PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Blaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Rico
vs
Blaine

201 cm
28
265 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
29
284 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Blaine!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blaine swivels and escapes.
A telegraphed right hand from Blaine misses the target.
Rico misses with a takedown
and Blaine counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Blaine throws a jab when Rico was well out of range.
Rico doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rico takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico moves forwards but Blaine connects with a nice, crisp jab.

It looks like Johnny Rico has been cut.
Blaine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rico moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rico.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rico.
Rico closes the distance and clinches up with Blaine, looking for a takedown. Rico pushes Blaine against the cage but Blaine circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rico defending well as Blaine loads up on a big left hand.
Blaine looks to land a combination but Rico avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Rico misses its target.
A shot to the liver by Blaine. Beautiful body shot.

Rico gets a double leg takedown into Blaine's guard.
Blaine is adopting a defensive guard.

Rico drops back looking for a leg! Blaine is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blaine manages to kick Rico off! Rico jumps back into Blaine's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaine pulls Rico in close to his closed guard and prevents Rico from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rico 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.
Blaine managing to control the position.
Rico postures up and lands a big shot to Blaine's brow.
Rico wants to control from the top but Blaine keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaine pulls Rico in close to his closed guard and prevents Rico from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rico passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Rico wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blaine, who protects the arm well.
An elbow from Rico crashes against the mat.
Rico throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Blaine works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Blaine works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico postures up in Blaine's guard and throws a big left but Blaine blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaine trying to control the position.
Rico sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blaine's guard.
Rico landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Rico is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Rico there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blaine trying to control but Rico postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Henry Blaine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rico's cut.
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.

Blaine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rico manages to avoid it.
Blaine just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaine misses the shot to the body.

Rico shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Blaine trying to control from the bottom.
Rico missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rico 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Rico is trying to work for a kimura but Blaine is defending well.
Blaine trying to hold on to Rico's head to control him but Rico postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaine preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Rico thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rico 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.
Rico will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rico is just content to waste time from the top position. Blaine takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Rico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blaine pulls Rico in close to his closed guard and prevents Rico from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rico throwing strikes but missing.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Blaine holds on and takes a little breather.
Rico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rico accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rico trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rico with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rico scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rico wants to control from the top but Blaine keeps moving.
Blaine seems keen to control Rico's posture.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rico wants to pass the guard but Blaine is keeping the position.

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.
Rico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Blaine keeping moving, preventing Rico from controlling successfully.
Rico stands up over Blaine, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rico trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rico is really struggling to control Blaine but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Rico is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blaine controls Rico momentarily but Rico frees himself.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Rico dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rico's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Blaine catches Rico with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Blaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rico shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blaine sprawls well. Blaine wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rico gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaine doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rico ducks under a wild hook from Blaine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A little jabbing left from Blaine on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blaine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rico counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaine scores with a sloppy right hand. Rico should have avoided that one.
Blaine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rico is defended easily by Blaine.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rico looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blaine connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rico.
Rico appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Blaine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rico's head.
Blaine misses with a hook.
Blaine with a hook.
Blaine looks to land a right hand but Rico moved out of range.
Rico moves away from the strike by Blaine.
Rico uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blaine.
Rico slips under a jab.
Blaine connects with a looping right hand.
Henry Blaine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blaine gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blaine pulls Rico in close to prevent any damage.
Blaine controls Rico momentarily but Rico frees himself.
Rico postures up in Blaine's guard and throws a big left but Blaine blocks it.
Rico throwing strikes from guard but Blaine blocks nicely.
Rico wants to pass the guard but Blaine is keeping the position.
Blaine seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blaine slaps away a takedown attempt from Rico, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaine defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rico.
Blaine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rico was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaine.
Henry Blaine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A jab from Blaine misses.
Blaine just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRico.
Blaine throws a hook but Rico avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Blaine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blaine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Blaine!
Henry Blaine decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.