PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chance Blodgett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blodgett
vs
silva

185 cm
22
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

The Fire Inside

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chance Blodgett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blodgett walks into a straight right hand from silva.

It looks like Chance Blodgett has been cut.
silva lands with an overhand left.
silva swinging wilding here.
Blodgett shoots for a double leg takedown but silva sprawls well. He's pushed Blodgett's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blodgett's hands.
No joy there for silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
silva thuds his right hand into Blodgett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
silva misses with a few strikes there.

silva drives through and clinches with Blodgett against the cage.
silva is trying to break the clinch but Blodgett has him pressed against the cage.
Blodgett keeps control of silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blodgett goes for a takedown in the clinch but silva prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva can't break the clinch.
silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chance Blodgett. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blodgett has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but silva regains guard immediately.
silva keeping moving, preventing Blodgett from controlling successfully.
Blodgett is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Blodgett won't allow silva to get back to his feet.
silva keeping moving, preventing Blodgett from controlling successfully.
silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blodgett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blodgett keeps the fight on the outside.
silva misses with a two punch combination.
silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blodgett misses with a takedown attempt - silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
silva misses with a series of wild punches.
silva misses with a wild combination.
silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva connects with a jab.
Blodgett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Blodgett shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Blodgett showed some decent athleticism there.
Blodgett stops silva from getting back to his feet.
silva looks gassed!
Blodgett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blodgett is taking a breather. silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Blodgett is just content to waste time from the top position. silva takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Blodgett works a leg free and moves into half guard.
silva is looking for a sweep. Blodgett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blodgett wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
Blodgett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
silva wants to get back to his feet.
Blodgett works his way into side control.
Blodgett misses with the ground and pound.
silva prevents Blodgett from improving position.
silva is trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blodgett taking a breather here.
silva is not content to let Blodgett control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chance Blodgett's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

silva throws a right hand that Blodgett ducks under and follows up with a left that Blodgett also avoids with ease.
Blodgett closes the distance and clinches up with silva, looking for a takedown. Blodgett pushes silva against the cage but silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andy silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
silva is looking to clinch.
silva wants to clinch.
silva misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
silva looks to land a combination but Blodgett avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throws a series of punches but Blodgett avoids them all with ease.
silva lands the left hand.
silva is looking to clinch.
silva with a jab.
Blodgett swats away the attempt to clinch by silva.
Blodgett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blodgett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from silva.
Andy silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
silva is breathing heavily.

Blodgett feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Blodgett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blodgett sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Blodgett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blodgett stops silva from standing up.
Blodgett advances to half guard.
silva pushes Blodgett off looking to stand but Blodgett dives back in and keeps control.
Blodgett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blodgett wants to pass the guard but silva is defending well.
Blodgett wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
Blodgett content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
silva is looking to escape.
Blodgett is keen to just control but silva is a slippery customer.
Blodgett controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
silva wants to stand up but Blodgett is controlling him.
Blodgett slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Blodgett throwing strikes but missing.
Blodgett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. silva is keeping the position for now.
Blodgett trying to control but silva is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blodgett stops silva from standing up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blodgett walks into a straight right hand from silva.
Blodgett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from silva.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blodgett paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Blodgett closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming silva to the mat! silva manages to get full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
silva wants to stand and escape but Blodgett is having none of it.
silva keeping moving, preventing Blodgett from controlling successfully.
Blodgett tries to free his leg and advance position but silva is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Blodgett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chance Blodgett's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A nice combination there by silva.
Blodgett shoots in but no luck this time.
silva throws a combination. Blodgett tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
silva tries to clinch up.
silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blodgett throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around silva's waist but silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blodgett off to one side.
silva misses with a two punch combination.
silva looks to land a combination but Blodgett avoids it well.
Blodgett staying out of range there.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Blodgett pushes him off.
Blodgett looks for a takedown but silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chance Blodgett. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blodgett keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
silva throws a one two combo.
Andy silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Blodgett pushes him off.
silva loads up on a big right hand but Blodgett slips the punch.
silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blodgett moves away.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blodgett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
silva misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blodgett passes silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
silva is trying to stand.
Blodgett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Blodgett stops silva from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Blodgett connects with a nice short shot to silva's temple.
Blodgett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed silva's head.
Blodgett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blodgett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blodgett prevents silva from standing back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blodgett shoots in and bounces silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva wants to stand and escape but Blodgett is having none of it.
Blodgett trying to control the position from guard on top but silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blodgett wants to pass the guard but silva is keeping the position.
Blodgett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of silva's head.
Blodgett is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva wants to get back to his feet but Blodgett is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blodgett advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva is trying to control Blodgett's posture but Blodgett avoids it.
Blodgett tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Blodgett scores with a couple of short elbows.
silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Blodgett.
Blodgett throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Blodgett trying to control the action but silva is working from the bottom.
silva is pushing Blodgett's head away, looking to escape. Blodgett manages to hold on to the position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chance Blodgett.
I think Blodgett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chance Blodgett!