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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biff Biffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Biffman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bike. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Ballantine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biff Biffman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantine throws a jab when Biffman was well out of range.
Biffman thumps Ballantine with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Biffman.
Biffman throws an overhand right that lands on Ballantine's shoulder, as Ballantine tries to avoid the shot.
Biffman cracks Ballantine with an open hand slap.
Biffman misses with an uppercut. Ballantine saw that one coming.
Biffman tries a head kick but it misses.
Biffman missing with a left hand there. Ballantine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Biffman loads up on a big right hand but Ballantine slips the punch.
Ballantine wants to clinch.
Ballantine misses with the combination.
Ballantine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Biffman.
Ballantine lands a with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ballantine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Biffman.
Ballantine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ballantine closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine has hold of one of Biffman's legs. Biffman is fighting the takedown attempt but Ballantine gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
Ballantine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Biffman is keeping the position for now.
Ballantine trying to control but Biffman is working from the bottom.
Ballantine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ballantine chips away with some ground and pound.
Ballantine wants to control from the top but Biffman keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
Ballantine's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
Ballantine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ballantine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ballantine throws a big right hand that misses.
Ballantine preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine wants to pass the guard but Biffman is keeping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ballantine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Biffman throws a combination that misses
and Ballantine decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Biffman's guard.
Biffman has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ballantine has passed into side control.
Ballantine tries to advance to mount but can't.
Biffman trying to remain calm as Ballantine controls from the top position.
Biffman regains half guard.
Biffman is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine seems to be looking for submissions.
Biffman is staying active underneath Ballantine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Biffman wants to get back to his feet.
Biffman is staying active underneath Ballantine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Biffman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ballantine.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ballantine content to control rather than advance.
Ballantine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Ballantine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Biffman tests Ballantine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Biffman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Biffman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ballantine.
Ballantine ducks under a wild hook from Biffman.
Biffman throws a head kick but Ballantine moves out of range.
Ballantine moves into the clinch.
Biffman is trying to break free.
Biffman has had enough of the clinch but Ballantine keeps him there for the moment.
Ballantine prevents Biffman from breaking the clinch.
Biffman breaks from the clinch.
Ballantine cracks Biffman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballantine misses with a takedown attempt - Biffman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Biffman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Biffman takes a swing at Ballantine's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Ballantine does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biffman throws a shot from downtown. Ballantine moves away and avoids it.
Biff Biffman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ballantine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Biffman to score with a decent uppercut.
Ballantine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Biffman tries a head kick but it misses.
Biffman scores with a jab to the body.
Biffman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Biffman is breathing heavily.
Biffman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Biffman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Biffman misses with a few strikes there.
Ballantine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ballantine lands with a hook. Biffman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ballantine shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ballantine was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Biffman regains half guard.
Biffman is refusing to be controlled, as Ballantine sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Biffman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Biffman trying to control from the bottom.
Ballantine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ballantine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ballantine wants to pass the guard but Biffman is defending well.
Ballantine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biffman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ballantine trying to mount his opponent but Biffman defends it.
Ballantine is working hard here to advance position.
Ballantine is just content to waste time from the top position. Biffman takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ballantine tries to free his leg and advance position but Biffman is retaining full guard.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ballantine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Biffman is keeping the position for now.
Ballantine trying to control the position from guard on top but Biffman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ballantine throws a solid leg kick but Biffman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a low kick.
Ballantine misses with a looping left.
Wayne Ballantine is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballantine shoots in but Biffman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Biffman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ballantine.
Ballantine throws out a powerful jab.
Ballantine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Ballantine dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ballantine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ballantine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Biffman circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Ballantine misses.
Ballantine ducks under a wild hook from Biffman.
Ballantine wants to clinch up but Biffman keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Biffman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ballantine changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Biffman looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Biffman tries to escape but Ballantine is in control.
Ballantine fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Biffman is trying to improve his position.
Ballantine trying to control the action but Biffman is working from the bottom.
Ballantine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Biffman is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ballantine tries to move into full mount but can't pass Biffman's legs.
Ballantine working the body and head with strikes.
Ballantine misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ballantine lands a decent elbow from side control.
Biffman is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ballantine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Biffman's head.
