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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lloyd is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Meniac by Michael Sembello. Mike Lloyd told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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206 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bubba Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls misses with a takedown attempt - Lloyd sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lloyd scores with the left hand. Balls knows he should have avoided that one.
Balls shoots in but Lloyd avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lloyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lloyd cracks Balls with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lloyd connects with a nice looking jab.
Lloyd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mike Lloyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls with a poor takedown
and Lloyd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Balls. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lloyd lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd feints and then cracks Balls's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balls down.
Lloyd misses with a wild body shot.
Lloyd with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Lloyd does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Lloyd. Those never looked like landing.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.
Lloyd looks to land a combination but Balls avoids it well.
Lloyd throws a body punch but Balls moves out of range.
Lloyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balls.
Mike Lloyd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lloyd. Balls does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lloyd scores with a leg kick.
Lloyd lunges at Balls with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balls's hand.
Balls shoots in but Lloyd avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lloyd.
Lloyd has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Balls moves out of range of the strikes.
Lloyd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lloyd misses with a two punch combination.
Lloyd with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lloyd misses the jab.
Lloyd scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lloyd scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Balls dives in and grabs Lloyd's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lloyd pushes down on Balls's head and hops out.
Lloyd misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd lands a right hook to the body.
Lloyd cracks a nice hook into Balls's ribs.
Lloyd lands a two punch combo.
Balls uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lloyd.
Lloyd lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lloyd with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balls blocks a jab.
Lloyd lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balls takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lloyd bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balls's head.
Balls is rocked!
Lloyd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Balls is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd throws a hook but Balls avoids it easily.
Balls seems to have got his legs back now.
Lloyd connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Balls momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Lloyd.
Balls uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Lloyd missing with a left hand there. Balls was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Lloyd misses.
Lloyd is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balls had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sloppy strikes from Lloyd. Those never looked like landing.
Lloyd looks to land a right hand but Balls moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lloyd looks to land a combination but Balls avoids it well.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Balls. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lloyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lloyd lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lloyd dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lloyd thows a body shot but no joy.
Balls takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lloyd looks to score with a jab to the body but Balls is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Lloyd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balls takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lloyd's jab looks to have found its range, popping Balls under the eye.
Lloyd throws a big shot that misses.
Balls slips a jab from Lloyd.
No joy there for Lloyd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lloyd cracks Balls with a good jab.
Lloyd connects with a nice looking jab.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.
Bubba Balls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balls takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lloyd throws a big shot that misses.
Balls bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lloyd lands a jab.
Balls shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lloyd sprawls well. Lloyd wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Lloyd has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Lloyd.
Lloyd wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd lands a nice shot to the body.
A left and a right from Lloyd both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lloyd.
Lloyd stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Balls shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Balls. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lloyd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lloyd connects with a body shot that sends Balls's belly button to the back.
Lloyd leaves Balls with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lloyd bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balls's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls slips under a jab from Lloyd.
Lloyd scores with a nice strike.
Lloyd throws a right and a left that Balls avoids nicely.
Lloyd fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lloyd fails to land with a series of punches.
Lloyd looks to land a combination but Balls avoids it well.
Balls is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lloyd.
Balls doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lloyd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lloyd works Balls's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balls.
Balls throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lloyd's waist but Lloyd gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Balls off to one side.
Lloyd misses with a wild combination.
Balls takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lloyd. Balls does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lloyd throws a body punch but Balls moves out of range.
Mike Lloyd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lloyd uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balls has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch lands to the side of Balls 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lloyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lloyd digs a good body shot into Balls's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lloyd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Lloyd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Balls closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lloyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lloyd missing with a left hand there. Balls was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lloyd stuns Balls with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lloyd lands with a straight right. Balls didn't see that one coming.
Balls takes one to the side of the head.
Lloyd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No joy there for Lloyd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lloyd throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from Lloyd does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls slips a jab from Lloyd.
Balls misses with a takedown attempt - Lloyd sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Balls takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A swing and a miss from Lloyd.
Good exchange - Lloyd coming out on top.
Lloyd pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Balls back to the cage. Lloyd follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Balls takes one on the button.
Lloyd misses with a double jab.
Lloyd lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lloyd darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balls keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balls shoots in looking for a takedown but Lloyd manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Balls's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Lloyd.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.
Lloyd tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balls moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balls shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lloyd defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Balls. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lloyd ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lloyd throws a looping overhand right but Balls ducks down to avoid it.
Lloyd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balls was well out of range. Poor timing from Lloyd.
Lloyd lands with a hook. Balls tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mike Lloyd is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lloyd. Balls does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lloyd connects with a right hand. Balls shakes it off.
Lloyd misses with a hook.
Balls misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lloyd tries to bum rush Balls with a series of wild strikes but Balls uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balls looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lloyd stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Lloyd lands a jab to the nose.
Nice jab there from Lloyd.
Balls looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lloyd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lloyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lloyd works over Balls's head and body with a nice combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Lloyd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lloyd has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 24:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 24:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lloyd!
Our winner, Mike Lloyd, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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