PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santana Blaze (ranked 1278 p4p, 63 weight class) and Gage Underwood (ranked 2370 p4p, 114 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Blaze
vs
Underwood

177 cm
39
138 lbs
22 - 15 - 2

167 cm
21
143 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Santana Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gage Underwood!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blaze appears to be looking for a big counter.
An inside leg kick from Underwood misses.
Underwood throws a jab but it's blocked by Blaze.
Underwood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Underwood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blaze uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Underwood.
Underwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Underwood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Underwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Underwood throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Underwood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Underwood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blaze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Underwood.
Blaze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Underwood throws a hook to the side of Blaze's head but Blaze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze throws a low kick but it's checked well by Underwood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Underwood.
Blaze has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Underwood.
Underwood misses with a body kick.
Blaze misses the jab.
Blaze ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blaze throws a right and a left that Underwood avoids nicely.
Underwood is trying to counter with his kicks.
Underwood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blaze's hands.
No joy there for Blaze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Underwood misses with a looping right.
Underwood slips a jab from Blaze.
Blaze swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blaze throws a nice looking combination but Underwood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Underwood responds with a good body kick, but Blaze manages to step out the way in time.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze cracks Underwood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Underwood swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Blaze counters with a series of strikes. Underwood will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze scores with a jab to the head.
Underwood connects with a leg kick. Blaze looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Underwood ducks under a wild hook from Blaze.
Underwood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Underwood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
Blaze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Underwood can pounce on him.
Blaze really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Underwood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Underwood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blaze.
Underwood blocks a leg kick.
Blaze tries to land a leg kick but Underwood saw it coming and moves away.
Blaze looks to land a right hand but Underwood moved out of range.
Blaze misses with a wild combination.
Blaze moves out of range as Underwood strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze throws a push kick but Underwood slaps the foot to one side.
Underwood throws a jab but it's blocked by Blaze.
Blaze does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Underwood throws a body shot but no joy.
Blaze slips under a jab.
Blaze lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Underwood backs up against the cage.
Underwood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Blaze throws an overhand right that lands on Underwood's shoulder, as Underwood tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze misses with a wild combination.
Blaze throws a low kick but Underwood moves out of range easily.
Underwood checks a leg kick nicely.
Underwood misses with an uppercut. Blaze saw that one coming.
Blaze connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Underwood throws a looping overhand right but Blaze ducks down to avoid it.
Blaze swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Underwood counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Underwood misses
and Blaze counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Underwood tries to land a front kick but Blaze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Underwood is predictable there
and Blaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Underwood throws a hook but Blaze avoids it easily.
A combination from Blaze does no damage.
Underwood counters with a body kick.
A low kick from Underwood is predictable there
and Blaze counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Underwood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blaze checks it well.
Underwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze jabs at Underwood's body.
Underwood connects with a solid leg kick.
Underwood misses the body punch
and Blaze counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blaze duly obliges.
Blaze lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Underwood circles away quickly and effectively.
Underwood cracks the inside of Blaze's front leg.
Blaze takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santana Blaze dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Underwood explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Blaze.
Underwood swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blaze.
Blaze throws a chopping leg kick but Underwood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Underwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Underwood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Underwood slips a straight right by Blaze.
Underwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blaze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Underwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Underwood cracks the inside of Blaze's front leg.
Underwood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blaze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Underwood tries a low kick but Blaze avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze scores with a nice right hand.
Blaze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Blaze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Blaze was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Underwood.
As Underwood looks to move away, Blaze throws a big counter combo but Underwood just gets out of the way.
Underwood throws the left hand but Blaze avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Blaze. Those never looked like landing.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Blaze.
Blaze swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Underwood counters with a nice body shot.
Blaze fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blaze on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blaze misses with a hook.
Blaze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Underwood.
A punch combination from Blaze misses.
Underwood doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Blaze needs to keep his hands up - Underwood had a free shot at his head there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Underwood. Blaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Underwood throws a front kick aimed at Blaze's knee but Blaze avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaze throws a body shot but no joy.
