PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Blixt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Eriksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blixt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stretch Arm Strong - Second Chances. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Blixt
vs
Eriksen

180 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

RAW Nutrition * Recovery 156 : 45$ *

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Blixt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Eriksen!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Eriksen misses.
Blixt tries to close the distance and clinch but Eriksen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eriksen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eriksen tries to clinch

and Blixt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Eriksen 's eye.
Eriksen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eriksen lands an uppercut.

It looks like Jay Blixt has been cut.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blixt tries a knee to the head but Eriksen blocks it.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but Eriksen blocks with his arms.
Blixt lands an elbow inside that Eriksen shrugs off.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Eriksen 's eye.
Blixt keeps control of Eriksen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eriksen.
Blixt tries to stall but Eriksen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blixt with a knee to the head.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Eriksen working aggressively here.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
A knee to the head by Blixt.
Nice elbow from Blixt.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eriksen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blixt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eriksen can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blixt.
Eriksen takes an elbow to the temple.
Blixt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Eriksen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Blixt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Eriksen.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Blixt.
Blixt lands a knee to the head.
Blixt is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen takes an elbow to the temple.
Blixt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eriksen's face.
Eriksen tries to break free but Blixt pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen can't break the clinch.
Blixt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eriksen's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Blixt.
Eriksen is trying to break free.
Eriksen is looking to break free of the clinch but Blixt has double underhooks.
Eriksen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blixt.
Blixt lands an elbow inside that Eriksen shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blixt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eriksen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blixt with a knee to the head.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blixt lands a nice knee to the body.
Blixt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eriksen's face.
Blixt lands a damaging elbow.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
Eriksen lands an uppercut.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Eriksen.
Eriksen lands with a short shot to the head.
Blixt trying to land knees to the body.
Eriksen tries to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling the position.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Blixt tries a knee to the head but Eriksen blocks it.
Blixt trying to control the position but instead, Eriksen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blixt into the cage.

Eriksen breaks from the clinch.
Blixt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Eriksen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blixt manages to avoid it.
Eriksen wants to clinch.
Eriksen throws a lazy right hand but Blixt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blixt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blixt tries to clinch up
and Blixt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Eriksen finds it's way through Blixt's defenses.
Eriksen lands a nice looking body shot.

Eriksen takes the fight into the clinch.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Blixt.
Eriksen wants to get back to striking at distance but Blixt won't allow it.
Eriksen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Eriksen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eriksen wants to get back to striking at distance but Blixt won't allow it.
Blixt wants to stall.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eriksen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blixt backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blixt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blixt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
Blixt keeps control of Eriksen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
Eriksen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eriksen avoids it.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eriksen avoids it.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksen.
Blixt keeps control of Eriksen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Blixt keeps control of Eriksen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksen dodges an elbow strike from Blixt.
Blixt is trying to maintain a safe position but Eriksen gets an underhook and turns Blixt into the cage.

Eriksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eriksen darts in trying to clinch

and Blixt moves into the clinch.
Eriksen avoids a wild elbow strike from Blixt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Eriksen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Blixt's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blixt moves away from the strike by Eriksen.
Eriksen misses with a series of wild punches.
Blixt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blixt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eriksen throws a series of punches but Blixt moves out of range.
Blixt tries to clinch
and Eriksen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eriksen throws a one two combo.
Eriksen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blixt is looking to clinch.
Eriksen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eriksen scores with a body shot.
A big left from Eriksen misses.

Eriksen moves into the clinch.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blixt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Eriksen breaks from the clinch.
Blixt tries to close the distance and clinch but Eriksen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blixt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Eriksen is looking to clinch.
Blixt wants to clinch.

Blixt takes the fight into the clinch.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Blixt misses with a knee strike.
Blixt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blixt lands an elbow inside that Eriksen shrugs off.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Eriksen as Blixt tries to tie him up.
Blixt misses with a knee strike.
Eriksen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eriksen is trying to force a seperation but Blixt has the dominant position.
Blixt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blixt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blixt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eriksen's defenses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Eriksen.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Eriksen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eriksen thows a body shot but no joy.
Eriksen lands with a straight right. Blixt didn't see that one coming.
Eriksen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Eriksen misses.
Eriksen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blixt has time to react.
Blixt ducks under a wild hook from Eriksen.
Blixt tries to clinch up
letting Eriksen counter with a right hand.

