PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nelson
vs
Blackburn

200 cm
20
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terry Blackburn!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackburn lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Blackburn throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
No luck for Nelson with that takedown attempt.
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Nelson shoots in and drives through. Blackburn sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Blackburn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blackburn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nelson.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackburn misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Blackburn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Blackburn is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Nelson's half guard.
Blackburn trying to control from half guard but Nelson is working away.
Nelson is trying to stand back up but Blackburn is controlling him

Nelson is defending against the submission attempts here by Blackburn.
Blackburn controlling the action here.
Nelson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nelson tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn trying to control from half guard but Nelson is working away.
Nelson wants to control but Blackburn is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Terry Blackburn was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nelson shoots and misses

and Blackburn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nelson wants a takedown but no success here.
Blackburn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blackburn has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Blackburn lands a right hand.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackburn misses with the head strike.
Blackburn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.

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.
Blackburn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blackburn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blackburn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blackburn working aggressively here.
Blackburn throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson scores with a shoulder strike.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blackburn has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackburn.
Blackburn blocking some punches.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackburn.
Blackburn swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Blackburn misses with the head strike.
Nelson is trying to push Blackburn away but Blackburn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blackburn gets through Nelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Blackburn lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Blackburn fails to land.
Blackburn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blackburn working aggressively here.

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

Nelson scores with a takedown into Blackburn's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blackburn is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is trying to control the position but Blackburn postures up.
Nelson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Nelson tries to strike from the bottom.
Nelson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blackburn manages to get himself to full guard.
Nelson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nelson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blackburn on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blackburn is on top in guard.
Nelson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blackburn is one step ahead there.
Nelson working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nelson keeping moving, preventing Blackburn from controlling successfully.
Blackburn is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Blackburn wants to pass the guard but Nelson is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Blackburn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nelson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nelson dives in and grabs Blackburn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blackburn pushes down on Nelson's head and hops out.
Blackburn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson with a poor takedown
and Blackburn counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blackburn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nelson defends it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Blackburn. Those never looked like landing.
Blackburn throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
Blackburn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blackburn sprawls well. Blackburn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet.

Nelson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nelson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Blackburn tries to hold on but Nelson pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson cracks Blackburn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nelson avoids the attempt from Blackburn to control.
Nelson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nelson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Nelson.
Nelson prevents Blackburn from getting the reversal.
Nelson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Blackburn can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Nelson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Blackburn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nelson landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Nelson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Blackburn has worked his arm free - good work by Blackburn!
Blackburn is not content to let Nelson control the position.
Nelson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Blackburn some visible discomfort.
Blackburn is looking to regain half guard here but Nelson keeps moving and retains side control.
Nelson lands some shots froms side control.
Nelson working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nelson decides to stand back up. Nelson steps back and let's Blackburn get back to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nelson is defended easily by Blackburn.
Blackburn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nelson.
Blackburn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Blackburn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Blackburn manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Blackburn's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Blackburn duly obliges.
Blackburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blackburn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nelson circles away quickly and effectively.
Blackburn lands a two punch combo.
Nelson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Blackburn is fending him off so far but Nelson persists. Nope, Blackburn circles away and we're back to standing.
Blackburn tries to clinch but Nelson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nelson.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nelson fails with the takedown.
Blackburn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blackburn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nelson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blackburn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blackburn circles away.

Nelson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nelson showed some decent athleticism there.
Rick Nelson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nelson tries to stand and escape but Blackburn actually recovers to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson won't allow Blackburn to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Nelson dominated that second round.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nelson looks for a takedown but Blackburn sprawls well.

Blackburn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Blackburn blocks the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Nelson throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Blackburn manages to pass to side control.
Blackburn tries to score with some ground and pound. Nelson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nelson tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn controls the position.
Nelson is looking for a sweep.
Nelson wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Blackburn throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Blackburn trying to control the position but Nelson is working away.
Nelson can't do much from the bottom here.
Nelson is looking to reverse the position.
Nelson can't do much from the bottom here.
Blackburn trying to control the position but Nelson is working away.

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.
Blackburn wants to stand but Nelson is controlling his arm.
Blackburn looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nelson is avoiding damage well.
Blackburn blocks the strikes from Nelson.
Blackburn tries to score with some ground and pound. Nelson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nelson is looking to reverse the position.
Nelson sneaks back into half guard.
Nelson trying to control but Blackburn postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to get to full guard but Blackburn has control of the leg.
Nelson is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Nelson wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Nelson trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Blackburn is trying to stick to Nelson's back but Nelson is turning into Blackburn. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Blackburn's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Nelson.
Nelson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nelson wants to pass the guard but Blackburn is keeping the position.
Blackburn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Blackburn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Blackburn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nelson is aware though and is defending well.
Blackburn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Blackburn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nelson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blackburn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Blackburn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blackburn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Blackburn!