PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze's entrance music is Pendulum - Slam. A fine choice. Mclean is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oasis - F**king in the bushes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaze
vs
Mclean

190 cm
25
224 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

195 cm
26
270 lbs
21 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Gilop®
Hellbent

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lenny Mclean!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mclean just misses with a punch to the body.
Mclean takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blaze.
Blaze misses with a kick to the body.
Blaze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blaze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mclean chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blaze can pounce on him.
Mclean takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Mclean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mclean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaze.
Nino Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mclean.
Mclean blocks a leg kick.
No joy there for Mclean, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mclean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blaze.
Blaze fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mclean is out of range.
Blaze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mclean.
Mclean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze throws a nice looking combination but Mclean bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws a body punch but Mclean moves out of range.
Mclean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Mclean.
Mclean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blaze misses with a body kick.
Blaze blocks a leg kick.
Blaze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mclean.
Blaze throws a low kick, looking for Mclean's leg but Mclean calmly moves out of range.
Mclean throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blaze fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blaze throws out a powerful jab.
Blaze throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blaze tries a low kick but Mclean avoids it.
Blaze cracks a nice hook into Mclean's ribs.
Blaze misses with a leg kick
and Mclean counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sloppy strikes from Blaze. Those never looked like landing.
Blaze swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mclean counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blaze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mclean.
Blaze gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaze. Mclean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mclean.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze thuds his right hand into Mclean's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Blaze is looking to wear down Mclean with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blaze misses with a low kick.
Blaze checks a leg kick nicely.
Blaze lands with a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Mclean misses the target.
Mclean misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Mclean.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.
Blaze moves into range and connects with a jab.
Blaze throws a leg kick but Mclean sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No joy there for Mclean, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blaze throws a push kick but Mclean slaps the foot to one side.
Blaze uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Mclean.
Blaze thuds his right hand into Mclean's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
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!
Blaze checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mclean blocks the body kick.
Blaze misses with a looping right.
Blaze throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blaze throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mclean's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blaze under the eye.
Sloppy strikes from Blaze. Those never looked like landing.
Mclean looks to land a right hand but Blaze moved out of range.
Blaze scores with a head kick. Mclean tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A shot to the liver by Blaze. Beautiful body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mclean.
Blaze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mclean.
A jab from Mclean misses.
A jab from Mclean does it's job there.
Mclean moves away from the strike by Blaze.
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mclean pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blaze is out of range and Mclean settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blaze misses with a straight left.
Mclean throws a shot from downtown. Blaze moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nino Blaze dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mclean checks a low kick from Blaze.
A shot to the liver by Blaze. Beautiful body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blaze, right into the meat.
Mclean needs to keep his hands up - Blaze had a free shot at his head there.
Blaze checks a leg kick.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Mclean is just out of range.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze misses the shot to the body.
Blaze takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mclean looks to throw the jab but Blaze is out of range.
Blaze scores with a leg kick.
Blaze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mclean's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mclean loads up on a big right hand but Blaze slips the punch.
Blaze scores with the left hand. Mclean knows he should have avoided that one.
Blaze digs a good hook to Mclean's body.
Mclean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mclean is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze connects with a solid leg kick.
Blaze keeps Mclean at a distance using the push kick.
Mclean stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blaze.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Nino Blaze is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mclean will feel that in the morning.
Blaze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mclean can do to turn this around?
Blaze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze scores with a hook.
Blaze lands a nice hook to Mclean's body. Mclean takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mclean is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blaze.
Mclean looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blaze jabs at Mclean's body.
Blaze lands a nice looking body kick.
Blaze throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Blaze scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands with a nice body punch.
Blaze feints and then cracks Mclean's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mclean down.
Nice uppercut there from Blaze.
Blaze comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mclean might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Blaze has got the better of the exchanges.
Mclean sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Blaze misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mclean on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mclean has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Blaze.
A jab from Blaze finds it's way through Mclean's defenses.

Blaze cracks Mclean with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Blaze has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Mclean to stand back up!

Mclean is rocked!
Mclean on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mclean is still on wobbly legs! Can Blaze finish him?
Crunch! Blaze slams his shin into Mclean's torso.
Mclean seems to have recovered his senses.
Blaze lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mclean's sensitive parts.
Blaze lands a really nice looking cross but Mclean seems unphased.
An inside leg kick lands from Blaze.
Mclean walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Blaze.
No joy there for Blaze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mclean misses with a straight left.
Mclean throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Blaze.
Blaze lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blaze with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blaze comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mclean steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blaze. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze lands with a straight right. Mclean didn't see that one coming.
Blaze dips to his left and cracks Mclean with an uppercut!
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze scores with a jab to the head.
Blaze misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blaze.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze throws a head kick that Mclean semi-blocks.
A slow jab from Mclean misses its intended target.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze sizes up Mclean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mclean moves away.
Blaze digs a good hook to Mclean's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mclean misses with an uppercut
letting Blaze counter with a right hand.
Blaze throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blaze moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Blaze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nino Blaze dominated that second round.
That's time! Blaze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Blaze connects with a leg kick. Mclean looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mclean missing with a left hand there. Blaze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaze throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blaze lands a right hook to the body.
Mclean ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from Mclean.
Blaze scores with a body shot.
Blaze works over Mclean's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Lenny Mclean has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Blaze here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A head kick misses from Blaze.
Nice uppercut lands for Blaze. That snapped Mclean's head back.
Blaze throws a leg kick which misses Mclean's front leg but catches the back leg as Mclean tries to avoid it.
Mclean takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blaze jabs Mclean to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blaze fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blaze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclean tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.
Mclean chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blaze can pounce on him.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Blaze connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blaze jabs Mclean right on the nose. Mclean blinks but takes it well.
Mclean ducks right into an uppercut from Blaze.
Blaze scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mclean gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blaze.
Blaze lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mclean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blaze.
Blaze displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mclean throws out the jab.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Lenny Mclean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze scoring well with a low kick there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blaze.
Blaze scores with a shot to the body.
Blaze pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mclean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaze manages to avoid it.
Blaze digs a good body shot into Mclean's ribs.
Blaze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blaze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blaze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blaze is looking to slow Mclean down with leg kicks.
Blaze throws a leg kick which misses Mclean's front leg but catches the back leg as Mclean tries to avoid it.
Blaze checks a low kick from Mclean.
Mclean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mclean has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Blaze fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mclean has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mclean takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice jab there from Blaze.
Blaze jabs at Mclean's body.
Blaze lands with a slapping head kick.
Blaze goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Mclean stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blaze.
A good leg kick by Blaze.
Mclean missing with a left hand there. Blaze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaze lands a nice hook to Mclean's body. Mclean takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blaze scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mclean doesn't seem bothered though.
Mclean throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mclean takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mclean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaze.
Blaze with a hook.
Blaze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mclean.
Mclean takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A head kick misses from Blaze.
A cross from Blaze lands.
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mclean blocks the body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Blaze.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mclean doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blaze scores with a kick to the midsection.
Blaze scores with a jab to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nino Blaze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blaze 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nino Blaze!
After the fight, Nino Blaze was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.