Biffman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Biffman is not content to let Ballantine control the position.
Ballantine is just content to waste time from the top position. Biffman takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
Ballantine with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ballantine postures up in Biffman's guard and throws a big left but Biffman blocks it.
Ballantine wants to control from the top but Biffman keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ballantine wants to clinch.
Biffman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Biffman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Biffman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ballantine.
Biffman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ballantine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ballantine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Biffman.
Biffman looks to land a combination but Ballantine avoids it well.
Biffman loads up on a big right hand but Ballantine slips the punch.
Biffman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ballantine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ballantine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ballantine feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Biffman looking to control.
Ballantine thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Wayne Ballantine did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Biffman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Biffman staying out of range there.
Ballantine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Biffman on the side of the head.
Biffman misses with a shot to the body
and Biffman is countered with a crisp right hand from Ballantine that sends him to the canvas! Ballantine follows him to the mat into side control.
Biffman is rocked!
Ballantine fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Biffman is still in real trouble! Can Ballantine finish him?
Ballantine is staying tight to Biffman's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Biffman seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biffman is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ballantine taking a break here but Biffman is having none of it and regains half guard.
Biffman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ballantine.
Biffman pushes Ballantine off looking to stand but Ballantine dives back in and keeps control.
Biffman is not content to let Ballantine control the position.
Ballantine is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ballantine is stalling here. Biffman is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ballantine seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Biffman has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Wayne Ballantine just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Biffman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballantine moves away.
Biffman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ballantine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Biffman misses with a head kick.
Ballantine throws a right hand that Biffman ducks under and follows up with a left that Biffman also avoids with ease.
Biffman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Biff Biffman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biffman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ballantine takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Biffman throws a series of punches but Ballantine moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Biffman swivels and escapes.
Ballantine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Ballantine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ballantine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ballantine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ballantine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ballantine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Biffman lands a slapping body shot.
A shot to de liver by Biffman. Beautiful body shot.
Ballantine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ballantine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Left hook, right uppercut from Biffman.
Biffman lands with a straight right. Ballantine didn't see that one coming.
Biffman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ballantine throws a nice looking combination but Biffman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Biffman lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine slips a jab and a cross from Biffman.
Biffman misses with a wild body shot.
Ballantine misses with a low kick.
Biffman throws a chopping leg kick but Ballantine manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Biffman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ballantine.
Biffman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ballantine looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Biffman!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Biffman trying desperately to get to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ballantine thowing shots but they're missing.
Biffman avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ballantine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Wayne Ballantine will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ballantine closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ballantine fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Biffman tries to escape but Ballantine is in control.
Ballantine is looking to take a break and control but Biffman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ballantine tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ballantine tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Biffman regains half guard, as Ballantine was trying to land strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biffman has one foot on Ballantine's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Biffman is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Biffman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Biffman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Biffman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Biffman looks to throw the jab but Ballantine is out of range.
No joy there for Ballantine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Biffman looks to throw the jab but Ballantine is out of range.
Biffman gets caught flat footed, as Ballantine shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ballantine trying to control but Biffman is working from the bottom.
Ballantine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biffman wants to stand but Ballantine is controlling the position.
Ballantine chips away with some ground and pound.
Ballantine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ballantine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Biffman is keeping the position for now.
Ballantine wants to control from the top but Biffman keeps moving.
Ballantine with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biffman keeping moving, preventing Ballantine from controlling successfully.
Ballantine controlling from the top position.
Ballantine trying to control the position from guard on top but Biffman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ballantine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Biffman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wayne Ballantine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ballantine punishes Biffman's body with a nice straight punch.
Biff Biffman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a series of wild punches.
Ballantine needs to keep his hands up - Biffman had a free shot at his head there.
Biffman tries to bum rush Ballantine with a series of wild strikes but Ballantine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Biffman misses with a hook to the body
and Ballantine counters with a nice uppercut.
Ballantine pushes Biffman up against the cage in a clinch.
Wayne Ballantine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Biffman is trying to break the clinch but Ballantine has him pressed against the cage.
Biffman breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Ballantine both land. Nice combination.
Biffman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ballantine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Biffman just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Ballantine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ballantine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Ballantine!
Wayne Ballantine retains his welterweight title!
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