PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Munden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munden has chosen time of the season as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Blanco
vs
Munden

178 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jackson Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Munden!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Blanco with that takedown attempt.

Blanco closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Munden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Munden missing with punches from the bottom.
Munden trying to control from the bottom.
Blanco is controlling the pace.
Blanco 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco is trying to control the action in half guard but Munden is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Blanco slips a nice elbow through Munden's hands, connecting with Munden's forehead.
Munden is not content to let Blanco control the position.
Blanco controlling the action here.
Munden is refusing to be controlled, as Blanco sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Blanco is thwarting Munden's attempts to control the position.
Blanco controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jackson Blanco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Blanco tries to score a power double leg takedown but Munden sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Blanco somewhat.

Munden tries to keep at a distance but Blanco has taken the fight into the clinch.

Blanco has picked Munden up - he's going for a ride! Blanco dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Blanco drops an elbow to the side of Munden's head.
Blanco lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco not doing much here.
Blanco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Blanco 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.
Munden looks gassed!
Munden is looking to control Blanco's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Munden avoid being mounted?
Blanco sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Munden taking some punishment here, with Blanco in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Blanco is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Munden is staying active underneath Blanco, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blanco working the head and body with strikes.
Blanco is looking to take a break and control but Munden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Blanco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice takedown defense from Munden. No joy for Blanco on that attempt.

Blanco shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Blanco showed some decent athleticism there.
Blanco with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Munden wants to get back to full guard.
Blanco working over Munden with some ground and pound. Munden looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blanco is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Blanco trying to control from half guard but Munden is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jackson Blanco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice sprawl there from Munden as Blanco shoots in.
Munden is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Munden as Blanco shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Blanco. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blanco drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Blanco decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Blanco shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Munden pinned against the cage. Munden gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Munden fails with a takedown attempt.
Blanco fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munden with a lazy takedown attempt

and Blanco counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Blanco.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munden keeping moving, preventing Blanco from controlling successfully.
Munden throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Munden keeping moving, preventing Blanco from controlling successfully.
Blanco seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Munden keeping moving, preventing Blanco from controlling successfully.
Munden being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jackson Blanco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Blanco fails with the takedown
and Munden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Munden leaves Blanco with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Munden throws a head kick that half lands.
A combination from Munden does no damage.

Blanco shoots in and bounces Munden off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Blanco sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Blanco dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Munden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Blanco gets the takedown into side control.
Munden on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Blanco in side control lands a decent elbow.

Blanco stands up.
Munden shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Blanco counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Munden is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blanco stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Blanco closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Munden did well to prevent Blanco getting side control.
Munden is staying active underneath Blanco, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Blanco there.
Munden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Blanco.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blanco lands a nice short elbow.
Munden is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blanco scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco slips a nice elbow through Munden's hands, connecting with Munden's forehead.

Munden looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Blanco is controlling the pace.
Blanco lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Blanco lands strikes from half guard.
Blanco slows the pace down in half guard.
Jackson Blanco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blanco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munden can do to turn this around?
Dave Munden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.

Blanco decides to return to a standing position.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blanco.
Blanco fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Munden avoids it really well and circles away.
Blanco shoots in for a takedown but Munden shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Blanco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blanco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Munden as Blanco shoots in.
Jackson Blanco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Munden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Blanco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blanco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Blanco!