PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Iphone Apple (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Apple
vs
Balboa

150 cm
36
79 lbs
8 - 29 - 1

186 cm
37
139 lbs
15 - 29 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iphone Apple!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apple wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.
Apple is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balboa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Apple checks it well.
Apple wants to land a leg kick but Balboa is out of range.
Apple blocks a leg kick.
Apple looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Balboa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Apple checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Apple fires out a quick counter leg kick but Balboa just manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Balboa.
Balboa 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.
Apple throws a big counter combination but Balboa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Balboa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Apple checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Balboa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Apple on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balboa. Balboa obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apple rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balboa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balboa wants to land a leg kick but Apple is out of range.
Balboa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Apple wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa throws a front kick aimed at Apple's knee but Apple avoids it well.
Apple tries to clinch but Balboa moves out of range.
Apple wants to clinch.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Apple sees it coming and moves out of range.
Apple wants to clinch.
Balboa lands the left hand.
Apple blocks a leg kick.
Apple seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Apple closes the distance and clinches.
Apple working hard to break the clinch.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is trying to break free.
Apple jumps guard but Balboa stands there with Apple around his waist. Apple gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Apple has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Apple looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Balboa prevents the takedown attempt.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Apple is keeping busy.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Apple has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apple looking to stall.
Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Apple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apple tries to score a body lock takedown but Balboa shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iphone Apple. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Apple.
Apple avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.
Apple is trying to break the clinch but Balboa has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa managing to block the knees to the body from Apple.
Balboa working hard to break the clinch.
Apple goes for a takedown attempt but Balboa pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Conan Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Apple manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Apple with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balboa tried to score with a low kick but Apple checks it.
Balboa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balboa wants to land a leg kick but Apple is out of range.
Balboa tries a low kick but Apple avoids it.
Apple tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa connects with a crisp jab.
Apple takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Apple blocks the low kick.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Balboa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Apple checks a low kick from Balboa.
Balboa is looking to score with low kicks.
Apple shoots for a double leg takedown but Balboa sprawls well. He's pushed Apple's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Apple tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
Balboa throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Apple is fending him off so far but Balboa persists. Nope, Apple circles away and we're back to standing.
Balboa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Apple is able to avoid easily.
Apple takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Apple is trying hard to land a takedown here. Balboa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Balboa flicks out a counter leg kick but Apple steps away.
Apple tries to clinch but Balboa is having none of it.
Balboa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Balboa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa motions for Apple to come forward. Balboa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Apple doesn't manage to clinch there - Balboa circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Balboa dominated that 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.

Balboa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
Balboa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Apple checks it well.
Apple checks a low kick from Balboa.
Apple is looking to counter punch.
Balboa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Apple is out of range and Balboa settles back down.
Balboa is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Apple manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Balboa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balboa thumps Apple with a low kick.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Apple checks it.
Apple moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
Apple throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Apple tries to clinch but Balboa is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa motions for Apple to come forward. Balboa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Apple is able to avoid easily.
Balboa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Apple throws a nice outside leg kick.
Apple avoids a punch combination nicely.
Apple is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balboa shoots in for a takedown but Apple shows good takedown defense.
Apple throws a big counter combination but Balboa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Balboa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Apple is looking to clinch.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Apple throws a leg kick but Balboa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Balboa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Balboa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Apple. That did some damage!
Balboa is looking to slow Apple down with leg kicks.
Balboa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balboa tries to land a leg kick but Apple saw it coming and moves away.
As Balboa tries to get set, Apple tries to push him back and clinch up but Balboa manages to avoid the attempt.
A leg kick checked by Apple.
Balboa wants to slow Apple down by chopping away at his legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balboa, right into the meat.
Apple moves out of range of the leg kick from Balboa.
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Iphone Apple is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Apple fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa blocks a low kick nicely.
A clash of legs there as Apple blocks the low kick.
Apple looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Balboa shoots in looking for a takedown. Apple tries to sprawl out of it but Balboa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Apple manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Apple looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa darts in looking for a takedown but Apple gets double underhooks and turns Balboa into the cage.
Iphone Apple has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conan Balboa.
Apple tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Apple really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Apple throws a head kick but Balboa moves out of range.
Apple throws a sloppy head kick and Balboa moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick from Balboa misses.
Apple is looking to counter the offense by Balboa and move into the clinch.
Apple throws a head kick that misses.
Apple is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balboa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Apple is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Apple checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Apple thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Apple is looking to clinch.
Balboa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Apple will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Balboa wants to land a leg kick but Apple is out of range.
Conan Balboa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Apple fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Balboa misses.
Balboa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Apple.
Apple blocks a leg kick.
Balboa thumps Apple with a low kick.
Apple looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Apple looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A clash of legs there as Apple blocks the low kick.
Balboa throws a leg kick
and Apple cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by Apple.
Apple keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Balboa scores with a leg kick.
Apple wants to clinch.
Balboa scores with a sloppy right hand. Apple should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Apple. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Apple looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Apple misses with a low kick.
Balboa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Apple checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Apple darts in looking for a takedown but Balboa gets double underhooks and turns Apple into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Balboa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Balboa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balboa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Apple throws a low kick but Balboa avoids it.
Apple throws a shot to the body.
Balboa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balboa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Apple has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Apple and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Balboa catches Apple with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Balboa throws a low kick but Apple moves out of range easily.
Balboa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Apple fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good work by Apple as he checks the leg kick.
Apple is looking for a counter combo.
Apple tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Balboa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Apple checks a low kick from Balboa.
Apple wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
Apple needs to keep his hands up - Balboa had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Apple is rocked!
Balboa tries a low kick but Apple avoids it.
Oh Apple is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
Apple checks a leg kick.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Apple seems to have got his legs back now.
Apple tries to clinch but Balboa moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Apple blocks the low kick.
Apple misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Apple has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balboa finds it's way round the side to connect with Apple's head.
Balboa misses with a low kick as Apple jumps back.
Balboa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
Apple checks a leg kick.
Apple tries to clinch but Balboa moves out of range.
Balboa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apple moves away.
It looked like Apple was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Apple fails in his attempt to clinch.
Balboa checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apple is looking to clinch but Balboa is avoiding it.
As Apple backs off Balboa throws a huge counter combo but Apple manages to avoid it all.
Apple tried to score with a low kick but Balboa checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Apple looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Apple tries to clinch up but Balboa circles away and keeps his distance.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Balboa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Apple pinned against the cage. Apple gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Apple moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Apple checks a leg kick.
Balboa 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.
Apple tries to counter by clinching up but Balboa breaks away and moves out of range.
Balboa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Apple is able to avoid easily.
Apple tries to close the distance and clinch up but Balboa swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Apple wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.
Balboa feints a counter leg kick.
Apple swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Balboa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Balboa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Apple tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Apple tries to clinch up but Balboa circles away and keeps his distance.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Apple tries a low kick but Balboa avoids it.
Balboa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Apple misses with a low kick as Balboa jumps back.
Balboa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa throws a front kick aimed at Apple's knee but Apple avoids it well.
Apple tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balboa wants to land a leg kick but Apple is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Apple misses.
Balboa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apple fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Apple throws a leg kick that misses.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Apple manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Apple is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balboa throws a counter combo.
Apple tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Balboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balboa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Apple moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
Apple doesn't manage to clinch there - Balboa circles away.
Apple throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Conan Balboa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
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!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Apple is defended easily by Balboa.
Iphone Apple has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balboa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Apple's waist but Apple gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Balboa off to one side.
Apple seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conan Balboa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Balboa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conan Balboa!