PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson comes into the arena with Ave Maria blaring out of the sound system. Blaze has chosen Pendulum - Slam as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wilson
vs
Blaze

187 cm
41
220 lbs
37 - 11 - 1

190 cm
39
214 lbs
40 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson misses with a series of wild punches.
Blaze only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wilson throws a series of punches but Blaze moves out of range.
Wilson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blaze explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Blaze on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Blaze moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blaze! But no joy.
Blaze avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wilson swinging wildly here.
A countering left hand to the body from Blaze misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wilson throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
Blaze slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blaze misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Wilson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wilson lands with a cross.
Blaze with a jab.
Blaze missing with a left hand there. Wilson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wilson thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
Wilson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blaze with a jab.
Blaze takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Blaze moved out of range.
Blaze is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wilson with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with an uppercut.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Wilson is looking to counter punch.
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wilson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wilson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wilson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wilson stuns Blaze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blaze walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wilson tries to move into range but Blaze moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blaze lands with a shot to the body.
Wilson tries for a takedown but Blaze sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blaze is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
Blaze connects with a solid leg kick.
Nino Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilson throws a lazy uppercut
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaze thuds his shin into the meat of Wilson's side.
Blaze connects with a body shot that sends Wilson's belly button to the back.
Blaze lunges at Wilson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wilson's hand.
Blaze lunges at Wilson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wilson's hand.
Blaze misses with a straight right.
Blaze jabs at Wilson's body.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Blaze.
Wilson throws a hook but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson missing with a left hand there. Blaze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaze lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blaze scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wilson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blaze paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wilson misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Blaze was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Blaze listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wilson throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wilson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wilson throws an off balance right hand
and Blaze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wilson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
Blaze let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wilson lands with an overhand left.
A shot to the body from Wilson misses
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nino Blaze will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wilson misses with a body shot
and Blaze counters with a nice uppercut.
Wilson throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wilson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wilson, as that shot connected.
Blaze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilson.
Wilson looks to land a combination. Blaze sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Nino Blaze has been cut.
Blaze connects with a high kick.
Wilson throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze lands a glancing blow to the side of Wilson's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson staying out of range there.
Blaze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Blaze avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blaze throws a hook to the side of Wilson's head but Wilson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wilson misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blaze! But no joy.
Wilson avoids the head kick by Blaze.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Blaze throws a sloppy head kick and Wilson moves out of range easily.
Wilson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wilson defending well as Blaze loads up on a big left hand.
Wilson is looking to counter the offense by Blaze and move into the clinch.
Blaze loads up on a big right hand but Wilson slips the punch.
Blaze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wilson on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaze.
Blaze throws a jab but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wilson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Blaze sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Blaze is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wilson with a body shot.
Wilson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blaze to score with a decent uppercut.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Wilson.
Wilson misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Blaze scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze lands an overhand right.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wilson lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze connects with a looping right hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wilson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wilson throws a series of strikes that have Blaze backpedaling.
Nice defenses there by Blaze.
Nino Blaze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wilson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wilson throws a lazy right hand but Blaze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blaze appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wilson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blaze counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wilson tries to clinch but Blaze is having none of it.
Blaze lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wilson lands a head shot.
Wilson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blaze finds it's way round the side to connect with Wilson's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze misses with a head kick.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Blaze throws the left hand but Wilson avoids the punch easily.
And Wilson counters with a quick kick to the body but Blaze blocks it.
Wilson is looking to clinch but Blaze is avoiding it.
Wilson misses the body punch

and Blaze counters with a head kick that drops Wilson to the mat! Wilson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Wilson is rocked!
Blaze fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Wilson out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Nino Blaze!
Nino Blaze was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.