PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Depie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kcim Balam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Depie
vs
Balam

168 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Depie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kcim Balam!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Depie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Balam's waist but Balam gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Depie off to one side.
Balam wants to counter with a clinch but Depie pushes him away.
Nice sprawl there from Balam as Depie shoots in.
Balam tries to counter with a clinch but Depie shakes him off and moves away.
Depie is looking to clinch.
Balam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Depie.
Depie fails with a takedown attempt.
Balam is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Depie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Depie fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balam is looking to chop away at Depie's legs.
Depie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Balam decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Depie's guard.
Depie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Balam scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Depie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Balam on the ground.
Balam passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Balam moves into full mount!
Balam landing punches.
Balam with good strikes from the mount here!
Balam lands a nice shot to the head.
Balam landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balam with a couple of short strikes.
Balam lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Balam lands a heavy elbow.

Depie is rocked!
Balam loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Depie scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Balam land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Balam stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kcim Balam!
A victorious Kcim Balam thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.