PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ej Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ej Balingit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yu
vs
Balingit

195 cm
36
255 lbs
21 - 26 - 0

205 cm
37
290 lbs
37 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Project Mayhem

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 21 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ej Balingit!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu misses with a few strikes there.
Yu connects with the punch.
Yu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balingit.
Yu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balingit moves out of range of the strikes.
Yu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Korea Elite MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Yu swings widly with a right hand

and Balingit holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yu throws an elbow that misses.
Balingit with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jack Yu has been cut.
Balingit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balingit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yu is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balingit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Balingit - that landed with a thud.
Balingit with a knee to the head.
Balingit crunches a lovely knee into Yu's ribcage.

Balingit drops Yu with a big knee straight up the middle! Yu is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Yu is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Balingit ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Yu clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ej Balingit!
During a confident post fight interview, Ej Balingit thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.