PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between daddy lean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Blowfish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

lean
vs
Blowfish

200 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, daddy lean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Blowfish!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blowfish takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Blowfish throws a body punch but lean moves out of range.
Blowfish misses with the combination.
Blowfish waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract lean.
Blowfish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
lean lands with a nice body kick.
lean takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like daddy lean has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blowfish misses with a double jab.
Blowfish has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by lean.
A slow jab from Blowfish misses its intended target.
lean tries to clinch there but Blowfish circles away.
A combination from Blowfish does no damage.
lean misses with a double jab.
Blowfish throws a looping overhand right but lean ducks down to avoid it.
Dan Blowfish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blowfish looks gassed!
Blowfish throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and lean counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Blowfish's guard now.
lean trying to control but Blowfish is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Blowfish can do anything to dispel that myth.
Blowfish throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lean trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
lean advances position into side control!
lean throws an elbow but Blowfish slips to the side and avoids it well.
lean tries to stand but Blowfish is controlling his head.
lean looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Blowfish is avoiding damage well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blowfish takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
lean looks for a takedown but Blowfish sprawls well.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from lean. Blowfish shrugs it off though.
lean lands a jab-cross combination.
lean misses with a takedown attempt - Blowfish sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blowfish takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
lean is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blowfish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blowfish swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and lean holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
lean scores with a knee to the head.
Blowfish can't get the takedown.
lean has Blowfish pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Blowfish manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for daddy lean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from lean.
lean gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
lean with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
lean drops down looking for an ankle pick but Blowfish pulls his leg out and moves away.
Blowfish misses with a double jab
and lean counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Some wild striking there from Blowfish.
lean shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blowfish pinned against the cage. Blowfish gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
lean throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

lean closes the distance and clinches.
lean lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

lean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Blowfish with that takedown attempt.
lean goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from lean.
Blowfish misses with a few strikes there.
Blowfish throws a combination that misses
and lean counters with a left to the body.
lean tries for a takedown but Blowfish sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blowfish will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
lean doesn't manage to clinch there - Blowfish circles away.
The crowd cheers as Blowfish lands an impressive looking overhand right. lean doesn't seem phased though.
Blowfish misses with a series of wild punches.
lean could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
lean throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lean ducks under a wild hook from Blowfish.
lean doesn't manage to clinch there - Blowfish circles away.
Blowfish misses with a combination
and lean counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blowfish's knee momentarily.
Blowfish keeps the fight on the outside.
lean lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by lean.
Blowfish misses the shot to the body.
lean moves forwards but Blowfish connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blowfish misses with a straight left.
lean throws a nice head kick!
Blowfish lands with an overhand left.
lean misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Blowfish scores a takedown into full mount!
lean gets back to half guard.
Blowfish scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

daddy lean dominated that round.
The cut man is working on daddy lean's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

lean lands a head kick. Blowfish smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
lean takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blowfish throws a series of strikes that have lean backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blowfish looks to land a combination. lean sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
lean lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blowfish's sensitive parts.
Blowfish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from lean.
Blowfish scores with a jab to the head.
lean ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
lean throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
daddy lean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blowfish misses the shot to the body.
Blowfish stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from lean.

Blowfish scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
lean is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blowfish seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blowfish is just content to waste time from the top position. lean takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

lean looking for a guillotine here but Blowfish defends easily.
lean has momentary wrist control but Blowfish slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blowfish scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blowfish missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
lean avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blowfish swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and lean counters with an outside leg kick.
lean tries to clinch but Blowfish is having none of it.
lean fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
lean shoots in but Blowfish avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Blowfish has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from lean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blowfish throws a combination that misses
and lean counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blowfish's knee momentarily.
lean tries to clinch up.
lean throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blowfish's head.
lean scoring well with a low kick there.
lean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blowfish.
lean lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blowfish's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Blowfish stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for daddy lean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blowfish works over lean's head and body with a nice combination.
lean tries to clinch there but Blowfish circles away.
Blowfish goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blowfish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blowfish throws a jab but it's blocked by lean.
Blowfish swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and lean counters by clinching up.

lean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
lean changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blowfish tries to avoid it but lean manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blowfish to the ground. Blowfish escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blowfish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blowfish throws a sloppy head kick
and lean counters with a thumping low kick.
Blowfish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blowfish throws a series of punches but lean moves out of range.
lean fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blowfish.
Blowfish circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Blowfish misses.
lean lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
lean tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
lean changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blowfish tries to avoid it but lean manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blowfish to the ground. Blowfish escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blowfish swings away with a body shot that misses
and lean counters with a thumping low kick.
Blowfish bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Blowfish throws a series of punches but lean avoids them all with ease.
Blowfish shoots for a double leg takedown but lean sprawls well. He's pushed Blowfish's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
lean throws a series of strikes that have Blowfish backpedaling.
Blowfish swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and lean counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
lean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blowfish moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dan Blowfish seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick from lean.
Blowfish throws a combination that misses

and lean counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Blowfish working a defensive guard here.
lean won't allow Blowfish to sweep him here.
lean is looking to work some ground and pound but Blowfish has wrist control.
lean trying to stand up but can't free himself from Blowfish's guard.
lean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blowfish tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blowfish looking to control.
lean working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
lean tries to clinch up but Blowfish circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Blowfish showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on daddy lean's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A big left from Blowfish misses.
Blowfish scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blowfish throws a right and a left that lean avoids nicely.
Blowfish throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and lean counters with a body kick.
Blowfish looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? lean is fending him off so far but Blowfish persists. Nope, lean circles away and we're back to standing.

lean clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters up against the cage, lean throws an elbow but misses.
lean throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blowfish blocks it with crossed arms.
Blowfish drops to a knee looking for a takedown but lean gets the underhooks and prevents it.
lean lands a knee to the head.
Blowfish takes a knee right on the jaw!
lean lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
lean crunches a lovely knee into Blowfish's ribcage.
Blowfish goes for a takedown in the clinch but lean prevents it.
daddy lean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Blowfish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blowfish looking for a takedown.
lean goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blowfish prevents it.
lean tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Blowfish just stands there and leans against the cage.
Blowfish prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice elbow from lean.
lean misses with an elbow strike.
lean tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
lean avoiding damage.
Blowfish prevents a takedown attempt there.
lean lands an elbow just above Blowfish 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
lean can't get the takedown.

lean drags the fight down to the ground.
Blowfish tries to free his leg and advance position but lean is retaining full guard.
Blowfish makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Blowfish working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blowfish slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
lean takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

lean throws Blowfish to one side and escapes!
Blowfish throws the kick towards the body but lean avoids it.

lean closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Blowfish sneaks back into half guard.
lean missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blowfish wants to improve his position but lean is controlling well.
lean works his way into side control.
Blowfish manages to work his way to half guard, despite lean's best efforts.
Blowfish trying to control from the bottom.
Blowfish punching from the bottom.
lean will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Blowfish wants to control but lean is keeping busy.
lean blocks the strikes from Blowfish.
lean throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blowfish has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. lean is working away from the top position though.
lean is looking to advance position but Blowfish won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blowfish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blowfish fails to land with a series of punches.
lean shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blowfish throws a series of punches but lean moves out of range.
Blowfish lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Blowfish with a jab.
Blowfish misses with the combination.
lean scoring well with a low kick there.
Blowfish throws a combination that misses
and lean counters with a head kick.
Blowfish swings and misses with a shot to the body
and lean counters with a leg kick.
A jab from Blowfish does it's job there.

lean gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
lean keeping moving, preventing Blowfish from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Blowfish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blowfish has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Blowfish!