PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Foot Action (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Action
vs
Blaze

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Foot Action!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but Action shows good takedown defense.
Action misses with a wild combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Action lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Action.

Action gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blaze wants to pass the guard but Action is keeping the position.
Blaze throws a strike but Action rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Blaze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Action is one step ahead there.
Blaze is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Action wanted to stand there but Blaze had control of the position.
Blaze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Action manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blaze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blaze throwing strikes from guard but Action blocks nicely.
Blaze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blaze stops Action from standing up.

Blaze decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Action, up you get!
Blaze looks gassed!
No joy there for Action, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Action with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Action does no damage.

Blaze feints and as Action raises his hands in defense, Blaze changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Action is looking to stand up but Blaze isn't so interested in that idea.
Blaze throws a strike but Action rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Blaze is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Action wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.
Action stalls.

Action breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Action looks to land a combination but Blaze avoids it well.
Action misses with a double jab.
Action tries to bum rush Blaze with a series of wild strikes but Blaze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Action lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Action misses with an attempted mid kick.
Action throws a nice looking combination but Blaze bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Left hook, right uppercut from Action.
Action lands a jab-cross combination.
Blaze dodges the punch combination from Action.
Action misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Action throws a right and a left that both miss.
Action will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaze dodges the punch combination from Action.
Action lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Action lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blaze feints and as Action raises his hands in defense, Blaze changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Blaze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaze throwing strikes but missing.
Action wants to stand up but Blaze is controlling him.
Blaze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Action is keeping the position for now.
Action keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Blaze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blaze landing with the ground and pound.

Blaze stands and steps away. Action gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Blaze dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Action works the jab nicely.
Action will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Action throws a right hand that Blaze ducks under and follows up with a left that Blaze also avoids with ease.
Action misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blaze with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Action.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Action throws a nice looking combination but Blaze bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Action cracks Blaze with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice sprawl there from Action as Blaze shoots in.
Action misses with a double jab.
Action lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Action.
Blaze has a takedown stuffed.
Foot Action has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Blaze.
Blaze throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Action's waist but Blaze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blaze off to one side.
Action looks to land a combination but Blaze avoids it well.
Action throws a series of punches but Blaze moves out of range.
Action rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blaze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaze fails with the takedown.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Action but Action pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Action lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Action throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Foot Action is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Action misses with a few strikes there.
Blaze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A nice combination there by Action.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Action looks to land a combination. Blaze sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Blaze is rocked!
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt - Action sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blaze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown but Action shows good takedown defense.
Action throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Action.
Blaze on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Action. Action obviously looking to wear him down.
Blaze fails to land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blaze.
Action will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Action, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze tries to clinch but Action moves out of range.
Action connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blaze. Blaze circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Action swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Blaze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Action, pushing him back against the cage.
Action wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Action or not.
Blaze has Action pressed against the cage.

Blaze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Action circles away.

Blaze closes the distance and clinches.
Blaze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Action is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Blaze to work.
Action wants to get back to striking at distance but Blaze won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Action wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.
Action gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blaze.

Blaze jumps into guard, dragging Action to the mat.
Blaze seems keen to control Action's posture.
Blaze throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Action is looking to stand up but Blaze won't let him.
Blaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four 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.
Blaze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Action manages to get himself to full guard.
Blaze trying to control but Action is working from the bottom.
Blaze throws a strike but Action rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Blaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blaze trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Blaze throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Action wanted to stand there but Blaze had control of the position.

Blaze looking for a guillotine here but Action defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Foot Action will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Blaze has taken the fight to the clinch.
Action is trying to break free.
Action wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blaze is working for takedown but Action is calmly controlling the position for now.
Blaze fails to pull guard.
Action stops a takedown attempt from Blaze.
Foot Action has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Blaze.
Action can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Action wants to break free but Blaze has control.
Action wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Action wants to get back to striking at distance but Blaze won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze prevents Action from breaking the clinch.
Action wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blaze misses with an elbow over the top.
Action wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Action has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.
Action is trying to break free.
Action wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.

Blaze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt - Action sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Action misses with a series of wild punches.

Blaze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Action, pushing him back against the cage.

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.
Blaze can't get the takedown.

Blaze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blaze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Action.
Foot Action is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Action lunges at Blaze with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blaze's hand.
Blaze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Action is fending him off so far but Blaze persists. Nope, Action circles away and we're back to standing.
Action lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blaze backs up against the cage.
Action throws a combination that misses

and Blaze counters with a single leg into guard. Action didn't expect that.
Blaze stops Action from standing up.
Blaze scoring with some ground and pound.
Action utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Action keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Action utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Action is looking to stand back up but Blaze counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Action.
Action is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Blaze asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Blaze in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blaze just content to control the position.
Action managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Blaze.
Blaze scores with punches from side control.
Blaze throwing strikes but Action manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Johnny Blaze has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze is looking for a sweep.
Blaze gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Blaze has a hand on Action's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Action takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Action is looking to stand but Action has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Blaze wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Action has his opponent's back but Blaze is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Action.
Action circles away from the clinch attempt.
Action is looking to score with low kicks.
A punch combination from Action misses.
Action throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze shoots in and drives through. Action sprawls well.
Action scores with a punch to the head.
Action connects with a crisp jab.

Blaze scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Blaze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blaze has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Blaze!