PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keven ossland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boris Balkan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

ossland
vs
Balkan

190 cm
22
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
20
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keven ossland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Balkan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan misses with the combination.
Balkan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by ossland or perhaps it was just good defense by Balkan which made him look bad.
Balkan throws a head kick but ossland moves out of range.
Balkan throws a right and a left that ossland avoids nicely.
Balkan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balkan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balkan keeps the fight on the outside.
Balkan walks into a jab.
ossland is looking to clinch but Balkan is avoiding it.

ossland has closed the distance and engaged Balkan in a clinch.
ossland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from ossland fails to land.
ossland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
ossland swings wildly with an uppercut but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for ossland.
Balkan controlling the action here for a moment.
ossland misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from ossland.
ossland lands a nice shot to the body.
ossland misses with a short punch on the inside.
ossland working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan wants to get back to striking at distance but ossland won't allow it.
ossland throws a head punch that misses.
ossland blocks an uppercut.
Balkan content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Balkan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, ossland regains guard.
Balkan looks gassed!
ossland is pulling down on Balkan's head. It's preventing any offense from Balkan, at least for the moment.
Balkan won't allow ossland to get back to his feet.
Balkan preventing the sweep.
ossland trying to keep a closed guard but Balkan is proving a slippery customer.
ossland is looking to stand up but Balkan isn't so interested in that idea.

Balkan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
ossland moves in looking to clinch but Balkan pushes him off.
Balkan is looking to slow ossland down with leg kicks.
Balkan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balkan swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a few strikes there.
Balkan throws a sloppy head kick and ossland moves out of range easily.
ossland fails with an attempt to clinch.
ossland keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
ossland fails in his attempt to clinch.
Balkan lunges at ossland with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by ossland's hand.

It looks like Keven ossland has been cut.

ossland drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
ossland might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
ossland trying to control but Balkan is working from the bottom.
Balkan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for ossland!
Balkan working the ground and pound effectively.

Balkan is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. ossland can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
ossland is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan working ossland over with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
ossland throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Balkan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
ossland is in all sorts of trouble here.
Balkan raining down shots from the mount!
Balkan lands with some strikes.
Balkan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Balkan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balkan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balkan wants to control the pace but ossland is squirming around nicely.
ossland is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Balkan landing shots from mount.
Balkan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ossland is looking to get to half guard.
ossland taking shots to the head.
ossland is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Balkan with the ground and pound from mount.
ossland is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Balkan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ossland's face.
ossland slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
ossland looks like he's trying to stand up.
ossland taking some punishment here, with Balkan in his half guard.
Balkan working ossland over with strikes.
Balkan wants to control but ossland is keeping him busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ossland trying to control from the bottom.
Balkan controlling the action here.
ossland is trying to maintain the position but Balkan is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Boris Balkan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Keven ossland's cut.
That's time! ossland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Balkan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A head kick misses from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a wild combination.
Boris Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Balkan finds it's target.
ossland showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balkan.
ossland dodges the punch combination from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - ossland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balkan throws a right and a left that ossland avoids nicely.

ossland moves into range and clinches up with Balkan.
Balkan trying to land knees to the body.
Balkan misses with a punch on the inside.
Balkan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but ossland has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
ossland lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balkan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ossland gets underhooks to prevent Balkan's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ossland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balkan misses with a knee strike.
ossland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balkan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from ossland.
A hook to the body from ossland.
ossland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
ossland lands a body punch.
ossland throws a head punch that misses.
ossland lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balkan backwards.
ossland lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from ossland.
ossland lands with a right to the head.
ossland softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
ossland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balkan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
ossland presses Balkan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
ossland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
ossland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
ossland throws a punch but it's blocked by Balkan.
ossland misses with a punch on the inside.
Balkan lands a right hand.
ossland misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for ossland.
Balkan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from ossland.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Balkan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balkan is trying to maintain a safe position but ossland gets an underhook and turns Balkan into the cage.
A short left from ossland.
ossland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
ossland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
ossland works on Balkan's body with a couple of short punches.
Balkan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
ossland digs a right hand into Balkan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balkan's gas tank.
Balkan looking for a takedown.
A short right from ossland.
ossland pushes Balkan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ossland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
ossland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Balkan throws an elbow but misses.
ossland pushes Balkan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from ossland.
ossland lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balkan backwards.
ossland lands with a short shot to the head.
ossland lands a left hand.
ossland throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, ossland scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balkan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. ossland fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Keven ossland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Balkan.
Balkan throws a head kick but ossland moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! ossland slams his shin into Balkan's torso.
ossland blocks a head kick by Balkan.
ossland wants to clinch up but Balkan keeps it at a distance.
ossland tries to bum rush Balkan with a series of wild strikes but Balkan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Balkan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hook to the body lands for Balkan.
Balkan lands a damaging elbow.
Balkan jumps guard but ossland stands there with Balkan around his waist. Balkan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short left from ossland.
Balkan blocking some punches.
Balkan missing with knees to the body.
Balkan can't get the takedown.
ossland lands a shoulder strike.
Balkan takes a shot to the head.
Balkan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Balkan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ossland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from ossland fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Balkan scores with a nice short uppercut.
ossland prevents the takedown attempt.

