PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Tree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake has chosen Battle for Asgard as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tree
vs
Blake

200 cm
29
220 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

192 cm
26
218 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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Conviction

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Tree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Blake!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blake duly obliges.

It looks like Bruce Tree has been cut.
Blake wants to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tree crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Blake - the referee stops the clock and Tree gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Blake. Tree manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tree on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tree misses with a series of wild punches.
Tree throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruce Tree seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Tree.
Blake ducks right into an uppercut from Tree.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tree thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blake motions for Tree to come forward. Blake throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Blake.
Blake lands with a nice body punch.
Tree fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blake checks it well.
Blake lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Blake.
Tree does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blake missing with a left hand there. Tree was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blake.
Tree misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blake.
Blake lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tree backwards.
Blake misses with the head strike.
Blake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tree's efforts to push away.
Tree tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blake's elbow.
Blake misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Blake.
A right hand to the body from Blake.
Blake working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tree up against the cage.
Blake lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake controlling the action here for a moment.
Tree's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blake misses with a punch on the inside.
Blake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blake gets through Tree's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tree tries to work over Blake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blake lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tree's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tree blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tree jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blake walks away with a smile on his face. Tree gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice sprawl there from Blake as Tree shoots in.
Blake walks into a left hand.
Blake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blake turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tree is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blake lands a head shot.
Tree misses with a kick to the body.
Blake checks the leg kick.
Blake loads up on a big right hand but Tree slips the punch.
Blake with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Blake thuds his right hand into Tree's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tree throws a push kick but Blake slaps the foot to one side.
Tree throws a head kick that misses
and Blake counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tree circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blake throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blake.
Tree looks to land a right hand but Blake moved out of range.
Tree stuns Blake with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blake throws a shot to the body.
Tree takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Blake lands a big head kick that sends Tree tumbling to the mat! Blake takes a step backwards and waves Tree back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tree is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tree gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Blake points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Tree wakes up just in time to hear Blake thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donald Blake!
An out of breath Donald Blake thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.