PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Now I Lay Thee Down. Henrik Larsson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Larsson
vs
Nash

180 cm
33
196 lbs
30 - 15 - 0

188 cm
27
200 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henrik Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Nash!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nash moves out of range of the body kick.
Nash throws a low kick but Larsson avoids it.
Henrik Larsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsson misses with an uppercut.
Larsson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nash.
Nash attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Larsson misses with an uppercut. Nash saw that one coming.
Nash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsson moves away.
Nash lands with a straight right. Larsson didn't see that one coming.
Nice body kick from Nash.
Larsson dips to his left and cracks Nash with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nash has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nash throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nash lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nash buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nash chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nash tries to land a leg kick but Larsson saw it coming and moves away.
Larsson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nash blocks a head kick by Larsson.
Nash lands a body shot.
Larsson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Larsson finds it's way through Nash's defenses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nash. That's going to slow Larsson down.
Nash throws a leg kick which misses Larsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Larsson tries to avoid it.
Nash scores with the left hand. Larsson knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Henrik Larsson has been cut.
Nash throws a solid leg kick but Larsson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nash.
Larsson looks to throw the jab but Nash is out of range.
Nash scores with a spinning back kick!
Larsson is breathing heavily.
Nash looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nash. That's going to slow Larsson down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Nash tenderised Larsson's leg. Larsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and Nash moves out of range easily.
Larsson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larsson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Nash.
Nash tries to land a leg kick but Larsson saw it coming and moves away.
Nash lands with a shot to the body.
Larsson misses with a right hand
and Nash makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nash lands a big uppercut and Larsson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Larsson looks OK. Nash waves Larsson back to his feet!

Larsson is rocked!
Larsson moves out of range as Nash throws a body kick.
Oh Larsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Nash! Larsson is out on his feet! Nash rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Larsson is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Larsson is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Nash!
A very excited looking Blake Nash made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.