PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David King (ranked 2800 p4p, 3592 weight class) and Julio Balestrin (ranked 0 p4p, 446 weight class). The key to victory for David King has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

King
vs
Balestrin

185 cm
25
176
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
182
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Julio Balestrin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balestrin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balestrin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
King swings for the body but Balestrin moves out of range.
Balestrin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from King with a body shot.
King throws a lazy right hand but Balestrin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King looks to land a right hand but Balestrin moved out of range.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
David King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a looping left.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balestrin shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
We've been informed that Balestrin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Balestrin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
King works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
Balestrin tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balestrin misses with an uppercut
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.
King lands an overhand right.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balestrin.

King clinches up with Balestrin and pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Balestrin gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balestrin slowing the pace effectively.
Balestrin is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balestrin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Balestrin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Balestrin won't allow it.
King stalling in the clinch but Balestrin improves position.
Balestrin scores with a hook to the body.
King is pushing Balestrin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balestrin lands a nice shot to the body.
King is breathing heavily.
Balestrin pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Balestrin lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Balestrin scores with a hook to the body.
Balestrin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Balestrin.
Balestrin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Balestrin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Balestrin lands an uppercut.
Balestrin cracks King with a nice body shot.
Balestrin gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balestrin tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Balestrin back against the cage.
Balestrin lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Balestrin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balestrin.
Balestrin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balestrin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Balestrin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balestrin scores with a hook to the body.
Balestrin misses with a punch to the body.
Balestrin digs a right hand into King's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on King's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Balestrin.
The referee calls for Balestrin to work.
A bit of stalling here from Balestrin.
Balestrin digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Balestrin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balestrin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Balestrin on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Balestrin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Balestrin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balestrin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Balestrin slowing the pace effectively.
Balestrin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. King gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Balestrin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
Balestrin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balestrin scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Balestrin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balestrin gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balestrin misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Balestrin lands a left hand.
King taking a breather.
Balestrin prevents a body shot from King.
Balestrin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Balestrin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. King avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
David King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Balestrin.
Balestrin lands a body shot.
Balestrin lands a nice uppercut.
Balestrin lands with a short shot to the head.
Balestrin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balestrin stalls.
Still in the clinch, Balestrin scores with a nice short uppercut.

King is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balestrin swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Balestrin.
Stalling in the clinch from Balestrin.
A short right from Balestrin on the inside.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balestrin misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Balestrin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balestrin to score with a decent uppercut.
Balestrin digs a good body shot into King's ribs.

Balestrin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Balestrin has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King trying to control the position but instead, Balestrin has worked for underhooks and has pushed King into the cage.
Balestrin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King is trying to break the clinch but Balestrin has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balestrin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Balestrin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balestrin presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balestrin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balestrin just leaning against King, taking a breather.
Balestrin lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops King to his knees! Balestrin keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Balestrin!