PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haloti Gnata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vassago Ballardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gnata
vs
Ballardo

192 cm
24
209 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
219 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Performance Enhancing Drugs

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haloti Gnata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vassago Ballardo!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gnata lands with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Gnata.
Gnata waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ballardo.
Gnata takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Ballardo tenderised Gnata's leg. Gnata is trying to keep his angry face on.
Some wild striking there from Ballardo.

Gnata throws a left that rocks Ballardo and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Gnata dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Ballardo regain composure!

Ballardo is rocked!

It looks like Vassago Ballardo has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gnata in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ballardo looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Gnata turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haloti Gnata!
Haloti Gnata decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.