PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between KJ Flay (ranked 2365 p4p, 2048 weight class) and Carlos Blanka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Blanka will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Flay
vs
Blanka

178 cm
27
188
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
27
200
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, KJ Flay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Blanka!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flay moves out of range as Blanka strikes.
Flay dodges the punch combination from Blanka.
Blanka jabs Flay to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Flay bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Flay cracks Blanka with a big right hand but Blanka just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Flay scoring with punches from side control.
Flay working the body and head with strikes.
Flay lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanka is trying to get back to his feet.
Flay 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.
Blanka bucks up and tries to throw Flay off but instead Flay has got his back!
Flay is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Blanka. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanka is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Blanka is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Flay off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Flay lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Flay.
Blanka is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Flay is working the ground and pound. Can Blanka escape?
Flay lands punches and elbows.
Flay scores with punches and elbows.
Flay connects with a couple of big shots that have Blanka covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Blanka! Flay fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KJ Flay!