PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black and White-Bleeding Stereo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Terry
vs
Blaze

208 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
23
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonny Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze is looking to clinch but Terry is avoiding it.
Terry darts in looking for a takedown but Blaze gets double underhooks and turns Terry into the cage.
Terry tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Terry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaze's elbow.
Blaze wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blaze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blaze jumps guard but Terry stands there with Blaze around his waist. Blaze gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blaze jumps guard but Terry turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nick Terry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Blaze.
Terry struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaze controls his hands.
Terry misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze lands a knee to the body.
Blaze drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Terry gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry shoots for a double leg takedown but Blaze sprawls well. He's pushed Terry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Blaze gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Terry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.

Blaze ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Blaze no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Terry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Blaze kicks Terry off and gets to his feet.
Terry stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaze. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaze throws a nice inside leg kick.

Blaze gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Terry to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Terry drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Blaze dives on top into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Blaze slips nicely into half guard.
Blaze passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Terry!

Blaze swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Terry is now in Blaze's guard. A big mistake from Blaze there, giving up the dominant position!
Blaze trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blaze is proving hard to escape from.
Blaze looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaze, not yet.
Terry trying to stand up but can't free himself from Blaze's guard.
Blaze has his hands on Terry's head, controlling the position.
Blaze is continuing to stall.
Terry will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Terry is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Terry has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blaze is proving hard to escape from.

Terry gets to his feet - Blaze follows without any prompting.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick by Terry misses
and Blaze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Terry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jonny Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Blaze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Blaze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Terry's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Terry gets tackled into the cage by Blaze. Blaze maintains the clinch.
Blaze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short uppercut from Terry.
Blaze tries to pull guard but Terry forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Blaze looking to stall.
Blaze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Terry or not.
Blaze is trying to pull guard but Terry turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Blaze stalling the fight.
Blaze is trying to pull guard but Terry has him pressed against the cage.
Nick Terry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Blaze.
Terry is pressed up against the cage. Blaze has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Terry down to the mat. Terry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terry dives in and grabs Blaze's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blaze pushes down on Terry's head and hops out.
Terry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Terry throws a lazy head kick
and Blaze counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blaze.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Blaze lands a nice shot that snaps Terry's head back.
Blaze tries a head kick but it misses.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Terry circles away.
That kick from Blaze tenderised Terry's leg. Terry is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nick Terry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terry shoots in for a takedown but Blaze shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Terry circles away.
Blaze throws a series of punches but Terry moves out of range.

Blaze clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blaze prevents a body shot from Terry.
Terry misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blaze tries for a takedown but Terry manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Jonny Blaze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Terry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaze's elbow.
The referee calls for Blaze to work.
Terry is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Terry tries to work over Blaze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Blaze. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Terry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.

Blaze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blaze's waist but Blaze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Terry off to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Terry gets tackled into the cage by Blaze. Blaze maintains the clinch.
Terry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze works on Terry's body with a couple of short punches.
Terry misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Terry leaves Blaze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blaze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blaze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blaze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaze looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Terry shoots in for a double leg but Blaze sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Blaze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nick Terry's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Terry goes for a double leg but Blaze avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Blaze continues to drive forward.
Blaze tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Terry just stands there and leans against the cage.
Terry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaze tries to pull guard but Terry won't allow it.

Blaze breaks the clinch.
Jonny Blaze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Terry. No joy for Blaze on that attempt.
Nick Terry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Blaze.
Terry takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terry dives in and grabs Blaze's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blaze pushes down on Terry's head and hops out.
Blaze will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt
and Terry counters with a good low kick that Blaze was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt - Terry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blaze slaps away a takedown attempt from Terry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Terry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Blaze is fending him off so far but Terry persists. Nope, Blaze circles away and we're back to standing.
Blaze is looking to clinch but Terry is avoiding it.
Terry blocks a head kick by Blaze.
Blaze misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Terry gets the takedown into side control.
Blaze struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Terry thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Terry swings around for an armbar but Blaze sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Terry's guard.
Blaze slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaze wants to take a breather but Terry is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry is looking to improve his position.
Terry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Blaze is trying to work for a kimura but Terry is defending well.
Blaze not doing much here.

Blaze is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Blaze is looking to take a break and control but Terry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Terry gets full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Terry keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Blaze content to stall in guard here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jonny Blaze.
Well Blaze has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Blaze!
Jonny Blaze took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.