PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guy Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Wild Boys. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blake
vs
Bronson

200 cm
19
260 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

189 cm
25
245 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Guy Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Charlie Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson is looking to clinch.
Bronson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronson throws a big shot that misses.
Bronson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blake throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bronson's waist but Bronson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blake off to one side.
Bronson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blake throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blake clobbers Bronson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blake lands with a nice body punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Bronson blocks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Blake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bronson is defending well for now.
Blake drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Bronson lands a nice knee to the body.
Blake is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Bronson.

It looks like Guy Blake has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson lands a good knee to the midsection. Blake won't want to take too many of those.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blake's face.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson lands a nice knee to the body.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson dodges an elbow strike from Blake.
Bronson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blake.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blake tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bronson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blake lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blake tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bronson smiles and moves away.
Bronson moves in looking to clinch but Blake pushes him off.

Bronson clinches up against the cage.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blake throws an elbow that misses.
Blake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake goes for a takedown attempt but Bronson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bronson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bronson clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blake jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bronson walks away with a smile on his face. Blake gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bronson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blake misses with a hook. Bronson ducked under it nicely.
Blake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charlie Bronson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blake swats away the attempt to clinch by Bronson.
Blake throws a head kick that misses.
Bronson wants to clinch up but Blake keeps it at a distance.

Bronson has closed the distance and engaged Blake in a clinch.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bronson walks away with a smile on his face. Blake gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bronson doesn't manage to clinch there - Blake circles away.

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.
Blake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bronson wants to clinch up but Blake keeps it at a distance.
Blake throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bronson tries to clinch up.
Blake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blake throws a series of punches but Bronson avoids them all with ease.

Bronson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson avoiding damage as Blake throws knees to the body.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.
Blake is trying to break the clinch but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Blake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bronson avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blake tries to pull guard but Bronson holds him up against the cage and eventually Blake drops back down to his feet.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Bronson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guy Blake's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blake thows a body shot but no joy.
Bronson dodges the punch combination from Blake.

Bronson clinches.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blake's face.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Blake throws an elbow that misses.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bronson obliges.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson avoids a wild elbow strike from Blake.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Blake tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bronson smiles and moves away.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch but Blake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blake closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice sprawl there from Bronson as Blake shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Blake does no damage.
Blake throws a lazy right hand but Bronson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Bronson clinches.
Blake goes for a takedown attempt but Bronson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bronson moves into the clinch.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Bronson.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bronson scores a nice knee to the body.
Blake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Blake makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bronson unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.
Blake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bronson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Blake tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bronson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blake's face.
Bronson keeps control of Blake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Bronson.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Blake tries to break free but Bronson pushes him back against the cage.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Blake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Blake tries a knee to the head but Bronson blocks it.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Bronson trying to land knees to the body.
Blake is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bronson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Charlie Bronson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blake blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson stops a takedown attempt from Blake.
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bronson pushes Blake up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Blake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Blake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bronson avoids it.
Bronson working Blake over with knees to the body.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blake blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blake is trying to force a seperation but Bronson has the dominant position.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blake blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blake avoids it.
Blake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blake working hard to break the clinch.
Blake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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.
Blake lands a damaging elbow.
Blake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Blake goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bronson prevents it.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bronson walks away with a smile on his face. Blake gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch but Blake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guy Blake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bronson throws a one two combo.
Bronson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bronson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bronson checks a low kick from Blake.
Blake throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bronson ducks under a wild hook from Blake.
Bronson stuffs the takedown.
A jab lands there for Bronson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Bronson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Guy Blake's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bronson tries to clinch there but Blake circles away.
Blake tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bronson is able to avoid easily.
Blake falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bronson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bronson.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Blake throws a head punch that misses.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bronson stops a takedown attempt from Blake.
Blake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blake throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bronson lands a good knee to the midsection. Blake won't want to take too many of those.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.
Bronson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.
Bronson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blake changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bronson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Blake fails with the takedown

and Bronson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bronson.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Blake drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bronson pulls his leg out and moves away.

Bronson rushes Blake and presses him up against the cage.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Blake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Blake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Blake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Blake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blake's face.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Blake is trying to drag Bronson to the mat but Bronson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Bronson.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from Blake.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bronson avoids it.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Blake is blocking nicely.
Blake managing to block the knees to the body from Bronson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike from Blake.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bronson avoiding damage as Blake throws knees to the body.
Bronson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Blake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Blake tries to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling the position.
Guy Blake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from Blake.
Blake can't break the clinch.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Blake is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bronson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Blake misses with an elbow over the top.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Blake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Bronson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson lands a knee to the body.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blake is defending well for now.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blake has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bronson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bronson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blake lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bronson scores a nice knee to the body.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blake blocks it with crossed arms.
Blake tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bronson's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Blake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bronson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Blake blocks it.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson trying to land knees to the body.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Blake tries to land knees in the clinch but Bronson avoids the damage to the body.
Blake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bronson landing knees to the head.
Bronson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blake.
Blake misses with an elbow strike.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bronson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blake trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Bronson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bronson 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Bronson!