PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sugar Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Blessed
vs
Michaels

206 cm
22
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sugar Blessed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blessed jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
No luck for Michaels with that takedown attempt.
Michaels swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Blessed counters with a stiff right hand.
Michaels throws a right hand that misses
and Blessed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Michaels.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Michaels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blessed.
Michaels tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Michaels tries to clinch but Blessed is having none of it.
Michaels throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blessed stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Michaels avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michaels tries to clinch up but Blessed circles away and keeps his distance.
Michaels takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels tries to clinch but Blessed is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Blessed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Blessed misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blessed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blessed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blessed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michaels scores with a crisp jab that stopped Blessed in his tracks.
Michaels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blessed backs up against the cage.
Blessed misses with a hook.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick and Blessed moves out of range easily.
Michaels throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blessed counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blessed connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Michaels.
Blessed throws a hook but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Michaels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blessed but Blessed pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A quick step to the side and Blessed tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Blessed's head coaches at gym closing that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Blessed is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Michaels gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Blessed misses.
Michaels drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blessed defends it well.
Blessed throws a shot to the body.
Michaels misses with a takedown attempt - Blessed sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sugar Blessed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Michaels.
Michaels throws a shot from downtown. Blessed moves away and avoids it.
Blessed is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blessed counters with a nice uppercut.
Michaels's coach down at Devils Den New York was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Michaels's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Blessed jabs Michaels right on the nose. Michaels blinks but takes it well.
Michaels tries to clinch up but Blessed circles away and keeps his distance.
Michaels slips under a jab from Blessed.
Blessed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blessed throws a poor cross that misses
and Blessed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blessed connects with a good right hand that stumbles Michaels. Michaels circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Blessed stuffs the takedown attempt from Michaels. Michaels gets slowly back to his feet.
Blessed is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Blessed digs a good hook to Michaels's body.
Michaels with a lazy takedown attempt
and Blessed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Michaels tries to clinch up
and Blessed counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blessed scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blessed throws the left hand but Michaels avoids the punch easily.
Nice takedown defense from Blessed. No joy for Michaels on that attempt.
Michaels wants to clinch
and Blessed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sugar Blessed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blessed looks to throw the jab but Michaels is out of range.
Blessed misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blessed throws a lazy right hand but Michaels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Blessed avoids nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Blessed misses its target.
Michaels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blessed.
Blessed misses with a series of wild punches.
Blessed throws the left hand but Michaels avoids the punch easily.
Michaels tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Michaels shoots in and drives through. Blessed sprawls well.
Blessed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Michaels connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blessed. Blessed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No luck for Michaels with that takedown attempt.
It looked like Blessed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sugar Blessed dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blessed.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Michaels might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Blessed has got the better of the exchanges.
Blessed throws a shot to the body.
Blessed really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Michaels on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Michaels defending well as Blessed loads up on a big left hand.
Blessed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaels can do to turn this around?
Michaels misses with a hook.
Michaels throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blessed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michaels misses with a lunging right hand

and Blessed counters by moving into the clinch.
Blessed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Blessed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Blessed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Blessed.
Blessed tries to work over Michaels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blessed works on Michaels's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blessed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Michaels.
A short left from Blessed.
Blessed tries to throw a body punch but Michaels avoids it by throwing Blessed back against the cage.
Blessed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blessed lands with a right to the head.
Michaels jumps guard but Blessed stands there with Michaels around his waist. Michaels gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blessed.
Michaels prevents a body shot from Blessed.
Blessed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blessed gets through Michaels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Blessed.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Blessed misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blessed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Blessed.
Blessed is stalling here.
Michaels blocks a body shot from Blessed.
Blessed tries a body shot but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blessed walks away with a smile on his face. Michaels gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Blessed lands a jab to the nose.
Joseph Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blessed goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Michaels.
Blessed sets himself, and Michaels steps forward looking for the clinch! Blessed avoids it this time.
Blessed lands an overhand right.
Michaels shoots and misses
and Blessed counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sugar Blessed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Michaels.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to clinch up
and Blessed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Blessed cracks Michaels with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Blessed has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Michaels to stand back up!

Michaels is rocked!
Sugar Blessed is winning the standup battle so far.
Blessed cracks Michaels with a good jab.
Michaels is still on wobbly legs! Can Blessed finish him?

Michaels clinches up with Blessed and pushes him back against the cage.
Blessed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Michaels.
Michaels seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blessed working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blessed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Blessed lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Blessed - that landed with a thud.
Blessed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blessed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blessed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Michaels.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Michaels.
Blessed misses with a punch to the body.

Michaels gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Blessed regains guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Blessed holds on and takes a little breather.
Michaels trying to control but Blessed is working from the bottom.
Blessed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blessed wants to stand and escape but Michaels is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sugar Blessed dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Blessed loads up on a big right hand but Michaels slips the punch.
Michaels with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Blessed counter with a right hand.
A combination from Blessed does no damage.
Michaels throws a counter combo.
Michaels takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blessed throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Michaels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michaels misses with a takedown
and Blessed counters with a straight right hand.
Michaels throws a combination that misses

and Blessed counters with a nice right hand that sends Michaels toppling to the canvas! Michaels scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Blessed finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blessed just misses with a punch to the body.
Blessed sets himself, and Michaels steps forward looking for the clinch! Blessed avoids it this time.
Blessed drops Michaels with a big left hand! Michaels is injured, injured bad! Blessed jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sugar Blessed!