PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mace Blackblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Osman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blackblood comes to the cage accompanied by Gorgoroth Open the Gates. Osman has chosen This Is An Orange! as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Blackblood
vs
Osman

185 cm
18
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
198 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mace Blackblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Osman!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blackblood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Osman wants to clinch up but Blackblood keeps it at a distance.
Osman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blackblood misses with a head kick.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch but Blackblood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Osman wants to clinch.
Blackblood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blackblood scores with a kick to the body.
Blackblood with a poor takedown
and Osman counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Mace Blackblood has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Osman wants to clinch up but Blackblood keeps it at a distance.
Blackblood keeps the fight on the outside.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood moves out of range.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackblood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Osman tries to move into range but Blackblood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Osman looks to land a combination but Blackblood avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackblood clobbers Osman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Osman wants to clinch up but Blackblood keeps it at a distance.
Blackblood seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Blackblood clobbers Osman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackblood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blackblood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Osman.
Osman scores with a three punch combo!
Osman's coach down at Kalashnikov MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Osman's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Blackblood keeps the fight on the outside.
Blackblood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blackblood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood moves out of range.
Blackblood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Osman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blackblood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Osman lands a head shot.
Blackblood seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackblood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood moves away
and Blackblood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Osman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Osman tries to clinch up.
An attempted straight right counter from Blackblood misses the target.
Blackblood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blackblood throws a head kick but Osman moves out of range.
Osman avoids the head kick by Blackblood.
Blackblood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Osman takes one to the chin there.
Nice defenses there by Osman.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch but Blackblood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood moves out of range.
Blackblood changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tim Osman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Osman looks to clinch
letting Blackblood counter with a right hand.
Osman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blackblood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Osman.
Osman misses with an uppercut. Blackblood saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osman tries to clinch there but Blackblood circles away.
Blackblood is looking to counter punch.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood is having none of it.
Blackblood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Osman misses.
Blackblood swats away the attempt to clinch by Osman.
A big right from Blackblood misses.
Osman tries to clinch there but Blackblood circles away.
Blackblood misses with a wild body shot.
Osman tries to clinch up.
Osman closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Blackblood counter with a right hand.
Osman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackblood paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osman moves out of range of the body kick.
Blackblood throws a nice looking combination but Osman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Osman tries to clinch up.
Osman doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackblood circles away.
Osman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Mace Blackblood's cut is getting worse.
Blackblood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blackblood misses with an attempted mid kick.
As Blackblood backs off Osman throws a huge counter combo but Blackblood manages to avoid it all.
Blackblood lands with a straight right. Osman didn't see that one coming.
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!
Osman is looking to clinch.
Blackblood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Osman just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBlackblood.
Osman tries to clinch

and Blackblood counters with a single leg into guard. Osman didn't expect that.
Osman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blackblood with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blackblood 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.
Osman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blackblood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mace Blackblood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mace Blackblood's cut.
That's time! Blackblood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Osman tries to clinch up but Blackblood circles away and keeps his distance.
Osman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blackblood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blackblood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Osman can do to turn this around?
Osman tries to clinch up but Blackblood circles away and keeps his distance.
Mace Blackblood is winning the standup battle so far.
Osman tries to clinch up
and Blackblood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Osman looks to clinch
and Blackblood counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Tim Osman has been cut.
Osman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackblood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blackblood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blackblood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackblood throws a shot from downtown. Osman moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Osman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Osman doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackblood circles away.
Osman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osman tries to clinch but Blackblood moves out of range.
Blackblood swats away the attempt to clinch by Osman.
Osman doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackblood circles away.
Blackblood feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Osman doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackblood circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blackblood.
Blackblood misses with an attempted mid kick.
Osman wants to clinch.
Osman tries to clinch up.

Blackblood decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Blackblood thows a huge punch but Osman dodges it nicely.
Osman taking some punishment here, with Blackblood in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osman is trying to stand up here but Blackblood is controlling him well.
Blackblood landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Osman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blackblood.
Blackblood winds up and cracks Osman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Blackblood lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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!
Blackblood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Osman keeps working.
Osman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blackblood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blackblood frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blackblood lands with some strikes.
Blackblood unloading with bombs!
Osman is in a horrible position here. Blackblood smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Osman is rocked!
Blackblood softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Osman is out cold! Blackblood jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mace Blackblood!
Mace Blackblood thanked the fans post fight for their support.