PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Blaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blaver might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC's Hells Bells. James has chosen We Want The Funk by George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blaver
vs
James

185 cm
25
193 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

191 cm
25
196 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alan Blaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Freddy James!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James avoids the head kick by Blaver.
Some wild striking there from James.
Blaver scores with a leg kick.
Blaver tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaver is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Blaver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and James counters with a nice body shot.
A good leg kick by Blaver.
Blaver avoids the body shot from James.
James lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blaver circles away quickly and effectively.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaver.
Blaver throws a leg kick

and James counters with a crisp one two that drops Blaver! James thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Blaver to his feet! Blaver is in big trouble!

Blaver fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. James sprawls well initially but Blaver persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James wants to control but Blaver is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James is refusing to be controlled, as Blaver sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaver takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Blaver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blaver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaver is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for James!
Blaver throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for James because Blaver loaded up on that one.
Blaver controlling from the full mount.
James is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blaver throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Blaver has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of James's face.
Blaver throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
James in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Blaver avoids the attempt from James to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to escape the mount.
Blaver thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
A nice elbow there by Blaver.
James is looking to improve his position but Blaver isn't that keen on the idea.
James is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blaver thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Blaver controlling his opponent.
James tries to reverse the position but Blaver maintains control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if James can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaver looking to control and managing it successfully.
Blaver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Blaver can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as James is looking to escape.
Blaver lands a big shot there that rocks James but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Blaver lands with some strikes.
James wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
James squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
BOOM! Blaver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Blaver tries to push James's head away but James is holding on tight.
Blaver working James over with strikes here.
Blaver punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Blaver lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaver landing shots from mount.

James is rocked!
James working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Blaver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Blaver dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blaver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
James swinging wilding here.
Blaver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James misses the jab.
James keeps the fight on the outside.

Blaver closes the distance and clinches.

James breaks from the clinch.
Blaver throws a leg kick but James sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Blaver avoids the body shot from James.

Blaver shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. James is trying to defend but Blaver finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

James has one foot on Blaver's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Blaver tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but James swivels and escapes.
Blaver misses with a double jab
and James counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blaver.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Blaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blaver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from James.

Blaver throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. James was covering up waiting for the punch and Blaver finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Blaver throwing strikes but missing.
Blaver wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Blaver is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because James is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Blaver looking to pass the guard.
James wants to stand but Blaver is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaver looking to pass the guard.
James utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
James is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blaver connects with a solid leg kick.
Blaver tries to clinch but fails miserably
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blaver throws a chopping leg kick but James manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Blaver feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Blaver trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blaver postures up in James's guard and throws a big left but James blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaver wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Blaver looking to sit in guard and control but James gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
James not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Blaver is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alan Blaver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Blaver has an active guard here but James has managed to pass into half guard.
James tries to stand but can't do so whilst Blaver controls his leg.
James is taking a breather. Blaver says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Blaver 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

James stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Blaver to get to his feet.
James scores with the left hand. Blaver knows he should have avoided that one.
Blaver shoots in but no luck this time.
Blaver has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Blaver is rocked!

It looks like Alan Blaver has been cut.
James is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Blaver hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Freddy James!