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If the Balrog were to ensnare the Ring there is no chance that he would have handed it over to Sauron.
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If the Balrog were to use the Ring against Sauron it would actually make Sauron stronger.
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I disagree with both of these statements. I will address the latter first. It seems to me essentially impossible that an assault upon Sauron by a powerful Maiar wielding the One Ring, presumably backed by a sizeable force, would help Sauron. It might help him succeed in regaining the Ring, yes, but even that is conditional, and either way he would be guaranteed to lose a great portion of his military force.
As for the former statement, I have already explained why I disagree. You say that "the Balrog...would not have very far to fall into claiming it [the Ring] as his own as Frodo did." I am inclined to disagree. At the time that the Fellowship passed through Moria (the only logical time for a Balrog to claim the One Ring, obviously), I believe that every orc, as well as the Balrog and the Watcher in the Water, were formally or informally subject to Sauron.