PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Larry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Urai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urai comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sever the Wicked kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Balls
vs
Urai

180 cm
35
164 lbs
30 - 9 - 1

174 cm
27
170 lbs
13 - 5 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Larry Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 2, fighting out of London, Sam Urai!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Urai thumps Balls with a low kick.
Balls walks into a left hand.
Balls moves out of range of the body kick.
Urai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Some bone on bone action there as Balls checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Balls misses the target.
Balls slaps away a takedown attempt from Urai, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Balls fires out a quick counter leg kick but Urai just manages to avoid it.
Urai slips under a jab from Balls.
Balls fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Urai.
Balls lands with a right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Urai scores with a punch to the head.
Urai cracks Balls with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sam Urai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls is looking to score with low kicks.
Balls lands with a cross.
Urai attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Urai tests Balls's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balls throws the kick towards the body but Urai avoids it.
Urai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Urai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balls.
Urai swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Balls connects with the punch.
Good exchange - Balls coming out on top.
Balls dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Urai. That did some damage!
Urai misses with an uppercut.
Balls is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Urai.
Urai swings for the body but Balls moves out of range.
Urai connects with a solid leg kick.
Balls misses with an attempted mid kick.
Balls misses with a wild body shot.

Urai clinches.
Balls tries a body shot but Urai blocks it.
Balls struggles to land a body shot inside as Urai controls his hands.
Balls swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Urai lands an elbow inside.
Balls lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Urai backwards.
Urai lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balls working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Urai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balls tries to throw a body punch but Urai avoids it by throwing Balls back against the cage.
Balls lands with a left to the head.
Urai is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Urai trying to land knees to the body.
Urai prevents a body shot from Balls.
Urai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balls blocks it with crossed arms.
Balls tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urai's elbow.
Urai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Urai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Balls digs a right hand underneath Urai's ribcage. Urai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Urai is looking to control Balls's arms but Balls gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urai has his back to the cage.
Urai is working Balls over against the cage.
Balls misses with the head strike.
Urai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balls lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Balls misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Balls.
Urai tries to throw a body punch but Balls avoids it by throwing Urai back against the cage.
Urai lands a nice elbow.
Balls misses with some punches.
Balls tries to circle away but Urai has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balls.
Urai blocking some punches.
Urai tries a knee to the head but Balls blocks it.
Balls tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Urai looking to throw knees to the head but Balls is blocking nicely.
Balls softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balls lands a left hand that snaps the head of Urai backwards.
Balls throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Balls lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Urai.
The referee calls for Balls to work.
Balls avoiding damage as Urai throws knees to the body.
Balls is trying to break the clinch but Urai is controlling him.
Urai lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Larry Balls has been cut.
Urai misses with a body punch.
Balls scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Balls lands a body shot.
Urai lands a left hand.
Balls tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urai's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Urai throws an elbow but misses.
Urai misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Balls breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urai throws a body shot but no joy.
Urai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Urai misses with a hook.
Balls scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Urai scores with a jab to the body.
Balls tries to move into range but Urai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A low kick from Balls misses
and Urai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Balls tries to land a front kick but Urai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Balls takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Urai keeps Balls at a distance using the push kick.
Balls tries to land a front kick but Urai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Balls scores with a jab. Urai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balls misses with a straight right.
Urai tries to score with a low kick but Balls moves his leg out of the way.
Urai is looking to land body kicks.
Urai throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Urai misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sam Urai will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Larry Balls's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Balls is looking to land body kicks.
Balls throws a wild body kick that Urai sees coming a mile off.
Balls throws a jab but it's blocked by Urai.
Balls blocks a jab.
Balls misses with a low kick.
Urai throws a combination. Balls tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Urai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sloppy strikes from Urai. Those never looked like landing.
Urai throws a front kick that sends Balls stumbling back into the cage.
Urai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balls was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Urai tries to work over Balls's front leg with a kick but Balls checks it.
Urai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little feinted left hand from Balls on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Urai takes a swing at Balls's ribcage but misses.
Urai scores with a one two! Balls had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urai dips to his left and cracks Balls with an uppercut!
Balls looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Urai ducks under a wild hook from Balls.
A big left from Urai misses.
Balls just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balls. Balls obviously looking to wear him down.
Balls throws the left hand but Urai avoids the punch easily.
Balls ducks under a wild hook from Urai.
Balls feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Urai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balls.
Urai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balls.
Urai throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Urai misses with a hook.
Larry Balls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Urai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Balls with a body shot.
