PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Beznisko (ranked 158 p4p, 26 weight class) and Master Blaster (ranked 409 p4p, 68 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Master Blaster was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Beznisko
vs
Blaster

178 cm
33
215 lbs
25 - 16 - 1

190 cm
34
217 lbs
25 - 12 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Master Blaster!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beznisko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blaster moves away.
Blaster lands a jab.
Blaster drops his hands momentarily and Beznisko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Blaster misses with a body shot.
Beznisko misses with a hook.
Beznisko throws a lazy right hand but Blaster sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blaster lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beznisko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A cross from Blaster lands.
Beznisko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blaster throws an overhand right that lands on Beznisko's shoulder, as Beznisko tries to avoid the shot.
Beznisko changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Beznisko throws a body punch but Blaster moves out of range.
Beznisko checks a low kick from Blaster.
A little feinted left hand from Beznisko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Beznisko missing with a left hand there. Blaster was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Blaster on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blaster cracks Beznisko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beznisko loads up on a big right hand but Blaster slips the punch.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut
and Blaster counters with a nice leg kick.
Donk. Blaster catches Beznisko right on the button with a cross.

Blaster closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Blaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beznisko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blaster gets through Beznisko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko tries to throw a body punch but Blaster avoids it by throwing Beznisko back against the cage.
Blaster is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beznisko has Blaster pressed against the cage, preventing Blaster from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Beznisko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beznisko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blaster misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaster lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beznisko or not.
Beznisko swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Beznisko.
A head punch on the inside from Beznisko fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beznisko has a couple of punches blocked by Blaster.
Blaster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beznisko scores with a hook to the body.
Blaster struggles to land a body shot inside as Beznisko controls his hands.
Beznisko blocking some punches.
Beznisko slowing the pace effectively.
Beznisko lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blaster creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beznisko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Beznisko.
Blaster misses with some punches.
Beznisko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blaster is pressed up against the cage. Beznisko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blaster down to the mat. Blaster avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Blaster moves away and avoids it.
Blaster drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Master Blaster has been cut.
Blaster lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaster.
Blaster is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Blaster jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blaster misses with a straight left.
Beznisko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Beznisko swings for the body but Blaster moves out of range.
Beznisko throws a hook but Blaster blocks it.
Beznisko takes one to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Blaster.
Beznisko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blaster's sensitive parts.
Blaster misses with a wild body shot.
Beznisko throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blaster counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beznisko connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice body punch from Blaster.
Beznisko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Master Blaster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Blaster does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaster takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blaster moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaster keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaster cracks Beznisko with a good jab.
Blaster has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beznisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beznisko moves to clinch but Blaster breaks away
and Beznisko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blaster is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Beznisko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Blaster avoids the body shot from Beznisko.
Blaster connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beznisko momentarily.
Blaster connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blaster throws a big shot that misses.
Beznisko lands a jab to the head.
Blaster lands an overhand right.
Blaster just misses with a punch to the body.
Beznisko appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Beznisko throws a hook but Blaster blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blaster misses with a two punch combination.
Beznisko defending well as Blaster loads up on a big left hand.
Blaster listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blaster moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Blaster lands a nice hook to Beznisko's body. Beznisko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blaster throws a jab but it's blocked by Beznisko.
It appears Beznisko was looking to counter with a kick there.
Beznisko missing with a left hand there. Blaster was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaster looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beznisko.
Nice uppercut lands for Beznisko. That snapped Blaster's head back.
Master Blaster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaster uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beznisko.
Blaster throws out a counter right but Beznisko avoids it with no problem.
Blaster throws a nice looking combination but Beznisko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beznisko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Sergey Beznisko has been cut.
Blaster lands a right hook to the body.
Beznisko misses with a hook. Blaster ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Blaster.
Beznisko misses with a straight left.
Beznisko throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaster misses with a head kick.
Blaster displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beznisko throws out the jab.
A big right from Beznisko misses.
An inside leg kick from Beznisko misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaster moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaster misses with a body kick.
Beznisko jabs at Blaster's body.
Good leg kick by Beznisko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beznisko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beznisko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blaster throws a head kick but Beznisko moves out of range.
Beznisko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good work by Blaster as he checks the leg kick.
Beznisko throws a lazy uppercut
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Blaster counters with a stiff right hand.
Blaster tries to clinch up but Beznisko circles away and keeps his distance.

