PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russian Obama (ranked 105 p4p, 16 weight class) and Rupert Blasts (ranked 161 p4p, 24 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Obama
vs
Blasts

182 cm
35
191 lbs
31 - 10 - 1

185 cm
35
193 lbs
25 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Russian Obama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rupert Blasts!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Obama misses the target.
Obama misses with a body shot.
Obama swings for the body but Blasts moves out of range.
Blasts scores with a decent looking hook.
Obama misses with a low kick.
Obama checks the leg kick.
Blasts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obama.
Blasts is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Obama closes the distance and clinches.
Obama lands a nice uppercut.
Blasts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Blasts.
Blasts crunches a lovely knee into Obama's ribcage.
Blasts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Obama fails to land.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama lands a left hand.
Obama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blasts lands a nice uppercut.
Obama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blasts lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama can't find room to land a body shot as Blasts controls the action.
Blasts misses with a knee to the head.
Blasts gets through Obama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Blasts.
Obama scores with a shoulder strike.
Blasts throws a head punch that misses.
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blasts looking to throw knees to the head but Obama is blocking nicely.
Blasts lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blasts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Blasts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blasts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blasts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obama takes a shot to the head.
Blasts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Obama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blasts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama tries a body shot but Blasts blocks it.
Obama tries to work over Blasts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Blasts.
Blasts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Obama blocks it with crossed arms.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Blasts.
Obama misses with some punches.
Blasts scores with a shot to the side of Obama's head.
Blasts lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blasts.
Obama blocks an uppercut.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Obama throws a punch but it's blocked by Blasts.
Obama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Obama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blasts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blasts lands with a light punch inside.
Obama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blasts with a knee to the head.

It looks like Russian Obama has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blasts blocking some punches.
Blasts lands a knee to the head.
Blasts lands with a light punch inside.
Blasts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Obama.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Obama struggles to land a body shot inside as Blasts controls his hands.
Blasts blocking some punches.
Blasts lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blasts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Obama manages to break the clinch.
Blasts throws a shot to the body.
Blasts displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Obama is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blasts drops Obama with a big left hand! Obama is injured, injured bad! Blasts jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rupert Blasts!
Rupert Blasts was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.