PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ballarat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ballarat
vs
Madison

179 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
169 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Ballarat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Madison!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Skip Squint and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballarat keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Danga de danga de dang - Ballarat scores with a four punch combination!
Ballarat misses with a low kick.
Ballarat slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ballarat misses with a two punch combination.
Madison blocks a leg kick.
Ballarat throws a series of strikes that have Madison backpedaling.
Ballarat sizes up Madison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ballarat throws a combination. Madison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ballarat fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ballarat feints a jab promting Madison to slip. Ballarat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Madison slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A punch combination from Ballarat misses.
Jack Ballarat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madison darts in looking for a takedown but Ballarat gets double underhooks and turns Madison into the cage.
Madison changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ballarat fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jack Ballarat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Madison.
Madison dives in and grabs Ballarat's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ballarat pushes down on Madison's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Ballarat scores with a four punch combination!
Ballarat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ballarat uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ballarat works the jab nicely.
Madison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ballarat pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Madison back to the cage. Ballarat follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ballarat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ballarat throws a leg kick but Madison sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ballarat lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Madison backs up against the cage.
Ballarat stuffs the takedown.
Madison looks winded!
Ballarat misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballarat lands a two punch combo.
Ballarat scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Madison doesn't seem bothered though.
Ballarat fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Madison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ballarat lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Madison darts in looking for a takedown but Ballarat gets double underhooks and turns Madison into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ballarat is trying to break the clinch but Madison is controlling him.
Ballarat is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Madison is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ballarat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Madison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ballarat's efforts to push away.
Madison wants to take the fight to the mat but Ballarat manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballarat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Madison has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ballarat is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Madison is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ballarat is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Madison.
Ballarat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Madison has Ballarat pressed against the cage, preventing Ballarat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Madison is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ballarat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ballarat manages to break the clinch.
Jack Ballarat is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ballarat's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ballarat duly obliges.
Ballarat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ballarat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ballarat shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Madison eats them both and turns towards Ballarat to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've been informed that Madison has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Madison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ballarat but Ballarat pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ballarat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ballarat shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Madison eats them both and turns towards Ballarat to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madison shoots in and drives through. Ballarat sprawls well.
Ballarat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ballarat lands a jab-cross combination.
Madison throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ballarat's waist but Ballarat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Madison off to one side.
Ballarat pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Madison back to the cage. Ballarat follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ballarat looks to land a combination but Madison avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madison with a poor takedown
and Ballarat counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Madison fails with a takedown attempt.
Ballarat scores with a one two! Madison had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballarat slaps away a takedown attempt from Madison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Ballarat dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ballarat lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Madison backs up against the cage.
Ballarat throws a one two combo.
A left and a right from Ballarat both land. Nice combination.
Ballarat does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ballarat's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ballarat duly obliges.
Madison looks for a takedown but Ballarat sprawls well.
Ballarat defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Madison.
Ballarat slaps away a takedown attempt from Madison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jack Ballarat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Madison.
Ballarat fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Madison checks it well.
Ballarat lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ballarat.
Madison goes for a double leg but Ballarat avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ballarat continues to drive forward.
Madison is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballarat prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ballarat working hard to break the clinch.

Ballarat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ballarat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jack Ballarat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ballarat looks to land a combination. Madison sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ballarat feints a jab promting Madison to slip. Ballarat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Madison slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ballarat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ballarat scores with a jab. Madison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Ballarat there.
Madison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ballarat avoids it really well and circles away.
Ballarat throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ballarat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ballarat.
Ballarat lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Madison circles away quickly and effectively.
Ballarat misses with a few strikes there.
Ballarat throws a jab when Madison was well out of range.
Madison shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ballarat as he jumps to the side.
Ballarat scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ballarat tries a head kick but it misses.
Madison has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ballarat scores with a hook to the body. Madison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ballarat lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Madison backs up against the cage.
Ballarat throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ballarat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ballarat tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ballarat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ballarat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Madison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Madison shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
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.

Madison is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Ballarat to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madison thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Madison drops back looking for a leg! Ballarat is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ballarat manages to kick Madison off! Madison jumps back into Ballarat's guard.

Madison is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Ballarat dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Ballarat.
A punch combination from Ballarat misses.
Ballarat displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Madison.
Ballarat throws a combination. Madison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ballarat connects with a body shot.
Ballarat lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ballarat.
Ballarat stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Ballarat both land. Nice combination.
Ballarat looks to land a combination. Madison sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ballarat goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballarat lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ballarat with a nice cross.
Madison shoots in looking for a takedown. Ballarat tries to sprawl out of it but Madison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ballarat manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jack Ballarat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Madison.
Ballarat feints a jab promting Madison to slip. Ballarat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Madison slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ballarat with a nice cross.
Madison slips a jab and a cross from Ballarat.
Ballarat is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ballarat leaves Madison with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ballarat throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ballarat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Madison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ballarat lands with a right hand.
Ballarat misses with a two punch combination.
Ballarat misses with the combination.
Ballarat misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Madison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jab, jab by Ballarat - just one landing.
Madison blocks a leg kick.
Madison tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ballarat swivels and escapes.
A shot to the liver by Ballarat. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ballarat works over Madison's head and body with a nice combination.
Ballarat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Madison shoots in looking for a takedown. Ballarat tries to sprawl out of it but Madison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ballarat manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ballarat closes the distance and lands a one-two.
No luck for Madison with that takedown attempt.
Madison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Madison shoots in and drives through. Ballarat sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballarat lands a jab-cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ballarat!
Ballarat scores with a one two! Madison had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Madison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Madison has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Madison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ballarat lands a glancing blow to the side of Madison's head.
Ballarat lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Madison circles away quickly and effectively.
Ballarat sizes up Madison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ballarat throws a series of strikes that have Madison backpedaling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ballarat avoids it really well and circles away.
Madison blocks a head kick by Ballarat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Ballarat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ballarat, 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Ballarat!