PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacek Balnowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Alastair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alastair has chosen Look At Me Now by Chris Brown as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Balnowski
vs
Alastair

198 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacek Balnowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Alastair!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balnowski slips a jab and a cross from Alastair.
Alastair swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Balnowski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Balnowski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alastair's head.
Balnowski distracts Alastair with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alastair striking off his back but it's not causing Balnowski any problems.
Balnowski chips away with some ground and pound.
Balnowski passes Alastair's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Balnowski uses his free foot to push down on Alastair's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alastair.
Balnowski fails to move to back control.
Balnowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Balnowski wants to control the pace but Alastair is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alastair is in a horrible position here. Balnowski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Balnowski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Alastair can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Balnowski controlling the position easily from mount.
Balnowski landing shots from mount.
Alastair is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Alastair looks winded!
Balnowski landing shots from mount.

Alastair is rocked!
Balnowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alastair is still in real trouble! Can Balnowski finish him?
Balnowski landing strikes from the mount.
Balnowski controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balnowski postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Alastair badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Balnowski around the waist but Balnowski pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Balnowski is the winner by TKO! Balnowski jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacek Balnowski!
Michael Alastair was interviewed post fight and said 'I'd like to thank my fans for their support!'.