PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chance Taken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Blower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Taken
vs
Blower

191 cm
19
270 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

196 cm
21
272 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chance Taken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Blower!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blower lands with a kick to the temple. Taken shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Chance Taken has been cut.

Blower clinches with his opponent.

Taken pulls guard effortlessly.
Taken controls Blower momentarily but Blower frees himself.
Taken is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Taken sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blower defending well though.
Taken working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taken 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Blower is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Taken pulls his head out easily.
Taken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blower with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Taken connects with a nice short shot to Blower's temple.
Taken working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blower with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Taken seems to be working for a kimura but Blower defends the submission attempt.
Blower is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taken is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blower sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taken thows a huge punch but Blower dodges it nicely.
Taken is keen to just control but Blower is a slippery customer.

Taken looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Blower is trying to get back to full guard.
Blower slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Taken is pushing down on Blower's leg trying to pass to half guard. Blower is fighting to maintain full guard but Taken has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taken blocks the strikes from Blower.
Ground and pound from Taken.
Taken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Taken lands strikes from half guard.
Taken lands strikes from half guard.
Blower is refusing to be controlled, as Taken sits in half guard.
Taken scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blower is staying active underneath Taken, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Taken there.
Blower landing a few short strikes.
Taken working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Taken is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blower sees it coming and defends easily.
Blower wants to get back to his feet.
Blower looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taken lands strikes from half guard.
Taken lands with a punch from half guard.
Blower is trying to stand back up but Taken is controlling him
Taken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Taken landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Taken landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taken is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blower is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taken scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taken lands a nice short elbow.
Taken scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taken working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taken keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blower has hold of Taken's hands but Taken slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taken trying to control from half guard but Blower is working away.
Blower has hold of Taken's hands but Taken slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Blower is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taken scores with a couple of nice shots.
Blower throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Taken manages to pass to side control.
Taken cracks Blower with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taken scoring with punches from side control.
Taken scoring with punches and elbows.
Blower taking punishment in the form of punches.
Taken cracks Blower with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Taken dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chance Taken's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Taken throws a head kick that half lands.
Taken throws a jab when Blower was well out of range.

Taken scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Taken wants to control but Blower is keeping him busy.

Taken thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Taken trying to control the action but Blower is working from the bottom.
Blower sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Blower looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Taken working Blower over with strikes.
Blower is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blower is trying to get back to full guard.
Taken is looking to take a break and control but Blower is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Taken lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blower really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taken. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blower is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taken lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taken lands a nice short elbow.
Taken prevents Blower from improving his position.
Taken landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Taken.
Blower is looking to control Taken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blower avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Taken connects with a nice short shot to Blower's temple.
Blower strikes from the bottom but Taken uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Taken works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Taken tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Taken has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Blower tries to improve position but can't.
Blower on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Taken in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Blower is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chance Taken!