Beznisko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beznisko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blaster prevents it.
Blaster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blaster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beznisko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blaster prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blaster as Beznisko tries to tie him up.
Beznisko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaster lands a body shot.
A short left from Blaster.
Beznisko blocks an elbow strike.
Beznisko tries a body shot but Blaster blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Blaster as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

Blaster moves into the clinch.
Beznisko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blasters head.
Blaster lands a nice shot to the body.
Beznisko tries a body shot but Blaster blocks it.
Blaster's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Blaster fails to land.
Beznisko tries to throw a body punch but Blaster avoids it by throwing Beznisko back against the cage.
Blaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Blaster after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Beznisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beznisko lands a left hand.
Blaster blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Beznisko.
Blaster struggles to land a body shot inside as Beznisko controls his hands.

Beznisko has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Blaster is trying to keep an underhook but Beznisko manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Blaster pushes Beznisko off looking to stand but Beznisko dives back in and keeps control.
Beznisko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blaster defending well though.
Beznisko stops Blaster from getting back to his feet.
Blaster blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beznisko.
Blaster is trying to stand back up but Beznisko is controlling him
Beznisko thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blaster's head.
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. Beznisko connects with a nice short shot to Blaster's temple.
Beznisko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Beznisko thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blaster's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaster looks like he's trying to stand up.
Beznisko is trying to control. Blaster wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Blaster has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Beznisko is on him like a limpet, forcing Blaster back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beznisko goes for a takedown attempt but Blaster pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Blaster.
Blaster thuds a left hand into Beznisko's body.
Beznisko throws a poor cross that misses
and Blaster counters with a thumping low kick.
Blaster looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Master Blaster seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaster lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blaster moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beznisko misses with a right hand
and Blaster counters with a left to the body.
Beznisko throws a leg kick but Blaster sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beznisko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaster was well out of range. Poor timing from Beznisko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master Blaster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Blaster lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Blaster has Beznisko up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaster.
A nice right hand lands inside from Beznisko.
Beznisko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beznisko tries to score a body lock takedown but Blaster shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blaster.
Blaster has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Beznisko seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Blaster can turn it around.
Beznisko takes a shot to the head.
Blaster blocks an uppercut.
Blaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blaster misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaster lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beznisko or not.

Blaster's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaster tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaster lands with a straight right. Beznisko didn't see that one coming.
Beznisko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beznisko feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blasters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blaster swings for the body but Beznisko moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blaster connects with a nice looking jab.
Beznisko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blaster. Beznisko shrugs it off though.
Blaster connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blaster swats away the attempt to clinch by Beznisko.
A swing and a miss from Blaster.
Blaster misses the jab.
Beznisko swings widly with a right hand
and Blaster counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beznisko walks into a jab.
Beznisko scores with the left hand. Blaster knows he should have avoided that one.
Blaster cracks Beznisko with a good jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blaster.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beznisko moves away.
Beznisko half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That kick from Beznisko tenderised Blaster's leg. Blaster is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster misses with a body kick.
Beznisko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Blaster misses with a series of wild punches.
Blaster blocks a leg kick.
It seemed like Blaster was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sergey Beznisko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaster lands a lovely overhand right.
Blaster misses with a hook.
Beznisko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blaster blocks a jab.
Blaster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beznisko was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaster.
Blaster tries to close the distance and clinch but Beznisko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaster misses with a hook
and Blaster takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beznisko swings for the body but Blaster moves out of range.
Blaster now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beznisko misses with a hook.
Beznisko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blaster as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blaster connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blaster misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from Blaster misses its intended target.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut.
Beznisko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blaster lands a slapping body shot.
Blaster avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Beznisko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blaster cracks Beznisko with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Blaster misses its intended target.
Beznisko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beznisko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blaster sprawls well. Blaster wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beznisko gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Beznisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Blaster.
Beznisko blocks a head kick by Blaster.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaster scores with a sloppy right hand. Beznisko should have avoided that one.
Blaster keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaster wants to clinch up but Beznisko keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Beznisko with that takedown attempt.
Master Blaster is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blaster lands a head kick!
Blaster lands with a shot to the body.
Blaster lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Beznisko misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Master Blaster comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blaster winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Master Blaster!
Master Blaster took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Spartan Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.