PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamza Demirovic (ranked 4663 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blue Ball (ranked 4773 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.

Demirovic
vs
Ball

191 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hamza Demirovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blue Ball!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ball misses with a kick to the body
and Demirovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Demirovic stuffs the takedown.
Ball shoots in for a takedown but Demirovic shows good takedown defense.
Demirovic lands a nice shot that snaps Ball's head back.

Demirovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Demirovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Demirovic fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demirovic.
Ball can't get the takedown.
Hamza Demirovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blue Ball.
Demirovic tries a body shot but Ball blocks it.
Demirovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ball lands a shoulder strike.
Demirovic misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ball blocks an uppercut.
Demirovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ball's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Demirovic as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Demirovic fails to land.
Demirovic tries a body shot but Ball blocks it.
Ball blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball trying to stall but Demirovic improves his position.
Ball blocks an uppercut.
Demirovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Ball jumps guard and drags Demirovic to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Demirovic's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ball working a defensive guard but Demirovic passes into half guard.
Demirovic passes to side control.
Ball is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ball manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ball can do anything to dispel that myth.
Demirovic moves into full mount! Ball won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demirovic is looking to work his way around to Ball's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Ball tries to reverse the position but Demirovic maintains control.
Demirovic controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ball keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Demirovic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ball can't escape the position.
Demirovic looking to control and managing it successfully.
Demirovic prevents Ball from getting the reversal.
Demirovic controlling the position easily from mount.
Ball is controlling an arm, preventing Demirovic from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demirovic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Demirovic continues to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ball is squirming around, avoiding Demirovic's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamza Demirovic dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ball wants to clinch but Demirovic slips to the side
and Demirovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Demirovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Demirovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ball is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Ball breaks from the clinch.

Demirovic darts in and clinches Ball up against the cage.
Ball blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demirovic misses with the head strike.
Ball blocks an uppercut.
Demirovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Demirovic.
Demirovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demirovic misses with a hook from the clinch.

Ball pulls guard successfully.

Ball looking for subs off his back but Demirovic has passed one foot through into half guard.
Demirovic wants to pass the guard but Ball is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demirovic is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Demirovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ball can do to turn this around?
Ball trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Demirovic controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ball is looking to get to half guard.
Demirovic avoids the attempt from Ball to control.
Demirovic controlling his opponent.
Demirovic has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demirovic seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ball is holding on tight.
Ball tries to control Demirovic's body but Demirovic pushes him off. Ball squirms to his side and now Demirovic has his back!
Demirovic biding his time, controlling Ball.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Demirovic avoiding Ball 's attempts to control his hands.
Demirovic just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ball is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamza Demirovic dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Demirovic moves in looking to clinch but Ball pushes him off.
Jab from Demirovic.
Ball darts in trying to clinch
and Demirovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Demirovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Ball swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Demirovic moves into the clinch.
Ball blocks a body shot from Demirovic.
Ball prevents a body shot from Demirovic.
Ball blocking some punches.
Ball prevents a body shot from Demirovic.
Demirovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demirovic misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ball.
Ball blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ball wants to take the fight to the mat but Demirovic manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Demirovic misses with a punch to the body.
Demirovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ball decides to pull guard.
Ball keeping full guard, as Demirovic tries to pass.
Demirovic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ball has control of Demirovic's left arm, preventing Demirovic from doing any damage.
Demirovic looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ball is pulling down on Demirovic's head. It's preventing any offense from Demirovic, at least for the moment.
Demirovic looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Demirovic slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demirovic stops Ball from getting back to his feet.
Demirovic takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Demirovic trying to mount his opponent but Ball defends it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ball moves away from the strike by Demirovic.
Good exchange - Demirovic coming out on top.

Ball gets tackled into the cage by Demirovic. Demirovic maintains the clinch.
Ball working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Hamza Demirovic has been cut.
Ball is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ball blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ball blocks an uppercut.

Ball escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hamza Demirovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demirovic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Demirovic.
Ball throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ball moves forwards but Demirovic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Demirovic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Demirovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Demirovic wants it to stay on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demirovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Demirovic has managed to clinch.

Ball manages to pull guard.

Ball throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Demirovic escapes and throws Ball's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Ball is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Blue Ball has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Demirovic remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hamza Demirovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Demirovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamza Demirovic!