PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Granger (ranked 371 p4p, 446 weight class) and Ulysses Blazkov (ranked 53 p4p, 61 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Granger
vs
Blazkov

183 cm
29
226
16 - 7 - 0

194 cm
28
268
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hot Spunk

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Granger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulysses Blazkov!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blazkov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Granger swings for the body but Blazkov moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Blazkov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Granger. Blazkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blazkov 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.
Granger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Granger lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Granger.

It looks like Ulysses Blazkov has been cut.
Blazkov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Granger's head.
Granger misses with a low kick as Blazkov jumps back.
Blazkov with the inside leg kick.
Blazkov throws a body punch but Granger moves out of range.
Blazkov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Blazkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Granger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Granger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blazkov misses the shot to the body.
Granger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blazkov moves away.
Blazkov with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger dips to his left and cracks Blazkov with an uppercut!
Blazkov thumps Granger with a low kick.
Blazkov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Granger throws an off balance right hand
and Blazkov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Blazkov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blazkov lands a nice hook to Granger's body. Granger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blazkov throws a lazy right hand but Granger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Granger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blazkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Blazkov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blazkov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Granger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Granger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blazkov scores with a hook.
Blazkov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Granger misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger takes one on the button.
We've been informed that Blazkov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Blazkov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Blazkov lands a nice shot to the body.
Blazkov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blazkov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blazkov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blazkov tries a head kick but it misses.
Blazkov is looking to slow Granger down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blazkov.
A solid body kick from Granger.
Blazkov blocks a head kick by Granger.

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

Granger breaks from the clinch.
Blazkov looks to land a right hand but Granger moved out of range.
As Blazkov backs away, Granger returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov lands the left hand.
Blazkov connects with a leg kick.
Granger misses with a body shot
and Blazkov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blazkov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Granger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Granger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blazkov moves away.
Blazkov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Blazkov darts in and clinches Granger up against the cage.

Granger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Granger misses with an uppercut. Blazkov saw that one coming.
Blazkov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A good leg kick by Granger.
Blazkov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Granger checks a leg kick.
Blazkov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Blazkov throws a jab but it's blocked by Granger.
Granger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Blazkov.
Granger 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blazkov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Granger throws a shot to the body.
Blazkov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Granger throws a jab but it's blocked by Blazkov.
Blazkov fakes the leg kick and cracks Granger in the body.
Granger scores with a punch to the head.
Granger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blazkov manages to avoid it.
Granger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Granger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Blazkov connects with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Granger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blazkov moves away.
Granger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blazkov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Granger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blazkov.
Blazkov throws a solid leg kick but Granger takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blazkov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulysses Blazkov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Blazkov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Blazkov finds it's way through Granger's defenses.
Blazkov tests Granger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Granger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Granger just misses with a punch to the body.
Granger is looking to wear down Blazkov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Granger avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Blazkov blocks a head kick by Granger.
It seemed like Blazkov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Granger misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick from Blazkov, right into the meat of the thigh.
Blazkov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Blazkov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Granger has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Blazkov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blazkov moves into range and clinches up with Granger.
Blazkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Blazkov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short body shot lands from Blazkov as the two fighters clinch.
Granger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Granger can't break the clinch.
Granger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov presses Granger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Granger tries to circle away but Blazkov has him pinned against the cage.
Granger misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands a left hand.
Blazkov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Granger prevents a body shot from Blazkov.
Granger tries to break the clinch but Blazkov is controlling the position.
Granger takes a shot to the head.
Blazkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Granger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blazkov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Granger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Blazkov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blazkov tries to throw a body punch but Granger avoids it by throwing Blazkov back against the cage.
Granger will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Granger has had enough of the clinch but Blazkov keeps him there for the moment.
Blazkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blazkov scores with a shot to the side of Granger's head.
Granger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blazkov lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov tries to work over Granger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blazkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Blazkov fails to land.
Ulysses Blazkov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blazkov tries to throw a body punch but Granger avoids it by throwing Blazkov back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Granger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Granger tries to work over Blazkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Granger blocking some punches.
Blazkov can't find room to land a body shot as Granger controls the action.

Granger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blazkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Granger.
Granger lands with an overhand left.
Granger slips under a jab from Blazkov.
Blazkov scoring well with a low kick there.
Ulysses Blazkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Blazkov.
Granger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blazkov scores with a nice right hand.
Blazkov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blazkov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov throws a wild body kick that Granger sees coming a mile off.
Blazkov moves forwards but Granger connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Granger connects with a solid leg kick.
Blazkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blazkov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Granger on the side of the head.
Blazkov lands with a cross.
Granger moves out of range of the body kick from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands a nice looking body kick.
Granger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Granger keeps the fight on the outside.
Granger misses with a body kick.
Blazkov lands a glancing blow to the side of Granger's head.
Granger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blazkov throws a body punch but Granger moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Granger avoids the body shot from Blazkov.
Nice shot by Blazkov.
Granger misses with a few strikes there.
Blazkov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Granger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Granger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blazkov. Blazkov obviously looking to wear him down.
Granger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blazkov. That one must have hurt.
Blazkov connects with a body shot.
A jab from Blazkov does it's job there.
Blazkov lands a leg kick that knocks Granger off balance momentarily.
Granger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Granger scores with a jab to the body.
Blazkov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blazkov throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulysses Blazkov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Blazkov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Granger misses with an uppercut.
Granger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Granger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Granger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Granger misses with a straight left.
Blazkov avoids the head kick by Granger.
Blazkov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blazkov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Granger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Blazkov scores with a hook.
Blazkov connects with a right hand. Granger shakes it off.
Granger uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Decent striking displayed by Blazkov there.
Blazkov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Granger takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blazkov moves out of range as Granger throws a body kick.
Blazkov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blazkov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Granger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Blazkov connects with a body shot that sends Granger's belly button to the back.
Blazkov connects with a looping right hand.
Granger avoids a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blazkov. Granger shrugs it off though.
Granger throws a sloppy head kick and Blazkov moves out of range easily.
Granger looks for the body kick but Blazkov saw that one coming.
Granger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Blazkov.
Granger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good leg kick by Blazkov.
Blazkov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Granger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blazkov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blazkov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Granger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Granger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ulysses Blazkov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blazkov tries to clinch up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blazkov.
A low kick from Granger misses
and Blazkov counters with a good, hard body kick but Granger shrugs it off.
Blazkov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Blazkov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Granger misses with a straight left.
Blazkov throws a leg kick which misses Granger's front leg but catches the back leg as Granger tries to avoid it.
Blazkov is looking to land body kicks.
Granger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A cross from Blazkov lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov scores with a jab. Granger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Blazkov.
Granger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blazkov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Granger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheers as Blazkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Granger doesn't seem phased though.
Granger tries to move into range but Blazkov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Frank Granger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Granger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blazkov.
Blazkov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Granger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blazkov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Granger connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blazkov scrambles back to his feet.
Blazkov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Granger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blazkov throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov throws a body punch but Granger moves out of range.
Blazkov connects with a leg kick.
Granger checks a leg kick.
Blazkov scores with a nice body kick.
Blazkov connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Blazkov.
Granger misses with a leg kick.
Granger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Granger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blazkov lands an overhand right.
Blazkov throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Granger lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blazkov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blazkov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab lands there for Blazkov.
Ulysses Blazkov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blazkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulysses Blazkov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blazkov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulysses Blazkov!
An out of breath Ulysses Blazkov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.