Underwood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Underwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze appears to be looking for a big counter.
Blaze misses with a series of wild punches.
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santana Blaze is winning the standup battle so far.
Underwood moves out of range as Blaze strikes.
Underwood misses with a body shot
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Underwood ducks right into an uppercut from Blaze.
Underwood misses with a body kick.
Underwood connects with a nice looking jab.
Underwood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Underwood throws a nice head kick!
Underwood digs a good body shot into Blaze's ribs.
Blaze throws a push kick but Underwood slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santana Blaze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Underwood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Underwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blaze moves away.
Underwood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blaze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Underwood manages to avoid it.
Blaze throws a series of strikes that have Underwood backpedaling.
Underwood lands with a hook. Blaze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Underwood is looking to land body kicks.
Blaze throws a series of punches but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Underwood misses with a hook.
Underwood tries to move into range but Blaze moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blaze connects with a body shot that sends Underwood's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Underwood finds it's target.
Blaze is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Underwood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Underwood.
Blaze digs a good hook to Underwood's body.
Blaze looks to land a body kick but Underwood moved away.
Blaze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blaze swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Blaze works the jab nicely.
Blaze walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze takes one to the chin there.
Underwood takes a swing at Blaze's ribcage but misses.
Blaze scores with a hook to the body. Underwood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blaze throws a nice looking combination but Underwood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Santana Blaze will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Underwood.
The crowd cheers as Underwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blaze doesn't seem phased though.
Blaze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Underwood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Underwood takes a swing at Blaze's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Blaze does no damage.
Blaze throws a lazy right hand but Underwood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Underwood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blaze throws a right hand that misses
and Underwood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Underwood fakes the leg kick and cracks Blaze in the body.
Blaze attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood scoring well with a low kick there.
Underwood throws a solid leg kick but Blaze takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Underwood.
It looked like Blaze was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Underwood throws a leg kick but Blaze moved away.
Underwood swings widly with a right hand
and Blaze counters with a one-two to the body.
Underwood misses with a body punch
and Blaze counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Blaze.
Underwood defending well as Blaze loads up on a big left hand.
Underwood finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blaze tries to score with a low kick but Underwood moves his leg out of the way.
Underwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blaze.
Blaze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blaze throws out a leg kick but Underwood moves out of range and Blaze only half commits.
Blaze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underwood was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaze.
Underwood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Blaze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blaze moves out of range as Underwood throws a body kick.
It looked like Blaze was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Underwood throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blaze with a hook.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from Underwood.
Underwood slips a straight right by Blaze.
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Underwood misses with an uppercut. Blaze saw that one coming.
Underwood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blaze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Underwood appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Underwood misses with a low kick.
Blaze tries to bum rush Underwood with a series of wild strikes but Underwood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice defenses there by Blaze.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gage Underwood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaze.
Underwood appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Underwood has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Underwood misses with a shot to the body
and Blaze counters with a two punch combo.
Underwood throws a leg kick
and Blaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blaze misses with a looping left.
Underwood doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A clash of legs there as Blaze blocks the low kick.
Underwood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blaze throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Underwood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Underwood cracks the inside of Blaze's front leg.
Blaze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Underwood misses with an uppercut
and Blaze counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Underwood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Underwood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blaze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Underwood's knee momentarily.
Underwood swings widly with a right hand
and Blaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Blaze misses.
Underwood tried to score with a low kick but Blaze checks it.
Blaze clobbers Underwood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Underwood might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Blaze has got the better of the exchanges.
Blaze looks to land a combination. Underwood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Blaze wants to land a leg kick but Underwood is out of range.
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood throws a body kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Blaze blocks the leg kick.
Underwood swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Underwood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Underwood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Santana Blaze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Underwood misses with a hook. Blaze ducked under it nicely.
Blaze is looking to counter punch.
Blaze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santana Blaze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blaze has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santana Blaze!
Post fight, an emotional Santana Blaze said 'Thank you all, this is my last fight'.