PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ej Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankestein Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir has chosen STOMP!!! by The Brothers Johnson!!! as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Balingit
vs
Mir

205 cm
31
290 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

185 cm
27
277 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Brute
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ej Balingit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankestein Mir!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balingit jabs Mir right on the nose. Mir blinks but takes it well.
Mir on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Mir fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Balingit sprawls well initially but Mir persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Balingit taking some punishment here, with Mir in his half guard.
Mir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balingit is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mir scores with a couple of nice shots.
Balingit trying to control here.
Mir tries to stand but can't do so whilst Balingit controls his leg.
Balingit trying to control but Mir postures up.
Balingit is staying active underneath Mir, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Balingit is trying to maintain the position but Mir is very close to passing his half guard.
Balingit blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mir.
Balingit is looking to control Mir's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Balingit avoid being mounted?
Mir trying to control from half guard but Balingit is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balingit defending well though.
Balingit is refusing to be controlled, as Mir sits in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mir shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Balingit as he avoids it easily.
Mir fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Balingit on the side of the head.
Mir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balingit.

Balingit has managed to clinch.
Balingit is pressed up against the cage. Mir has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Balingit down to the mat. Balingit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ej Balingit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankestein Mir.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mir.
Mir ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Balingit thows a body shot but no joy.
Mir misses with a low kick.
Balingit throws a hook but Mir avoids it easily.
Mir fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mir throws a head kick but Balingit moves out of range.
Mir misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balingit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mir will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balingit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mir throws a right hand that Balingit ducks under and follows up with a left that Balingit also avoids with ease.
Mir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balingit.
Mir shoots in looking for a takedown but Balingit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mir's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ej Balingit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Mir does no damage.
Balingit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balingit tries to clinch up but Mir circles away and keeps his distance.
Mir fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balingit swings for the body but Mir moves out of range.
Balingit takes one on the button.
Mir just misses with a punch to the body.
Balingit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Balingit.
Balingit lands a slapping body shot.

Balingit moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir has had enough of the clinch but Balingit keeps him there for the moment.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Balingit thuds a left hand into Mir's body.
Mir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balingit manages to avoid it.
Balingit just misses with a punch to the body.
A left lands for Balingit.
A big left from Mir misses.
Balingit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mir.

Mir tries to keep at a distance but Balingit has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Balingit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir can't get the takedown.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balingit.
Mir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mir looks gassed!
A nice left hand lands by Balingit.
Knees to the body from Balingit.
Mir wants to get back to striking at distance but Balingit won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Balingit.
Balingit is leaning against Mir and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balingit connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mir's face.

It looks like Frankestein Mir has been cut.
Balingit scores a nice knee to the body.
Balingit stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balingit.
Balingit crunches a lovely knee into Mir's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Balingit.
Balingit tries a knee to the head but Mir blocks it.
Balingit working Mir over with knees to the body.
Mir being controlled against the cage.
Mir tries for a takedown but Balingit manages to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balingit pressing his opponent against the cage.
Balingit tries a knee to the head but Mir blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ej Balingit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frankestein Mir's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Balingit cracks Mir with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balingit misses with a body shot.
Balingit slips a jab from Mir.
Mir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Balingit's waist but Balingit gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mir off to one side.
Balingit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balingit misses with an uppercut. Mir saw that one coming.
Balingit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balingit just misses with a punch to the body.
Balingit is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mir has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balingit finds it's way round the side to connect with Mir's head.
Balingit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mir takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Balingit scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mir in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mir connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balingit's hands.
Mir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mir lands a jab to Balingit's midsection.
Balingit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mir's hands.

Mir shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit is pressing down on Mir's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Balingit throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Balingit looking to control.
Balingit keeping full guard, as Mir tries to pass.

Balingit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mir defends it easily.
Balingit trying to control the position.
Balingit pulls Mir in to control the position.
Mir postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir passes into half guard.
Mir thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Balingit's head.
Mir is pressing down on Balingit's thigh, looking to free his foot. Balingit is holding on for now.
Mir throwing shots but Balingit is blocking nicely.

Mir is looking for a kimura here.
Balingit is trying to control but can't.
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!

Mir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Balingit gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balingit is trying to keep Mir in close.
Balingit preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mir scoring with some ground and pound.
Mir tries to free his leg and advance position but Balingit is retaining full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Balingit holds on and takes a little breather.

Mir gets to his feet. Balingit looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Mir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Balingit defends it nicely.
Balingit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balingit looks to score with a jab to the body but Mir is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balingit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balingit scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mir slips under a jab from Balingit.
Balingit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mir shoots in for a double leg but Balingit sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ej Balingit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankestein Mir.
Balingit misses with a body shot.
Mir throws a jab but it's blocked by Balingit.
Mir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mir is breathing heavily.
Balingit lands with a shot to the body.
Balingit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mir's head backwards.
Horrible takedown by Mir or perhaps it was just good defense by Balingit which made him look bad.
A cross from Balingit lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balingit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mir walks into a left hand.

Mir is rocked!
Balingit lands a body shot.
Mir is still on wobbly legs! Can Balingit finish him?
Balingit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mir doesn't seem bothered though.
Balingit connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ej Balingit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frankestein Mir's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Balingit lands with a shot to the body.
Mir seems to have recovered his senses.
Mir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mir looks for a takedown but Balingit sprawls well.
Balingit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ej Balingit is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice takedown defense from Balingit. No joy for Mir on that attempt.
Balingit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mir can do to turn this around?
Balingit punishes Mir's body with a nice straight punch.
Balingit throws a shot from downtown. Mir moves away and avoids it.
Mir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frankestein Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balingit scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balingit swings for the body but Mir moves out of range.
Balingit catches Mir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balingit is looking to wear down Mir with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mir goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Frankestein Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balingit works Mir's body with a nice hook.
Mir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mir takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balingit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balingit takes a swing at Mir's ribcage but misses.
Balingit misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Balingit.
Balingit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mir. Mir circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mir takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Balingit sends Mir crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Balingit is motioning to the referee to let Mir up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
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!
Balingit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Balingit.
Balingit throws an overhand right that lands on Mir's shoulder, as Mir tries to avoid the shot.
Balingit circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Mir to the canvas! Mir doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Balingit keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ej Balingit!
Ej Balingit gave a mention to FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).