PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between crazy legs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

legs
vs
Blessed

190 cm
25
173 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
181 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, crazy legs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Blessed!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blessed avoids the head kick by legs.
Decent striking displayed by Blessed there.
Blessed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blessed misses with the combination.
Blessed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blessed!
Blessed missing with a left hand there. legs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blessed moves in looking to clinch but legs pushes him off.
Blessed stuffs the takedown.
legs tries to clinch

and Blessed counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blessed.
Blessed lands a right hand.
Blessed has had enough of the clinch but legs keeps him there for the moment.
Blessed throws a head punch that misses.
legs lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Brian Blessed has been cut.
legs trying to land knees to the body.
legs jumps guard but Blessed stands there with legs around his waist. legs gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
legs lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Blessed.
legs scores with a shot to the side of Blessed's head.
legs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blessed's efforts to push away.
Blessed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
legs lands a nice knee to the body.
legs throws an elbow that misses.
Blessed managing to block the knees to the body from legs.
legs landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
legs unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blessed can't break the clinch.
legs lands a body punch.
Blessed looks gassed!
legs tries to land knees in the clinch but Blessed avoids the damage to the body.
Blessed is trying to break the clinch but legs is controlling him.
Blessed has a couple of punches blocked by legs.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, legs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blessed's brow.
legs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blessed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
legs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blessed is defending well for now.
legs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
legs has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blessed avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for crazy legs. That's going to take a lot out of him.

legs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blessed misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for legs with that takedown attempt.

legs gets a clinch.
Blessed is trying to break free.
Blessed is looking to control legs's arms but legs gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blessed has his back to the ropes.
legs misses with a punch on the inside.
legs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for legs.
Blessed looking to stall.
Blessed is trying to break the clinch but legs is controlling him.
Blessed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blessed misses with a punch on the inside.
Blessed tries to break the clinch but legs is controlling the position.
legs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
legs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
legs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blessed's efforts to push away.
Blessed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
legs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blessed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. legs obliges.
legs landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
legs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blessed's defenses.

That has opened up Brian Blessed's cut even more.

legs manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from legs.
Blessed is looking to break free of the clinch but legs has double underhooks.
legs connects with a knee to the head.
legs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from legs.
Blessed takes an elbow to the temple.

legs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
legs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blessed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
legs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
legs shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blessed sprawls well. Blessed wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. legs gets slowly back to his feet.
Brian Blessed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
legs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blessed.
No joy there for Blessed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
legs throws a head kick but Blessed moves out of range.
legs throws a head kick that Blessed semi-blocks.

legs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blessed.
legs has Blessed pressed against the ropes, preventing Blessed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blessed can't break the clinch.
legs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blesseds head.
legs working aggressively here.
legs putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blessed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
legs prevents Blessed from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

crazy legs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Blessed's cut.
That's time! legs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

legs shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blessed pinned against the cage. Blessed gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Blessed scores with a nice right hand.
Blessed connects with a right hand. legs shakes it off.
Blessed wants to clinch but legs slips to the side

and legs counters with a head kick that drops Blessed to the mat! Blessed scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Blessed is rocked!
legs dodges the punch combination from Blessed.
Blessed is still on wobbly legs! Can legs finish him?
Blessed keeps the fight on the outside.
Blessed seems to have recovered his senses.
legs is looking to clinch.
Blessed misses with a two punch combination.
Blessed is breathing heavily.
legs swats away the attempt to clinch by Blessed.
A punch combination from Blessed misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
legs fails with an attempt to clinch.
legs changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blessed tries to avoid it but legs manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blessed to the ground. Blessed escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blessed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Blessed rushes legs and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Blessed stops a takedown attempt from legs.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for crazy legs. That's going to take a lot out of him.

legs is trying to trip Blessed. He has hold of a leg but Blessed is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. legs persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
legs tries to stand but Blessed is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Blessed wants to sweep but no luck.
Blessed pulls legs in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
legs stopping the sweep attempt from Blessed.
Blessed trying to control the position.
Blessed is trying to hold legs in close to prevent damage but legs has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blessed is looking to control legs's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blessed avoid being mounted?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
legs throws a front kick that sends Blessed stumbling back into the ropes.
Brian Blessed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
legs lands with a nice body punch.

legs gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
legs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
legs lands a body punch in the clinch.

legs has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Blessed uses from the top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Blessed wants to control from the top but legs keeps moving.

legs has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Blessed off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from legs.
legs swings for the body but Blessed moves out of range.
Blessed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blessed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

legs clinches.
Blessed lands with a short shot to the head.
legs lands an elbow inside that Blessed shrugs off.
legs changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blessed fights it off and pushes away nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
legs takes a swing at Blessed's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blessed tries to bum rush legs with a series of wild strikes but legs uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

crazy legs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Blessed's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blessed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

legs rushes Blessed and presses him up against the ropes.
legs has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blessed is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
crazy legs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
legs scores with a knee to the head.
legs lands a shoulder strike.
Blessed managing to block the knees to the body from legs.
legs unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blessed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blessed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Blessed tries to stall but legs uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
legs lands a body punch.
Blessed is trying to break the clinch but legs has him pressed against the ropes.
Blessed looking to stall.
legs throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
legs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blessed's efforts to push away.
legs landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

legs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
legs moves in looking to clinch but Blessed pushes him off.
legs scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
legs keeps Blessed at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blessed circles away from the clinch attempt.
legs thows a body kick. Blessed tries to catch it but that hurt him.
legs wants to clinch but Blessed slips to the side

and Blessed holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
legs is working Blessed over against the ropes.
legs lands an uppercut.
legs lands a nice elbow.
legs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blessed.
Blessed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from legs.

legs manages to break the clinch.

Blessed has taken the fight to the clinch.
legs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blesseds head.
legs unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blessed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blessed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
legs scores with a knee to the head.
Blessed misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
legs lands a nice uppercut.
Blessed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
legs swings wildly with an uppercut but Blessed uses good head movement to avoid it.
legs digs a right hand underneath Blessed's ribcage. Blessed let out a lung full of air as it connected.
legs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blessed's defenses.
Blessed can't break the clinch.

legs gets control of Blessed's arms and successfully pulls guard. legs will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Blessed wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of legs's closed guard. He's half up but legs has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! legs pivots and extends the arm, Blessed falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by legs! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). crazy legs!
crazy legs is the new welterweight champion!