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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Bentner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marian Balkon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bentner kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is My Dick. Nick Bentner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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184 cm
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191 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Bentner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marian Balkon!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bentner throws out a powerful jab.
Bentner throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Balkon was covering up waiting for the punch and Bentner finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Balkon is pulling down on Bentner's head to control his posture.
Bentner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bentner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bentner postures up in Balkon's guard and throws a big left but Balkon blocks it.
Bentner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bentner with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentner wants to pass the guard but Balkon is keeping the position.
Balkon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bentner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bentner throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon keeping moving, preventing Bentner from controlling successfully.
Bentner connects with a couple of short punches.
Bentner looking to sit in guard and control but Balkon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Balkon throwing strikes but missing.
Balkon won't allow Bentner to sweep him here.
Bentner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Balkon's guard.
Balkon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bentner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Balkon pulls Bentner in to control the position.
Balkon keeping moving, preventing Bentner from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentner postures up in Balkon's guard and throws a big left but Balkon blocks it.
We've been hearing that Bentner has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Bentner trying to control but Balkon is working from the bottom.
Bentner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balkon is keeping the position for now.
Bentner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Balkon keeping moving, preventing Bentner from controlling successfully.
Balkon has Bentner pulled in close to control his posture.
Bentner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentner postures up in Balkon's guard and throws a big left but Balkon blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bentner sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marian Balkon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bentner dives in for a single leg takedown but Balkon sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Balkon scores with a nice head shot.
Balkon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bentner has a takedown stuffed.
Balkon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bentner dodges the punch combination from Balkon.
Bentner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balkon is fending him off so far but Bentner persists. Nope, Balkon circles away and we're back to standing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Balkon! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Bentner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bentner or perhaps it was just good defense by Balkon, which made it look bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentner defending well as Balkon loads up on a big left hand.
Nice takedown defense from Balkon. No joy for Bentner on that attempt.
Balkon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bentner ducks under a wild hook from Balkon.
Balkon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bentner.
Bentner moves forwards but Balkon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nick Bentner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bentner tries to clinch
and Balkon counters with a stiff right hand.
Balkon misses the jab.
Bentner tries to clinch up but Balkon circles away and keeps his distance.
Bentner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balkon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marian Balkon will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Balkon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Balkon wants it to stay on the feet.
Balkon is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Balkon lands a nice hook to Bentner's body. Bentner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balkon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Balkon 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.
Balkon tries to clinch there but Bentner circles away.
Balkon has closed the distance and engaged Bentner in a clinch.
Balkon misses with a knee strike.
Bentner wants to take the fight to the mat but Balkon manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Balkon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balkon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bentner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bentner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Balkon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Bentner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balkon with a knee to the head.
Balkon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bentner is defending well for now.
Bentner can't get the takedown.
Bentner is trying to drag Balkon to the mat but Balkon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Balkon tries to land a knee to the head but Bentner blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon breaks the clinch.
Bentner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balkon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bentner shoots in but no luck this time.
Bentner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bentner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Balkon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bentner's head backwards.
Balkon with a hook.
Balkon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balkon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bentner walks into a jab.
Bentner moves forwards but Balkon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentner with a poor takedown
and Balkon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkon dips to his left and cracks Bentner with an uppercut!
Balkon slips a jab and a cross from Bentner.
Balkon leaves Bentner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bentner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Balkon just misses with a punch to the body.
Balkon just misses with a punch to the body.
Balkon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Balkon wants it to stay on the feet.
Bentner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Balkon but Balkon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bentner walks into a jab.
Bentner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Balkon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentner ducks right into an uppercut from Balkon.
Nice takedown defense from Balkon. No joy for Bentner on that attempt.
Bentner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Balkon counters with a nice uppercut.
Balkon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Balkon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bentner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Balkon cracks Bentner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Balkon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice sprawl there from Balkon as Bentner shoots in.
Balkon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Balkon throws a right hand that Bentner ducks under and follows up with a left that Bentner also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Balkon misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bentner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balkon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bentner tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Balkon defends well and Bentner ends up having to push Balkon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Balkon unleashes a big counter combination but Bentner bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Balkon throws a good cross that connects.
Balkon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bentner. Bentner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bentner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bentner there as he acknowledges the shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bentner.
Bentner fails with the takedown
letting Balkon counter with a right hand.
Balkon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bentner drops down looking for a counter takedown but Balkon sprawls and moves away.
Bentner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bentner feinted with a counter takedown.
Bentner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkon instigates a clinch.
Balkon tries to land a knee to the head but Bentner blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marian Balkon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Balkon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bentner fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Balkon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bentner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Balkon momentarily.
Balkon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Balkon tries to clinch but Bentner is having none of it.
Balkon throws a series of punches but Bentner avoids them all with ease.
Bentner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bentner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Balkon's waist but Balkon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bentner off to one side.
Balkon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balkon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Balkon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bentner ducks under a wild hook from Balkon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balkon misses with an uppercut.
