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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vassago Ballardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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218 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
14 - 10 - 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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones connects with a body shot that sends Ballardo's belly button to the back.
Jones misses with a hook. Ballardo ducked under it nicely.
Ballardo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones's calf.
Jones tries to clinch but Ballardo is having none of it.
Ballardo throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
A slow jab from Ballardo misses its intended target.
Ballardo pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Ballardo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Ballardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ballardo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ballardo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ballardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ballardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballardo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballardo has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A shot in the inside from Ballardo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballardo.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ballardo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ballardo throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Ballardo lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Andre Jones has been cut.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballardo tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Ballardo working aggressively here.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ballardo misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo is trying to stall.
Ballardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
A short left from Ballardo.
Ballardo lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Ballardo misses with some punches.
Jones tries to work over Ballardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones lands an elbow just above Ballardo 's eye.
It looks like Vassago Ballardo has been cut.
Ballardo misses with an elbow over the top.
Ballardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ballardo lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballardo backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ballardo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Ballardo fails to land.
Ballardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ballardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Ballardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballardo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Ballardo.
Jones has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ballardo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jones can turn it around.
Jones tries to work over Ballardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Ballardo blocks an elbow strike.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Ballardo is blocking nicely.
Ballardo lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Andre Jones's cut even more.
Ballardo tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Ballardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Andre Jones's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballardo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Ballardo as the two fighters clinch.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Ballardo blocks the elbow strike.
Ballardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow just above Ballardo 's eye.
Ballardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Ballardo scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Ballardo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Andre Jones's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Andre Jones's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vassago Ballardo!
An out of breath Vassago Ballardo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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