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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and the reeper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, the reeper!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says reeper as he avoids it easily.
Balboa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around reeper's waist but reeper gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Balboa off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - reeper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
reeper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
reeper fails with the takedown
and Balboa counters with a nice double leg into side control. reeper won't be happy with that.
Balboa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Balboa advances to full mount.
Balboa misses with some ground and pound and reeper recovers position to half guard.
Balboa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Balboa is working for a kimura but reeper is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa prevents reeper from improving his position.
reeper is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
reeper manages to get to full guard.
reeper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
reeper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
reeper is working an open guard so Balboa takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
reeper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Balboa pinned against the cage. Balboa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
reeper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
reeper looks gassed!
reeper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Balboa swivels and escapes.
Balboa scores a takedown into full mount!
Balboa content just to control the position here.
reeper wants to hold on but Balboa pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa content just to control the position here.
Balboa dominating with strikes here.
Balboa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balboa raining down shots from the mount!
Balboa controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa looking to secure an arm triangle but reeper defends it well.
Balboa content just to control the position here.
reeper tries to buck Balboa off but Balboa takes his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Balboa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Balboa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Balboa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Balboa controlling from the full mount.
Balboa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Balboa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
reeper is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
reeper is breathing heavily.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
reeper is desperately trying to improve his position but Balboa has a good base and remains in mount.
Balboa looking to finish reeper with some ground and pound. This is bad for reeper!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Balboa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Balboa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Balboa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Balboa is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Balboa with a lazy takedown attempt
and reeper counters by clinching up.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but reeper won't allow it.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
reeper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balboa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Balboa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt reeper will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Balboa works to advance to full mount. reeper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Balboa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
reeper is desperately trying to improve his position but Balboa has a good base and remains in mount.
Balboa thowing shots but they're missing.
Balboa content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
reeper is looking to get to half guard.
Balboa landing punches.
Balboa controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
reeper tries to reverse the position but Balboa maintains control.
Balboa controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Balboa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Balboa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balboa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Balboa is stalling in the full guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jack Balboa just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
reeper shoots in but Balboa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jack Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
reeper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balboa shoots in and drives through. reeper sprawls well.
reeper gets the takedown into side control.
Balboa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balboa regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Balboa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, Balboa seems content to control.
Balboa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Balboa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Balboa moves nicely into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to lay and pray for a moment but reeper keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt reeper will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Balboa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Balboa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to move into full mount but can't pass reeper's legs.
reeper pushes Balboa away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Balboa gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Balboa stands up and beckons reeper to his feet.
Jack Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for reeper with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Balboa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Balboa is looking to work some ground and pound but reeper has wrist control.
Balboa trying to control but reeper is working from the bottom.
reeper has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Balboa off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Balboa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and reeper counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Balboa's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balboa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Balboa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Balboa tries to get out of the position.
Balboa trying to control the position here.
the reeper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
reeper stopping the sweep attempt from Balboa.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jack Balboa.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Balboa, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Balboa!
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RATING
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