Balls misses with an uppercut. Urai saw that one coming.
Balls keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balls uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urai.
Urai tries a head kick but it misses.
Urai swings widly with a right hand
and Urai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sam Urai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balls rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Urai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Balls.
Balls tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Urai manages to circle out of the way.
Urai moves away from the strike by Balls.
Urai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Urai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balls looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urai misses with an uppercut. Balls saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urai throws a jab but it's blocked by Balls.
Urai misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balls.
Urai avoids a kick to the body.
Balls avoids the body shot from Urai.
Urai moves out of range of the leg kick from Balls.
Balls looks to land a right hand but Urai moved out of range.
Urai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Balls loads up on a big right hand but Urai slips the punch.
Balls avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balls dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balls tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urai was well out of range. Poor timing from Balls.
Urai blocks the body kick.
Urai misses with a hook.
A nice combination there by Urai.
A nice leg kick lands there from Urai.
Urai misses with a looping left.
Balls is looking to counter punch.
A combination from Urai does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls connects with an inside leg kick.
Balls will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Balls closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The referee calls for Urai to work.
Balls swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Urai prevents a body shot from Balls.
Balls lands a body shot.
Balls tries a body shot but Urai blocks it.
Urai works on Balls's body with a couple of short punches.
Balls lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Urai tries to stall but Balls uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Balls takes an elbow to the forehead.
Balls swings wildly with an uppercut but Urai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balls misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Urai looking to slow down the pace here.
Balls scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urai throws a head punch that misses.
Balls tries to throw a body punch but Urai avoids it by throwing Balls back against the cage.
Urai lands an uppercut.
Balls lands a body shot in the clinch.
Urai misses with some punches.
Urai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larry Balls has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Balls working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urai is struggling to control the position.
Balls tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urai's elbow.
Urai tries a knee to the head but Balls blocks it.
Balls tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Urai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balls's brow.
Balls lands a left hand.
Balls presses Urai against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Urai is breathing heavily.
Urai takes a shot to the head.
Urai being controlled against the cage.
Balls lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sam Urai will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Larry Balls's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Balls throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balls.
Urai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Balls takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balls wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balls tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Urai is able to avoid easily.
Balls lands a nice looking body kick.
Urai throws an overhand right that lands on Balls's shoulder, as Balls tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Urai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balls looks to land a left hand but Urai moved out of range nicely.
Urai misses the shot to the body.
Balls half committed to a counter leg kick.
Balls lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urai slips a jab from Balls.
Urai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urai throws a head kick but Balls moves out of range.
Urai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Balls misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Urai let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A slow jab from Balls misses its intended target.
Urai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urai has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balls.
Balls misses the shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Balls.
Urai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balls circles away quickly and effectively.
Balls swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Urai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Balls thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balls takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balls lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Urai.
Urai misses with a wild body shot.
Urai throws a body shot but no joy.
Balls tried to counter with a leg kick but Urai avoided it.
Balls keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balls dodges the punch combination from Urai.
Larry Balls has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Urai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls ducks under a wild hook from Urai.
Urai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Urai tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Balls is able to avoid easily.
Urai fakes the leg kick and cracks Balls in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urai thumps Balls with a low kick.
Urai ducks under a wild hook from Balls.
Balls thows a body kick. Urai tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Urai tries to move into range but Balls moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Sam Urai has been cut.
Balls takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Balls thows a body kick. Urai tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Urai checks the leg kick nicely there.
Balls throws out a loose jab but Urai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balls throws a low kick, looking for Urai's leg but Urai calmly moves out of range.
Urai misses with the combination.
Balls missing with a left hand there. Urai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Urai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balls wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Balls.
Balls scoring well with a low kick there.
Urai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Balls lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Urai misses with a body shot
and Balls counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Balls.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balls looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Urai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Urai turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balls fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Urai gets the takedown into side control.
Urai is looking to take a break and control but Balls is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urai is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Balls showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Urai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Urai!
A relieved looking Sam Urai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Larry Balls had this to say: 'Hey, fuck you.'.