PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Blood (ranked 189 p4p, 276 weight class) and Panda Aorigele (ranked 28 p4p, 43 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blood might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Raining Blood - Slayer. The crowd seem to be enjoying Aorigele's choice of entrance music: Mama Said Knock You Out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blood
vs
Aorigele

195 cm
27
275
15 - 2 - 1

193 cm
26
268
17 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jack Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panda Aorigele!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood lands a two punch combo.
Aorigele cracks Blood with a good jab.
Aorigele moves out of range of the strikes.
Blood throws a shot to the body.
Aorigele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Aorigele lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Blood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Aorigele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Aorigele misses with a right hand
and Blood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blood lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood lands a body shot.
Blood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aorigele on the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Blood has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aorigele moves away.
Blood scores with a body shot.
Blood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jack Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood.
Blood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Blood closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Aorigele quickly recovers to half guard.

Blood seems to be looking for submissions.
Aorigele is looking for a sweep. Blood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Blood is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Blood working Aorigele over with strikes.
Aorigele is trying to get back to full guard.
Aorigele wants to control but Blood is keeping busy.
Blood wants to pass the guard but Aorigele is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele is concentrating on defense, preventing Blood from advancing position.
Blood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aorigele is controlling Blood's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Blood is thwarting Aorigele's attempts to control the position.
Aorigele is trying to get back to full guard.

Blood is trying to work for a kimura but Aorigele is defending well.
Blood is controlling the pace.
Blood wants to free his trapped foot but Aorigele is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Aorigele trying to control but Blood postures up.
Aorigele is not content to let Blood control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele is doing well to control the position and prevent Blood from advancing to side control.
Aorigele trying to control from the bottom.
Aorigele manages to get to full guard.
Blood trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aorigele looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blood trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aorigele is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Blood trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blood tries to free his leg and advance position but Aorigele is retaining full guard.
Blood forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Blood.
Blood trying to mount his opponent but Aorigele defends it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Blood in particular looking to stall.
Aorigele is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Blood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Blood's back!

Aorigele gets back to his feet - a bit of a stange decision given the position he was in.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aorigele manages to avoid it.
Blood misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aorigele! But no joy.
Blood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Aorigele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blood.
A left lands for Blood.
Blood is looking to wear down Aorigele with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aorigele loads up on a big right hand but Blood slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Blood dominated that round.
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.

Blood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aorigele defends it nicely.
Blood misses with a looping right.
Aorigele displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blood throws out the jab.
Aorigele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aorigele throws out the jab.
Aorigele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Aorigele there as he acknowledges the shot.
Blood takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Aorigele.
Aorigele misses with an uppercut. Blood saw that one coming.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aorigele.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Aorigele's shoulder, as Aorigele tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blood lands with a cross.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Aorigele connects with a right hand. Blood shakes it off.
Aorigele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.
A little jabbing left from Aorigele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blood staying out of range there.
Aorigele swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Aorigele throws out a counter right but Blood avoids it with no problem.
Blood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aorigele can do to turn this around?

Blood clinches with his opponent.

Aorigele breaks the clinch.
Blood throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aorigele counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch but Aorigele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Aorigele was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aorigele cracks Blood with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Aorigele takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aorigele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Aorigele's head backwards.
A jab lands there for Blood.
Aorigele loads up on a big right hand but Blood slips the punch.
Aorigele displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blood throws out the jab.
Blood throws a sloppy body shot
and Aorigele counters with a huge left! Blood is in big trouble! He's backing up but Aorigele isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Blood from any more damage. A dominating finish by Aorigele!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Panda Aorigele!
During a confident post fight interview, Panda Aorigele thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.