PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lugh Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blackburn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to When the Man Comes Down. 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.

Blackburn
vs
Boyd

187 cm
32
200 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

188 cm
42
214 lbs
28 - 25 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lugh Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sammy Boyd!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyd misses with a lunging right hand
and Blackburn counters with a stiff right hand.

Boyd changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Blackburn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
You can see the frustration on Blackburn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boyd is looking to take a break and control but Blackburn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blackburn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Blackburn is not content to let Boyd control the position.
You can see the frustration on Blackburn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Boyd is trying to get an arm triangle but Blackburn is defending well.
Blackburn is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn taking a bit of punishment here - Boyd scoring with strikes.
Boyd scores with a couple of short elbows.

Boyd working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Blackburn tries to improve position but can't.
Blackburn can't do much from the bottom here.
Blackburn is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Boyd is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Boyd swings around for an armbar but Blackburn sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Boyd's guard.

Boyd throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Boyd is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Blackburn stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Boyd has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Blackburn manages to get his head free but now Boyd has transitioned to an armbar! Blackburn grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Boyd! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sammy Boyd!
A very excited looking Sammy Boyd made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.