PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blair
vs
Bernard

199 cm
20
269 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saint Bernard!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bernard.
A cross from Blair lands.
Jab from Blair.
Blair keeps the fight on the outside.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves out of range.
Bernard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair is having none of it.
Bernard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blair connects with a jab.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves out of range.
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bernard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blair.
Blair connects with a jab.
Bernard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blair throws the kick towards the body but Bernard avoids it.
Bernard fails to land with a series of punches.
Blair slips a straight right by Bernard.
Bernard tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bernard blocks the body kick.
Bernard wants to clinch.
Bernard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Blair lands with a shot to the body.
Bernard tries to clinch up.
Blair lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bernard backs up against the cage.
Good standup being displayed there by Blair as he connects with a hook.
Blair throws a series of punches but Bernard avoids them all with ease.

Bernard instigates a clinch.
Blair is trying to force a seperation but Bernard has the dominant position.

Bernard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bernard is looking to clinch but Blair is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a series of punches but Bernard moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Bernard
and Blair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves away
and Blair counters with a straight right hand.
Bernard wants to clinch but Blair slips to the side
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bernard closes the distance but Blair moves to the side
and Blair counters with a two punch combo.
Blair lands a glancing blow to the side of Bernard's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blair smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bernard tries to clinch up
and Bernard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bernard throws a solid leg kick but Blair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bernard.
Bernard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bernard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blair lands with a nice combination. Bernard backs away looking to recover.
Bernard shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A solid body kick from Blair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard throws a wild body kick that Blair sees coming a mile off.
Blair misses with a wild combination.
Blair lunges at Bernard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bernard's hand.
Bernard shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Blair blocks a head kick by Bernard.
A swing and a miss from Bernard.
Bernard looks to clinch
and Blair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bernard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blair lands a body shot.
Bernard looks gassed!
Bernard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A shot to the liver by Blair. Beautiful body shot.
Bernard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A left and a right from Blair both land. Nice combination.
Blair lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair lands with a straight right. Bernard didn't see that one coming.
Blair misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blair counters with a straight right hand.
Bernard clinches but Blair breaks the clinch
letting Blair counter with a right hand.
Blair works the jab nicely.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bernard looks to clinch
and Blair counters with a straight right hand.
Bernard wants to clinch but Blair slips to the side
and Blair counters with a series of strikes. Bernard will be more careful next time no doubt.
Blair throws a series of punches but Bernard avoids them all with ease.
Bernard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blair. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bernard tries to clinch
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bernard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bernard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bernard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blair counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Blair 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.

Blair scores with a three punch combo!
Blair lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bernard at a distance.
Blair misses with a series of wild punches.
Hank Blair is winning the standup battle so far.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves away
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bernard tries to clinch up
and Blair counters with a series of strikes. Bernard will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice cross by Blair.
Blair dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blair darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blair lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bernard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bernard is breathing heavily.
Bernard tries to clinch
enabling Blair to counter with a crisp jab.
Blair bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bernard's head.
Nice shot lands for Blair.
Bernard dodges the punch combination from Blair.
Bernard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blair counters with a left and a right that stings Bernard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blair scores with a three punch combo!
Bernard takes one on the button.
Blair cracks Bernard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Blair throws a one two combo.
Nice uppercut lands for Blair. That snapped Bernard's head back.
Blair stuns Bernard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice combination there by Blair.
Blair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bernard can do to turn this around?
Blair scores with a one two! Bernard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blair!
Blair throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Blair misses with a series of wild punches.
Blair is working the combinations to good effect here.
Blair throws a combination. Bernard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Blair moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blair pushes Bernard away with a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with a kick to the body.
Bernard tries to clinch
and Blair counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Blair to counter with a crisp jab.
Bernard avoids a kick to the body.
Blair lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bernard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Blair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bernard closes the distance but Blair moves to the side
and Blair counters with a nice uppercut.
Bernard looks to clinch
and Blair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bernard closes the distance but Blair moves to the side
and Blair counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Blair lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bernard doesn't seem phased though.
Blair lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Saint Bernard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Blair.
Blair lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bernard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blair misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bernard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blair scores with a punch to the head.
Bernard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blair. That one must have hurt.
Blair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bernard darts in trying to clinch
and Blair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blair circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Blair.
Bernard moves out of range of the body kick.
Bernard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blair rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bernard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bernard darts in trying to clinch
and Blair counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Blair there.
A shot to the body from Bernard misses
and Blair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crunch! Blair slams his shin into Bernard's torso.
Blair scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Blair dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Blair works over Bernard's head and body with a nice combination.
Bernard dodges the punch combination from Blair.
Bernard tries to clinch
and Blair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bernard closes the distance but Blair moves to the side
and Blair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hank Blair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blair lands with a nice combination. Bernard backs away looking to recover.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves away
and Blair counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bernard looks to clinch
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blair misses with the combination.
Bernard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bernard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bernard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blair lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bernard misses with a looping right.
Bernard misses with an uppercut.
Blair throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bernard tries to clinch up
and Blair counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blair scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick from Bernard lands but Blair takes it in his stride.
Blair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blair punishes Bernard's body with a nice straight punch.
Blair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bernard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blair lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Blair scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bernard in his tracks.
Blair lands a glancing blow to the side of Bernard's head.
Bernard tries to clinch
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bernard's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bernard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blair getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Blair lands with a hook. Bernard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blair lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bernard backs up against the cage.
Blair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blair fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blair punishes Bernard's body with a nice straight punch.
Bernard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bernard tries to clinch but Blair moves away
and Blair counters with a two punch combo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blair.
Blair moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bernard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blair connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Blair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair lands a slapping body shot.
Blair slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab from Blair.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blair!
Bernard tries to clinch
and Blair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blair stuns Bernard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bernard throws a sloppy head kick
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blair dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid body kick from Blair.
Blair is looking to land body kicks.
Danga de danga de dang - Blair scores with a four punch combination!
Blair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bernard darts in trying to clinch
and Blair counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard takes one on the button.
Nice shot lands for Blair.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blair throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blair clobbers Bernard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bernard on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bernard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blair to score with a decent uppercut.
Blair throws a wild body kick that Bernard sees coming a mile off.
Blair connects with a looping right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blair.
Blair scores with the left hand. Bernard knows he should have avoided that one.
Blair lands a slapping body shot.
Blair moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blair connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bernard. Bernard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Blair scores with a nice head shot.
Saint Bernard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hank Blair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blair throws a nice looking combination but Bernard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Blair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blair, 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Blair!