PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Beznisko (ranked 24 p4p, 5 weight class) and Ricky Blazer (ranked 148 p4p, 22 weight class). Sergey Beznisko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beznisko
vs
Blazer

178 cm
30
215 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

194 cm
36
218 lbs
32 - 21 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Urban Fighter

Pit Bull Development

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 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Blazer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beznisko misses with a looping left.
Blazer ducks under a wild hook from Beznisko.
Sergey Beznisko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blazer scores with a nice head shot.
Beznisko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beznisko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blazer.
Blazer throws a looping overhand right but Beznisko ducks down to avoid it.
Beznisko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blazer moves out of range of the strikes.
Beznisko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blazer manages to avoid it.
Blazer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko takes one to the chin there.
Beznisko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beznisko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Blazer moves away and avoids it.
Blazer clobbers Beznisko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Blazer misses the target.
It looked like Beznisko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Beznisko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Beznisko misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a stiff right hand.
Blazer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blazer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Beznisko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beznisko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blazer moves out of range as Beznisko strikes.
Beznisko throws an off balance right hand
and Blazer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Beznisko pushes Blazer up against the cage in a clinch.
Beznisko wants to stall.
Beznisko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beznisko has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Blazer after a bit of a struggle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blazer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blazer tries to work over Beznisko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blazer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Beznisko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beznisko can't find room to land a body shot as Blazer controls the action.
Blazer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Blazer is trying to break the clinch but Beznisko is controlling him.
Blazer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beznisko just leaning against Blazer, taking a breather.
Blazer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Beznisko.
Blazer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beznisko backwards.
Blazer misses with a punch on the inside.
Beznisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Blazer breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blazer.
Beznisko misses the shot to the body.
Beznisko misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko throws a lazy right hand but Blazer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beznisko looks to clinch
letting Blazer counter with a right hand.
Blazer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blazer misses with a looping left.
Blazer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blazer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beznisko stuns Blazer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beznisko throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut lands for Beznisko. That snapped Blazer's head back.
Beznisko throws a body punch but Blazer moves out of range.
Blazer connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Blazer lands a left and a right that send Beznisko crashing to the mat, dazed. Blazer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Sergey Beznisko has been cut.
Blazer slips a jab and a cross from Beznisko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blazer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Blazer cracks Beznisko with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Beznisko looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Blazer finish him?

Beznisko is rocked!
Blazer misses with a looping right.
Blazer misses with a hook
enabling Beznisko to counter with a crisp jab.
Blazer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beznisko counters with a straight right hand.
Beznisko throws a right hand that misses
and Blazer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blazer slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beznisko missing with a left hand there. Blazer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blazer tests Beznisko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blazer scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Blazer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergey Beznisko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blazer connects with a leg kick. Beznisko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters circling - Beznisko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beznisko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blazer. Blazer obviously looking to wear him down.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut
and Blazer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blazer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beznisko misses the shot to the body.
Beznisko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blazer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beznisko throws a low kick but Blazer avoids it.
Beznisko throws an off balance right hand
and Blazer counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blazer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beznisko counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Beznisko tests Blazer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beznisko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazer swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Beznisko gets a clinch.
Beznisko throws a head punch that misses.

Beznisko breaks the clinch.
Blazer on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Ricky Blazer has been cut.
Beznisko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Blazer in his tracks.
Blazer has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Beznisko blocks the leg kick.
Blazer slips a jab from Beznisko.
Blazer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beznisko throws a sloppy body shot
and Blazer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beznisko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beznisko is defended easily by Blazer.
Despite the aggression on Blazer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko misses the shot to the body.
Beznisko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blazer manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Blazer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beznisko misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blazer leaves Beznisko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Beznisko slips a straight right by Blazer.
Beznisko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blazer walks into a jab.
Beznisko throws a big shot that misses.
Blazer avoids the body shot from Beznisko.
Blazer throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beznisko manages to avoid it.
Blazer slips under a jab from Beznisko.
A swing and a miss from Beznisko.
Beznisko throws a jab when Blazer was well out of range.
Beznisko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beznisko dodges the punch combination from Blazer.
Beznisko tries to counter with a takedown but Blazer is quick to defend against it.
Beznisko misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blazer slips under a jab.
Beznisko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blazer misses with a straight left.
Beznisko tries to counter with a takedown but Blazer is quick to defend against it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Blazer.
Blazer swats away the attempt to clinch by Beznisko.
Ricky Blazer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blazer just misses with a punch to the body.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut
and Blazer counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Beznisko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blazer.
Blazer misses with a lunging right hand
and Beznisko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beznisko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beznisko blocks a leg kick.
Blazer misses with a straight right.
Beznisko defending well as Blazer loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ricky Blazer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Beznisko looks to score with a jab to the body but Blazer is just out of range.
Blazer slips under a jab from Beznisko.
Blazer slips under a jab from Beznisko.
Blazer thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Blazer misses.
Beznisko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blazer keeps the fight on the outside.
Blazer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beznisko's calf.
Blazer scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blazer.
Blazer digs a good hook to Beznisko's body.
Blazer slips under a jab.
Beznisko misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut
and Blazer counters with a nice uppercut.

Beznisko fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Blazer sprawls well initially but Beznisko persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Beznisko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blazer keeps working.
Beznisko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blazer is looking for a sweep. Beznisko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beznisko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Beznisko scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Beznisko is nestled in close to Blazer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Beznisko thows a huge punch but Blazer dodges it nicely.
Beznisko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sergey Beznisko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blazer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Blazer is staying active underneath Beznisko, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blazer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beznisko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blazer has hold of Beznisko's hands but Beznisko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blazer tries to roll over but Beznisko keeps him under control.
Beznisko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beznisko is looking to advance position but Blazer won't allow it.
Blazer trying to hold on to Beznisko's head to control him but Beznisko postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blazer is concentrating on defense, preventing Beznisko from advancing position.
Beznisko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blazer is looking to improve his position.

Blazer has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Beznisko is on him like a limpet, forcing Blazer back against the cage.
Beznisko is trying to stall.
A short right from Beznisko.
Beznisko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beznisko lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Blazer.
Stalling in the clinch from Beznisko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beznisko.
Blazer can't find room to land a body shot as Beznisko controls the action.
Blazer prevents a body shot from Beznisko.
Beznisko tries for a takedown. No joy.

Blazer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beznisko lands a right hook to the body.
Ricky Blazer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beznisko looks to throw the jab but Blazer is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beznisko tries to clinch there but Blazer circles away.
Blazer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beznisko's sensitive parts.
Blazer stalks Beznisko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beznisko's face. Beznisko staggers backwards, shaken.
Beznisko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beznisko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beznisko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Beznisko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricky Blazer.
I've got Blazer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ricky Blazer!
Ricky Blazer decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.