PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iiro Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash : The Man Comes Around. Blaze is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pendulum - Slam. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tolonen
vs
Blaze

213 cm
34
285 lbs
35 - 13 - 0

190 cm
28
214 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolonen lands a jab to Blaze's midsection.
Blaze throws a leg kick
and Tolonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slow jab from Tolonen misses its intended target.
Blaze misses with a straight left.

Tolonen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tolonen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Blaze knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tolonen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolonen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blaze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaze regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Tolonen.
Tolonen looking to sit in guard and control but Blaze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Blaze trying to stand up but can't free himself from Tolonen's guard.
Tolonen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blaze is one step ahead there.
Blaze prevents Tolonen from getting back to his feet.
Tolonen is controlling Blaze's posture.
Tolonen has a closed guard, preventing Blaze from standing up.
Tolonen is pulling down on Blaze's head. It's preventing any offense from Blaze, at least for the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Iiro Tolonen just wasn't active enough.
Tolonen moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze takes a swing at Tolonen's ribcage but misses.
Tolonen scores with a nice head shot.
Tolonen misses with a looping left.
Nino Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tolonen swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Iiro Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Tolonen misses.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tolonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blaze misses with a wild body shot.
Blaze walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tolonen.
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!
Tolonen cracks Blaze with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze ducks right into an uppercut from Tolonen.
Blaze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blaze throws a hook but Tolonen blocks it.
Tolonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tolonen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blaze on the side of the head.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tolonen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Blaze looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Blaze is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze struggling a bit here.
Tolonen is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Blaze will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Blaze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen working the ground and pound from side control.
Blaze is trying to improve his position.
Tolonen scoring with punches from side control.
Tolonen controls the position from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tolonen in side control, throwing shots but Blaze defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iiro Tolonen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blaze.
Jab, jab by Tolonen - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolonen. Blaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze throws a leg kick that misses.
Tolonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blaze staying out of range there.
Blaze slips under a jab.
Tolonen throws a push kick but Blaze slaps the foot to one side.
Tolonen checks a leg kick.
Blaze checks a leg kick.
Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blaze throws out a leg kick but Tolonen moves out of range and Blaze only half commits.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
An inside leg kick lands from Blaze.
Blaze moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaze throws a looping overhand right but Tolonen ducks down to avoid it.
Tolonen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blaze counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blaze blocks the body kick.
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blaze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tolonen manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tolonen.
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!
Tolonen throws a right hand that misses
and Blaze counters with an outside leg kick.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Blaze cracks the inside of Tolonen's front leg.
Blaze scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen checks a low kick from Blaze.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tolonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Blaze tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen scores with a hook to the body. Blaze takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blaze throws a leg kick but Tolonen sees it coming and moves out of range.

Blaze gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Iiro Tolonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tolonen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tolonen throwing strikes from guard but Blaze blocks nicely.
Tolonen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Tolonen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blaze's head.
Blaze wants to sweep but no luck.
Tolonen throws a strike but Blaze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Blaze is looking to stand up but Tolonen won't let him.
Tolonen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tolonen wriggles free and stands up.
Blaze throws a low kick but Tolonen moves out of range easily.
Iiro Tolonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Tolonen throws a push kick but Blaze slaps the foot to one side.
Tolonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blaze can do to turn this around?
Tolonen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tolonen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tolonen. Tolonen obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tolonen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blaze under the eye.
Tolonen misses the shot to the body.
Tolonen tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iiro Tolonen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Blaze fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tolonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tolonen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tolonen.
Blaze digs a good body shot into Tolonen's ribs.
Blaze motions for Tolonen to come forward. Blaze throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blaze tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen misses with a low kick as Blaze jumps back.
Blaze moves out of range of the strikes.
Tolonen throws a body punch but Blaze moves out of range.
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!
Blaze throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tolonen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blaze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blaze has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tolonen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze throws a leg kick which misses Tolonen's front leg but catches the back leg as Tolonen tries to avoid it.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tolonen.
Tolonen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tolonen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen blocks a low kick nicely.
Blaze misses with a lunging right hand
and Tolonen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Tolonen finds it's way through Blaze's defenses.
Nino Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Iiro Tolonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen misses with a hook.
Blaze throws a quick inside leg kick.

Tolonen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Blaze manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Tolonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blaze is pulling down on Tolonen's head to control his posture.
Tolonen wants to pass the guard but Blaze is keeping the position.

Blaze is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaze.
Blaze tries to break free but Tolonen pushes him back against the cage.
Blaze throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tolonens head.

Tolonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen scores with a punch to the head.
Tolonen lands a nice shot to the body.
Tolonen throws a head kick that misses.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen thumps Blaze with a low kick.
Tolonen misses with a shot to the body
and Blaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tolonen lands a glancing blow to the side of Blaze's head.
Blaze dodges the punch combination from Tolonen.

Tolonen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tolonen lands in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze wants to sweep here but Tolonen controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tolonen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iiro Tolonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tolonen, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iiro Tolonen!
Iiro Tolonen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.