PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chet Lamare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Blazer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamare's entrance music is Opeth. A fine choice. Blazer has chosen What what (in the butt) as his entrance music. Ricky Blazer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lamare
vs
Blazer

175 cm
28
172 lbs
18 - 9 - 1

194 cm
26
183 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chet Lamare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Blazer!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blazer throws a big shot that misses.
Blazer has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lamare is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Blazer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lamare walks into a left hand.
Lamare closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lamare ducks under a wild hook from Blazer.
Blazer lands a glancing blow to the side of Lamare's head.
Blazer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lamare tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blazer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lamare.
Lamare on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lamare looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lamare takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Blazer misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Lamare, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lamare slips under a jab from Blazer.
Lamare looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lamare lands a leg kick that knocks Blazer off balance momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Lamare.
Lamare throws a leg kick which misses Blazer's front leg but catches the back leg as Blazer tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lamare fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blazer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lamare.
Blazer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lamare lands a jab to the nose.
Blazer misses with a wild body shot.
Lamare on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lamare swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blazer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blazer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lamare scoring well with a low kick there.
Blazer tests Lamare's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamare lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blazer takes a step back to recover.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lamare.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamare looks to land a combination. Blazer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Blazer misses with the combination.
Lamare tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blazer manages to circle out of the way.
Blazer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lamare comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lamare takes a swing at Blazer's ribcage but misses.
Lamare throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blazer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blazer dips to his left and cracks Lamare with an uppercut!
Blazer missing with a left hand there. Lamare was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Lamare rushes Blazer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blazer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A short right from Blazer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blazer.
Blazer avoiding damage as Lamare throws knees to the body.

Blazer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blazer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lamare had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lamare avoids the body shot from Blazer.
Lamare connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blazer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lamare moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blazer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamare was well out of range. Poor timing from Blazer.
Lamare seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blazer throws a body punch but Lamare moves out of range.
Blazer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lamare stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lamare throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lamare bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lamare slips a straight right by Blazer.
Lamare tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blazer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blazer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blazer throws a sloppy body shot
and Lamare makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lamare feints and then cracks Blazer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blazer down.
Lamare throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Despite the aggression on Blazer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blazer avoids the body shot from Lamare.
Blazer just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamare is looking to counter punch.
Blazer throws a body punch but Lamare moves out of range.
Blazer misses with a straight left.
Ricky Blazer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamare misses with a head kick.
Blazer throws out a counter right but Lamare avoids it with no problem.
Blazer avoids the head kick by Lamare.
Blazer throws a hook but Lamare blocks it.
Blazer blocks a head kick by Lamare.
Lamare attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blazer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blazer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamare moves away.
Blazer throws an off balance right hand
and Lamare counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blazer throws out a loose jab but Lamare uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lamare tried to counter with a leg kick but Blazer avoided it.
Lamare lands with a nice body kick.
Blazer missing with a left hand there. Lamare was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lamare throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Blazer will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Blazer fails to land with a series of punches.
A big left from Blazer misses.
Lamare tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lamare throws a push kick but Blazer slaps the foot to one side.
Jab, jab by Lamare - just one landing.

Lamare has closed the distance and engaged Blazer in a clinch.

Blazer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamare is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ricky Blazer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lamare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lamare fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blazer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamare connects with a leg kick. Blazer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blazer sizes up Lamare with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lamare is looking to wear down Blazer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lamare throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lamare displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blazer throws out the jab.
Lamare is looking to counter the offense by Blazer and move into the clinch.
Lamare throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Blazer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blazer cracks Lamare with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lamare is looking to chop away at Blazer's legs.

Blazer cracks Lamare with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Lamare looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Blazer finish him?

Lamare is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blazer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh Lamare is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blazer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blazer misses with a hook.
Blazer loads up on a big right hand but Lamare slips the punch.
Lamare seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice uppercut there from Blazer.
Lamare bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Blazer misses the target.

Lamare has closed the distance and engaged Blazer in a clinch.
Lamare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lamare lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Ricky Blazer has been cut.
Blazer slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamare lands an elbow just above Blazer 's eye.
Blazer is looking to control Lamare's arms but Lamare gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blazer has his back to the cage.
Blazer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blazer has Lamare pushed against the cage.
Lamare misses with the head strike.

Blazer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blazer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Blazer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blazer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lamare.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Blazer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lamare - the referee stops the clock and Blazer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lamare. Blazer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Blazer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Lamare.
Lamare slips under a jab from Blazer.
Lamare cracks the inside of Blazer's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamare swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blazer throws a big shot that misses.
Lamare throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lamare moves away from the strike by Blazer.
Lamare will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Good leg kick by Lamare there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lamare throws a low kick but Blazer moves out of range easily.
Lamare lands with a kick to the ribs.
Blazer loads up on a big right hand but Lamare slips the punch.
Lamare looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Blazer misses the jab.
Blazer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lamare.
Chet Lamare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamare looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lamare.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lamare, right into the meat.
Blazer throws a hook to the side of Lamare's head but Lamare sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamare lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blazer takes a step back to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blazer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lamare's head backwards.

Lamare moves into range and clinches up with Blazer.

Blazer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lamare fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blazer looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamare is just out of range.
Blazer misses with a combination

and Lamare holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blazer misses with the head strike.
Lamare prevents a body shot from Blazer.

Blazer breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blazer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lamare doesn't manage to clinch there - Blazer circles away.
Lamare lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lamare.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chet Lamare will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Blazer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Blazer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lamare doesn't seem bothered though.
Blazer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamare.
Blazer misses the shot to the body.

Blazer gets tackled into the cage by Lamare. Lamare maintains the clinch.
Lamare tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blazer is trying to force a seperation but Lamare has the dominant position.

Blazer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blazer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lamare counters with a body kick that stops Blazer in his tracks momentarily.
Lamare throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lamare walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good work by Blazer as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blazer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Blazer.
Lamare fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blazer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lamare steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blazer.
Lamare tries to clinch up but Blazer circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lamare tries to counter by clinching up but Blazer breaks away and moves out of range.
Blazer avoids the body shot from Lamare.
Lamare throws the kick towards the body but Blazer avoids it.
Lamare fails to land with a series of punches.
Lamare fakes the leg kick and cracks Blazer in the body.
Lamare doesn't manage to clinch there - Blazer circles away.
Blazer avoids the head kick by Lamare.
Blazer connects with the punch.
Blazer thuds a left hand into Lamare's body.
Blazer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lamare fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blazer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good exchange - Blazer coming out on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamare changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lamare lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazer misses with a straight right.
Blazer lands a jab to the nose.
Lamare takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lamare tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blazer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blazer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lamare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blazer.
Blazer misses with a hook
and Lamare counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blazer's knee momentarily.
Blazer throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Lamare's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Blazer dives in looking to finish as Lamare flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Blazer's strikes! Blazer is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Lamare's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Lamare was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Blazer!
A less than humble Ricky Blazer misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Chet Lamare spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm not sure where to go from here? Do I keep fighting?'.