PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between joe blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Erikson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

blow
vs
Erikson

180 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
171 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joe blow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bjorn Erikson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Erikson finds it's target.

blow clinches with his opponent.
blow lands a nice knee to the body.
blow drops down looking for an ankle pick but Erikson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Erikson missing with a left hand there. blow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
blow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by blow or perhaps it was just good defense by Erikson which made him look bad.
blow tries for a takedown but Erikson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Erikson keeps the fight on the outside.

blow clinches up against the cage.
blow keeps control of Erikson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Erikson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from blow.

Erikson breaks the clinch.
Erikson throws a series of punches but blow moves out of range.
Erikson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
blow doesn't manage to clinch there - Erikson circles away.
Erikson misses with a series of wild punches.
blow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Erikson but Erikson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
blow dodges the punch combination from Erikson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by blow or perhaps it was just good defense by Erikson which made him look bad.
blow walks into a jab.
blow is breathing heavily.
Erikson lands a jab.
Erikson swats away the attempt to clinch by blow.
blow moves out of range as Erikson strikes.
Erikson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by blow.
Erikson keeps the fight on the outside.
blow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
blow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Erikson throws a jab but it's blocked by blow.
Erikson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Erikson thows a left - swing and a miss!
blow tries to clinch but Erikson moves out of range.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for blow. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Erikson stuns blow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erikson misses with a wild body shot.
Erikson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but blow manages to avoid it.
Erikson drops blow with a naaaaasty hook - blow is in real trouble here! Erikson dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Erikson!