PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Blaze (ranked 3819 p4p, 443 weight class) and Jaci Tiriaq (ranked 3593 p4p, 425 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blaze
vs
Tiriaq

189 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

198 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

UnderGround Supplements

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaci Tiriaq!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blaze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tiriaq.
Tiriaq softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blaze has a couple of punches blocked by Tiriaq.
Tiriaq has a couple of punches blocked by Blaze.
Tiriaq blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tiriaq lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze prevents the takedown attempt.
Blaze throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tiriaq wants a takedown.
Tiriaq drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blaze gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ragnar Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaci Tiriaq.
Blaze lands a hook that snaps the head of Tiriaq backwards.
Blaze pushes Tiriaq back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Blaze.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blaze.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tiriaq fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Tiriaq has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blaze avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Tiriaq breaks the clinch.
Tiriaq moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaze takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tiriaq waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blaze.
Tiriaq takes one to the side of the head.
Tiriaq throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.

Blaze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tiriaq, pushing him back against the cage.

Tiriaq breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaze misses with a looping left.

Tiriaq gets tackled into the cage by Blaze. Blaze maintains the clinch.
Blaze lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tiriaq wants to take the fight to the mat but Blaze manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Blaze is leaning against Tiriaq and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiriaq has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blaze is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Blaze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaze.
Tiriaq drops down looking for an ankle pick but Blaze pulls his leg out and moves away.
Blaze connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tiriaq's hands.
Blaze stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blaze wants it to stay on the feet.

Blaze gets a clinch.
Blaze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaze is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tiriaq wants to take the fight to the mat but Blaze manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tiriaq tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaze's elbow.
Blaze prevents a body shot from Tiriaq.
Blaze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Tiriaq breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Blaze rushes Tiriaq and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Blaze on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiriaq wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
Tiriaq looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Blaze scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Blaze.
Tiriaq stalling in the clinch but Blaze improves position.
Tiriaq changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blaze fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Blaze scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ragnar Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tiriaq.
Blaze connects with a looping right hand.

Tiriaq is rocked!
Blaze throws a hook but Tiriaq avoids it easily.

Blaze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tiriaq, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
Blaze scores with a shot to the side of Tiriaq's head.
Tiriaq is still on wobbly legs! Can Blaze finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Blaze.
Tiriaq misses with a body punch.
Tiriaq looking to slow down the pace here.
Blaze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tiriaq's efforts to push away.
Blaze works on Tiriaq's body with a couple of short punches.
Tiriaq seems to have recovered his senses.
Tiriaq is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tiriaq looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tiriaq goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tiriaq is pressed up against the cage. Blaze has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tiriaq down to the mat. Tiriaq avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Blaze dips to his left and cracks Tiriaq with an uppercut!
Blaze misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blaze scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blaze has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tiriaq.
Tiriaq avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Tiriaq misses its intended target.

Blaze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Blaze dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Blaze closes the distance and clinches.
Blaze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tiriaq wants to take the fight to the mat but Blaze manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tiriaq working hard to break the clinch.
Tiriaq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaze.
Blaze working aggressively here.
Blaze lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Tiriaq.
Blaze prevents the takedown attempt.
Blaze is pushing Tiriaq up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tiriaq blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Blaze scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tiriaq can do to turn this around?
Blaze lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tiriaq wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiriaq blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Blaze.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tiriaq is breathing heavily.

Tiriaq breaks from the clinch.

Blaze drives through and clinches with Tiriaq against the cage.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Tiriaq uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaze.
Tiriaq tries to score a body lock takedown but Blaze shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ragnar Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaci Tiriaq.
Tiriaq changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blaze fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Blaze wants to clinch up but Tiriaq keeps it at a distance.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Tiriaq swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiriaq walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Blaze swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ragnar Blaze!
A very excited looking Ragnar Blaze made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.