PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Van Der Bloomquist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Van Der Bloomquist struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 138.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaze
vs
Van Der Bloomquist

190 cm
20
117 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Van Der Bloomquist!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Van Der Bloomquist looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Blaze misses with a double jab.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Van Der Bloomquist tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Der Bloomquist circles away.
Van Der Bloomquist tries to clinch up.
Andy Van Der Bloomquist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Der Bloomquist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Bloomquist throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A swing and a miss from Van Der Bloomquist.
Blaze shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Van Der Bloomquist holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Der Bloomquist struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaze controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze trying to control the position but instead, Van Der Bloomquist has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blaze into the cage.
Van Der Bloomquist tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Bloomquist with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Blaze jumps guard and drags Van Der Bloomquist to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Blaze not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Van Der Bloomquist takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Blaze throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Blaze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blaze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Der Bloomquist is controlling him.

Blaze is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Van Der Bloomquist frees his head nicely. Oh but Blaze has switched to an armbar! Van Der Bloomquist is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Johnny Blaze!