PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Conan Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mau Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Balboa
vs
Cherry

186 cm
39
139 lbs
21 - 33 - 0

168 cm
21
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 21 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mau Cherry!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Balboa misses.
A little jabbing left from Cherry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cherry lands the left hand.
Balboa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cherry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cherry keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Balboa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cherry throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balboa connects with a solid leg kick.
Balboa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Balboa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Cherry moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
Balboa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Cherry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Cherry moves out of range of the leg kick from Balboa.
Cherry lunges at Balboa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balboa's hand.
Balboa takes a swing at Cherry's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Cherry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balboa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balboa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conan Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cherry throws a body punch but Balboa moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa ducks under a wild hook from Cherry.
Balboa throws a nice inside leg kick.

Cherry moves into the clinch successfully.
Cherry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cherry stalling against the cage.
Cherry lands an uppercut.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cherry.
Cherry lands a hook that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cherry avoids it.
Cherry struggles to land a body shot inside as Balboa controls his hands.
Balboa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cherry pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cherry fails to land.
Cherry has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cherry taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cherry keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cherry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balboa staying out of range there.
Cherry misses the jab.
Cherry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balboa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cherry checks a low kick from Balboa.
A little jabbing left from Cherry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Balboa.
Cherry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balboa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balboa avoids the body shot from Cherry.
Cherry checks a leg kick.
Cherry now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Balboa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Cherry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cherry tries to work over Balboa's front leg with a kick but Balboa checks it.
Cherry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cherry checks a leg kick.
Balboa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cherry connects with a jab.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Cherry is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Balboa with a body shot.
Balboa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice cross by Cherry.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balboa.
Balboa motions for Cherry to come forward. Balboa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cherry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cherry swings for the body but Balboa moves out of range.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Balboa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Balboa feints and then cracks Cherry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cherry down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cherry, as that shot connected.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and moves out of range.
Balboa throws a leg kick

and Cherry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cherry.
Cherry has Balboa pushed against the cage.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cherry has him pressed against the cage.
Cherry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cherry keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Cherry keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Cherry to work.
Cherry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balboa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cherry is defending well for now.
Cherry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cherry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cherry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balboa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cherry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balboa scores with a leg kick.
Balboa lands a leg kick that knocks Cherry off balance momentarily.
Cherry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balboa misses with a leg kick
and Cherry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from Balboa is predictable there
and Cherry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cherry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cherry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cherry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mau Cherry will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cherry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cherry has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa letting Cherry take a breather here.
Cherry lands a hook that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.

Balboa manages to break the clinch.
Cherry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cherry checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Cherry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Conan Balboa is winning the standup battle so far.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balboa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balboa feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice shot by Cherry.
Cherry blocks a leg kick.
Cherry throws a jab when Balboa was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cherry checks the leg kick nicely there.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Balboa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Cherry pushes Balboa up against the cage in a clinch.
Cherry lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa'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.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Cherry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Cherry has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cherry avoids it.

