PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryer Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blake might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gucci Mane feat. Rick Ross - Head Shots. Michael comes into a darkened arena with his song building. OTHERWISE - Coming For The Throne kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blake
vs
Michael

209 cm
27
220 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edward Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryer Michael!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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.
Michael misses with a head kick.
Blake scores with a kick to the body.
Michael buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Blake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michael takes a jab right on the kisser.
Michael on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blake. Blake obviously looking to wear him down.
Blake feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michael's calf.
Blake avoids the body shot from Michael.
Blake fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Michael throws a hook but Blake blocks it.
Michael throws a nice looking combination but Blake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick from Michael misses.
We've been informed that Michael has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Michael misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blake.
Blake closes this distance looking for a takedown but Michael circles away.
Michael throws a body kick that misses.
Blake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Michael avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Michael misses with a body shot.
Blake drops down looking for a counter takedown but Michael sprawls and moves away.
Blake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Michael checks it well.
Blake lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blake lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Michael takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Michael throws the kick towards the body but Blake avoids it.
Michael looks to score with a jab to the body but Blake is just out of range.
Blake blocks a low kick nicely.
Blake scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michael throws a jab but it's blocked by Blake.
Blake drops down looking for a counter takedown but Michael sprawls and moves away.
Bryer Michael is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michael stuffs the takedown attempt from Blake. Blake gets slowly back to his feet.
A nice side step and Michael releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from Michael misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake sets himself, and Michael steps forward looking for the clinch! Blake avoids it this time.
Blake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michael sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blake scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michael tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blake connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Michael with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blake to score with a decent uppercut.
Michael takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Michael stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blake.
Blake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Michael's head.
Blake slips a straight right by Michael.
Blake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Michael moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michael appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Blake displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Michael gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blake.
Blake jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab from Blake misses.
Blake is looking to land body kicks.
It looks like Blake has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael staying out of range there.
Blake misses with a low kick.
Blake is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Michael displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blake throws out the jab.
Michael let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Michael throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Blake walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Michael checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A lazy left from Blake finds it's target.
Blake is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Blake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A low kick from Blake is predictable there

and Michael counters by clinching up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blake as Michael tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Michael.
Blake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Michael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blake working aggressively here.
Blake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Michael.
Michael struggles to land a body shot inside as Blake controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael pushes Blake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Edward Blake has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michael lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michael.
Michael is trying to stall.
Blake misses with a body punch.
Michael working aggressively here.
Blake lands with a short shot to the head.
Michael lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Michael lands a left hand.
Blake blocks a body shot from Michael.
Michael stalling against the cage.
Michael dodges an elbow strike from Blake.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michael backwards.
Michael swings wildly with an uppercut but Blake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michael tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blake displaying some good clinch control by pressing Michael up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Blake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Blake'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.

Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michael.
Michael takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Michael's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Michael throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michael lands a really nice looking cross but Blake seems unphased.
Blake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michael can do to turn this around?
Blake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blake throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michael wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Michael misses with an uppercut.
Blake moves out of range of the strikes.
Michael misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael throws a leg kick that misses.
Blake half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Blake lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michael can pounce on him.
Michael tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blake is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Blake finds it's way through Michael's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Michael scores with a hook to the body. Blake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Edward Blake is winning the standup battle so far.
Michael connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Michael fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Michael tries a low kick but Blake avoids it.
Nice body kick there by Blake.
Blake moves out of range of the strikes.
Blake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blake scores with a decent looking hook.
Good work by Blake as he checks the leg kick.
Blake avoids the body shot from Michael.
Blake throws a front kick that sends Michael stumbling back into the cage.
Blake explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michael pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Michael avoids the head kick by Blake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael moves out of range of the body kick from Blake.
Blake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blake throws a leg kick but Michael sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Michael checks a leg kick.
Michael connects with a solid leg kick.
Blake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Michael looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blake throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Michael's waist but Michael gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blake off to one side.
Michael throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michael. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michael tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blake lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blake misses with a few strikes there.
Michael scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michael misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Michael, right into the meat.
Blake shoots in for a takedown but Michael shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice side step and Michael releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Michael swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blake appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A combination from Blake does no damage.
Blake walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Michael checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Michael is trying to counter with his kicks.
Michael wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Michael digs a good hook to Blake's body.
Blake throws a leg kick but Michael sees it coming and moves out of range.
Michael is looking to clinch.
Blake attempts a counter takedown but Michael avoids it well and moves away.
Nice cross by Michael.
Blake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Michael.
Blake throws a push kick but Michael slaps the foot to one side.
Michael connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michael throws a looping overhand right but Blake ducks down to avoid it.
Good shot there by Blake.
Michael throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michael misses with a wild body shot.
Michael looks for the body kick but Blake saw that one coming.
Michael is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blake rather than just go for the knockout.
Michael throws a low kick but Blake avoids it.
Michael shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Blake fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Michael to the ground. Blake is now in Michael's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Blake postures up in Michael's guard and throws a big left but Michael blocks it.
Blake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blake postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blake scoring with punches to the head and body.
Michael looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blake is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Michael is on top in guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryer Michael 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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Michael gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Blake decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Michael's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michael is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Michael is trying to control the action in half guard but Blake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Michael prevents Blake from standing back up.
Michael is trying to control the action in half guard but Blake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Michael stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake tries to kick Michael off but Michael keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael is trying to control. Blake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Michael seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Michael wants to work for an arm triangle but Blake is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Blake wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Michael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blake tries to counter with a takedown but Michael is quick to defend against it.
Michael misses with a looping left.
Michael stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blake.
Michael throws a hook but Blake blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Michael.
Michael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blake manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blake.
Michael connects with a body shot.
Michael connects with the punch.
Michael checks a low kick from Blake.
Danga de danga de dang - Blake scores with a four punch combination!
Blake throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake looks to score with a jab to the body but Michael is just out of range.
Michael motions for Blake to come forward. Michael throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Michael fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michael.
Michael has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Michael takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blake connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Michael swivels and escapes.
Blake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab, jab by Michael - just one landing.
Michael looks for the body kick but Blake saw that one coming.
Blake misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Michael blocks the low kick.
Michael misses with a hook.
Blake throws an overhand right that lands on Michael's shoulder, as Michael tries to avoid the shot.
Michael wants to counter with a clinch but Blake pushes him away.
Michael changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michael lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blake's sensitive parts.
Michael looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Michael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blake looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
Blake sets himself, and Michael steps forward looking for the clinch! Blake avoids it this time.
A swing and a miss from Blake.
Michael dodges the punch combination from Blake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Michael takes a swing at Blake's ribcage but misses.
Blake lands a front kick.
Michael tries to clinch but Blake is having none of it.
Michael takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Blake feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Edward Blake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Michael is trying to keep Blake in close.
Blake trying to control but Michael is working from the bottom.
Blake trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Edward Blake.
I think Blake has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Blake!
Edward Blake decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.