PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Blackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Jee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jee has chosen Get The Funk Out Of My Face as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Karl Jee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blackman
vs
Jee

180 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant Blackman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Jee!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice combo by Jee! Oh, that's hurt him - Blackman falls to the canvas and Jee follows him into side control.

Blackman is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Blackman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Oh Blackman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jee stands up.
Blackman throws a series of punches but Jee moves out of range.
Blackman shoots in but no luck this time.
Blackman throws out a loose jab but Jee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackman seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blackman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jee stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grant Blackman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blackman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blackman tries to clinch up but Jee circles away and keeps his distance.
Jee swinging wilding here.
Jee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackman.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jee. That's going to slow Blackman down.
Blackman is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crack! A monster head kick from Jee and Blackman falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Jee!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Karl Jee!