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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vassago Ballardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Anthony Ventura was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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219 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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217 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vassago Ballardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Ventura. That's going to slow Ballardo down.
Ventura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ballardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ventura.
Ballardo forces Ventura back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Ventura.
Ballardo lands a left hand.
Ballardo throws a head punch that misses.
Ventura misses with a body punch.
Ballardo leaning against his opponent.
Ventura pushes Ballardo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballardo is working Ventura over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ventura works on Ballardo's body with a couple of short punches.
Ventura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballardo pushes Ventura back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ventura has a couple of punches blocked by Ballardo.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ventura as Ballardo tries to tie him up.
Ballardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ballardo fails to land.
Ballardo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ballardo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ballardo fails to land.
Ventura blocks an uppercut.
Ballardo misses with a punch to the body.
Ventura swings wildly with an uppercut but Ballardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Ventura.
Ballardo blocks a body shot from Ventura.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ventura misses with some punches.
Ventura prevents a body shot from Ballardo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ventura.
A shot in the inside from Ventura.
Ballardo misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ballardo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ventura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ventura tries to work over Ballardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ventura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Vassago Ballardo has been cut.
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!
A right hand to the body from Ballardo.
Ventura is leaning against Ballardo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ventura misses with a punch to the body.
Ballardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ballardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ventura throws a punch but it's blocked by Ballardo.
Ballardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballardo breaks the clinch.
Ballardo wants to clinch up but Ventura keeps it at a distance.
Ballardo throws a sloppy head kick and Ventura moves out of range easily.
Ventura throws a wild body kick that Ballardo sees coming a mile off.
Ballardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ballardo thows a leg kick but Ventura checks it
and Ventura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ventura misses with a hook.
Ballardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ballardo pushes Ventura up against the cage in a clinch.
Ballardo can't find room to land a body shot as Ventura controls the action.
Ventura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballardo backwards.
Ballardo is trying to break the clinch but Ventura has him pressed against the cage.
Ventura lands with a short shot to the head.
Come on Ballardo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ventura throws a head punch that misses.
Ballardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ballardo misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick from Ventura misses.
Ballardo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Ventura as he checks the leg kick.
Ventura lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ballardo takes a step back to recover.
Ballardo avoids a kick to the body.
Ballardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballardo tries to clinch up but Ventura circles away and keeps his distance.
Ballardo scores with a jab. Ventura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ballardo tries a low kick but Ventura avoids it.
Ballardo wants to land a leg kick but Ventura is out of range.
Ventura moves out of range of the leg kick from Ballardo.
Ballardo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ballardo is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Ventura engages and cracks Ballardo with a massive lead left hook - Ballardo tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Ventura is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Ventura!
Anthony Ventura decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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