PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stella Fella (ranked 4074 p4p, 2286 weight class) and Emiliano Blackburn (ranked 332 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Fella
vs
Blackburn

175 cm
21
155
2 - 5 - 0

168 cm
31
150
20 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

AVALON
Vegan Gains

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Stella Fella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emiliano Blackburn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fella pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fella looks to land a body kick but Blackburn moved away.
Fella throws a low kick but Blackburn moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Fella.

Blackburn shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fella manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Blackburn postures up.
Fella has Blackburn pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackburn tries to stand but Fella is controlling from the bottom.
Fella is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fella wants to pass the guard but Blackburn is defending well.
Fella is just content to waste time from the top position. Blackburn takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Fella tries to free his leg and advance position but Blackburn is retaining full guard.
Fella controls from within his opponent's guard.
Blackburn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Fella from controlling successfully.
Fella stops Blackburn from standing up.
Fella trying to control the position from guard on top but Blackburn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blackburn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fella is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blackburn blocks a jab.
Fella looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blackburn scores with a jab. Fella acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Blackburn lands a left and a right that send Fella crashing to the mat, dazed. Blackburn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Fella is rocked!

Blackburn dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Fella has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Emiliano Blackburn!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Emiliano Blackburn waved his t-shirt featuring Conviction's logo in front of the cameras.