PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Blaou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viktor Blaou has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Blaou
vs
Kongo

186 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Viktor Blaou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Kongo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kongo misses with a takedown attempt - Blaou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kongo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blaou works over Kongo's head and body with a nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Blaou.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blaou.

Kongo rushes Blaou and presses him up against the cage.
Blaou prevents the takedown attempt.
Viktor Blaou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Kongo.
Kongo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blaou is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Blaou wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kongo has him pressed against the cage.

Kongo has picked Blaou up - he's going for a ride! Kongo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Blaou looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Blaou tries to get to full guard but Kongo has control of the leg.
Blaou is working hard here to advance position.
Kongo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaou wants to improve his position but Kongo is controlling well.

Kongo seems to be looking for submissions.
Kongo passes to side control.
Blaou tries to improve position but can't.
Blaou knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kongo on the ground.
Kongo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Blaou is trying to improve his position.

Kongo stands up.
Kongo looks gassed!
Blaou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blaou misses with a double jab.
Kongo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blaou sprawls well. Blaou wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kongo gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kongo slips a jab and a cross from Blaou.
Blaou lands a body shot.
Kongo dodges the punch combination from Blaou.
Blaou throws a combination. Kongo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Blaou throws a right hand that Kongo ducks under and follows up with a left that Kongo also avoids with ease.
Kongo fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaou tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaou throws a leg kick but Kongo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kongo fails to land the takedown.
Blaou lands a jab to Kongo's midsection.
Kongo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Blaou lands a jab to Kongo's midsection.
Blaou misses with a body kick.
A nice combination there by Blaou.

Blaou scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kongo punching from the bottom.
Blaou trying to mount his opponent but Kongo defends it.
Kongo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Blaou lands strikes from half guard.
Kongo is looking to improve his position.
Blaou performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaou throws a combination. Kongo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaou tries to close the distance and clinch but Kongo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kongo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Blaou counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Blaou has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Blaou throws a good cross that connects.
Viktor Blaou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaou swinging wilding here.
Kongo fails with the takedown

and Blaou counters with a takedown into side control.
Kongo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kongo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kongo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Blaou trying to control the position but Kongo is working away.
Blaou cracks Kongo with a big right hand but Kongo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kongo gets back to half guard.
Kongo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaou sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kongo wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaou pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kongo is keeping the position for now.
Kongo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kongo throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kongo trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Kongo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Blaou gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Blaou tries to free his leg and advance position but Kongo is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blaou looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blaou takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kongo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Blaou counters with a single leg into guard. Kongo didn't expect that.
Blaou pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kongo is keeping the position for now.

Kongo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kongo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blaou.
Blaou stopping the sweep attempt from Kongo.
Blaou content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blaou has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Blaou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blaou's guard.
Kongo trying to control but Blaou is working from the bottom.
Kongo won't allow Blaou to sweep him here.
Kongo trying to control but Blaou is working from the bottom.
Blaou avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kongo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kongo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blaou swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Viktor Blaou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kongo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Blaou is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kongo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blaou's head.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaou throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kongo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blaou avoids it really well and circles away.
Viktor Blaou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Kongo.
Blaou lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kongo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Horrible takedown by Blaou or perhaps it was just good defense by Kongo which made him look bad.
Blaou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kongo circles away quickly and effectively.
Kongo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blaou circles away.

Kongo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Blaou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Blaou dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kongo doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Blaou counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Blaou.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kongo throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blaou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blaou working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kongo is on top in guard.
Blaou is looking to sweep but instead, Kongo has passed into half guard.
Blaou trying to control here.
Blaou wants to get back to full guard.
Kongo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kongo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blaou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kongo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blaou misses with a few strikes there.
Kongo has his takedown stuffed

and Blaou counters with a shoot takedown. Kongo fights it but they end up in guard.
Blaou postures up.
Blaou wanted to stand there but Kongo had control of the position.
Kongo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kongo throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Kongo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Blaou is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Kongo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Blaou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Blaou manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Blaou got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kongo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blaou has managed to get both his arms back between Kongo's legs - danger averted.
Blaou pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kongo is keeping the position for now.

Kongo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blaou looking to pass the guard.
Kongo keeping moving, preventing Blaou from controlling successfully.
Kongo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kongo trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Blaou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blaou wants to control from the top but Kongo keeps moving.
Blaou preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kongo shoots in for a takedown but Blaou shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Viktor Blaou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Kongo.
Kongo takes one to the chin there.
Blaou's corner calls for a 1-2. Blaou obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Blaou.
Blaou has his takedown stuffed

and Kongo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Blaou's guard now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Viktor Blaou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blaou throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blaou is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kongo throwing strikes but missing.
Kongo lands a couple of elbows.
George Kongo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kongo looking to pass the guard.
Kongo landing with the ground and pound.
Kongo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kongo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Blaou counters with a series of strikes. Kongo will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Viktor Blaou.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blaou, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Blaou!