PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bret Ireland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josef Balin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ireland
vs
Balin

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bret Ireland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Josef Balin!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Balin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ireland misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ireland tries to keep at a distance but Balin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Balin pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Balin prevents a body shot from Ireland.
Balin holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Balin lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Balin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ireland looks to land a body kick but Balin moved away.
Ireland throws a sloppy head kick
and Balin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Balin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ireland jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Balin walks away with a smile on his face. Ireland gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Balin moves into the clinch.
Balin scores with a nice hook to the head.

Balin manages to break the clinch.
A left lands for Balin.

Balin moves into range and clinches up with Ireland.
Balin presses Ireland against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Balin.
Ireland is breathing heavily.

Balin breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right handed body shot lands from Balin.
Balin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Balin controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Balin manages to break the clinch.

Balin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Balin is stalling here.
Balin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balin as Ireland tries to tie him up.
A shot in the inside from Balin.
Balin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Balin.
Balin lands a body punch.
Balin is working Ireland over against the ropes.
Balin stalling against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Balin breaks the clinch.

Balin clinches with his opponent.
Balin lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Balin.
Balin slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Balin on the inside.
Good body shot from Balin.
Balin lands a right hand.
Balin presses Ireland against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ireland tries to break the clinch but Balin is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Balin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Balin - that landed with a thud.
Balin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Balin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ireland backwards.
Balin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Balin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Balin.
Balin lands a body shot.
Balin lands a hook that snaps the head of Ireland backwards.
Balin lands a body punch.
Balin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ireland backwards.

Ireland is rocked!
Balin cracks Ireland with a nice body shot.

Balin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Balin instigates a clinch.
Balin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Balin lands a shot to the body.
Balin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Ireland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Balin presses Ireland against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Balin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Balin has Ireland up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ireland seems to have got his legs back now.

Balin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Balin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Balin - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balin.
A short left from Balin.
Balin pushes Ireland against the ropes. Balin is working some dirty boxing. Balin pushes off with a quick right hook! Ireland goes down! Ireland tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Balin moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josef Balin!