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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zlat Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zlat Blaze looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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160 lbs
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177 cm
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zlat Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Noel!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Blaze tries to clinch there but Noel circles away.
Blaze tries to clinch there but Noel circles away.
Noel stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaze. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Noel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blaze circles away quickly and effectively.
Blaze tries to clinch up but Noel circles away and keeps his distance.
Noel misses with a few strikes there.
Blaze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze closes the distance and clinches up with Noel, looking for a takedown. Blaze pushes Noel against the cage but Noel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zlat Blaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Noel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Noel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaze.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Noel circles away.
Jay Noel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blaze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Noel is fending him off so far but Blaze persists. Nope, Noel circles away and we're back to standing.
Blaze is breathing heavily.
Noel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Noel but Noel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Noel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Noel.
It looks like Zlat Blaze has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze moves in looking to clinch but Noel pushes him off.
Zlat Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noel tries to bum rush Blaze with a series of wild strikes but Blaze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blaze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Noel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Blaze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Noel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Noel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Noel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Noel sizes up Blaze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Noel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Blaze is looking to clinch but Noel is avoiding it.
Noel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel scores with a nice head shot.
Noel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Noel swinging wilding here.
Nice cross by Noel.
Blaze takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Noel is working the combinations to good effect here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blaze.
Nice uppercut there from Noel.
Jab, jab by Noel - just one landing.
Noel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blaze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Noel is fending him off so far but Blaze persists. Nope, Noel circles away and we're back to standing.
Noel misses with a wild combination.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Noel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Noel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zlat Blaze's cut.
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.
Noel sizes up Blaze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zlat Blaze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noel stuffs the takedown.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but Noel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Blaze. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Noel leaves Blaze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zlat Blaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Noel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze shoots in for a double leg but Noel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Noel lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blaze shoots in and drives through. Noel sprawls well.
Noel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel swinging wilding here.
Noel tries to bum rush Blaze with a series of wild strikes but Blaze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Noel stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaze. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Noel misses with a two punch combination.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Noel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Noel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Noel sprawls well. Noel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice cross by Noel.
Left hook, right uppercut from Noel.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blaze.
Noel throws a right and a left that Blaze avoids nicely.
Noel stuffs the takedown.
Blaze has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Noel defends it nicely.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Blaze takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blaze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Noel circles away.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Noel circles away.
Blaze shoots in looking for a takedown. Noel tries to sprawl out of it but Blaze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Noel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Noel but Noel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blaze looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Noel throws a series of punches but Blaze avoids them all with ease.
Blaze dives in and grabs Noel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Noel pushes down on Blaze's head and hops out.
Blaze throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Noel's waist but Noel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blaze off to one side.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Blaze.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaze tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Noel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zlat Blaze's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
No luck for Blaze with that takedown attempt.
Blaze looks for a takedown but Noel sprawls well.
Noel swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaze.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze wants to clinch up but Noel keeps it at a distance.
Blaze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noel as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zlat Blaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Noel stalks Blaze and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blaze's face. Blaze staggers backwards, shaken.
Blaze moves forwards but Noel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Noel scores with a punch to the head.
Blaze takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Blaze fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Noel avoids it really well and circles away.
Noel misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Noel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Noel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Noel circles away.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Noel wants it to stay on the feet.
Jay Noel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaze needs to keep his hands up - Noel had a free shot at his head there.
Blaze tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Noel swivels and escapes.
Noel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blaze tries to clinch but Noel is having none of it.
Danga de danga de dang - Noel scores with a four punch combination!
Blaze moves in looking to clinch but Noel pushes him off.
Noel throws a series of punches but Blaze avoids them all with ease.
Blaze shoots in for a double leg but Noel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Noel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but Noel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Noel slaps away a takedown attempt from Blaze, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze shoots in for a double leg but Noel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Noel but Noel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zlat Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Noel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Noel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Noel!
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hype
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RATING
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