PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mental Warrior (ranked 1137 p4p, 2464 weight class) and Sawa Balabanov (ranked 176 p4p, 353 weight class). Warrior comes to the cage accompanied by Side to Side. Mental Warrior could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sawa Balabanov's chin.

Warrior
vs
Balabanov

182 cm
20
177
4 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
181
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Brooklyn Apothecary

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mental Warrior!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sawa Balabanov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warrior lands a nice shot to the body.
Balabanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Warrior misses with a hook. Balabanov ducked under it nicely.
Balabanov misses with the combination.
Warrior bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Warrior lands a jab to Balabanov's midsection.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balabanov.
Warrior swings widly with a right hand
and Balabanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Warrior walks into a stiff left hand from Balabanov.
Warrior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balabanov.
Balabanov misses with a right hand
and Balabanov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Warrior sizes up Balabanov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warrior works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Balabanov is rocked!
Warrior circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Balabanov to the canvas! Balabanov doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Warrior keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mental Warrior!
Mental Warrior retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Mental Warrior thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.