PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Master Blaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Bay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bay has chosen Feuer Frei as his entrance music. Master Blaster could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thomas Bay's chin.

Blaster
vs
Bay

178 cm
24
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

168 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Master Blaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Thomas Bay!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bay throws a front kick aimed at Blaster's knee but Blaster avoids it well.

Bay looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Blaster!
Blaster is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bay scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bay is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Blaster can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bay has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blaster's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bay scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Blaster is rocked!
Blaster is desperately trying to improve his position but Bay has a good base and remains in mount.
Oh Blaster is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bay putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bay looking to finish Blaster with some ground and pound. This is bad for Blaster!
Blaster is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blaster sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Blaster seems to have got his legs back now.
Bay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bay throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bay not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bay seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blaster does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bay prevents Blaster from improving his position.
Bay wants to control but Blaster is keeping him busy.

Blaster is defending against the submission attempts here by Bay.
Blaster is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bay's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bay's back!
Bay rolls, trying to escape but Blaster keeps control of the position.
Bay trying to control but not successfully.
Blaster is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Blaster tries to keep control of the position but Bay is staying busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bay turns into Blaster and is now in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bay is looking to work some ground and pound but Blaster has wrist control.
Blaster wants to sweep but no luck.
Bay is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Bay works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bay looks gassed!
Blaster flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Blaster is trying to get back to full guard.
Blaster makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blaster.
Bay must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Blaster looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bay is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaster throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bay preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blaster scores with a hook to the body. Bay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blaster tries for a takedown but Bay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bay throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blaster.
Blaster throws a jab when Bay was well out of range.
Bay on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Blaster cracks Bay with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bay throws a body punch but Blaster moves out of range.
Bay attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Bay closes the distance and clinches.
Blaster wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice elbow from Bay.
Bay scores a nice knee to the body.
Blaster avoiding damage as Bay throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bay.
Blaster managing to block the knees to the body from Bay.
Bay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blaster is trying to break free.
Bay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaster.
Bay lands an elbow just above Blaster 's eye.
Blaster takes an elbow to the temple.
Blaster on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bay looking to throw knees to the head but Blaster is blocking nicely.
Blaster is trying to break free.
Bay missing with knees to the body.
Bay looking to stall.
Bay slows down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bay missing with knees to the body.
Blaster dodges an elbow strike from Bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Bay dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bay looks for a takedown but Blaster sprawls well.
Bay tries to clinch up but Blaster circles away and keeps his distance.
Master Blaster is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Blaster finds it's way through Bay's defenses.
Blaster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaster moves out of range as Bay strikes.
Blaster scores with a jab. Bay acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Blaster looks to land a combination. Bay sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bay throws a head kick but Blaster moves out of range.
Blaster throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bay misses with a body kick.
Bay tries to clinch up but Blaster circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaster misses with a body shot.
Bay is breathing heavily.
Bay misses with a head kick.
Bay slips a jab and a cross from Blaster.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bay wants to clinch up but Blaster keeps it at a distance.
Blaster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaster swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blaster stuns Bay with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blaster keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Blaster slips a straight right by Bay.
Blaster takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bay throws a push kick but Blaster slaps the foot to one side.
Blaster scores with a hook to the body. Bay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bay takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bay swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Blaster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaster stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Blaster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bay was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaster.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster works Bay's body with a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Blaster checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bay takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bay throws a wild body kick that Blaster sees coming a mile off.
Danga de danga de dang - Blaster scores with a four punch combination!
Bay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blaster is able to avoid easily.
Blaster lands a right hook to the body.
Blaster is looking to wear down Bay with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bay takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bay takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blaster connects with a body shot.
Bay moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blaster throws a nice looking combination but Bay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Blaster looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blaster landing with the ground and pound.
Blaster scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bay trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Blaster lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Blaster forces his way into half guard.
Blaster moves into full mount! Bay won't be happy about that!
Bay working to try and regain half guard.
Blaster fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thomas Bay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blaster postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bay looks a forlorn figure.
Blaster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blaster cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blaster landing strikes from the mount and Bay is in trouble!
Bay is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blaster cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blaster cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blaster is landing with some decent strikes but Bay is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blaster lands a big elbow.
Blaster breaks from Bay's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Blaster raining down shots from the mount!
Blaster landing shots from mount.
Blaster working the ground and pound effectively.
Bay is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Blaster is landing with some decent strikes but Bay is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaster raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Blaster.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaster landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master Blaster dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bay will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Blaster uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bay.
Thomas Bay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Bay.
Bay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blaster avoids the head kick by Bay.

Blaster shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bay's guard.
Blaster preventing the sweep.
Blaster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blaster passes Bay's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bay is looking for a sweep. Blaster is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bay punching from the bottom.
Blaster is looking to take a break and control but Bay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blaster missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blaster connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaster tests Bay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blaster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bay pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blaster is out of range and Bay settles back down.
Bay misses with a low kick.

Blaster feints and as Bay raises his hands in defense, Blaster changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Blaster lands a couple of digs.
Blaster sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bay's guard.
Bay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blaster throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blaster not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blaster working over Bay with some ground and pound. Bay looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bay wants to improve his position but Blaster is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bay manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bay is trying to control Blaster's posture but Blaster avoids it.
Blaster works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Blaster trying to control the position but Bay is working away.
Blaster scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bay to see if he's OK.
Bay takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bay wants to control but Blaster postures up.
Blaster in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blaster fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bay fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bay goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blaster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good work by Blaster as he checks the leg kick.
Bay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bay throws a wild body kick that Blaster sees coming a mile off.
A punch combination from Blaster misses.
Bay misses with a kick to the body.
Bay throws a low kick but Blaster avoids it.
Blaster lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bay at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaster scores with a one two! Bay had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Blaster throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blaster throws a good cross that connects.
Blaster fails to land with a series of punches.
Blaster fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bay looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blaster keeps the fight on the outside.
Bay is looking to clinch but Blaster is avoiding it.
Bay tries to clinch but Blaster is having none of it.
Bay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blaster lands a nice shot that snaps Bay's head back.
Blaster lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blaster shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blaster throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bay throws a leg kick
and Blaster counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bay thinking.
Bay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaster was well out of range. Poor timing from Bay.

And that's the end of the fight!
Master Blaster showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blaster has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Master Blaster!