PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colby Blanchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Blanchard
vs
Fernandez

217 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

185 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Colby Blanchard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Monty Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Blanchard instigates a clinch.
Fernandez blocking some punches.
Fernandez wants to get back to striking at distance but Blanchard won't allow it.
Blanchard tries a body shot but Fernandez blocks it.
Blanchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blanchard lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Blanchard breaks from the clinch.

Blanchard clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blanchard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fernandez's efforts to push away.
Fernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blanchard goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fernandez prevents it.
Blanchard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fernandez tries to circle away but Blanchard has him pinned against the cage.
Blanchard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blanchard looking to throw knees to the head but Fernandez is blocking nicely.
Blanchard missing with knees to the body.
Blanchard has Fernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Fernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blanchard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blanchard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two 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.
A frustrated look appears on Fernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blanchard can't find room to land a body shot as Fernandez controls the action.
Fernandez is trying to break free.
Blanchard tries a body shot but Fernandez blocks it.
Fernandez is trying to push Blanchard away but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blanchard missing with knees to the body.
Blanchard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blanchard keeps control of Fernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Blanchard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard tries to clinch but Fernandez is having none of it.
Blanchard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blanchard tries to close the distance and clinch but Fernandez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fernandez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Blanchard takes the fight into the clinch.
Fernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blanchard misses with an elbow over the top.

Blanchard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blanchard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blanchard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fernandez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blanchard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fernandez wants to counter the offense by Blanchard and move into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Blanchard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Blanchard drives through and clinches with Fernandez against the cage.
Fernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blanchard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fernandez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Blanchard landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fernandez tries to break free but Blanchard pushes him back against the cage.
Blanchard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blanchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Fernandez controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fernandez is trying to break free.
Blanchard is trying to break the clinch but Fernandez is controlling him.
Fernandez is trying to break the clinch but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage.
Blanchard keeps control of Fernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blanchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Fernandez is trying to break free.
Fernandez avoiding damage as Blanchard throws knees to the body.
Fernandez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blanchard's efforts to push away.

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.
Fernandez tries to break free but Blanchard pushes him back against the cage.
Fernandez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blanchard is trying to push Fernandez away but Fernandez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fernandez tries to circle away but Blanchard has him pinned against the cage.
Fernandez tries to break the clinch but Blanchard is controlling the position.
Blanchard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.
Fernandez is trying to force a seperation but Blanchard has the dominant position.
Fernandez is trying to force a seperation but Blanchard has the dominant position.
Blanchard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fernandez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard misses with a knee strike.
Fernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Fernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fernandez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blanchard wants to clinch up but Fernandez keeps it at a distance.
Fernandez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Colby Blanchard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Blanchard has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fernandez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blanchard lands with a short shot to the head.
Fernandez is trying to push Blanchard away but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fernandez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blanchard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fernandez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blanchard keeps control of Fernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blanchard wants to break free but Fernandez has control.
Blanchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blanchard tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Blanchard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Blanchard.
Fernandez wants to counter the offense by Blanchard and move into the clinch position.
Blanchard tries to clinch up.

Blanchard clinches up with Fernandez and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blanchard missing with knees to the body.
Colby Blanchard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blanchard missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blanchard lands a good knee to the midsection. Fernandez won't want to take too many of those.
Fernandez is trying to break the clinch but Blanchard is controlling him.
Fernandez tries to circle away but Blanchard has him pinned against the cage.
Blanchard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fernandez.

Blanchard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Colby Blanchard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanchard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Fernandez tries to counter by closing the distance.

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.
Blanchard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fernandez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fernandez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Blanchard tries to clinch but Fernandez is having none of it.
Blanchard tries to clinch there but Fernandez circles away.
Blanchard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blanchard has closed the distance and engaged Fernandez in a clinch.
Blanchard tries to work over Fernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blanchard lands with a light punch inside.
Blanchard misses with the head strike.

That's four 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.
Fernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blanchard missing with knees to the body.
Blanchard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fernandez can do to turn this around?
Blanchard tries to break the clinch but Fernandez is controlling the position.
Fernandez avoiding damage as Blanchard throws knees to the body.
Fernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blanchard trying to land knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blanchard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fernandez is trying to break free.
Monty Fernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colby Blanchard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blanchard tries to throw a body punch but Fernandez avoids it by throwing Blanchard back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colby Blanchard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blanchard, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colby Blanchard!