PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Ninefingers (ranked 3047 p4p, 416 weight class) and Ernst Stavro Blofeld (ranked 2924 p4p, 405 weight class). Logan Ninefingers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ernst Stavro Blofeld's chin.

Ninefingers
vs
Stavro Blofeld

188 cm
29
214 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

187 cm
30
206 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Organic Nutrition

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Ninefingers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernst Stavro Blofeld!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ninefingers throws a poor cross that misses
and Blofeld counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Ninefingers.
Blofeld lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A punch combination from Ninefingers misses.
Ninefingers misses with a right hand
and Blofeld makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ninefingers really felt that one!
Blofeld ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Blofeld on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick from Ninefingers lands but Blofeld takes it in his stride.
Ninefingers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blofeld connects with the punch.
Blofeld on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ninefingers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blofeld ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ninefingers moves away.
It looked like Ninefingers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ninefingers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blofeld lands a head shot.
Blofeld throws a wild body kick that Ninefingers sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blofeld thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ninefingers throws a shot from downtown. Blofeld moves away and avoids it.
Ninefingers throws a hook but Blofeld avoids it easily.
Ninefingers throws the left hand but Blofeld avoids the punch easily.
A cross from Ninefingers lands.
A big left from Blofeld misses.
Ninefingers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ninefingers goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blofeld's coach down at Grind Time [ *Double Elite Coaches] was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Blofeld's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Blofeld ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ninefingers moves away.
Ninefingers avoids the body shot from Blofeld.
We've been hearing reports that Ninefingers has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ninefingers lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blofeld with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ninefingers to score with a decent uppercut.
Blofeld dodges the punch combination from Ninefingers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blofeld lands a nice shot to the body.
Blofeld jabs at Ninefingers's body.
Ninefingers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blofeld counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ninefingers with a jab.
Blofeld doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Ninefingers.
Ninefingers throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Blofeld counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Ninefingers catches Blofeld right on the button with a cross.
Ninefingers misses with a shot to the body
and Blofeld counters with a nice leg kick.
Ninefingers throws a shot to the body.
Blofeld throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers lands with a nice body punch.
A cross from Blofeld lands.
Ninefingers throws a lazy right hand but Blofeld sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blofeld moves out of range as Ninefingers strikes.
Blofeld slips a straight right by Ninefingers.
Ninefingers misses with a straight right.
Ninefingers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blofeld.
Blofeld misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ninefingers scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from Ninefingers.
Blofeld uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ninefingers.
Ninefingers needs to keep his hands up - Blofeld had a free shot at his head there.
Blofeld throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blofeld walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blofeld avoids the body shot from Ninefingers.
Blofeld doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ninefingers throws a body punch but Blofeld moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blofeld lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ninefingers throws out a loose jab but Blofeld uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blofeld throws a body punch but Ninefingers moves out of range.
Blofeld pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ninefingers is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Blofeld lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ninefingers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Blofeld takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ninefingers scores with the left hand. Blofeld knows he should have avoided that one.
Blofeld lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blofeld lands a jab to Ninefingers's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Logan Ninefingers will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ninefingers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blofeld.
Ninefingers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blofeld takes a step back to recover.
Ninefingers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ninefingers lunges at Blofeld with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blofeld's hand.
Logan Ninefingers is winning the standup battle so far.
Blofeld slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blofeld! But no joy.
Ninefingers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blofeld doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ninefingers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blofeld was well out of range. Poor timing from Ninefingers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ninefingers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ninefingers throws a jab but it's blocked by Blofeld.
Blofeld tries a quick counter leg kick but Ninefingers is wise to it.
Blofeld takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ninefingers looks to land a combination. Blofeld sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ninefingers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blofeld walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ninefingers.
Ninefingers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blofeld lands a glancing blow to the side of Ninefingers's head.
Ninefingers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blofeld can do to turn this around?
Blofeld rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blofeld takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ninefingers has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Blofeld misses with a left hand
and Ninefingers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ninefingers misses with a straight right.
Blofeld has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ninefingers finds it's way round the side to connect with Blofeld's head.
Blofeld avoids the body shot from Ninefingers.
Blofeld throws out a counter right but Ninefingers avoids it with no problem.
Blofeld looks to land a right hand but Ninefingers moved out of range.
Ninefingers is looking to counter punch.
Blofeld throws a lazy uppercut
and Ninefingers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blofeld swings for the body but Ninefingers moves out of range.
