PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryer Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, OTHERWISE - Coming For The Throne . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Michael
vs
Blake

190 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

209 cm
27
220 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryer Michael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edward Blake!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michael was well out of range. Poor timing from Blake.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Michael.
Michael misses with an attempted mid kick.
Michael connects with a body shot.
Blake swings for the body but Michael moves out of range.
Blake cracks the inside of Michael's front leg.
Michael throws a body kick that misses.
Blake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michael throws out the jab.
Michael misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michael fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blake on the side of the head.
Blake connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael slips under a jab from Blake.
As Blake looks to move away, Michael throws a big counter combo but Blake just gets out of the way.
Michael bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blake's head.
Blake scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Blake.
Michael is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blake.
A little jabbing left from Blake on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Michael thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake connects with a single shot there.
Michael misses with a wild body shot.
Blake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice shot by Blake.
Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michael.
Michael takes a swing at Blake's ribcage but misses.
Blake has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Michael.
Michael rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blake throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blake uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A low kick from Blake is predictable there
and Michael counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michael throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Michael counters with a good low kick that Blake was not able to check.
Michael takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Michael slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Blake cracks Michael with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Michael wants to land a leg kick but Blake is out of range.
Blake jabs at Michael's body.
Michael connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blake. Blake circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Blake 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.
Blake connects with an inside leg kick.
Michael misses with a straight right.
Michael tries to move into range but Blake moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Michael misses with a right hand
and Blake counters with a nice uppercut.
Blake lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michael's sensitive parts.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Blake - that will leave a mark!
Blake is looking to clinch.
Blake is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Michael throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A bone on bone clash there as Michael blocks the leg kick.
Michael thumps Blake with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Michael throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blake replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Michael blocks it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blake.
Blake is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Michael had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Blake misses with a low kick.
Michael throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Blake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Michael thinking.
Blake lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Michael misses with a low kick.
Michael misses with a hook
and Blake counters with a series of strikes. Michael will be more careful next time no doubt.
Blake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blake does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blake comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blake slips under a jab.
Michael throws a push kick but Blake slaps the foot to one side.
Michael moves out of range of the leg kick from Blake.
Michael is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blake throws a sloppy body shot
and Michael counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michael.
Blake has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Blake has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Blake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Michael on the side of the head.
Blake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michael manages to avoid it.
Michael quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Michael cracks the inside of Blake's front leg.
Good leg kick by Blake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Blake throws a poor cross that misses
and Michael counters with an outside leg kick.
Michael stuns Blake with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Edward Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake connects with a nice looking jab.
Michael blocks a head kick by Blake.
Blake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michael can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blake scores with a jab to the head.
Blake moves into range and connects with a jab.
Michael paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Blake dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Michael uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blake has time to react.

It looks like Edward Blake has been cut.
Blake throws a body shot but no joy.
Blake throws the left hand but Michael avoids the punch easily.
Blake misses with a low kick.
Blake throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Michael might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Michael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blake manages to avoid it.
Blake tries to move into range but Michael moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blake has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Michael throws an off balance right hand
and Blake counters with a nice low kick that buckles Michael's knee momentarily.
Michael throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blake.
Blake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Blake lands but Michael takes it in his stride.
Blake misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michael. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blake is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blake tests Michael's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michael throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blake is looking for the big counter here.
Michael defending well as Blake loads up on a big left hand.
Blake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michael manages to avoid it.
Michael blocks a low kick nicely.
Michael throws a leg kick that misses.
Blake slips under a jab.
Michael throws a head kick that misses.
Michael throws a body shot but no joy.
Michael comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Michael is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michael lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blake circles away quickly and effectively.
Michael misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edward Blake seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blake swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blake. Michael does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michael throws a leg kick but Blake moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Michael.
Michael throws out a leg kick but Blake moves out of range and Michael only half commits.
Blake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michael.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michael.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michael walks into a jab.
Blake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michael sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Michael is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Michael misses with a hook. Blake ducked under it nicely.
Blake misses with a low kick as Michael jumps back.
Michael looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Michael takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blake misses with a body shot.
Michael misses with a hook
and Blake counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Michael misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Michael.
Blake misses with a hook.
Blake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michael throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michael.
Michael is looking to counter with a body kick.
Blake 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.
Michael looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Michael misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Michael. That snapped Blake's head back.
Michael tries to work over Blake's front leg with a kick but Blake checks it.
Michael steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blake.
A low kick from Michael misses
and Blake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Michael misses with an uppercut. Blake saw that one coming.
Blake scores with the left hand. Michael knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses with a body punch
enabling Blake to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blake shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Blake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michael paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blake. Michael shrugs it off though.
Blake throws a body punch but Michael moves out of range.
Michael blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Blake bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Michael on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michael. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blake connects with a crisp jab.
Blake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blake misses with a straight right.
Michael moves out of range of the leg kick from Blake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Blake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Edward Blake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Blake misses with a looping right.
Blake avoids the body shot from Michael.
A shot to the liver by Blake. Beautiful body shot.
Blake throws a wild body kick that Michael sees coming a mile off.
Blake throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michael throws out a leg kick but Blake moves out of range and Michael only half commits.
Michael takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Michael doesn't seem bothered though.
Blake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blake connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Michael steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blake. That one must have hurt.
Nice shot by Blake.
Michael misses with a hook
and Blake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blake lands with a hook. Michael tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Michael feints and then cracks Blake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blake down.
Michael tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blake.
Michael stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blake.
Michael throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Michael throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Michael thuds his shin into the meat of Blake's side.
Michael waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blake.
Michael moves away from the strike by Blake.
Blake throws a series of punches but Michael moves out of range.
Blake looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
Michael scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michael. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blake delivers a nice body kick.
Blake is looking to clinch.
Michael dodges the punch combination from Blake.
Michael misses with a low kick.
Michael throws a low kick, looking for Blake's leg but Blake calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Blake misses the target.
Michael fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blake is out of range.
Blake thows a leg kick but Michael checks it
and Michael counters with an inside leg kick.
Michael fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blake throws a leg kick but Michael sees it coming and moves out of range.
Blake lands with an uppercut that bounces Michael off the cage and back into range.
Michael throws a wild body kick that Blake sees coming a mile off.
Bryer Michael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake lets loose with a powerful body kick. Michael will feel that in the morning.
Blake is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blake tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blake scores with a sloppy right hand. Michael should have avoided that one.
Michael throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blake on the side of the head.
Blake connects with a single shot there.
Michael lands with a right hand.
Michael just misses with a punch to the body.
Michael tries to score with a low kick but Blake moves his leg out of the way.
A big left from Michael misses.
Blake thows a leg kick but Michael checks it
and Michael counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Blake is rocked!

That has opened up Edward Blake's cut even more.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Blake.
Blake connects with a leg kick. Michael looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blake checks the leg kick nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blake lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Michael swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michael will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Michael throws a body shot but no joy.
Blake lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Michael doesn't seem bothered though.
Michael ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blake moves away.
Michael backing away here, and Blake unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Michael throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blake! But no joy.
Blake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Michael takes a swing at Blake's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Michael.
Blake misses with a body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Blake in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Blake lands a jab to the nose.
A jab lands there for Blake.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Blake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blake 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Blake!
Edward Blake seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.