PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brisbane Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Blachowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Martin
vs
Blachowicz

150 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brisbane Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Blachowicz!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martin could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A combination from Martin does no damage.
Blachowicz connects with a solid leg kick.
Blachowicz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blachowicz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martin's sensitive parts.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.

Blachowicz has managed to clinch.
Blachowicz lands a good knee to the midsection. Martin won't want to take too many of those.
Blachowicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Blachowicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Blachowicz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blachowicz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blachowicz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blachowicz tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Blachowicz back against the cage.
Blachowicz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Martin wants to break free but Blachowicz has control.
Blachowicz scores with a knee to the head.
Blachowicz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is trying to force a seperation but Blachowicz has the dominant position.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blachowicz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blachowicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
Martin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blachowicz throws an elbow but misses.
Martin is looking to break free of the clinch but Blachowicz has double underhooks.
Blachowicz can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Blachowicz throws an elbow but it misses.
Blachowicz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blachowicz tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Blachowicz back against the cage.
Blachowicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Blachowicz throws an elbow but it misses.
Martin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Blachowicz is controlling him.
Blachowicz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Blachowicz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blachowicz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martin is breathing heavily.
Blachowicz can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin avoiding damage as Blachowicz throws knees to the body.
Blachowicz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martin has had enough of the clinch but Blachowicz keeps him there for the moment.
Blachowicz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blachowicz lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blachowicz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Martin has had enough of the clinch but Blachowicz keeps him there for the moment.
Martin avoiding damage as Blachowicz throws knees to the body.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Blachowicz.
Martin tries to break free but Blachowicz pushes him back against the cage.
Martin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blachowicz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blachowicz missing with knees to the body.
Blachowicz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martin tries to circle away but Blachowicz has him pinned against the cage.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Blachowicz.
Blachowicz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blachowicz tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin blocks a body shot from Blachowicz.
Martin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martin avoiding damage as Blachowicz throws knees to the body.
Blachowicz keeps control of Martin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blachowicz tries a knee to the head but Martin blocks it.
Martin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martin is trying to force a seperation but Blachowicz has the dominant position.
Blachowicz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Blachowicz.
Martin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blachowicz misses with an elbow strike.
Martin wants to break free but Blachowicz has control.
Blachowicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin avoiding damage as Blachowicz throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A clash of legs there as Martin blocks the low kick.
Martin lands with a nice combination. Blachowicz backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Jan Blachowicz has been cut.
Blachowicz takes one to the chin there.
Martin throws a series of punches but Blachowicz moves out of range.
Blachowicz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Martin pinned against the cage. Martin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blachowicz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blachowicz. Martin shrugs it off though.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.

Blachowicz looking to score a takedown here. Martin is defending well but Blachowicz drives through and ends up in Martin's guard.
Martin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martin tries to get out of the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Martin pulls Blachowicz in to control the position.
Blachowicz is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blachowicz won't allow Martin to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blachowicz.
Blachowicz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Blachowicz postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.
Martin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martin wants to sweep here but Blachowicz controlling him for the moment.
Blachowicz prevents Martin from getting back to his feet.
Blachowicz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Blachowicz postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.
Blachowicz is looking to work some ground and pound but Martin has wrist control.
Martin looking for a sweep. Not yet Martin, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blachowicz postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blachowicz on the ground.
Blachowicz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blachowicz tries to free his leg and advance position but Martin is retaining full guard.
Martin is trying to control the position but Blachowicz postures up.
Martin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blachowicz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blachowicz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Martin wants to get back to his feet but Blachowicz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blachowicz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blachowicz throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is looking to stand up but Blachowicz isn't so interested in that idea.
Blachowicz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blachowicz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blachowicz throwing strikes from guard but Martin blocks nicely.
Blachowicz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blachowicz throws a big elbow that misses.
Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blachowicz being controlled here momentarily.
Blachowicz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martin's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blachowicz postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Martin 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blachowicz.
Martin is adopting a defensive guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blachowicz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blachowicz is looking to work some ground and pound but Martin has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jan Blachowicz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jan Blachowicz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Martin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blachowicz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Martin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Martin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brisbane Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin takes a swing at Blachowicz's ribcage but misses.
Martin swings for the body but Blachowicz moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blachowicz.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martin swinging wildly here.
Martin defending well as Blachowicz loads up on a big left hand.

Blachowicz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Blachowicz passes to full mount!
Blachowicz with the ground and pound from mount.
Blachowicz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin tries to reverse the position but Blachowicz maintains control.
Blachowicz unloads with some shots from mount but Martin bucks and avoids them well.
Martin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Blachowicz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Blachowicz raining down shots from the mount!
Martin working to try and regain half guard.
Blachowicz dominating with strikes here.
Poor strikes thrown by Blachowicz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blachowicz looking to ground and pound but Martin is blocking nicely.
Martin is trying to escape the mount.
Blachowicz landing strikes from the mount and Martin is in trouble!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Poor strikes thrown by Blachowicz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Blachowicz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Blachowicz unloading with bombs!
Blachowicz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martin blocking the ground and pound.
Martin blocking the ground and pound.
Martin tries to hold on but Blachowicz pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blachowicz tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Blachowicz with shots to the head and body - Martin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Martin tries to hold on but Blachowicz postures up.
Martin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Blachowicz.
Martin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blachowicz misses with a head shot.
Martin is looking to get to half guard.
Blachowicz thowing shots but they're missing.
Blachowicz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Blachowicz prevents Martin from getting the reversal.
Blachowicz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Martin hang on?
Brisbane Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jan Blachowicz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blachowicz controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Blachowicz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blachowicz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Blachowicz!