PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Man Zend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zend might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Get Up. Blaze is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gamma Ray - Man on a Mission . Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zend
vs
Blaze

205 cm
25
265 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
285 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Man Zend!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zend misses with a head kick.
Zend scores with a body shot.
Zend lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zend throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
Zend looks to throw the jab but Blaze is out of range.
Zend looks to land a left hand but Blaze moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Blaze misses its intended target.
Zend throws a wild body kick that Blaze sees coming a mile off.
Zend ducks under a wild hook from Blaze.
Zend misses with an uppercut.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zend lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blaze has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blaze and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blaze moves forwards but Zend connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zend lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zend dips to his left and cracks Blaze with an uppercut!
Zend swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zend dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zend lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zend.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Zend.
Blaze slips a straight right by Zend.
Zend darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blaze blocks a jab.
Zend blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Blaze - just one landing.
Zend misses the jab.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zend swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from Zend.
Zend fails to land with a series of punches.
Blaze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blaze thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a hook.
Blaze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zend throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zend throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blaze on the side of the head.
Zend throws a looping overhand right but Blaze ducks down to avoid it.
Zend listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zend misses with a series of wild punches.
Blaze slips a jab from Zend.
Blaze lands with a right hand.

Zend clinches with his opponent.
Zend creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blaze's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaze lands a nice uppercut.
Blaze lands a left hand.
Zend wants to get back to striking at distance but Blaze won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zend lands an elbow that stopped Blaze in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Nino Blaze has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaze.
Zend looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blaze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Blaze.
Blaze is stalling here.
Blaze lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zend.
A right handed body shot lands from Blaze.

Zend's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blaze works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zend keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaze.
Blaze lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zend backs up against the cage.

Zend is rocked!
Zend bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oh Zend is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blaze thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zend ducks under a wild hook from Blaze.
Zend bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Zend is looking to close the distance but Blaze sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Zend crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Zend is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Nino Blaze!
Nino Blaze is the new heavyweight champion!