Cherry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balboa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cherry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balboa.
Cherry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cherry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balboa.
Balboa throws a front kick aimed at Cherry's knee but Cherry avoids it well.
A low kick from Balboa is predictable there
and Cherry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cherry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cherry checks a leg kick nicely.
Cherry on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balboa. Balboa obviously looking to wear him down.
Balboa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Cherry manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cherry. Balboa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Balboa misses
and Cherry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cherry moves out of range of the leg kick from Balboa.
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!
Balboa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cherry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balboa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Balboa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A low kick from Balboa is predictable there
and Cherry counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Balboa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cherry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cherry misses with a series of wild punches.
Cherry scores with a jab. Balboa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Good work by Cherry as he checks the leg kick.
You can see that Cherry has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a front kick aimed at Cherry's knee but Cherry avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Cherry moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
As Balboa backs off Cherry throws a huge counter combo but Balboa manages to avoid it all.
An inside leg kick from Balboa misses.
Cherry checks a leg kick.
Cherry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balboa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Balboa throws a solid leg kick but Cherry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balboa.
Cherry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balboa.
Nice jab there from Balboa.
Balboa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Cherry is rocked!
Cherry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cherry is still on wobbly legs! Can Balboa finish him?
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Cherry is looking for the big counter here.
Balboa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balboa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cherry.
Cherry seems to have recovered his senses.
Cherry checks a leg kick.
Balboa moves away from the strike by Cherry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cherry is out of range and Balboa settles back down.
Cherry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry checks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balboa.
Cherry takes a swing at Balboa's ribcage but misses.
Balboa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Cherry misses.
A clash of legs there as Cherry blocks the low kick.
Cherry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balboa.
Cherry throws a body punch but Balboa moves out of range.
It looked like Balboa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cherry checks a leg kick.
Cherry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Balboa tries to land a leg kick but Cherry saw it coming and moves away.
Balboa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cherry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balboa is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Conan Balboa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Balboa. That's going to slow Cherry down.
Balboa checks the leg kick.
Cherry checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cherry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Balboa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cherry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Balboa throws a low kick but Cherry moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balboa.
Cherry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good work by Balboa as he checks the leg kick.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Cherry looks to land a right hand but Balboa moved out of range.
Cherry misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa tries to score with a low kick but Cherry moves his leg out of the way.
That kick from Balboa tenderised Cherry's leg. Cherry is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cherry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balboa was well out of range. Poor timing from Cherry.
Balboa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cherry.
Balboa misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cherry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Cherry blocks the leg kick.
Cherry looks to land a left hand but Balboa moved out of range nicely.
Balboa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balboa scores with a nice head shot.
Balboa tries to score with a low kick but Cherry moves his leg out of the way.
Cherry misses with a wild body shot.
Balboa wants to land a leg kick but Cherry is out of range.
Balboa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cherry. That did some damage!

Balboa tries to keep at a distance but Cherry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Cherry is controlling him.

Cherry breaks the clinch.
Balboa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cherry is out of range.
Cherry throws a hook but Balboa blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balboa.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Cherry moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
Balboa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balboa throwing a counter right hand but Cherry manages to avoid it.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cherry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balboa with a poor takedown
and Cherry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa throws a leg kick
and Balboa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balboa tries to score with a low kick but Cherry moves his leg out of the way.
Balboa avoids the body shot from Cherry.
Cherry throws a jab when Balboa was well out of range.
Balboa throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Cherry counter with a right hand.
Balboa misses with a right hand
letting Cherry counter with a right hand.
Balboa scores with a leg kick.
Balboa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cherry.
Cherry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balboa.
Balboa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cherry is out of range.
Cherry moves out of range of the leg kick from Balboa.
A clash of legs there as Cherry blocks the low kick.
Balboa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Balboa tries to land a leg kick but Cherry saw it coming and moves away.
Cherry digs a good hook to Balboa's body.
Balboa staying out of range there.
Balboa lands an overhand right.
Cherry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A telegraphed right hand from Cherry misses the target.
Balboa throws a leg kick
enabling Cherry to counter with a crisp jab.
Cherry checks a low kick from Balboa.
Balboa is looking to slow Cherry down with leg kicks.
Cherry swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Balboa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa staying out of range there.
Cherry throws a body shot but no joy.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Cherry manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Balboa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cherry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balboa can pounce on him.
Balboa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A leg kick checked by Cherry.
Cherry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balboa.
Cherry keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cherry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balboa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cherry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Cherry misses the target.
Cherry throws a jab when Balboa was well out of range.
Cherry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cherry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balboa manages to avoid it.
Balboa walks into a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mau Cherry.
I think Cherry 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mau Cherry!
Post fight, an emotional Mau Cherry said 'Kk' Eu poderia testar o quanto Schlemper é foda,mas eu estou afim de quebrar a cara de um coreano otário,então o campeãozinho topa me enfrentar e perder o seu Título ?'.