PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Blachowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jan Blachowicz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hearns
vs
Blachowicz

191 cm
23
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

220 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Hearns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Blachowicz!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hearns closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Blachowicz did well to prevent Hearns getting side control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hearns in particular looking to stall.
Blachowicz trying to hold on to Hearns's head to control him but Hearns postures up.
Blachowicz is trying to stand up here but Hearns is controlling him well.
Blachowicz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hearns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Blachowicz trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hearns manages to pass to mount!

Hearns jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Blachowicz is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Blachowicz and Hearns has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Hearns has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Blachowicz throws a right hand that Hearns ducks under and follows up with a left that Hearns also avoids with ease.

Hearns shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Blachowicz's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns postures up.

Blachowicz is looking for a triangle but Hearns pushes his legs off easily.
Hearns postures up in Blachowicz's guard and throws a big left but Blachowicz blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hearns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blachowicz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hearns has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Hearns got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blachowicz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hearns has managed to get both his arms back between Blachowicz's legs - danger averted.
Hearns looking to pass the guard.
Hearns trying to control the position from guard on top but Blachowicz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearns sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hearns's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

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.

Blachowicz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blachowicz looks gassed!
Hearns slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Blachowicz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hearns can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns trying to control but Blachowicz is working from the bottom.
Blachowicz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hearns looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Blachowicz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hearns showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Hearns gets to his feet. Blachowicz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hearns clinches up with Blachowicz and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hearns scores with a nice short uppercut.

Hearns ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hearns no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hearns has his hands on Blachowicz's head, controlling the position.

Hearns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hearns could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Hearns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Blachowicz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Blachowicz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hearns will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Hearns dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blachowicz looks for the body kick but Hearns saw that one coming.

Blachowicz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hearns to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Blachowicz is looking for a triangle but Hearns pushes his legs off easily.
Hearns distracts Blachowicz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Blachowicz is looking for a triangle here but Hearns uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Hearns just content to control the position.
Blachowicz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns works to advance to full mount. Blachowicz defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hearns is landing with some decent strikes but Blachowicz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hearns lands a nice shot to the head.
Hearns is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hearns tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blachowicz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hearns sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Tommy Hearns just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Hearns moves into the clinch successfully.
Hearns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blachowicz has him pressed against the cage.
Hearns is stalling here.

Hearns pulls guard effortlessly.
Hearns tries to strike from the bottom.
Hearns has Blachowicz pulled in close to control his posture.
Blachowicz trying to control but Hearns is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Blachowicz is controlling him.
Hearns is trying to keep Blachowicz in close.
Hearns is pulling down on Blachowicz's head. It's preventing any offense from Blachowicz, at least for the moment.

Hearns pushes Blachowicz off and gets back to his feet.

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.
Hearns misses with a head kick.
Hearns misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blachowicz misses with a takedown attempt
and Hearns counters with a stiff right hand.

Blachowicz gets caught flat footed, as Hearns shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hearns looking to pass the guard.

Hearns stands up from Blachowicz's guard - Hearns perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hearns is looking to chop away at Blachowicz's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Hearns dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Blachowicz blocks a head kick by Hearns.

Hearns darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hearns is pressing down on Blachowicz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blachowicz is holding on for now.

Blachowicz looking for submissions off his back.
Blachowicz is trying to maintain the position but Hearns is very close to passing his half guard.

Hearns looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Blachowicz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hearns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blachowicz trying to control but Hearns postures up.
Hearns winds up and cracks Blachowicz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hearns controlling the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blachowicz tries for a takedown but Hearns circles away easily

and Hearns counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Blachowicz!
Hearns with good strikes from the mount here!
Hearns tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hearns landing punches.
Blachowicz is in a horrible position here. Hearns smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hearns blocks Blachowicz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hearns has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blachowicz's face.
Hearns controlling the pace for now.
Hearns lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hearns landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns landing punches.
Blachowicz is squirming around, avoiding Hearns's attempts to control the action.
Hearns controlling the position easily from mount.
Jan Blachowicz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hearns has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blachowicz's face.
Hearns controlling from mount.

Hearns gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hearns gets a clinch.
Hearns pressing his opponent against the cage.

Hearns decides to pull guard.
Hearns is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Blachowicz trying to control but Hearns is working from the bottom.
Hearns seems keen to control Blachowicz's posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Hearns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hearns has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Hearns!