PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Blasts (ranked 1354 p4p, 169 weight class) and Alexander Potter (ranked 1469 p4p, 178 weight class). The key to victory for Rupert Blasts has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Blasts
vs
Potter

185 cm
37
193 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

194 cm
33
190 lbs
21 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rupert Blasts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Potter!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Potter has managed to clinch.
Blasts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Blasts crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Blasts lands a shoulder strike.
Blasts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blasts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Blasts is defending well.
Potter tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blasts pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rupert Blasts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Potter.
Blasts landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts leaning against his opponent.
Potter being controlled against the cage.
Blasts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter is working for takedown but Blasts is calmly controlling the position for now.
Blasts misses with the head strike.
Potter tries to pull guard but Blasts holds him up against the cage and eventually Potter drops back down to his feet.
Blasts misses with a knee to the head.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blasts.
Blasts throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Potters head.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blasts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Potter can't get the takedown.

Potter works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Blasts scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blasts misses with a body kick.
Potter misses with a jab to the body

and Blasts counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries to score a body lock takedown but Blasts shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Blasts swings wildly with an uppercut but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blasts lands with a light punch inside.
Blasts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blasts is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Potter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Potter avoids the head kick by Blasts.
Blasts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Potter throws a leg kick
and Blasts counters with a good, hard body kick but Potter shrugs it off.
Potter throws a jab but it's blocked by Blasts.

Potter pushes Blasts up against the cage in a clinch.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Blasts crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.

Potter pulls guard effortlessly.
Blasts has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Potter is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blasts stands up from Potter's guard - Blasts perhaps looking for a knockout.
The fighters circling - Potter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Potter tries to clinch there but Blasts circles away.
Potter throws a leg kick which misses Blasts's front leg but catches the back leg as Blasts tries to avoid it.
Blasts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Potter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Potter moves away from the strike by Blasts.
Potter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've been told by Blasts's head coaches at HELLCADEMY (Ground Training) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Blasts throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Blasts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Potter throws an off balance right hand
and Blasts counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Potter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Potter blocks a head kick by Blasts.
Potter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck for Potter with that takedown attempt.
Blasts tried to score with a low kick but Potter checks it.
Blasts walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Potter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rupert Blasts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blasts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Potter fails to land with a series of punches.
Blasts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blasts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Potter throws a head kick that misses.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Potter checks it well.
Nice body kick there by Blasts.
Potter keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Potter shoots in and drives through. Blasts sprawls well.
Blasts lands a slapping body shot.
Blasts scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rupert Blasts dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Blasts.
Alexander Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter tries to clinch but Blasts moves out of range.
Potter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blasts defends it nicely.

Blasts tries to keep at a distance but Potter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blasts with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Potter wants to take the fight to the mat but Blasts manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Blasts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts pushes Potter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potter fails to pull guard.
Rupert Blasts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Potter.
Blasts scores with a shoulder strike.
Rupert Blasts has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Potter tries to pull guard but Blasts won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stalling in the clinch from Blasts.
Blasts looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Blasts fails to land.
Potter blocking some punches.
Potter is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blasts gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Potter jumps into guard, dragging Blasts to the mat.

Blasts stands up and waves to Potter to follow him.
Blasts scores with a jab to the jaw.
Blasts scores with a nice body kick.
Potter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blasts throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rupert Blasts is winning the standup battle so far.
Potter shoots in but Blasts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Potter is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a series of wild punches.
Blasts throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blasts throws a head kick that Potter semi-blocks.
Potter with a poor takedown
and Blasts counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potter's knee momentarily.
Blasts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Potter walks into a straight right hand from Blasts.
Blasts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Potter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blasts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A lazy left from Potter finds it's target.
Potter misses with a low kick.
Potter is looking to score with low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blasts.
Potter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potter with the counter takedown but Blasts avoids it easily.
Potter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Potter moves away.
Blasts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Potter can do to turn this around?
Potter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blasts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Potter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blasts tried to counter with a leg kick but Potter avoided it.
Potter shoots for a takedown but Blasts saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice body kick from Blasts.
Potter drops his hands momentarily and Blasts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Potter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blasts as he avoids it easily.
Potter lands with a nice body punch.
Blasts throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Blasts.
Potter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Blasts counters with a slapping leg kick.
Blasts is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blasts misses with a body kick.
Blasts misses the shot to the body.
Blasts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Potter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blasts scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws a body shot but no joy.
Potter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blasts throws a nice head kick!
Blasts throws a sloppy head kick and Potter moves out of range easily.
Potter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Blasts.
Blasts lands with a slapping head kick.

Potter is rocked!
Blasts scores with a sloppy right hand. Potter should have avoided that one.
Potter is still on wobbly legs! Can Blasts finish him?

Blasts closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blasts.
Blasts lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Potter to his knees! Blasts keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rupert Blasts!
Rupert Blasts spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.