Ninefingers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Ninefingers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Blofeld throws a body kick that misses.
Blofeld has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blofeld.
Ninefingers dips to his left and cracks Blofeld with an uppercut!
Ninefingers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Blofeld might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ninefingers has got the better of the exchanges.
Ninefingers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blofeld waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ninefingers.
Ninefingers throws out a loose jab but Blofeld uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blofeld punishes Ninefingers's body with a nice straight punch.
Donk. Ninefingers catches Blofeld right on the button with a cross.
Ninefingers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice uppercut lands for Ninefingers. That snapped Blofeld's head back.
A punch combination from Ninefingers misses.
Logan Ninefingers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers misses with a hook
and Blofeld connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab lands there for Blofeld.
Ninefingers avoids the body shot from Blofeld.
Ninefingers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ninefingers cracks Blofeld with a good jab.
Blofeld throws a shot from downtown. Ninefingers moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Ninefingers.
A little jabbing left from Blofeld on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blofeld connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blofeld misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Ninefingers misses the target.
Blofeld misses with a wild body shot.
Ninefingers throws the left hand but Blofeld avoids the punch easily.
Blofeld is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ninefingers with a body shot.
Blofeld fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blofeld throws a lazy uppercut
and Ninefingers counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninefingers keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ninefingers lands a really nice looking cross but Blofeld seems unphased.
A jab from Ninefingers finds it's way through Blofeld's defenses.
Ninefingers throws a head kick but Blofeld moves out of range.
Ninefingers misses with a straight right.
Blofeld appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blofeld throws a hook to the side of Ninefingers's head but Ninefingers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ninefingers throws an off balance right hand
and Ninefingers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ninefingers misses with an uppercut.
Ninefingers avoids a kick to the body.
Blofeld thuds a left hand into Ninefingers's body.
Ninefingers ducks under a wild hook from Blofeld.
Ninefingers misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Ninefingers dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Blofeld ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice straight punches there by Ninefingers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ninefingers.
Blofeld uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ninefingers.
A little jabbing left from Blofeld on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ninefingers.
A telegraphed right hand from Blofeld misses the target.
Ninefingers misses with a lunging right hand
and Blofeld counters with a nice uppercut.
Ninefingers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blofeld misses with a wild body shot.
Blofeld moves out of range as Ninefingers throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ninefingers misses with a hook. Blofeld ducked under it nicely.
Blofeld scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ninefingers scores with the left hand. Blofeld knows he should have avoided that one.
Ninefingers misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninefingers lands with a straight right. Blofeld didn't see that one coming.
Ninefingers throws an overhand right that lands on Blofeld's shoulder, as Blofeld tries to avoid the shot.
Blofeld throws an overhand right that lands on Ninefingers's shoulder, as Ninefingers tries to avoid the shot.
Ninefingers looks to score with a jab to the body but Blofeld is just out of range.
Ninefingers misses with a straight left.
Blofeld throws out a counter right but Ninefingers avoids it with no problem.
Blofeld slips under a jab from Ninefingers.
Blofeld pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blofeld throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big left from Ninefingers misses.
Blofeld swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ninefingers. Blofeld does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ninefingers misses with a straight right.
A countering left hand to the body from Blofeld misses.
Ninefingers blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers throws an overhand right that lands on Blofeld's shoulder, as Blofeld tries to avoid the shot.
Ninefingers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blofeld slips under a jab from Ninefingers.
A slow jab from Ninefingers misses its intended target.
Blofeld throws a big shot that misses.
Ninefingers throws out a loose jab but Blofeld uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ninefingers lands a nice shot to the body.
Ninefingers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blofeld.
Blofeld bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Blofeld misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninefingers misses with a looping right.
Blofeld is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Ninefingers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blofeld throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ninefingers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Blofeld.
Ninefingers misses with a hook.
Blofeld takes a swing at Ninefingers's ribcage but misses.
Ninefingers misses with a right hand
letting Blofeld counter with a right hand.
Blofeld connects with a body shot that sends Ninefingers's belly button to the back.
Blofeld throws a hook but Ninefingers blocks it.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blofeld uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ninefingers.
Ninefingers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blofeld sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blofeld moves away from the strike by Ninefingers.
Blofeld ducks under a wild hook from Ninefingers.
Blofeld throws a head kick but Ninefingers moves out of range.
Blofeld fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ninefingers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blofeld's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ninefingers under the eye.
Ninefingers misses with the combination.
Blofeld throws a head kick that misses.
Ninefingers throwing a counter right hand but Blofeld manages to avoid it.
Good work by Ninefingers as he checks the leg kick.
Blofeld is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ninefingers swings for the body but Blofeld moves out of range.
Blofeld bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ninefingers throws an overhand right that lands on Blofeld's shoulder, as Blofeld tries to avoid the shot.
Blofeld throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blofeld just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Ninefingers misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Logan Ninefingers.
Well Ninefingers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Ninefingers!
Logan Ninefingers gave a mention to Organic Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).