PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bala Bala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brodie Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bala's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tough at the top. Sinclair has chosen as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bala
vs
Sinclair

185 cm
32
191 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

180 cm
28
187 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bala Bala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brodie Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sinclair drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sinclair lands some shots froms side control.
Bala regains half guard.
Bala moves into full guard.
Bala utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Bala keeps moving.
Bala preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!

Bala looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bala has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sinclair can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bala works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
Sinclair preventing the sweep.
Bala is trying to control the position but Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair lands a couple of elbows.
Sinclair works over Bala with some ground and pound from guard.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bala wants to sweep here but Sinclair controlling him for the moment.
Sinclair loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bala preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bala wants to sweep but no luck.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Bala keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinclair working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bala's head.

Bala had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sinclair defends it easily.
Sinclair postures up and lands a big shot to Bala's brow.
Sinclair postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bala utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Bala keeps moving.
Bala preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Bala escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sinclair gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sinclair has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bala is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sinclair controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throwing strikes but missing.
Sinclair trying to control but Bala is working from the bottom.
Sinclair scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Bala looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sinclair has picked Bala up and slammed him! Bala can't keep hold of the triangle and Sinclair manages to pass to side control!
Sinclair scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Bala's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bala knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Sinclair is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bala is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bala gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bala wants to improve his position but Sinclair is controlling well.
Ground and pound from Sinclair.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bala is looking for a sweep. Sinclair is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sinclair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bala gets back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinclair trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bala preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Bala is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sinclair is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Sinclair 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.

Sinclair misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sinclair.

Sinclair closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bala did well to prevent Sinclair getting side control.
Bala on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Bala looking for submissions off his back.
Sinclair takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Bala looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brodie Sinclair has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bala wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair working over Bala with some ground and pound. Bala looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Sinclair is trying to work for a kimura but Bala is defending well.
Bala wants to improve his position but Sinclair is controlling well.
Sinclair slips a nice elbow through Bala's hands, connecting with Bala's forehead.
Sinclair passes to full mount!

Sinclair has control of Bala's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bala regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The referee warns Bala that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Bala is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair unloading with bombs!
Oh Bala is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sinclair looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bala covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brodie Sinclair!