PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Blundell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conteh
vs
Blundell

183 cm
33
208 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

187 cm
29
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryan Blundell!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Conteh - just one landing.
Conteh is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blundell.

It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
Conteh looks to land a left hand but Blundell moved out of range nicely.
Blundell appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conteh moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blundell misses with a left hand
and Conteh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Conteh throws a body shot but no joy.
Conteh thuds a left hand into Blundell's body.
Conteh blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blundell throws a body punch but Conteh moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Conteh misses the target.
Blundell avoids the body shot from Conteh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blundell moves away.
Blundell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conteh looks to score with a jab to the body but Blundell is just out of range.
Blundell misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blundell moves away.
Blundell is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Conteh is looking to wear down Blundell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Conteh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conteh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Conteh lands a slapping body shot.
Blundell misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Conteh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh looks to score with a jab to the body but Blundell is just out of range.
Blundell is looking for the big counter here.
Conteh throws a series of punches but Blundell moves out of range.
A nice side step and Blundell releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Conteh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conteh misses with a wild combination.
John Conteh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conteh looks to score with a jab to the body but Blundell is just out of range.
Blundell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Conteh on the side of the head.
Blundell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blundell misses with a double jab.
Blundell loads up on a big right hand but Conteh slips the punch.
Conteh clobbers Blundell with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Conteh misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Conteh misses the body punch
and Blundell counters with a nice body shot.
Conteh takes a swing at Blundell's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blundell moves away from the strike by Conteh.
Conteh stalks Blundell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blundell's face. Blundell staggers backwards, shaken.
Blundell misses with a combination
and Conteh counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Blundell thinking.
Conteh swings for the body but Blundell moves out of range.
Blundell lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blundell ducks right into an uppercut from Conteh.
Conteh misses with a hook.
Blundell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Conteh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Conteh misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Blundell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Conteh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blundell throws out a counter right but Conteh avoids it with no problem.
Conteh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blundell can do to turn this around?
Sloppy strikes from Conteh. Those never looked like landing.
Blundell throws out a counter right but Conteh avoids it with no problem.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Blundell might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Conteh has got the better of the exchanges.
Conteh misses with a hook.
Blundell moves away from the strike by Conteh.
Blundell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A quick step to the side and Conteh tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conteh throws a lazy uppercut
and Blundell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blundell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Conteh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blundell appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blundell just misses with a punch to the body.
Blundell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Conteh's head.
Conteh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conteh moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Conteh misses its target.
Conteh drops his hands momentarily and Blundell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Blundell is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh slips a jab from Blundell.
Ryan Blundell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blundell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Blundell looks to throw the jab but Conteh is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Conteh misses the target.
Conteh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blundell.
As Blundell looks to move away, Conteh throws a big counter combo bu Blundell just gets out of the way.
Conteh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blundell misses the jab.
Conteh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A combination from Blundell does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh throws an overhand right that lands on Blundell's shoulder, as Blundell tries to avoid the shot.
Blundell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Conteh with a body shot.
Conteh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good standup being displayed there by Conteh as he connects with a hook.
Conteh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conteh throws a hook to the side of Blundell's head but Blundell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conteh throws out a powerful jab.
Blundell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Blundell does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blundell! But no joy.
Blundell ducks under a wild hook from Conteh.
Blundell throws a counter combo.
Blundell throws a nice looking combination but Conteh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Conteh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blundell.
Blundell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blundell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conteh.
Blundell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conteh walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ryan Blundell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Conteh looks to score with a jab to the body but Blundell is just out of range.
Blundell misses with a hook. Conteh ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Conteh misses.
Conteh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conteh connects with a right hand. Blundell shakes it off.
Blundell throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conteh scores with a one two! Blundell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Conteh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blundell.
Blundell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conteh.
Conteh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blundell.
Blundell misses with a looping right.
Conteh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blundell moves away.
Conteh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blundell takes a swing at Conteh's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blundell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conteh.
Blundell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conteh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blundell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blundell. Conteh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conteh appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Blundell avoids the body shot from Conteh.
Blundell avoids the body shot from Conteh.
Conteh throws a jab when Blundell was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Conteh coming out on top.
Blundell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Conteh swats away the attempt to clinch by Blundell.
Conteh throws a body shot but no joy.
Blundell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conteh scores with a shot to the body.
Blundell looks to throw the jab but Conteh is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blundell looks to land a left hand but Conteh moved out of range nicely.
Conteh bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blundell's head.
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
Conteh lands a slapping body shot.
Conteh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blundell.
Conteh lands a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Conteh swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Blundell counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Conteh clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Conteh takes a swing at Blundell's ribcage but misses.
Conteh connects with a body shot that sends Blundell's belly button to the back.
Conteh scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Conteh throws a hook to the side of Blundell's head but Blundell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John Conteh is winning the standup battle so far.
Conteh lands a really nice looking cross but Blundell seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Conteh. Beautiful body shot.
Blundell throws a series of punches but Conteh moves out of range.
Conteh swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Blundell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blundell misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blundell was well out of range. Poor timing from Conteh.
Blundell is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Blundell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conteh.
Conteh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conteh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conteh throwing a counter right hand but Blundell manages to avoid it.
Conteh is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blundell.
Blundell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh lands a jab to the head.
Conteh fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Conteh.
Conteh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Conteh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

John Conteh's cut is getting worse.
Conteh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conteh digs a good body shot into Blundell's ribs.
Blundell misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh throws a jab but it's blocked by Blundell.
Blundell appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conteh scores with a shot to the body.
Conteh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blundell under the eye.
Conteh jabs at Blundell's body.
Blundell jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blundell blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blundell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conteh.
Blundell let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Blundell throws the left hand but Conteh avoids the punch easily.
Conteh appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Blundell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blundell throws a counter combo.
Conteh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blundell manages to avoid it.
Conteh slips a jab and a cross from Blundell.
Conteh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blundell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conteh misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Conteh had his way with Ryan Blundell in that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Blundell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A counter left hand to the body from Conteh misses its target.
Blundell just misses with a punch to the body.
Blundell takes one to the side of the head.
Conteh scores with a three punch combo!
Conteh scores with a hook to the body. Blundell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conteh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Blundell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Conteh darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Blundell misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blundell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Conteh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blundell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Conteh.
It seemed like Blundell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Blundell misses with an uppercut
and Blundell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blundell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Conteh uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blundell has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blundell feints a jab promting Conteh to slip. Blundell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Conteh slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Conteh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conteh fails to land with a series of punches.
Blundell looks to land a left hand but Conteh moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Conteh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Conteh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blundell.
Blundell is looking for the big counter here.
Blundell misses with a wild combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Conteh misses its target.
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
Blundell throws a right hand that Conteh ducks under and follows up with a left that Conteh also avoids with ease.
It looked like Conteh wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Blundell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Despite the aggression on Blundell's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conteh misses with a double jab
and Blundell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ryan Blundell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice cross by Conteh.
Blundell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blundell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blundell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Conteh lands a slapping body shot.
John Conteh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conteh takes a swing at Blundell's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Conteh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conteh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 49:46
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Conteh!
John Conteh retains his light heavyweight title!
John Conteh thanked the fans post fight for their support.