PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butch Blazedale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panoma Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Blazedale
vs
Le

189 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Butch Blazedale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Panoma Le!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blazedale throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Blazedale misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blazedale throws a jab but it's blocked by Le.
Blazedale throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blazedale misses with a jab, cross combination.

Le shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Le was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Le trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazedale is looking to improve his position but Le isn't that keen on the idea.
Blazedale is squirming around, avoiding Le's attempts to control the action.
Le is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Blazedale is in all sorts of trouble here.
Le wants to control the pace but Blazedale is squirming around nicely.

Despite being in the dominant position, Panoma Le just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Le closes the distance and pushes Blazedale back into the cage.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le keeps control of Blazedale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blazedale's face.
Le is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blazedale pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Blazedale working hard to break the clinch.
Blazedale takes an elbow to the temple.
Le prevents Blazedale from breaking the clinch.
Blazedale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blazedale tries to break free but Le pushes him back against the cage.
Blazedale tries to circle away but Le has him pinned against the cage.
Blazedale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blazedale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blazedale has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Le lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Le takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blazedale's defenses.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Blazedale won't want to take too many of those.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blazedale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Blazedale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blazedale looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blazedale is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazedale tries to break free but Le pushes him back against the cage.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blazedale tries to break free but Le pushes him back against the cage.
Blazedale looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Le landing knees to the head.
Blazedale tries to break the clinch but Le is controlling the position.
Blazedale wants to break free but Le has control.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blazedale's face.
Le taking a breather.
Le keeps control of Blazedale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Blazedale won't want to take too many of those.
Le keeps control of Blazedale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blazedale is trying to break the clinch but Le has him pressed against the cage.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blazedale working hard to break the clinch.
Blazedale blocking some punches.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blazedale's face.
Le with a knee to the head.
Blazedale takes an elbow to the temple.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Blazedale avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blazedale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le has him pressed against the cage.
Blazedale blocking some punches.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blazedale's defenses.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Blazedale is trying to force a seperation but Le has the dominant position.
Le with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blazedale.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Le.
Blazedale looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blazedale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le has him pressed against the cage.
Le connects with a knee to the head.

Le works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panoma Le dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blazedale avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Blazedale drops Le with a beautiful combination! Le stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Blazedale is looking for the KO!

Le is rocked!

It looks like Panoma Le has been cut.
Blazedale misses with a double jab.
Le misses with a takedown attempt - Blazedale sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Le shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blazedale as he jumps to the side.
Le ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blazedale slaps away a takedown attempt from Le, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Butch Blazedale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Panoma Le.
Blazedale throws a series of strikes that have Le backpedaling.
Le is still on wobbly legs! Can Blazedale finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le seems to have recovered his senses.
Le tries to clinch but Blazedale is having none of it.
Le shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blazedale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blazedale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Le has Blazedale up against the cage in a clinch.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le working Blazedale over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le has Blazedale pressed against the cage, preventing Blazedale from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Le keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blazedale's efforts to push away.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Le takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blazedale being controlled against the cage.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Blazedale wants to break free but Le has control.
Le slows down the pace here.
Blazedale can't break the clinch.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blazedale is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Blazedale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blazedale is looking to break free of the clinch but Le has double underhooks.
Le dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A knee to the head by Le.
Le leaning his opponent against the cage.
Le tries to work over Blazedale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blazedale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le lands a nice elbow.
Blazedale has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Le is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Le goes for a takedown attempt but Blazedale pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Le displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blazedale throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazedale misses with an uppercut.
Butch Blazedale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Le.
Blazedale misses with a two punch combination.
Blazedale throws a right hand that Le ducks under and follows up with a left that Le also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Le has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le prevents Blazedale from breaking the clinch.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le is trying to stall.
Le tries to work over Blazedale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blazedale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four 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.
Blazedale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blazedale.
Blazedale can't break the clinch.
Le keeps control of Blazedale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blazedale's face.
A frustrated look appears on Blazedale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blazedale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Le has Blazedale pushed against the cage.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blazedale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Blazedale in his tracks for a moment.
Le working Blazedale over with knees to the body.
Blazedale is looking to break free of the clinch but Le has double underhooks.
Blazedale takes an elbow to the temple.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butch Blazedale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Panoma Le's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Le shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blazedale as he jumps to the side.
Le shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blazedale as he jumps to the side.
Blazedale throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Le.
Blazedale swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Blazedale looks to land a combination but Le avoids it well.
Blazedale lands an overhand right.
Blazedale throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.

Le has closed the distance and engaged Blazedale in a clinch.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blazedale is trying to force a seperation but Le has the dominant position.
Le slowing the pace effectively.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le has Blazedale pressed against the cage, preventing Blazedale from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Le is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazedale gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Le.
Butch Blazedale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Panoma Le.
Blazedale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le has him pressed against the cage.
Blazedale wants to break free but Le has control.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le lands an elbow inside that Blazedale shrugs off.
Le working Blazedale over with knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Blazedale in his tracks for a moment.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le misses with some punches.
Le misses with the head strike.
Le is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Le.
Blazedale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blazedale can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Le lands an elbow inside that Blazedale shrugs off.

Le ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Le no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Le pushes Blazedale off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Le misses with a takedown attempt - Blazedale sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Le gets a clinch.

Blazedale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le doesn't manage to clinch there - Blazedale circles away.
Butch Blazedale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Blazedale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blazedale throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Blazedale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blazedale as he avoids it easily.
Blazedale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blazedale throws a nice looking combination but Le bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Le tries for a takedown but Blazedale sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Butch Blazedale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le tries to clinch there but Blazedale circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is looking to clinch but Blazedale is avoiding it.
Blazedale keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Blazedale.
Le tries to clinch but Blazedale moves out of range.
Le looks for a takedown but Blazedale sprawls well.
Le wants to clinch.
Blazedale scores with a one two! Le had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Blazedale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Le takes the fight into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blazedale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice elbow from Le.
Le working aggressively here.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Blazedale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Blazedale tries to break free but Le pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Blazedale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blazedale takes an elbow to the temple.
Blazedale being controlled against the cage.
Blazedale is trying to break the clinch but Le has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Le stalling the fight.
Blazedale is trying to break the clinch but Le has him pressed against the cage.
Blazedale is trying to force a seperation but Le has the dominant position.
Le landing knees to the head.
Blazedale is trying to force a seperation but Le has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Panoma Le.
I think Le has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Panoma Le!