PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Conan Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakeem Nix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakeem Nix has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Balboa
vs
Nix

186 cm
28
160 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

172 cm
27
164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Nix!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nix is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Nix blocks the leg kick.
Nix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balboa.
Nix works the jab nicely.
Balboa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Balboa tries a low kick but Nix avoids it.
Nix blocks a low kick nicely.
Balboa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nix. That did some damage!
Nix misses with a jab, cross combination.
Conan Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nix throws a right hand that Balboa ducks under and follows up with a left that Balboa also avoids with ease.
Nix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balboa manages to avoid it.
Balboa dips to his left and cracks Nix with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nix throws a series of punches but Balboa avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Nix.
Balboa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Nix moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
Nix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balboa.
Balboa throws a low kick but Nix moves out of range easily.
Nix lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix checks a leg kick nicely.
Balboa walks into a straight right hand from Nix.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A clash of legs there as Nix blocks the low kick.
A clash of legs there as Nix blocks the low kick.
Nix scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
Balboa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nix is out of range and Balboa settles back down.
Nix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balboa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa scores with a leg kick.
Nix looks winded!
Balboa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balboa, right into the meat.
Balboa tries to score with a low kick but Nix moves his leg out of the way.
Balboa connects with the punch.
Nix checks a leg kick nicely.
Balboa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balboa scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix misses with a body shot.
Balboa throws a front kick aimed at Nix's knee but Nix avoids it well.
No joy there for Nix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balboa. Balboa obviously looking to wear him down.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Nix looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balboa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Balboa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Balboa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good leg kick by Balboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That kick from Balboa tenderised Nix's leg. Nix is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Balboa.
Hakeem Nix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Balboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balboa misses with a low kick as Nix jumps back.
Nix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Balboa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balboa scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balboa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Balboa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Balboa throws a leg kick which misses Nix's front leg but catches the back leg as Nix tries to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balboa.
Nix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balboa can pounce on him.
Nix checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Balboa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nix's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nix's calf.
Balboa is looking to slow Nix down with leg kicks.
Balboa lands a leg kick that knocks Nix off balance momentarily.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balboa lands a leg kick that knocks Nix off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa connects with a jab.
Balboa motions for Nix to come forward. Balboa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balboa connects with an inside leg kick.
Balboa cracks the inside of Nix's front leg.
Balboa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nix's calf.
Balboa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Balboa tries to score with a low kick but Nix moves his leg out of the way.
A clash of legs there as Nix blocks the low kick.
Balboa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Balboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nix tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balboa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Balboa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nix.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Balboa 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.

Balboa throws a leg kick that misses.
Nix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balboa circles away quickly and effectively.

Nix closes the distance and pushes Balboa back into the cage.
Nix slows down the pace here.
Balboa is trying to force a seperation but Nix has the dominant position.
Nix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balboa's elbow.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Nix is controlling him.
Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nix is trying to push Balboa away but Balboa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nix avoiding damage.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nix avoids it.
Nix managing to block the knees to the body from Balboa.
Balboa is trying to push Nix away but Nix has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nix is defending well for now.
Balboa is trying to break free.
Nix manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nix wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nix taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nix cracks Balboa with a nice body shot.
Balboa tries to break free but Nix pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nix.
Balboa working hard to break the clinch.
Balboa keeps control of Nix as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Balboa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nix can do to turn this around?
Nix managing to block the knees to the body from Balboa.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nix in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nix.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.
Balboa prevents a body shot from Nix.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nix has him pressed against the cage.
Nix lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nix has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nix keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nix presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nix works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nix lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Nix.
Nix controlling the action here for a moment.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is looking to control Nix's arms but Nix gets an underhook and turns him. Now Balboa has his back to the cage.
Nix presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nix avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.
Nix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nix tries to work over Balboa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nix tries to circle away but Balboa has him pinned against the cage.
Nix scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nix won't allow it.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Nix is blocking nicely.
Nix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nix keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Nix.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nix managing to block the knees to the body from Balboa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nix avoids it.
Nix prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nix won't allow it.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nix takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nix has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Nix's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Nix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That kick from Balboa tenderised Nix's leg. Nix is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hakeem Nix is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nix.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nix checks a leg kick.
Nix misses with a double jab.
Nix throws a right hand that Balboa ducks under and follows up with a left that Balboa also avoids with ease.
Balboa throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hakeem Nix will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nix misses with a body shot.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Nix sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That kick from Balboa tenderised Nix's leg. Nix is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nix is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balboa feints and then cracks Nix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nix down.
Nix moves out of range of the leg kick from Balboa.
Good leg kick by Balboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Nix sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nix looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nix lands with a right hand.
Balboa misses with a straight left.
Balboa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nix.
Balboa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nix.
Nix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix checks a leg kick nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Balboa!
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Nix moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.

Nix gets a clinch.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nix won't allow it.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nix won't allow it.
Nix works on Balboa's body with a couple of short punches.
Nix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Nix.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Nix has double underhooks.
Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix digs a right hand into Balboa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balboa's gas tank.
Balboa tries to circle away but Nix has him pinned against the cage.
Balboa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nix is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nix.
Nix keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balboa's efforts to push away.
Nix lands a hook that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nix avoids it.
Balboa is trying to break free.
Hakeem Nix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nix misses with a punch to the body.
Nix avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.
Balboa tries to circle away but Nix has him pinned against the cage.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee calls for Nix to work.
Nix receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nix's efforts to push away.
Nix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nix lands a hook that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa tries to break free but Nix pushes him back against the cage.
Nix lands a left hand.
Nix prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Nix is working Balboa over against the cage.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Nix has him pressed against the cage.
Nix works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balboa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nix avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa tries to break the clinch but Nix is controlling the position.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balboa has Nix pressed against the cage, preventing Nix from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nix lands with a left to the head.
Balboa tries to break free but Nix pushes him back against the cage.
Nix gets through Balboa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Nix has him pressed against the cage.
Nix prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa tries to break free but Nix pushes him back against the cage.
Nix prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nix misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A body shot lands from Nix.
Nix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Nix lands a nice shot to the body.
Balboa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Balboa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Conan Balboa.
I think Balboa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Conan Balboa!