PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardiner Wright Blackwood comes to the cage accompanied by The Land of Make Believe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gardiner Wright Blackwood
vs
Hainanum

190 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
218 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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Stonewall

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haplopelma Hainanum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hainanum slips a jab and a cross from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Hainanum steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to clinch but Hainanum moves out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws the left hand but Hainanum avoids the punch easily.
Hainanum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hainanum.
Hainanum lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hainanum throws a head kick but Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood avoids the head kick by Hainanum.
Hainanum misses with a body kick.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gardiner Wright Blackwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Hainanum.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range as Hainanum strikes.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hainanum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hainanum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab lands there for Hainanum.
Hainanum connects with a leg kick. Gardiner Wright Blackwood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hainanum plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hainanum misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid body kick from Hainanum.
Hainanum tries a head kick but it misses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hainanum.
Hainanum feints and then cracks Gardiner Wright Blackwood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gardiner Wright Blackwood down.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hainanum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swinging wildly here.
Good shot there by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Hainanum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hainanum fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Hainanum pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hainanum darts in and clinches Gardiner Wright Blackwood up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gardiner Wright Blackwood's brow.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to throw a body punch but Hainanum avoids it by throwing Gardiner Wright Blackwood back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hainanum throws an elbow but misses.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside that Gardiner Wright Blackwood shrugs off.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with some punches.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gardiner Wright Blackwood fails to land.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood working aggressively here.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hainanum obliges.
A knee to the head by Hainanum.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is breathing heavily.
Hainanum misses with an elbow over the top.
Hainanum has a couple of punches blocked by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Hainanum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gardiner Wright Blackwood up against the cage.
Hainanum lands an elbow that stopped Gardiner Wright Blackwood in his tracks for a moment.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum letting Gardiner Wright Blackwood take a breather here.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood taking a breather.
Hainanum lands a hook that snaps the head of Gardiner Wright Blackwood backwards.

Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood's cut is getting worse.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood pushes Hainanum back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside.
Hainanum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Hainanum.
Hainanum looking to stall.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hainanum.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Hainanum uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hainanum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside that Gardiner Wright Blackwood shrugs off.
Hainanum lands a body punch.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
Hainanum lands an elbow just above Gardiner Wright Blackwood 's eye.

Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hainanum will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gardiner Wright Blackwood up against the cage.
Hainanum misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hainanum throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is trying to maintain a safe position but Hainanum gets an underhook and turns Gardiner Wright Blackwood into the cage.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood tries a body shot but Hainanum blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hainanum wants to stall.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hainanum blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haplopelma Hainanum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hainanum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gardiner Wright Blackwood on the side of the head.
Hainanum misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Hainanum throws a sloppy head kick and Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range easily.
A head kick from Hainanum lands but Gardiner Wright Blackwood takes it in his stride.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood is rocked!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood is aggressively charging in as Hainanum backs up avoiding any damage. Hainanum tosses out a jab and Gardiner Wright Blackwood runs right into it face first! Gardiner Wright Blackwood is out cold! Hainanum dropped down on all fours and is barking in Gardiner Wright Blackwood's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Haplopelma Hainanum!
Haplopelma Hainanum decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.