PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatau Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodgood has chosen Dark Tranquility - Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Andrews
vs
Bloodgood

173 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

189 cm
26
180 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aaron Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tatau Bloodgood!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews lands a right hook to the body.
Bloodgood stuffs the takedown attempt from Andrews. Andrews gets slowly back to his feet.
Andrews shoots in looking for a takedown. Bloodgood tries to sprawl out of it but Andrews keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bloodgood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bloodgood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bloodgood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Andrews shoots in for a takedown but Bloodgood shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A good leg kick by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood connects with a crisp jab.
Bloodgood stuffs the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Andrews shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Andrews is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews trying to mount his opponent but Bloodgood defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood wants to get back to full guard.

Andrews is trying to work for a kimura but Bloodgood is defending well.
Bloodgood trying to control here.
Andrews passes to side control.
Bloodgood prevents Andrews from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood pushes Andrews away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Andrews gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bloodgood is looking for a sweep.
Bloodgood wants to get back to his feet.
Andrews fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Andrews is looking to take a break and control but Bloodgood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bloodgood tries to bench press Andrews off him but Andrews keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andrews tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Andrews has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Andrews wants to take a breather but Bloodgood manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Andrews.
Andrews trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andrews looking to sit in guard and control but Bloodgood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bloodgood got a little sloppy there for a moment and Andrews has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bloodgood has managed to get both his arms back between Andrews's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews trying to control the position.
Andrews is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Andrews working a defensive guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andrews is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bloodgood is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aaron Andrews will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bloodgood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Andrews's sensitive parts.
Bloodgood throws a one two combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bloodgood.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Andrews looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Bloodgood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bloodgood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andrews pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bloodgood is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Andrews manages to get himself to full guard.

Bloodgood gets to his feet. Andrews looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bloodgood throws a good cross that connects.
Andrews looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bloodgood is fending him off so far but Andrews persists. Nope, Bloodgood circles away and we're back to standing.
Andrews will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bloodgood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bloodgood scores with a jab.
Bloodgood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Andrews misses with a takedown attempt
and Bloodgood counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andrews takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Bloodgood. Beautiful body shot.
Bloodgood connects with a jab.
Bloodgood throws a good cross that connects.
Andrews misses with a takedown
and Bloodgood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aaron Andrews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Andrews needs to keep his hands up - Bloodgood had a free shot at his head there.
Bloodgood cracks Andrews with a good jab.
Andrews shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bloodgood counters with a thumping low kick.
Bloodgood feints a jab promting Andrews to slip. Bloodgood then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Andrews slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bloodgood with a hook.

Andrews is rocked!
Bloodgood scoring well with a low kick there.
Bloodgood thumps Andrews with a low kick.
Tatau Bloodgood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bloodgood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot lands for Bloodgood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood scoring well with a low kick there.
Bloodgood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Andrews takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Andrews is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bloodgood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bloodgood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Andrews. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bloodgood.
Bloodgood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bloodgood scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andrews takes one to the chin there.
Andrews on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Bloodgood lands a big uppercut and Andrews crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Andrews looks OK. Bloodgood waves Andrews back to his feet!
Oh Andrews is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bloodgood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Andrews get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Andrews stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Bloodgood runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tatau Bloodgood!
Tatau Bloodgood made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'COME AT ME BRO'.