PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Blanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Ngo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Ngo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blanks
vs
Ngo

180 cm
23
195 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
190 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Blanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Ngo!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Henry Ngo has been cut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ngo checks a leg kick.
Blanks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ngo shoots in looking for a takedown. Blanks tries to sprawl out of it but Ngo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blanks manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Ngo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ngo showed some decent athleticism there.
Blanks looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ngo trying to control from half guard but Blanks is working away.
Ngo is thwarting Blanks's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blanks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Blanks.
A punch combination from Blanks misses.

Blanks gets caught napping as Ngo dives in and scores a takedown. Blanks manages to retain guard.
Ngo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ngo controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Ngo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Henry Ngo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ngo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blanks swivels and escapes.
Blanks throws a head kick but Ngo moves out of range.
Blanks tries to score with a low kick but Ngo moves his leg out of the way.
Blanks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ngo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blanks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ngo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ngo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanks lands with a nice body kick.
Ngo looks gassed!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blanks lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ngo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ngo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blanks slaps away a takedown attempt from Ngo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Billy Blanks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Blanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Blanks throws a low kick but Ngo moves out of range easily.
Ngo 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.
Blanks lands a leg kick that knocks Ngo off balance momentarily.
Blanks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Blanks.
That kick from Blanks tenderised Ngo's leg. Ngo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blanks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blanks. That's going to slow Ngo down.
Blanks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ngo is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Blanks moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Blanks!
Billy Blanks took some time post fight to say the following; 'Leopold Stotch is above me in the rankings?? We gotta do something about that.... Leopold you can't bring the skin guards with you... your limbs are gona hate me.... accept the fight offer and let's sort this out.'.