Balkan lands a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now ossland is on top in guard.

Balkan pushes ossland off and gets back to his feet.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses.

ossland fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Balkan sprawls well initially but ossland persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Balkan tries to roll over but ossland keeps him under control.
ossland performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ossland thows a huge punch but Balkan dodges it nicely.

Balkan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by ossland.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keven ossland dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keven ossland's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

ossland keeps the fight on the outside.
Balkan throws a left and a right that both miss
and ossland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A right-left combo lands from ossland.
ossland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balkan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ossland tries to clinch up.
Balkan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balkan misses with a combination

and ossland counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
ossland lands a nice uppercut.
Balkan looking to slow down the pace here.
ossland lands a hook to the side of the head.
ossland cracks Balkan with a nice body shot.
ossland lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keven ossland has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from ossland on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
ossland lands a hook that snaps the head of Balkan backwards.
ossland lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, ossland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for ossland.
Balkan misses with an elbow strike.
ossland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
ossland is leaning against Balkan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ossland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balkan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. ossland avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
ossland has a couple of punches blocked by Balkan.
Balkan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but ossland is keeping busy.
ossland presses Balkan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balkan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
ossland lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balkan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Balkan looking for a takedown.
A nice left hand lands by ossland.
Balkan misses with a punch to the body.
ossland misses with a short punch on the inside.
ossland pushes Balkan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Balkan fails to pull guard.
Keven ossland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Balkan.
A right hand to the body from ossland.
ossland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balkan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
ossland lands with a right to the head.
ossland pushes Balkan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
ossland blocks a body shot from Balkan.
ossland scores with a hook to the body.
ossland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
ossland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Balkan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
ossland lands a front kick.

ossland has managed to clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan.
A right handed body shot lands from ossland.
Balkan wants a takedown but no success here.
ossland has a couple of punches blocked by Balkan.
A nice right hand lands inside from ossland.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for ossland.
Balkan looking for a takedown.
ossland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balkan taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Balkan.
Balkan takes a shot to the head.
Balkan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, ossland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
ossland lands a shoulder strike.
ossland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balkans head.
ossland blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from ossland.
Balkan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. ossland avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
ossland scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from ossland.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balkan has ossland pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. ossland manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
ossland misses with a hook from the clinch.
ossland swings wildly with an uppercut but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
ossland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
ossland takes a shot to the head.
Balkan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. ossland smiles and moves away.
Balkan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and ossland counters with a three punch combo that has Balkan backing up. Balkan nods at ossland to acknowledge the strikes.
Boris Balkan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ossland getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
ossland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balkan misses with a head kick.
Balkan keeps the fight on the outside.
ossland shoots in looking for a takedown. Balkan tries to sprawl out of it but ossland keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Balkan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
ossland doesn't manage to clinch there - Balkan circles away.
Balkan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

ossland closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Balkan to the mat! Balkan manages to get full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ossland prevents Balkan from getting back to his feet.
ossland is working Balkan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Balkan working a defensive guard here.
Balkan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balkan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
ossland trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ossland trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
ossland has a takedown stuffed.
Balkan throws a leg kick which misses ossland's front leg but catches the back leg as ossland tries to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Balkan!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

ossland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Balkan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. ossland avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Balkan is trying to drag ossland to the mat but ossland just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Balkan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keven ossland showed his dominance in that final round.
I think ossland has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keven ossland!