PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Thug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Big Pun - Glamor Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaze
vs
Thug

192 cm
25
224 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

179 cm
32
214 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slim Thug!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thug lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blaze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Blaze clinches with his opponent.
Blaze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Thug's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze swings for the body but Thug moves out of range.
Thug looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blaze takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blaze tries to clinch but Thug moves out of range.
Thug scores with a body shot.
Thug cracks a nice hook into Blaze's ribs.
Thug looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaze is just out of range.
Thug looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaze is just out of range.
Thug has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Blaze is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Thug throws a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze lands with a right hand.
Thug throws a body shot but no joy.

Blaze darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thug is not content to let Blaze control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blaze is looking for a kimura but Thug is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Blaze to get the leverage.
Thug is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blaze scores with a couple of nice shots.
Thug is trying to maintain the position but Blaze is very close to passing his half guard.
Blaze throwing shots but Thug is blocking nicely.
Thug is refusing to be controlled, as Blaze sits in half guard.
Blaze scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blaze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thug defending well though.
Blaze keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blaze lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Blaze connects with a nice short shot to Thug's temple.
Blaze tries to pass to full mount but Thug defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thug keeps working.
Still in half guard, Blaze seems content to control.
Thug controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thug is looking for a sweep. Blaze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze working Thug over with strikes.
Blaze winds up and cracks Thug with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Thug is rocked!
Blaze is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Thug is hurt! He's hurt bad - Blaze fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Thug from any more punishment! Congratulations to Blaze! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Blaze!
Johnny Blaze made sure to mention his sponsor, Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40) in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Slim Thug stepped up to the mic, saying 'I tried.'.