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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Balis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balis comes to the cage accompanied by Still Unbroken. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Balis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Foster!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Foster has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Balis wants to get back to striking at distance but Foster won't allow it.
Foster prevents Balis from breaking the clinch.
Balis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Foster prevents a takedown attempt there.
Balis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Foster drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Balis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
John Balis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Foster.
Foster lands a takedown into guard.
Balis wants to stand up but Foster is controlling him.
Balis manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Balis throws a head kick that misses.
Foster slips a jab and a cross from Balis.
Balis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Foster circles away.
Balis moves into the clinch successfully.
Foster drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Horrible takedown by Balis or perhaps it was just good defense by Foster which made him look bad.
Balis is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balis is fending him off so far but Foster persists. Nope, Balis circles away and we're back to standing.
Foster fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Balis sprawls well initially but Foster persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Foster looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Balis has hold of Foster's hands but Foster slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Balis gets back to full guard.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
Foster lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Foster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Foster lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Foster cracks Balis with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balis wants to sweep but no luck.
Foster passes Balis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balis has hold of Foster's hands but Foster slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Foster there.
Balis is trying to stand back up but Foster is controlling him
Foster prevents Balis from improving his position.
Foster tries to pass to full mount but Balis defends it.
Foster scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Foster looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Balis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Foster scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foster prevents Balis from improving his position.
Balis looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster working Balis over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Foster.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Foster lands a nice short elbow.
Foster scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Foster slips a nice elbow through Balis's hands, connecting with Balis's forehead.
Balis wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Balis misses with a takedown attempt
and Foster counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Balis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Foster is working Balis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Foster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Foster lands a couple of digs.
Balis is looking to stand up but Foster isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balis wants to sweep but no luck.
Balis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Foster is controlling him.
Balis wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Foster shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Foster was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foster breaks from Balis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Foster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balis is working to get back to half guard.
Balis really wants to buck Foster off and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foster landing strikes from the mount and Balis is in trouble!
Balis regains half guard.
Balis tries to kick Foster off but Foster keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Foster dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Balis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Foster circles away quickly and effectively.
Balis doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Foster counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Foster postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
Balis has momentary wrist control but Foster slips an elbow through the middle.
Foster distracts Balis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Balis controls Foster momentarily but Foster frees himself.
Foster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Foster works over Balis with some ground and pound from guard.
Foster is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Foster postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Balis wants to stand but Foster is controlling the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Foster shoots in and bounces Balis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Foster working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Balis's head.
Foster working some strikes from top position.
Foster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Balis is looking to stand up but Foster isn't so interested in that idea.
Foster landing with the ground and pound.
Foster working some strikes from top position.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balis wants to clinch but Foster slips to the side
and Foster counters with a single leg into guard. Balis didn't expect that.
Balis working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balis wants to get back to his feet but Foster is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Balis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Foster cracks Balis with a solid left hand.
Foster lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Balis throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Balis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Foster content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Balis tries to clinch up.
Balis stuffs the takedown attempt from Foster. Foster gets slowly back to his feet.
Foster darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foster working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster stops Balis from getting back to his feet.
Balis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Foster scores with a couple of nice shots.
Foster prevents Balis from standing back up.
Foster blocks the strikes from Balis.
James Foster has got the better of the ground game so far.
Foster uses his free foot to push down on Balis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Balis.
Foster scoring with strikes but Balis is staying in there.
Foster lands a heavy elbow.
Foster lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balis hang on?
The referee warns Balis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Foster working Balis over with strikes here.
Foster lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Foster working Balis over with strikes here.
Foster with a couple of short strikes.
Foster lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balis's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Foster landing punches.
Foster looking to finish Balis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balis!
Foster postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Balis looks a forlorn figure.
Foster lands a big elbow.
Balis wants to try and get back to his feet.
Balis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Foster is landing with some decent strikes but Balis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foster landing strikes, looking to finish!
Foster with shots to the head and body - Balis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Foster with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Foster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A combination from Balis does no damage.
Foster shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Balis as he avoids it easily.
Balis wants to clinch
and Foster decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Balis's guard.
Balis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Foster cracks Balis with a solid left hand.
Balis is looking to stand up but Foster isn't so interested in that idea.
Foster lands a couple of digs.
Foster postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Foster works over Balis with some ground and pound from guard.
Balis wants to stand up but Foster is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Foster is in close to Balis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Balis throws a right hand that Foster ducks under and follows up with a left that Foster also avoids with ease.
Balis wants to clinch
and Foster counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Foster.
Foster stands up over Balis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Balis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Foster lands a couple of elbows.
Foster won't allow Balis to get back to his feet.
Foster postures up and lands a big shot to Balis's brow.
Foster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Foster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Foster keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Balis's head.
Foster lands a couple of elbows.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Balis tries to clinch but Foster moves away
so Foster counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foster keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Balis's head.
Foster lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster is working Balis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
Foster is in close to Balis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Foster is working Balis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Balis wants to sweep here but Foster controlling him for the moment.
Foster is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Balis scores with a punch to the head.
Foster fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Foster circles away from the clinch attempt
and Foster counters with a single leg into guard. Balis didn't expect that.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Foster works over Balis with some ground and pound from guard.
Balis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Foster scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balis tries to clinch
and Foster counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Foster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Foster with a nice head shot there.
James Foster is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Foster is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Foster is one step ahead there.
Balis wriggles free and stands up.
Foster fails with the takedown.
John Balis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Foster.
Foster looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
John Balis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foster's corner is telling him to maintain position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Balis has momentary wrist control but Foster slips an elbow through the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Foster comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Foster winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Foster!
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hype
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FIGHT
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