PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Easton West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think West might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stick To Your Guns - Against Them All. Easton West is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

West
vs
Blake

191 cm
25
190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

183 cm
25
194 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

Conquer
Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Easton West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Philip Blake!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West blocks a jab.
Blake throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blake tries to clinch there but West circles away.
West throwing a counter right hand but Blake manages to avoid it.
West on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West misses with a left hand
enabling Blake to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Easton West has been cut.
A head kick by West misses

and Blake moves into the clinch.
West creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blake managing to block the knees to the body from West.
A nice left hand lands by West.

Blake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blake tries to clinch up.
West keeps the fight on the outside.
Blake lands with a right hand.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blake misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blake misses with an uppercut
and West counters with an inside leg kick.
Blake moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.
Blake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
West lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Blake rushes West and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Philip Blake has been cut.
Blake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees to the body from West.
Knees to the body from West.
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's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blake throws a hook but West blocks it.
A jab from Blake misses.
West looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blake scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with an attempted mid kick.

Blake closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blake tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Blake back against the cage.
A knee to the head by West.
Blake lands a right hand.
Blake is trying to break the clinch but West has him pressed against the cage.

Blake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
West throws a body kick that misses.
Blake's hands are dropping dangerously low here and West connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blake scrambles back to his feet.
West cracks the inside of Blake's front leg.
West throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blake throws out the jab.
West throws a head kick but Blake moves out of range.
West moves away from the strike by Blake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Blake.
A jab lands there for West.
West throws a body punch but Blake moves out of range.
West throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
West pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blake throws a hook but West avoids it easily.

A head kick lands from West that sends Blake to the canvas. Blake tries to scramble back to his feet but West brings him back down into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blake wants to control but West postures up.

West is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blake is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
West working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

West is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blake is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Blake is looking to reverse the position.
Blake wants to get back to his feet but West is dominant here and he's now got Blake's back!
Blake is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get West off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Blake defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of West's arms.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

West working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Easton West dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

West throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Blake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blake falls off balance throwing a combination
and West counters with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Philip Blake's cut even more.
Blake moves out of range of the body kick from West.

Blake lands a left and a right that send West crashing to the mat, dazed. Blake thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but West paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Blake fails in his attempt to clinch.

Blake moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blake is trying to stall.
Blake tries to break free but West pushes him back against the cage.
West lands an elbow just above Blake 's eye.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blake can do to turn this around?
Blake is trying to force a seperation but West has the dominant position.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Philip Blake's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blake lands with a short shot to the head.

Blake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blake misses with an uppercut
and West makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a head kick that half lands.
West takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
West throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Blake moves into range and clinches up with West.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands a nice elbow.
Easton West has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Blake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blake misses with a straight left.
West connects with a solid leg kick.
A low kick from West is predictable there
and Blake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Blake clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
Blake is trying to force a seperation but West has the dominant position.
West throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blake working West over with knees to the body.
Blake takes an elbow to the forehead.
West tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake is looking to control West's arms but West gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blake has his back to the cage.
West goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West misses with an elbow strike.
West lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blake backwards.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blake throws a leg kick that misses.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Blake moves out of range easily.
West stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Philip Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake scores with the left hand. West knows he should have avoided that one.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
West throws a head kick but Blake moves out of range.
Blake uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
West working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Philip Blake's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blake avoids it.
West has Blake pressed against the cage, preventing Blake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Blake avoids the damage to the body.
Blake has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. West seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Blake can turn it around.
A short right from Blake on the inside.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Blake avoids the damage to the body.
Blake is trying to break free.
West is trying to maintain a safe position but Blake gets an underhook and turns West into the cage.
Blake lands a shot to the body.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blake's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Blake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blake managing to block the knees to the body from West.
Blake scores with a shot to the side of West's head.
Blake avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
West scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
West tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blake manages to circle out of the way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blake is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.

Oooooh!!! Blake has knocked West down with a huge combo! Blake steps away and waves a wobbly West back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

West is rocked!

Easton West's cut is getting worse.
Blake is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches West flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! West is out cold! Blake holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Philip Blake!
After the fight, Philip Blake was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.