PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sazh Blaskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Am by Dale Oliver kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Blaskey
vs
Styles

184 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

180 cm
26
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sazh Blaskey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, AJ Styles!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaskey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Styles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blaskey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Blaskey there.

It looks like AJ Styles has been cut.
A shot to the body from Styles misses
and Blaskey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaskey misses with a straight left.
Styles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blaskey misses with an uppercut. Styles saw that one coming.
Blaskey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Styles throws a right and a left that Blaskey avoids nicely.
Blaskey looks to land a combination but Styles avoids it well.
Styles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blaskey cracks Styles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That has opened up AJ Styles's cut even more.
Styles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blaskey.
Blaskey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Styles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaskey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Blaskey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaskey throws a strike aimed at the side of Styles's head but Styles avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Blaskey.
Blaskey throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Blaskey controls the position.
Blaskey in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Styles's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Styles avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Blaskey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles is not content to let Blaskey control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Styles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blaskey misses with a hook.
Styles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blaskey circles away quickly and effectively.
Styles ducks under a wild hook from Blaskey.
Blaskey misses the jab.
Styles slips under a jab from Blaskey.
Styles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Styles tries to clinch up but Blaskey circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaskey throws out a loose jab but Styles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Styles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Styles moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaskey misses with a straight left.
Blaskey misses with a combination
and Styles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Styles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Styles loads up on a big right hand but Blaskey slips the punch.
Styles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaskey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Styles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Styles tries a head kick but it misses.
Styles throws out a leg kick but Blaskey moves out of range and Styles only half commits.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blaskey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaskey throws a series of punches but Styles avoids them all with ease.
Blaskey misses with a looping left.
Styles tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blaskey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
AJ Styles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Styles misses its intended target.
Styles tries to clinch there but Blaskey circles away.
Blaskey misses the jab.
Styles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blaskey scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Styles lands a slapping body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaskey takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jab from Blaskey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sazh Blaskey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AJ Styles's cut.
That's time! Blaskey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Styles throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blaskey's head.
Blaskey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Styles.

The cut above AJ Styles's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blaskey throws a shot from downtown. Styles moves away and avoids it.
Styles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaskey manages to avoid it.
Blaskey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Styles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Styles throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Styles.
Styles shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Styles takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

AJ Styles's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Styles lands a nice shot that snaps Blaskey's head back.
Styles throws a head kick but Blaskey moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaskey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blaskey tries for a takedown but Styles circles away easily
and Styles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blaskey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Styles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaskey manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Blaskey misses the target.
Styles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaskey.
Blaskey keeps the fight on the outside.
Blaskey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Styles.
Blaskey throws the left hand but Styles avoids the punch easily.
Styles lands a really nice looking cross but Blaskey seems unphased.
Styles throws a right hand that Blaskey ducks under and follows up with a left that Blaskey also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blaskey misses with an uppercut. Styles saw that one coming.
Blaskey throws a jab but it's blocked by Styles.
Blaskey falls off balance throwing a combination
and Styles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Blaskey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Blaskey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Styles lands a nice hook to Blaskey's body. Blaskey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Styles blocks a jab.
Styles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blaskey loads up on a big right hand but Styles slips the punch.
A punch combination from Styles misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Styles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Styles slips under a jab from Blaskey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaskey misses with a straight left.
Blaskey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blaskey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Styles circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Blaskey misses.
Styles tried to score with a low kick but Blaskey checks it.
Styles ducks under a wild hook from Blaskey.
Blaskey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Styles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaskey loads up on a big right hand but Styles slips the punch.
Styles is looking to clinch.
Blaskey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Styles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaskey throws a series of punches but Styles moves out of range.
Blaskey misses the jab.
Styles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sazh Blaskey is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaskey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blaskey looks to score with a jab to the body but Styles is just out of range.
Styles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blaskey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaskey throws an overhand right that lands on Styles's shoulder, as Styles tries to avoid the shot.
Styles takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at AJ Styles's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sazh Blaskey!