PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Misha Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misha Collins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Collins
vs
Blood

167 cm
21
148 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

160 cm
22
145 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aaron Blood!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins misses with a body shot.
Blood lands with a good body shot.
Blood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blood's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Collins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blood scrambles back to his feet.
Blood darts in looking for a takedown but Collins gets double underhooks and turns Blood into the ropes.
Blood scores with a punch to the head.
Blood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blood has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood throws a head kick that misses.
Collins throws the left hand but Blood avoids the punch easily.
Blood only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Collins misses.
Blood lands a nice hook to Collins's body. Collins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Blood shoots in and gets a takedown into Collins's guard.

Collins working for a triangle but Blood defends it easily.
Blood content to stall in guard here.

Collins working for a triangle but Blood defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blood.
Blood preventing the sweep.
Blood wants to control from the top but Collins keeps moving.
Blood throwing strikes from guard but Collins blocks nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Blood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Collins is keeping the position for now.
Blood wants to control from the top but Collins keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Collins is keeping the position for now.

Collins had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blood defends it easily.

Collins has his foot on Blood's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Blood works his way back into a safe position though.
Blood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blood controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Collins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blood's guard.

Blood working a defensive guard here.
Collins definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Collins cracks Blood with a solid left hand.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood controls Collins momentarily but Collins frees himself.
Collins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blood is keeping the position for now.
Collins trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.
Blood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Collins trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Blood is trying to keep Collins in close.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aaron Blood will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blood scores with a nice right hand.
Collins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aaron Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins misses the shot to the body.
Blood lands a front kick.
Collins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blood as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blood looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Collins wants to improve his position but Blood is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood wants to control but Collins is keeping him busy.

Collins looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Blood prevents Collins from improving his position.
Blood is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blood working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Collins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Blood moves into full mount! Collins won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blood is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Collins has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Blood is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Collins is surviving well by controlling Blood's body position as best he can.
Blood thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Collins is working to get back to half guard.
Blood cracks Collins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Blood prevents Collins from getting the reversal.
Collins tries to hold on but Blood pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins working to try and regain half guard.
Collins tries to lock up and control but Blood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Blood prevents Collins from getting the reversal.
Blood trying to control but Collins is having none of it.
Blood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Collins is looking to get to half guard.
Collins tries to hold on but Blood pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands a couple of good shots and Collins has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Blood looking for the RNC.
Blood connects with a big shot to the side of Collins's head.
Collins trying to control the action but Blood just sinks the hooks in.

Blood looking for the choke but no joy.
Blood avoiding Collins 's attempts to control his hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blood lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Blood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Blood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No luck for Blood with that takedown attempt.
Blood misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Collins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Collins blocks a head kick by Blood.
Aaron Blood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood lands with a straight right. Collins didn't see that one coming.
Blood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blood shoots in but no luck this time.
Collins appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood misses with a lunging right hand

and Collins counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blood won't be happy with that.
Collins tries to move to mount but Blood blocks the move with his legs.
Blood manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Aaron Blood has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blood is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Collins scores with a couple of nice shots.

Blood is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Collins pulls his head out easily.

Collins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blood sees it coming and defends easily.

Blood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Collins takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to get to full guard but Collins has control of the leg.
Blood has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Collins is working away from the top position though.
Collins is looking to advance position but Blood won't allow it.
Blood punching from the bottom.
Collins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Collins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blood does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Blood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Collins is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to take a breather but Blood is having none of it.
Blood tries to get to full guard but Collins has control of the leg.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Blood is controlling Collins's position as best he can from this difficult position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Collins shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Collins was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Blood is trying to control Collins's posture but Collins avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins landing a few strikes.
Collins trying to control the action but Blood is working from the bottom.
Blood struggling a bit here.
Misha Collins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Collins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Collins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

And that's the end of the fight!
Misha Collins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Aaron Blood!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Aaron Blood!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Aaron Blood!

Aaron Blood wins by unanimous decision!
Aaron Blood made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Hey Koulouraki Souvlaki, keep my belt shiney for me. I am coming for my baby soon so it is time to expose you for the bum you are!'.