Bentner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Balkon cracks Bentner with a good jab.
Balkon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Balkon misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon scores with a head kick.
Bentner slips a jab from Balkon.
Bentner's corner calls for a 1-2. Bentner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bentner shoots in for a takedown but Balkon shows good takedown defense.
Bentner clinches.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bentner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balkon is fending him off so far but Bentner persists. Nope, Balkon circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Bentner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balkon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bentner circles away quickly and effectively.
Bentner tries to move into range but Balkon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Balkon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balkon has closed the distance and engaged Bentner in a clinch.
Balkon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balkon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balkon lands a nice knee to the body.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balkon with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkon scores with the left hand. Bentner knows he should have avoided that one.
Bentner walks into a straight right hand from Balkon.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bentner or perhaps it was just good defense by Balkon, which made it look bad.
Balkon closes the distance and clinches.
Balkon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balkon lands a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Balkon.
Balkon lands a nice knee to the body.
Balkon misses with a knee to the head.
Balkon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balkon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marian Balkon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Balkon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bentner blocks it with crossed arms.
Balkon lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentner avoiding damage as Balkon throws knees to the body.
Bentner is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Balkon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Balkon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bentner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bentner walks into a stiff left hand from Balkon.
Marian Balkon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balkon lands an overhand right.
Bentner is looking to clinch.
Bentner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Balkon circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Balkon! But no joy.
Balkon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bentner, pushing him back against the cage.
Balkon landing knees to the body.
Balkon landing knees to the head.
Balkon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balkon throws a sloppy head kick
so Bentner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentner working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bentner wants to control from the top but Balkon keeps moving.
Nick Bentner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bentner stopping the sweep attempt from Balkon.
Bentner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Balkon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bentner throws an elbow that misses. Balkon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bentner's guard. Nice move by Balkon!
Balkon is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marian Balkon really 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.
A left lands for Balkon.
Bentner stuns Balkon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Balkon misses.
Bentner shoots for a takedown but Balkon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bentner clinches up against the cage.
Bentner has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Balkon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nick Bentner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bentner moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balkon misses with a knee strike.
Balkon lands a knee to the body.
Balkon lands an uppercut.
Bentner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Balkon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Bentner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Balkon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon misses with a two punch combination.
Balkon with a hook.
Bentner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bentner misses with a few strikes there.
Balkon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balkon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bentner fails with the takedown
and Balkon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Balkon takes the fight into the clinch.
Balkon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balkon misses with a knee to the head.
Bentner gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balkon defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentner is just content to waste time from the top position. Balkon takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bentner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bentner 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.
Balkon looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bentner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bentner is looking to work some ground and pound but Balkon has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentner sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Balkon's guard.
Bentner looks to land a strike but Balkon avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bentner works over Balkon with some ground and pound from guard.
Bentner looking to sit in guard and control but Balkon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Balkon trying to control but Bentner is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balkon engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkon throwing strikes but missing.
Bentner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Balkon wants to pass the guard but Bentner is keeping the position.
Bentner is trying to control the position but Balkon postures up.
Balkon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bentner throws a combination that misses
and Balkon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkon works over Bentner's head and body with a nice combination.
Balkon looks to land a left hand but Bentner moved out of range nicely.
Bentner has closed the distance and engaged Balkon in a clinch.
Bentner tries for a takedown but Balkon manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marian Balkon dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bentner has a takedown stuffed.
Balkon works the jab nicely.
Balkon with a hook.
Bentner misses with a leg kick
and Balkon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkon stuffs the takedown.
Bentner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balkon finds it's way round the side to connect with Bentner's head.
Balkon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bentner on the side of the head.
Bentner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Balkon counters with a stiff right hand.
Bentner moves forwards but Balkon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentner scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bentner looking to control but instead Balkon has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Balkon is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Balkon is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bentner works his way into side control.
Bentner trying to control the action but Balkon is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkon managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bentner.
Bentner scoring with punches from side control.
Balkon taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sloppy strikes there by Bentner.
Bentner with the ground and pound but Balkon regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bentner is trying to work for a kimura but Balkon is defending well.
Bentner seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentner trying to control from half guard but Balkon is working away.
Balkon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Balkon is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Bentner seems content to control.
Bentner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Balkon's head.
Bentner winds up and cracks Balkon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bentner perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Balkon tries to get to full guard but Bentner has control of the leg.
Bentner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nick Bentner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Balkon is refusing to be controlled, as Bentner sits in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bentner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balkon holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bentner wants to clinch up but Balkon keeps it at a distance.
Bentner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balkon is fending him off so far but Bentner persists. Nope, Balkon circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Bentner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Balkon.
Bentner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bentner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A lazy left from Balkon finds it's target.
Bentner just misses with a punch to the body.
Good exchange - Balkon coming out on top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marian Balkon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Balkon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 44:50
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 44:50
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marian Balkon!
After winning the bout, Marian Balkon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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