PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Blake (ranked 3066 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desperately To Be Positive (ranked 2738 p4p, 0 weight class). Desperately To Be Positive is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Blake
vs
To Be Positive

177 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
28
212 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Desperately To Be Positive!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
To Be Positive lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blake circles away quickly and effectively.
Blake connects with the punch.
Blake closes the distance and lands a one-two.
To Be Positive drops his hands momentarily and Blake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
To Be Positive fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blake on the side of the head.
Blake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Blake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
To Be Positive throws a right hand that misses
and Blake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blake staying out of range there.
To Be Positive misses with a wild body shot.
Blake appears to be looking for a big counter.
Blake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blake takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
To Be Positive scores with a hook to the body. Blake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for To Be Positive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake throws a body punch but To Be Positive moves out of range.
To Be Positive wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blake is breathing heavily.
Blake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blake throws a series of punches but To Be Positive moves out of range.
Blake misses with a body shot
and To Be Positive counters with a huge left! Blake is in big trouble! He's backing up but To Be Positive isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Blake from any more damage. A dominating finish by To Be Positive!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Desperately To Be Positive!
Desperately To Be Positive looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Do you really think Islam is a religion of peace?'.