PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Reiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Balls (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.

Reiner
vs
Balls

190 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Reiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Balls!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reiner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balls lands with a nice body punch.
Balls will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Balls.
Balls throws a series of strikes that have Reiner backpedaling.

It looks like James Reiner has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balls uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reiner has time to react.
Balls misses with a few strikes there.
Donk. Balls catches Reiner right on the button with a cross.
Balls avoids the head kick by Reiner.
Balls leaves Reiner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Balls scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balls drops Reiner with a beautiful combination! Reiner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Balls is looking for the KO!

Reiner is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balls misses with a two punch combination.
Balls lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reiner circles away quickly and effectively.

Balls drops Reiner with a beautiful combination! Reiner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Balls is looking for the KO!
Oh Reiner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balls connects with a jab.
Reiner seems to have got his legs back now.
Balls lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Reiner falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harry Balls!