PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luca Blight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Guinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blight comes to the cage accompanied by Suikoden II - The Chase. Guinness comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ev Christr` Ta, Laou! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Blight
vs
Guinness

180 cm
29
220 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

188 cm
24
255 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Stonewall
Brute

Stonewall

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luca Blight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arthur Guinness!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guinness misses the jab.
Guinness stuns Blight with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Blight shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Blight showed some decent athleticism there.

Guinness looking for submissions off his back.
Blight sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Guinness defending well though.
Blight has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Blight missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blight trying to control the action but Guinness is working from the bottom.
Blight throwing shots but Guinness is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guinness has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blight is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness is looking for a sweep. Blight is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Guinness has his hands clasped together around Blight's back. He's all about the action.
Guinness blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blight.
Guinness makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Guinness.
Blight postures up in Guinness's guard and throws a big left but Guinness blocks it.
Blight throwing strikes but missing.
Blight looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blight throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guinness keeping moving, preventing Blight from controlling successfully.
Blight in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guinness is looking to stand up but Blight isn't so interested in that idea.
Blight throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Blight's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Guinness looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Blight passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Blight thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blight trying to control the action but Guinness is working from the bottom.
Blight thows a huge punch but Guinness dodges it nicely.
Blight is keen to just control but Guinness is a slippery customer.
Guinness gets full guard.

Guinness working for a triangle but Blight defends it easily.
Blight wants to pass the guard but Guinness is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guinness has Blight pulled in close to control his posture.
Guinness controls Blight momentarily but Blight frees himself.
Blight postures up in Guinness's guard and throws a big left but Guinness blocks it.
Blight throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guinness works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blight keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Guinness's head.
Blight is looking to work some ground and pound but Guinness has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guinness is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Blight has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Guinness is working away from the top position though.
Guinness throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Blight dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Blight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Guinness connects with the punch.
The fighters circling - Guinness throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arthur Guinness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guinness pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guinness has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Arthur Guinness has been cut.
Guinness takes a swing at Blight's ribcage but misses.
Blight fails to land the takedown.
Blight keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness throws a looping overhand right but Blight ducks down to avoid it.
Guinness digs a good body shot into Blight's ribs.
Nice jab there from Guinness.
Guinness stuffs the takedown.
Guinness misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blight. That's going to slow Guinness down.
Blight misses with a low kick as Guinness jumps back.
Blight misses with a body shot.
Blight throws a solid leg kick but Guinness takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blight throws an off balance right hand
letting Guinness counter with a right hand.
Blight goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guinness lands a nice looking body shot.
Guinness misses with a few strikes there.
Guinness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Guinness throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blight on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blight just misses with a punch to the body.
Blight misses with a low kick as Guinness jumps back.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blight is defended easily by Guinness.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luca Blight. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blight misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guinness checks a leg kick.
Blight throws a solid leg kick but Guinness takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blight.
Guinness steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blight. That one must have hurt.
Guinness throws an overhand right that lands on Blight's shoulder, as Blight tries to avoid the shot.
A combination from Blight does no damage.
Blight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blight uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Guinness.
Blight staying out of range there.
Guinness moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guinness jabs Blight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guinness throws a right hand that misses
and Blight counters with a right hand to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blight shoots for a takedown but Guinness saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Guinness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luca Blight will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arthur Guinness's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Guinness digs a good hook to Blight's body.
Guinness connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Guinness throws a right and a left that Blight avoids nicely.
Blight looks for a takedown but Guinness sprawls well.
Guinness doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Guinness tries to clinch up but Blight circles away and keeps his distance.
Blight is looking to chop away at Guinness's legs.
Blight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blight throws a low kick but it's checked well by Guinness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blight slips a straight right by Guinness.
Guinness bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guinness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blight manages to avoid it.
Guinness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blight.
Blight slips under a jab.
Guinness thows a body shot but no joy.
Blight lands with a cross.
Blight avoids the body shot from Guinness.
Guinness throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blight makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guinness misses with a hook. Blight ducked under it nicely.
Blight misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Blight.
Guinness scores with a hook.
Arthur Guinness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blight fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guinness is out of range.
Guinness dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Guinness lunges at Blight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blight's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blight walks into a stiff left hand from Guinness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guinness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guinness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guinness fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Guinness pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Guinness misses.
A shot to the body from Blight misses
and Blight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guinness misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guinness. Blight does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Blight.
Blight throws a solid leg kick but Guinness takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blight.
Blight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guinness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blight throws a looping overhand right but Guinness ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guinness misses the jab.
Blight blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Arthur Guinness.
I think Blight has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Luca Blight!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Luca Blight!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Luca Blight!

Luca Blight wins by unanimous decision!
After the fight, Luca Blight 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.