PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Balis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balis has chosen Still Unbroken as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Guy
vs
Balis

185 cm
19
239 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
265 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Balis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy doesn't manage to clinch there - Balis circles away.
Guy tries to clinch up but Balis circles away and keeps his distance.
Balis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balis.
Balis doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
Guy looks for the body kick but Balis saw that one coming.
Guy throws a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Balis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Guy moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Balis - that landed with a thud.

Guy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Guy stuffs the takedown.
Guy tries to clinch but Balis moves out of range.

Balis moves into the clinch successfully.
Balis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guy has him pressed against the cage.
Balis lands a nice shot to the body.

Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guy.
Guy throws a series of punches but Balis avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balis is looking to clinch.
Guy swats away the attempt to clinch by Balis.
Guy is looking to clinch.
Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balis clinches but Guy breaks the clinch

and Guy counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Balis!
Guy is breathing heavily.
Balis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Balis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Balis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Guy landing shots from mount.
Guy landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy with the ground and pound from mount.
Balis really wants to buck Guy off and get back to his feet.
Balis is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Guy could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Balis is in a horrible position here. Guy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Guy trying to control but Balis is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guy prevents Balis from getting the reversal.
Guy lands a big shot there that rocks Balis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Balis is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy controlling the pace for now.
Balis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Balis squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Guy trying to control but Balis is having none of it.
Balis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Guy landing shots from mount.

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.
Guy scoring with strikes but Balis is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Guy dominating with strikes here.
Balis wants to control but Guy is having none of it.
Guy lands a big shot there that rocks Balis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Balis is trying to stand.
Balis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Balis is bucking up trying to escape but Guy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Guy dominated that 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.

Guy lands a front kick.
Guy misses with a wild combination.

Balis gets a takedown into half guard.

Balis decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Balis has closed the distance and engaged Guy in a clinch.
Balis lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balis.
A left hand lands to the body for Balis.
Guy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balis backwards.
Balis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balis scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balis fails to pull guard.
Guy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Balis to work.
Guy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Balis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Guy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Guy looks to clinch
and Balis counters with a three punch combo that has Guy backing up. Guy nods at Balis to acknowledge the strikes.
Guy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Balis takes a step back to recover.
Ray Guy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Balis has managed to clinch.
Balis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Balis tries to pull guard but Guy holds him up against the cage and eventually Balis drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guy breaks the clinch.
Guy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Guy scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Guy.
Guy swats away the attempt to clinch by Balis.
Balis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Guy.

Guy moves into the clinch successfully.
Balis is looking to break free of the clinch but Guy has double underhooks.
Guy tries to score a body lock takedown but Balis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Guy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Guy has hold of one of Balis's legs. Balis is fighting the takedown attempt but Guy gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Guy chips away with some ground and pound.
Guy stops Balis from standing up.
Balis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Guy!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balis lands a big elbow.
Guy tries to lock up and control but Balis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Balis landing strikes from the mount and Guy is in trouble!
Guy 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.
Guy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Guy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Guy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Balis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guy moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Balis has worked his arm free - good work by Balis!
Balis is looking to reverse the position.
Balis is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Guy has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Balis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Guy trying to control the position but Balis is working away.
Balis manages to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Balis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Guy misses with a series of wild punches.

Balis clinches up with Guy and pushes him back against the cage.
Balis lands a left hand.

Balis manages to pull guard.
Guy landing with the ground and pound.
Balis working a defensive guard here.
Balis throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Guy looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Guy is one step ahead there.
Guy passes Balis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Guy prevents Balis from standing back up.
Guy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Guy gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Guy tries to clinch

and Balis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Balis.
Balis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Guy pulls his leg out and moves away.
A punch combination from Balis misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guy is looking to clinch but Balis is avoiding it.
Balis tries to clinch but Guy moves away
and Guy counters with a three punch combo that has Balis backing up. Balis nods at Guy to acknowledge the strikes.
Balis blocks the body kick.
Balis blocks a head kick by Guy.

Balis moves into the clinch.
Guy wants to get back to striking at distance but Balis won't allow it.

Guy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balis is looking to clinch.
Guy just misses with a punch to the body.

Guy pushes Balis up against the cage in a clinch.
Balis has had enough of the clinch but Guy keeps him there for the moment.

Balis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balis tries to clinch there but Guy circles away.
Balis connects with the punch.
Guy takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balis wants to clinch
and Guy counters with a one-two to the body.

Guy has closed the distance and engaged Balis in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balis.
Guy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Balis breaks from the clinch.
Balis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Guy counters by moving into the clinch.
Guy wants a takedown.
Guy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guy has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Guy.
Guy swings wildly with an uppercut but Balis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balis tries to break the clinch but Guy is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balis gets underhooks to prevent Guy's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Guy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balis tries to land knees in the clinch but Guy avoids the damage to the body.
Guy swings wildly with an uppercut but Balis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Guy misses with an elbow strike.
Balis keeps control of Guy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Balis digs a right hand underneath Guy's ribcage. Guy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Guy looking for a takedown.

Guy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Balis moves in looking to clinch but Guy pushes him off.
Balis misses with a takedown

and Guy counters with a nice double leg into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Guy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Guy 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Guy!