PBP Commentary

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

Ballantine
vs
Rose

188 cm
35
210 lbs
35 - 20 - 0

185 cm
27
220 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jarred Rose!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantine connects with a crisp jab.
Rose shoots for a takedown but Ballantine saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ballantine misses with a left hand

and Rose decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ballantine's guard.
Ballantine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ballantine has a closed guard, preventing Rose from standing up.
Ballantine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantine is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ballantine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rose!
Ballantine seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Rose is holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose regains half guard.
Rose wants to sweep but Ballantine has passed to side control!
Rose is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine is looking to take a break and control but Rose is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ballantine decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Rose has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ballantine.
Ballantine swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Johnie Ballantine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ballantine counters with a good low kick that Rose was not able to check.
Ballantine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rose connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rose takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ballantine closes the distance and clinches.

Rose pulls guard successfully.
Ballantine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rose swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rose wants to sweep here but Ballantine controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ballantine scores with a jab. Rose acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ballantine avoids the body shot from Rose.
A jab from Rose misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rose gets tackled into the cage by Ballantine. Ballantine maintains the clinch.
Ballantine manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ballantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Ballantine dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rose fails with a takedown attempt.
Ballantine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rose takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Jarred Rose has been cut.
Rose misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Rose.

Rose pushes Ballantine up against the cage in a clinch.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ballantine prevents a takedown attempt there.
Johnie Ballantine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarred Rose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bit of stalling here from Ballantine.
Ballantine lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine stalling against the cage.
Ballantine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ballantine working aggressively here.
Rose is trying to push Ballantine away but Ballantine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ballantine misses with a body punch.
Ballantine is pushing Rose up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Rose escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ballantine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ballantine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Rose or perhaps it was just good defense by Ballantine which made him look bad.
Ballantine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine connects with an inside leg kick.
Rose wants to clinch
and Ballantine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rose is breathing heavily.
Ballantine doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rose wants to clinch
and Ballantine counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice uppercut there from Ballantine.
Ballantine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ballantine is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ballantine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rose's head backwards.
Ballantine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rose on the side of the head.
Ballantine connects with a single shot there.
Rose walks into a straight right hand from Ballantine.

Ballantine closes the distance and pushes Rose back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rose gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ballantine regains guard.
Ballantine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ballantine controlling Rose's posture.
Rose controlling from the top position.
Ballantine wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose trying to control but Ballantine is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Ballantine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jarred Rose's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ballantine is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks.
Ballantine throws a leg kick which misses Rose's front leg but catches the back leg as Rose tries to avoid it.

Rose shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ballantine controlling the position well.
Ballantine is pressing down on Rose's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rose tries to free his leg and advance position but Ballantine is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rose!
Ballantine controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose working to try and regain half guard.
Ballantine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jarred Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rose is looking to improve his position but Ballantine isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose has given up his back here. Will Ballantine look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Rose rolls, trying to escape but Ballantine keeps control of the position.
Ballantine controlling the position well here. Rose rolled but Ballantine kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rose is wriggling around trying to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnie Ballantine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ballantine, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnie Ballantine!
Johnie Ballantine thanked the fans post fight for their support.