PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Blunt (ranked 670 p4p, 94 weight class) and Light Heavyweight (ranked 96 p4p, 10 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blunt
vs
Heavyweight

196 cm
26
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
220 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barry Blunt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Light Heavyweight!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blunt scores with a jab to the body.
Blunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blunt throws a looping overhand right but Heavyweight ducks down to avoid it.
Blunt jabs Heavyweight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blunt.
Heavyweight looks to score with a jab to the body but Blunt is just out of range.
A quick step to the side and Blunt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heavyweight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heavyweight takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blunt, as that shot connected.
Blunt misses with a wild body shot.
Heavyweight throws a body punch but Blunt moves out of range.
Heavyweight throws a body shot but no joy.
Heavyweight's coach down at Gizmo's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Heavyweight's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A nice combination there by Blunt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heavyweight misses with a wild body shot.
Blunt feinted with a counter takedown.
Blunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heavyweight moves away.
Heavyweight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Blunt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blunt just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heavyweight ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Blunt. Beautiful body shot.
Blunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Heavyweight is fending him off so far but Blunt persists. Nope, Heavyweight circles away and we're back to standing.
Heavyweight with a nice cross.
Heavyweight lands a head shot.

Heavyweight forces Blunt back against the cage and clinches.
Heavyweight gets through Blunt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heavyweight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heavyweight misses with some punches.
Heavyweight throws a punch but it's blocked by Blunt.
Heavyweight tries a body shot but Blunt blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heavyweight lands a left hand.
Blunt lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heavyweight works on Blunt's body with a couple of short punches.
Heavyweight works on Blunt's body with a couple of short punches.
Heavyweight misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heavyweight.
Heavyweight lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blunt backwards.
Blunt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Heavyweight just stands there and leans against the cage.
Blunt is trying to pull guard but Heavyweight turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry Blunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short uppercut from Heavyweight.
Heavyweight digs a right hand into Blunt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blunt's gas tank.
Heavyweight is leaning against Blunt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Heavyweight swings wildly with an uppercut but Blunt uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heavyweight lands a right hand.
Heavyweight lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heavyweight pushes Blunt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blunt is breathing heavily.
A short right from Heavyweight.

Blunt is rocked!
Heavyweight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oh Blunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Heavyweight mutters something to Blunt before pushing him back against the cage. As Blunt comes back towards him, Heavyweight unloads a hook from the very depths of hell that knocks Blunt clean out! Oh. My. God. That is some seriously brutal stuff right there! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Light Heavyweight! Light Heavyweight retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Light Heavyweight thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.