recovered his senses.
Fox shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ballinger napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ballinger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ballinger sneaks back into half guard.
Fox is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ballinger defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox is thwarting Ballinger's attempts to control the position.
Ballinger is looking to improve his position.
Fox looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fox is trying to work for a kimura but Ballinger is defending well.
Ballinger looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ballinger is not content to let Fox control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox is working for a submission of some sort.
Ballinger looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ballinger is looking for a sweep. Fox is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fox is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ballinger manages to get to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Ballinger 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.
Fox moves out of range as Ballinger throws a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Ballinger.
Fox is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ballinger sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A big right from Fox misses.
Fox shoots in and bounces Ballinger off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ballinger looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Fox has picked Ballinger up and slammed him! Ballinger can't keep hold of the triangle and Fox manages to pass to side control!
Ballinger manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ballinger misses with a head shot. Fox uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ballinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ballinger is looking to work some ground and pound but Fox has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ballinger stops Fox from standing up.
Fox preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ballinger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ballinger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fox wants to get back to his feet but Ballinger is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ballinger trying to control but Fox is working from the bottom.
Fox working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ballinger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox keeping full guard, as Ballinger tries to pass.
Ballinger looking to sit in guard and control but Fox gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fox avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fox slips nicely into half guard.
Ballinger has a hand on Fox's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fox takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Fox working the ground and pound effectively.
Justin Fox has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ballinger is squirming around, avoiding Fox's attempts to control the action.
Fox swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Justin Fox!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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