PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Bars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bars
vs
Blow

190 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lars Bars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Blow!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blow clinches up against the cage.
Bars wants to take the fight to the mat but Blow manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Blow has Bars pressed against the cage, preventing Bars from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blow gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bars.

Blow has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bars is trying to keep an underhook but Blow manages to get the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Blow has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blow lands a heavy elbow.
Blow throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Blow working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blow throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Blow lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Blow working Bars over with strikes here.
Poor strikes thrown by Blow there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bars is desperately trying to improve his position but Blow has a good base and remains in mount.
Blow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bars tries to buck Blow off but he can't manage it.
Blow misses with a head shot.
Bars is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bars is working hard here to advance position.
Blow lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bars wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blow throwing strikes here but Bars is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Blow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bars takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bars is breathing heavily.
Blow throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bars avoids a series of strikes thrown by Blow.
Blow lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Blow scoring with strikes but Bars is staying in there.
Blow landing strikes from the mount.
Blow raining down hammerfists from mount.
The referee warns Bars that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Bars is rocked!
Blow misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Oh Bars is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Blow wants to control the pace but Bars is squirming around nicely.
Bars seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blow cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blow thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Blow landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bars is bucking up trying to escape but Blow cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Blow lands a big shot there that rocks Bars but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blow cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blow lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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!
Blow lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Blow working Bars over with strikes here.
Blow softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Bars is out cold! Blow jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Blow!
Dominic Blow spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.