PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milton Blahyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Barone is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Blahyi
vs
Barone

190 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

205 cm
28
217 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milton Blahyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruno Barone!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barone blocks a jab.
Blahyi misses with a body punch
and Barone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barone, as that shot connected.
Milton Blahyi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Blahyi darts in and clinches Barone up against the cage.
Blahyi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blahyi misses with some punches.
Blahyi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barone backwards.
Blahyi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blahyi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blahyi misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blahyi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blahyi tries to work over Barone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blahyi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barone lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Barone.
Barone lands a knee to the head.
Blahyi pushes Barone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Barone.
Blahyi tries a body shot but Barone blocks it.
Blahyi tries a body shot but Barone blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blahyi tries to throw a body punch but Barone avoids it by throwing Blahyi back against the cage.
Blahyi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barone scores a nice knee to the body.
Blahyi managing to block the knees to the body from Barone.
Blahyi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barone obliges.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blahyi swings wildly with an uppercut but Barone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barone landing knees to the head.
Blahyi tries to throw a body punch but Barone avoids it by throwing Blahyi back against the cage.
Blahyi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blahyi stalling the fight.
Blahyi tries to throw a body punch but Barone avoids it by throwing Blahyi back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blahyi tries a body shot but Barone blocks it.
Barone can't find room to land a body shot as Blahyi controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone lands a knee to the body.
Blahyi misses with a body punch.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Blahyi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barone backwards.
Barone looking to throw knees to the head but Blahyi is blocking nicely.
Barone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blahyi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blahyi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barone's elbow.
Blahyi throws a head punch that misses.
Blahyi wants to stall.
Blahyi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blahyi misses with a body punch.

Barone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barone tries to clinch but Blahyi is having none of it.
Barone doesn't manage to clinch there - Blahyi circles away.
Blahyi throws a jab but it's blocked by Barone.
Blahyi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blahyi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Milton Blahyi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi with a hook.
Blahyi moves in looking to clinch but Barone pushes him off.
Blahyi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blahyi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blahyi misses with a hook to the body

and Barone counters by clinching up.
Barone landing knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blahyi.
Barone with a knee to the head.
Blahyi has a couple of punches blocked by Barone.
Blahyi misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barone obliges.
Blahyi is breathing heavily.
Barone tries to throw a body punch but Blahyi avoids it by throwing Barone back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blahyi throws a head punch that misses.
Blahyi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blahyi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barone lands a good knee to the midsection. Blahyi won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blahyi tries to throw a body punch but Barone avoids it by throwing Blahyi back against the cage.
Barone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barone.
Blahyi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blahyi throws a punch but it's blocked by Barone.
A head punch on the inside from Blahyi fails to land.
Barone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blahyi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barone is leaning against Blahyi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Barone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Barone drives through and clinches with Blahyi against the cage.
Blahyi misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barone crunches a lovely knee into Blahyi's ribcage.
Barone crunches a lovely knee into Blahyi's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Barone.
Blahyi misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Barone dominated that round.
That's time! Blahyi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blahyi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blahyi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Blahyi takes a swing at Barone's ribcage but misses.

Barone moves into the clinch.
Barone tries to throw a body punch but Blahyi avoids it by throwing Barone back against the cage.
Blahyi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blahyi tries to work over Barone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Blahyi misses with a punch to the body.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Barone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blahyi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barone prevents a body shot from Blahyi.
Barone tries a body shot but Blahyi blocks it.
Blahyi can't find room to land a body shot as Barone controls the action.
Barone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blahyi's defenses.

Barone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blahyi misses with a jab to the body
and Barone counters with a good, hard body kick but Blahyi shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Blahyi.
Blahyi misses with a body punch
and Barone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barone tries to clinch there but Blahyi circles away.

Barone closes the distance and clinches.
Barone prevents a body shot from Blahyi.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Barone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blahyi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blahyi is trying to maintain a safe position but Barone gets an underhook and turns Blahyi into the cage.
Barone looking for a takedown.
Barone lands a knee to the head.
Barone missing with knees to the body.
Blahyi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barone controls his hands.
Bruno Barone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blahyi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blahyi misses with the head strike.
Barone scores with a shot to the side of Blahyi's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Barone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barone lands a nice elbow.
Blahyi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blahyi takes an elbow to the temple.
Barone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barone cracks Blahyi with a nice body shot.
Blahyi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blahyi's face.
Blahyi can't find room to land a body shot as Barone controls the action.
Barone lands a nice knee to the body.
Blahyi stops a takedown attempt from Barone.
Barone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barone lands a damaging elbow.
Barone is leaning against Blahyi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barone lands with a left to the head.
Blahyi takes an elbow to the temple.
Blahyi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blahyi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barone.
Barone lands a damaging elbow.
Barone scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barone obliges.
Knees to the body from Barone.
Barone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Blahyi is rocked!
Barone scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Blahyi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A hook to the body from Barone.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Barone has Blahyi pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Barone pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Blahyi tumbling to the mat - Barone dives into Blahyi's guard.
Barone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Blahyi 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.
Barone arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Blahyi's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bruno Barone!
After winning the bout, Bruno Barone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.