PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Philip Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastian Nokia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blake
vs
Nokia

183 cm
23
194 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
32
197 lbs
4 - 25 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Philip Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bastian Nokia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blake has Nokia up against the cage in a clinch.

Blake breaks the clinch.
Nokia blocks a head kick by Blake.
Blake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Some wild striking there from Blake.
Blake misses with a looping right.
Blake connects with a right hand. Nokia shakes it off.
Nokia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blake.
Blake tries to clinch there but Nokia circles away.
Nokia takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake tries to clinch but Nokia is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake misses the shot to the body.

Blake clinches with his opponent.
Blake stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Blake misses the target.
Philip Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake moves in looking to clinch but Nokia pushes him off.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Blake lands a right hook to the body.
Blake misses with an uppercut. Nokia saw that one coming.
Blake works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Blake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Blake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blake scores with the left hand. Nokia knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Blake moves into the clinch successfully.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blake tries to bum rush Nokia with a series of wild strikes but Nokia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blake lands a jab to the head.
Blake lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nokia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nokia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blake.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nokia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blake misses with a right hand
and Nokia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Blake is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A jab from Blake does it's job there.

Nokia is rocked!
Blake misses with an uppercut. Nokia saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Nokia.
Blake misses with a combination

and Nokia counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nokia prevents Blake from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake tries to roll over but Nokia keeps him under control.
Blake trying to control but Nokia postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blake is trying to stand.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Philip Blake wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Blake displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Blake 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.

Nokia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nokia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nokia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blake.
Blake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blake is looking to clinch but Nokia is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nokia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blake.
Nokia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blake's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nokia under the eye.

It looks like Bastian Nokia has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake misses with an uppercut. Nokia saw that one coming.
Nokia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nokia.
Philip Blake is winning the standup battle so far.
Blake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nokia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Blake.
Blake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nokia was well out of range. Poor timing from Blake.
Blake lands a head shot.
Nokia swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nokia paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake tries to clinch but Nokia is having none of it.
Blake closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nokia counters with a head kick. That will keep Blake thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nokia slips under a jab.
Blake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nokia can do to turn this around?

Blake sends Nokia crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Blake is motioning to the referee to let Nokia up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Nokia is still on wobbly legs! Can Blake finish him?
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!
Blake looks to land a right hand but Nokia moved out of range.
Nokia seems to have recovered his senses.
Blake lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Nokia can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Blake and Nokia drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Blake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philip Blake!
In his post fight interview, Philip Blake started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.