PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Blankenship (ranked 2535 p4p, 5563 weight class) and Lom Ali Maskadov (ranked 183 p4p, 291 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blankenship might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to MXC Most Extreme Challenge. Maskadov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Stata - Poisonblack. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blankenship
vs
Maskadov

170 cm
20
130
4 - 3 - 0

160 cm
28
135
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Blankenship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lom Ali Maskadov!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Blankenship.
Blankenship thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blankenship connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maskadov. Maskadov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Maskadov moves into the clinch.
Blankenship lands with a right to the head.
Blankenship lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Blankenship swings wildly with an uppercut but Maskadov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blankenship lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maskadov lands with a short shot to the head.
Maskadov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blankenship lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blankenship lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blankenship crunches a lovely knee into Maskadov's ribcage.
Blankenship misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maskadov misses with a punch to the body.
Blankenship pushes Maskadov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blankenship tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Blankenship.
Maskadov tries a body shot but Blankenship blocks it.
Maskadov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blankenship works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maskadov throws a head punch that misses.
Blankenship lands a body shot.
Blankenship scores with a hook to the body.
Blankenship is leaning against Maskadov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Maskadov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship cracks Maskadov with a nice body shot.
Maskadov looks winded!
Blankenship lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blankenship lands a good knee to the midsection. Maskadov won't want to take too many of those.
Blankenship landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Blankenship.
Blankenship scores with a shot to the side of Maskadov's head.
Still in the clinch, Blankenship scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blankenship connects with a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maskadov takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short left from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Maskadov blocks with his arms.
Blankenship throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maskadov blocks it with crossed arms.
Blankenship lands an uppercut.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maskadov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Blankenship - that landed with a thud.
Blankenship landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blankenship utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blankenship.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Blankenship.
Blankenship with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Blankenship.
A short right from Blankenship.
Blankenship cracks Maskadov with a nice body shot.
Blankenship lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Blankenship.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship lands a nice shot to the body.
Blankenship scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Blankenship - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blankenship creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blankenship scores with a shoulder strike.
Blankenship lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blankenship lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blankenship is leaning against Maskadov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Maskadov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blankenship lands a nice shot to the body.
Blankenship lands an uppercut.
Blankenship utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Blankenship.
A right hook to the body lands for Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blankenship landing knees to the body.
Blankenship lands a hook that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blankenship as Maskadov tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blankenship obliges.
Blankenship working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blankenship lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maskadov working aggressively here.
Blankenship lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blankenship lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Blankenship landing knees to the head.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Maskadov blocks with his arms.
Blankenship lands a nice knee to the body.
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maskadov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maskadov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blankenship scores with a knee to the head.

Maskadov is rocked!
Blankenship connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maskadov's face.
Maskadov is still on wobbly legs! Can Blankenship finish him?

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blankenship creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blankenship lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Blankenship.
A short right from Blankenship.
Maskadov seems to have recovered his senses.
Maskadov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blankenship working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blankenship putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Maskadov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Blankenship.
A right hook to the body lands for Blankenship.
Blankenship working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blankenship works on Maskadov's body with a couple of short punches.
Blankenship scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a shot to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short body shot lands from Blankenship as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Blankenship scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blankenship misses with a knee strike.
Blankenship is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maskadov tries to work over Blankenship's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blankenship stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blankenship with a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short uppercut from Blankenship.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Blankenship softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blankenship connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maskadov's face.
A hook to the body from Blankenship.
Blankenship looking to throw knees to the head but Maskadov is blocking nicely.
Blankenship scores with a shot to the side of Maskadov's head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Maskadov blocks with his arms.
Blankenship blocking some punches.
Maskadov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blankenship's elbow.
Blankenship landing knees to the head.
Blankenship scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Blankenship scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blankenship lands a right hand.
Blankenship landing knees to the body.
Blankenship lands a nice uppercut.
Blankenship working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blankenship scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maskadov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blankenship connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maskadov's face.
Maskadov takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Blankenship.
Blankenship connects with a knee to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Blankenship scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blankenship lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Blankenship lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maskadov or not.
A short right from Blankenship on the inside.
Blankenship lands a good knee to the midsection. Maskadov won't want to take too many of those.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maskadov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from Blankenship.
Blankenship scores with a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head.
Blankenship presses Maskadov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Blankenship stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blankenship blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maskadov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maskadov has a couple of punches blocked by Blankenship.
Blankenship gets through Maskadov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maskadov throws a head punch that misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship lands a shot to the body.
Blankenship lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship lands a shot to the body.
Blankenship is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blankenship with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maskadov.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blankenship.
Blankenship connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maskadov's face.
Blankenship lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blankenship misses with a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Maskadov can't find room to land a body shot as Blankenship controls the action.
Blankenship lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Blankenship.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blankenship lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maskadov.
Blankenship lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Blankenship dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Blankenship paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blankenship connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maskadov. Maskadov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maskadov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blankenship paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blankenship scores with a sloppy right hand. Maskadov should have avoided that one.
Maskadov ducks under a wild hook from Blankenship.
Blankenship misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blankenship throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maskadov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maskadov wants to clinch up but Blankenship keeps it at a distance.
Maskadov wants to clinch
and Blankenship counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maskadov doesn't manage to clinch there - Blankenship circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blankenship lands with a shot to the body.
Blankenship is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Blankenship moves into range and clinches up with Maskadov.
Kenny Blankenship has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maskadov is breathing heavily.
Maskadov working aggressively here.
Blankenship lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maskadov backwards.
Blankenship lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Blankenship.
Maskadov misses with a punch to the body.
Maskadov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blankenship blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship lands a left hand.
Maskadov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maskadov can't find room to land a body shot as Blankenship controls the action.
Maskadov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blankenship lands a left hand.
Blankenship lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blankenship scores with a shot to the side of Maskadov's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blankenship pushes Maskadov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blankenship is working the Thai clinch up against the cage. He yanks Maskadov's head to one side and delivers a picture perfect knee, right on the button! Boom! Down goes Maskadov! He's out! He's out! The fight is over, just like that!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Kenny Blankenship!
Kenny Blankenship decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Lom Ali Maskadov was interviewed post fight and said 'Kurva anyádat'.