PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tane Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen it was over as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tane Thompson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ballantine
vs
Thompson

178 cm
23
181 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

176 cm
24
173 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Resistance
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tane Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with the combination.
A big right from Ballantine misses.
Ballantine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ballantine lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ballantine.
Thompson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ballantine moves out of range of the body kick from Thompson.
Wayne Ballantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballantine slips under a jab from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Ballantine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ballantine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ballantine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thompson slips under a jab from Ballantine.
Ballantine just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine lands with an uppercut that bounces Thompson off the cage and back into rage.
Ballantine wants to clinch.
Ballantine connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine ducks right into an uppercut from Thompson.
Ballantine misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballantine. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thompson lands a nice looking body shot.
Thompson fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballantine moves away.
Ballantine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ballantine misses with an uppercut.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but Ballantine moved out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thompson.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Ballantine's shoulder, as Ballantine tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Ballantine tries to clinch up but Thompson circles away and keeps his distance.
Thompson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ballantine missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Ballantine clinches with his opponent.
Ballantine tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Ballantine back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ballantine is keeping busy.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballantine tries a body shot but Thompson blocks it.
Ballantine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantine managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Ballantine.
Ballantine controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ballantine.
Thompson controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine pushes Thompson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballantine lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ballantine prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballantine's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ballantine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballantine is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Thompson jumps guard but Ballantine stands there with Thompson around his waist. Thompson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ballantine tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Ballantine's head.
Ballantine digs a right hand into Thompson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thompson's gas tank.
Thompson looks gassed!
Ballantine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Ballantine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballantine is working Thompson over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ballantine.
A right hand to the body from Ballantine.
Ballantine lands with a light punch inside.
Ballantine cracks Thompson with a nice body shot.
Ballantine lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Ballantine.
Ballantine taking a breather.
Ballantine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ballantine - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Ballantine.
Ballantine lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ballantine cracks Thompson with a nice body shot.
A short right from Ballantine.
Ballantine lands a body shot.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Ballantine.
Ballantine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ballantine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Ballantine as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Ballantine dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ballantine fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No joy there for Thompson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
A cross from Ballantine lands.
Ballantine misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ballantine wants to clinch.
Thompson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ballantine throws a body punch but Thompson moves out of range.

Ballantine drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ballantine tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ballantine works his way to full guard. Good work.
Thompson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Thompson won't allow Ballantine to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ballantine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thompson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is working to get back to half guard.
Ballantine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thompson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thompson tries to hold on but Ballantine postures up.
Thompson is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ballantine takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thompson because Ballantine loaded up on that one.
Thompson can't escape the position.
Thompson tries to hold on but Ballantine postures up.
Ballantine dominating with strikes here.
Thompson tries to reverse the position but Ballantine maintains control.
Ballantine scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ballantine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Ballantine avoids the attempt from Thompson to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Ballantine connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Ballantine dominating with strikes here.
Ballantine unloading with bombs!
Ballantine landing punches.

Thompson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ballantine postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Thompson badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Ballantine around the waist but Ballantine pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Ballantine is the winner by TKO! Ballantine jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Ballantine!