Eriksen forces Blixt back against the cage and clinches.
Blixt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blixt.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Blixt.
Eriksen tries to circle away but Blixt has him pinned against the cage.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blixt lands an elbow inside.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksen.
Blixt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.

Eriksen manages to break the clinch.
Eriksen scores with a one two! Blixt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Blixt staying out of range there.

Eriksen clinches with his opponent.
Eriksen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Eriksen scores with a shoulder strike.
Eriksen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eriksen tries to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling the position.
Blixt lands an elbow that stopped Eriksen in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blixt.
Blixt has Eriksen pressed against the cage, preventing Eriksen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but Eriksen blocks with his arms.
Eriksen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blixt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eriksen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eriksen can't break the clinch.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blixt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Eriksen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Eriksen 's eye.
Blixt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Eriksen is trying to force a seperation but Blixt has the dominant position.
Eriksen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blixts head.
Eriksen wants to get back to striking at distance but Blixt won't allow it.
Blixt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eriksen's efforts to push away.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen takes an elbow to the temple.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eriksen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blixt has Eriksen pressed against the cage, preventing Eriksen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eriksen lands an uppercut.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Eriksen as Blixt tries to tie him up.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Eriksen 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Eriksen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Blixt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Eriksen swinging wildly here.
Eriksen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Blixt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blixt lands a knee to the head.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Blixt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blixt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blixt.
Eriksen lands a shoulder strike.
Eriksen tries to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling the position.
Eriksen avoiding damage as Blixt throws knees to the body.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.

Eriksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eriksen scores with the left hand. Blixt knows he should have avoided that one.
Blixt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blixt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Eriksen.
Eriksen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Blixt counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blixt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blixt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eriksen is defending well for now.
Blixt trying to control the position but instead, Eriksen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blixt into the cage.
Eriksen is trying to force a seperation but Blixt has the dominant position.
A short right from Eriksen.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen lands with a left to the head.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blixt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eriksen's efforts to push away.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Blixt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blixt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Eriksen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blixt looking to throw knees to the head but Eriksen is blocking nicely.
Eriksen pushes Blixt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksen.
Eriksen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blixt has him pressed against the cage.

That's two 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.
Eriksen is looking to break free of the clinch but Blixt has double underhooks.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blixt.
Eriksen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Eriksen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eriksen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blixt moves away.
Blixt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Eriksen clinches up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blixt.
Eriksen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eriksen lands with a light punch inside.
Blixt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eriksen's face.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.
Blixt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch but Blixt keeps him there for the moment.
Eriksen is trying to force a seperation but Blixt has the dominant position.
Eriksen blocks an elbow strike from Blixt.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksen is trying to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling him.
Eriksen takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Eriksen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blixt taking a breather.
Eriksen is trying to break free.
Blixt misses with a knee to the head.
Eriksen wants to break free but Blixt has control.

Eriksen manages to break the clinch.
Marshall Eriksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blixt wants to clinch but Eriksen slips to the side
letting Eriksen counter with a right hand.
Eriksen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blixt clinches but Eriksen breaks the clinch

and Eriksen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Eriksen.
Blixt lands a knee to the head.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Eriksen 's eye.
Eriksen tries to break free but Blixt pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksen is trying to break free.
Blixt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Eriksen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eriksen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eriksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blixt prevents Eriksen from breaking the clinch.
Eriksen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blixt trying to stall but Eriksen improves his position.
Blixt lands a nice elbow.
Eriksen is trying to break free.
Blixt looking to throw knees to the head but Eriksen is blocking nicely.
Eriksen working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Eriksen is trying to break free.
Blixt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Eriksen breaks the clinch.
Blixt is looking to clinch but Eriksen is avoiding it.
Eriksen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blixt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Eriksen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blixt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blixt throws a head kick that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blixt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Eriksen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jay Blixt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blixt tries to clinch up but Eriksen circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marshall Eriksen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Eriksen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshall Eriksen!