PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Herdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardiner Wright Blackwood comes to the cage accompanied by The Land of Make Believe. Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paolo Herdy's chin.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood
vs
Herdy

190 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paolo Herdy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with an uppercut
and Herdy counters with an outside leg kick.
Herdy misses with an uppercut.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Herdy fakes the leg kick and cracks Gardiner Wright Blackwood in the body.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Herdy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Herdy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Herdy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Herdy throws a right hand that Gardiner Wright Blackwood ducks under and follows up with a left that Gardiner Wright Blackwood also avoids with ease.
Herdy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herdy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Herdy misses with a few strikes there.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with an uppercut
and Herdy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Herdy moves in looking to clinch but Gardiner Wright Blackwood pushes him off.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands with a right hand.

Herdy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Herdy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood has had enough of the clinch but Herdy keeps him there for the moment.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Herdy walks away with a smile on his face. Gardiner Wright Blackwood gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Herdy slips under a jab from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Herdy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herdy moves forwards but Gardiner Wright Blackwood connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herdy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a looping left.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a nice head shot.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a straight left.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Herdy takes a swing at Gardiner Wright Blackwood's ribcage but misses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood looks to land a combination but Herdy avoids it well.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood cracks Herdy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Herdy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Herdy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a series of punches but Herdy moves out of range.

Herdy darts in and clinches Gardiner Wright Blackwood up against the cage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Herdy smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a jab but it's blocked by Herdy.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a shot from downtown. Herdy moves away and avoids it.

Herdy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gardiner Wright Blackwood, pushing him back against the cage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Herdy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Herdy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range of the body kick.

Herdy has managed to clinch.

Herdy breaks the clinch.

Herdy darts in and clinches Gardiner Wright Blackwood up against the cage.
Herdy lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Herdy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with an uppercut. Herdy saw that one coming.
Herdy lands a front kick.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Gardiner Wright Blackwood does no damage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands a nice shot that snaps Herdy's head back.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a hook to the side of Herdy's head but Herdy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a two punch combination.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is breathing heavily.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Herdy drives through and clinches with Gardiner Wright Blackwood against the cage.

Herdy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood cracks Herdy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Herdy is looking to clinch.
Herdy avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands an overhand right.
Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a one two combo.
Herdy scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice straight punches there by Gardiner Wright Blackwood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood looks to throw the jab but Herdy is out of range.
Herdy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood gets tackled into the cage by Herdy. Herdy maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herdy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gardiner Wright Blackwood won't want to take too many of those.
Herdy slowing the pace effectively.
Nice elbow from Herdy.

Herdy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a series of punches but Herdy avoids them all with ease.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a decent looking hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a looping right.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a nice right hand.
Herdy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Herdy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Herdy missing with knees to the body.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Herdy smiles and moves away.
Herdy tries to clinch up.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Herdy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gardiner Wright Blackwood's knee momentarily.
Herdy connects with a high kick.

It looks like Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herdy slips a straight right by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Herdy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Herdy forces Gardiner Wright Blackwood back against the cage and clinches.
Herdy scores with a hook to the body.
Herdy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Herdy lands a hook to the side of the head.

Herdy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Herdy.
Good exchange - Gardiner Wright Blackwood coming out on top.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Herdy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a hook. Herdy ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herdy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Herdy dodges the punch combination from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
A punch combination from Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a hook to the body
and Herdy counters with a right hand to the body.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Herdy takes one on the button.
Herdy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Herdy counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a wild combination.
Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herdy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Herdy thuds his shin into the meat of Gardiner Wright Blackwood's side.
A punch combination from Herdy misses.

Herdy closes the distance and pushes Gardiner Wright Blackwood back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Herdy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Herdy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Herdy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Herdy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Herdy tries to clinch but Gardiner Wright Blackwood is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a looping overhand right but Herdy ducks down to avoid it.

Herdy gets a clinch.
Herdy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Herdy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Herdy tries to clinch but Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range.
Herdy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Herdy tries to bum rush Gardiner Wright Blackwood with a series of wild strikes but Gardiner Wright Blackwood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands with an uppercut that bounces Herdy off the cage and back into rage.
A big right from Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a straight left.
Herdy lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Herdy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Herdy misses with a double jab
letting Gardiner Wright Blackwood counter with a right hand.

Herdy is rocked!

Herdy closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood jumps guard but Herdy stands there with Gardiner Wright Blackwood around his waist. Gardiner Wright Blackwood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to pull guard but Herdy won't allow it.
The referee calls for Herdy to work.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Herdy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Herdy looks to land a combination but Gardiner Wright Blackwood avoids it well.
Herdy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Herdy moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Herdy does no damage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood thows a body shot but no joy.
Herdy closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood drops Herdy with a nice combination! Gardiner Wright Blackwood dives into Herdy's guard, looking to finish!
Paolo Herdy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Herdy is still in real trouble! Can Gardiner Wright Blackwood finish him?

It looks like Paolo Herdy has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gardiner Wright Blackwood drops back looking for a leg! Herdy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Herdy manages to kick Gardiner Wright Blackwood off! Gardiner Wright Blackwood jumps back into Herdy's guard.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood trying to control but Herdy is working from the bottom.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is really struggling to control Herdy but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Herdy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Herdy seems to have recovered his senses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is pushing down on Herdy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Herdy is fighting to maintain full guard but Gardiner Wright Blackwood has managed to sneak the leg through.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood prevents Herdy from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herdy is staying active underneath Gardiner Wright Blackwood, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood stops Herdy from getting back to his feet.
Herdy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gardiner Wright Blackwood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood is working for a kimura but Herdy is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is looking to take a break and control but Herdy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Herdy is just riding it out for now. Gardiner Wright Blackwood eventually gives up the hold.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is looking to take a break and control but Herdy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gardiner Wright Blackwood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!