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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haloti Gnata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
37 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haloti Gnata!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gnata takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gnata tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ballantine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gnata scores with the left hand. Ballantine knows he should have avoided that one.
Ballantine lands a body shot.
Gnata with a jab.
Ballantine tries a low kick but Gnata avoids it.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gnata throws a right and a left that Ballantine avoids nicely.
Ballantine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ballantine misses with a hook. Gnata ducked under it nicely.
Gnata throws a jab when Ballantine was well out of range.
Ballantine lands with an uppercut that bounces Gnata off the cage and back into range.
Ballantine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gnata.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine cracks Gnata with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ballantine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gnata.
A jab from Gnata misses.
Ballantine throws a hook but Gnata avoids it easily.
Gnata moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ballantine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gnata to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnie Ballantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gnata misses with a hook
and Ballantine counters by moving into the clinch.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Gnata has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ballantine is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gnata is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnata tries to throw a body punch but Ballantine avoids it by throwing Gnata back against the cage.
Gnata fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantine keeps control of Gnata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gnata tries to work over Ballantine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballantine taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Ballantine.
Ballantine presses Gnata against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gnata can't find room to land a body shot as Ballantine controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Gnata.
A bit of stalling here from Ballantine.
Gnata blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as Gnata controls his hands.
Ballantine working aggressively here.
Ballantine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gnata blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Ballantine.
Ballantine lands with a short shot to the head.
Gnata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gnata uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ballantine.
Ballantine tries to clinch up.
Gnata keeps the fight on the outside.
Ballantine stuns Gnata with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ballantine scores with a jab to the head.
Gnata throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gnata tries a head kick but it misses.
Ballantine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gnata moves out of range of the strikes.
Gnata misses with a right hand
and Ballantine counters with an outside leg kick.
Ballantine gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gnata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gnata lands an uppercut.
Gnata can't find room to land a body shot as Ballantine controls the action.
Gnata fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ballantine.
Gnata manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ballantine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gnata looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine lands with a short shot to the head.
Gnata has a couple of punches blocked by Ballantine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnie Ballantine dominated that round.
That's time! Ballantine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice cross by Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gnata.
Ballantine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gnata manages to avoid it.
Gnata swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ballantine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gnata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballantine moves away.
Ballantine throws a looping overhand right but Gnata ducks down to avoid it.
Ballantine just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gnata swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Gnata.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine stuns Gnata with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnie Ballantine is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballantine lands with a straight right. Gnata didn't see that one coming.
Ballantine cracks Gnata with an open hand slap.
Gnata swings widly with a right hand
and Ballantine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gnata throws a hook but Ballantine avoids it easily.
Ballantine scores with a body shot.
Gnata is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gnata fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ballantine. That's going to slow Gnata down.
A jab from Ballantine misses.
Gnata might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ballantine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnata is looking to chop away at Ballantine's legs.
Ballantine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ballantine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gnata. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballantine. Gnata does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ballantine misses with an uppercut. Gnata saw that one coming.
Gnata swings for the body but Ballantine moves out of range.
Ballantine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gnata can do to turn this around?
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
Gnata lands a glancing blow to the side of Ballantine's head.
Gnata takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ballantine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gnata manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ballantine throws a hook to the side of Gnata's head but Gnata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gnata misses with a double jab.
Ballantine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gnata looks to land a combination but Ballantine avoids it well.
Gnata misses the body punch
and Ballantine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ballantine lands with an uppercut that bounces Gnata off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballantine lands a big right hand that sends Gnata crashing to the mat! Ballantine stays standing though and waves Gnata back to his feet!
Gnata is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine throws a hook but Gnata blocks it.
Ballantine seems to be stalking Gnata here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Gnata drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Johnie Ballantine!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnie Ballantine thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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RATING
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