PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Blows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salman Ahmad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahmad has chosen Dope - Die mother f*cker die as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Salman Ahmad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blows
vs
Ahmad

175 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Blows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Salman Ahmad!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blows fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blows throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ahmad.
Blows tries to clinch but Ahmad moves out of range.
Blows connects with a right hand. Ahmad shakes it off.
Ahmad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blows.
Blows just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Blows.
Blows stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahmad keeps the fight on the outside.
Blows tries to clinch up but Ahmad circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blows misses with a series of wild punches.
Blows scores with a three punch combo!

Blows pushes Ahmad up against the cage in a clinch.
Blows doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahmad goes for a takedown attempt but Blows pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A lazy left from Blows finds it's target.
A combination from Blows does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blows looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blows misses with a double jab.
Blows stuffs the takedown.
Joe Blows has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salman Ahmad.
Blows wants to clinch up but Ahmad keeps it at a distance.
Joe Blows is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blows throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blows moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blows misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ahmad is defended easily by Blows.

Ahmad drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ahmad lands some shots froms side control.
Ahmad creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Blows sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ahmad postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ahmad postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ahmad creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Blows sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blows wants to control but Ahmad postures up.
Who's going to make the next move?
Blows is looking to reverse the position.
Ahmad throws an elbow but Blows slips to the side and avoids it well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ahmad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ahmad shoots in but no luck this time.
Ahmad slips under a jab from Blows.
Blows leaves Ahmad with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Blows dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Blows.
Blows scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blows tries to clinch there but Ahmad circles away.
Ahmad closes the distance and clinches up with Blows, looking for a takedown. Ahmad pushes Blows against the cage but Blows circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blows lands a right hook to the body.

Blows clinches up with Ahmad and pushes him back against the cage.
Ahmad drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blows gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmad is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blows pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Joe Blows has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salman Ahmad.
Ahmad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahmad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blows stops a takedown attempt from Ahmad.
Blows lands with a light punch inside.
Blows misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blows fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ahmad tightens his grip and picks Blows up, before dumping him to the ground. Blows manages to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blows manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Blows dominating with strikes here.
Blows is landing with some decent strikes but Ahmad is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ahmad tries to hold on but Blows pushes him away.
Blows raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blows unloading with bombs!
Ahmad tries to hold on but Blows pushes him away.
Blows looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ahmad covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Blows!