PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Slow (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
Slow

197 cm
28
192 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

180 cm
27
194 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Slow!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slow shoots for a double leg takedown but Blair sprawls well. He's pushed Slow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Slow moves out of range as Blair strikes.
A big right from Blair misses.
Slow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blair circles away.
Blair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slow staying out of range there.
A combination from Blair does no damage.
Jimmy Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slow.
Blair connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Slow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blair circles away.
Jimmy Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Slow.
No luck for Slow with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blair stuns Slow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blair throws the left hand but Slow avoids the punch easily.
Slow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blair but Blair pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blair throws a hook to the side of Slow's head but Slow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Blair.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Slow ducks down to avoid it.
Slow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blair.
Slow throws a hook to the side of Blair's head but Blair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jimmy Blair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Blair misses.
Slow takes a jab right on the kisser.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Slow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Blair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Slow's hands.
A telegraphed right hand from Blair misses the target.
Blair is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blair tests Slow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blair stuffs the takedown attempt from Slow. Slow gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blair circles away.
Blair lands with a nice combination. Slow backs away looking to recover.
Slow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blair.
Blair connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair lands a right hook to the body.
Blair is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A cross from Blair lands.
Blair misses with a two punch combination.
Slow shoots in for a takedown but Blair shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Slow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blair lands a two punch combo.
Blair scores with a nice head shot.
Blair is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Blair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slow shoots in and drives through. Blair sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a big shot that misses.
Blair looks to land a right hand but Slow moved out of range.
Slow slips under a jab from Blair.
Blair lands a jab to the head.
Blair lands a glancing blow to the side of Slow's head.
Slow shoots in but Blair avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A right-left combo lands from Blair.
Slow looks gassed!
Blair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blair misses with a hook.
Blair throws a body punch but Slow moves out of range.
Blair pivots, looking for a leg kick but Slow is out of range and Blair settles back down.
Slow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Slow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Blair. Those never looked like landing.
Slow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blair lands a nice shot to the body.
Blair with a hook.
Slow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blair bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Slow's head.
Blair lands with a hook. Slow tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blair scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slow slips a straight right by Blair.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Blair.
Blair lands with an uppercut that bounces Slow off the cage and back into rage.
A jab from Blair misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Blair dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice straight punches there by Blair. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blair.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Slow ducks down to avoid it.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Slow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Slow.
Blair scores with a jab to the body.
Slow tries for a takedown but Blair sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blair.
Slow tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blair swivels and escapes.
A slow jab from Blair misses its intended target.
Slow has a takedown stuffed.
Jimmy Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Slow.

Slow fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Blair sprawls well initially but Slow persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Blair is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slow throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Blair kicks off Slow and gets to his feet.
Slow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Joe Slow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blair feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Slows jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Slow scores a takedown into full mount!

Slow is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Blair is surviving well by controlling Slow's body position as best he can.
Slow is breathing heavily.
Blair is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Slow avoids the attempt from Blair to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blair is trying to escape the mount.
Blair on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Blair tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slow working Blair over with strikes here.
Slow throws some wild stikes that Blair manages to avoid easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slow throws some wild stikes that Blair manages to avoid easily.

Slow moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Blair has worked his arm free - good work by Blair!
Slow wants to control but Blair is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Slow tries to score with some ground and pound. Blair controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slow in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Slow controls the position.
Slow lands a decent elbow from side control.
Slow working the ground and pound but Blair is defending the strikes.
Blair takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Slow tries for a kimura but Blair is defending well.
Blair can't do much from the bottom here.
Slow throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Slow wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Slow working the ground and pound but Blair is defending the strikes.
Slow tries to move to mount but Blair blocks the move with his legs.
Blair is looking for a sweep.
Slow cracks Blair with a big right hand but Blair just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Slow wants to control but Blair is keeping him busy.
Slow moves into full mount!
Slow lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Slow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Slow fails to land the takedown.
Slow shoots in but no luck this time.
Jimmy Blair is winning the standup battle so far.
Blair scores with a jab. Slow acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Blair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slow was well out of range. Poor timing from Blair.
Blair lands with an uppercut that bounces Slow off the cage and back into rage.
Slow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jimmy Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Slow.
Blair thows a body shot but no joy.
Slow shoots in and drives through. Blair sprawls well.
Blair lands a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Blair misses the target.
Slow avoids the body shot from Blair.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Slow has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Slow.
Slow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Slow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blair's waist but Blair gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Slow off to one side.
Slow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Slow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slow ducks under a wild hook from Blair.
Blair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blair scores with a decent looking hook.
Slow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blair connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blair to score with a decent uppercut.
Blair moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Blair. Those never looked like landing.
Blair scores with a jab to the body.
Blair scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Slow shoots in and bounces Blair off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Slow stops Blair from standing up.
Slow stopping the sweep attempt from Blair.
Blair wants to stand and escape but Slow is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slow postures up.
Blair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Slow.
Slow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slow trying to control the position from guard on top but Blair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slow is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Slow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Slow trying to control the position from guard on top but Blair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slow slips nicely into half guard.

That's four 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.
Slow wants to free his trapped foot but Blair is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Blair tries to roll over but Slow keeps him under control.
Slow thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blair's head.
Slow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blair is trying to stand back up but Slow is controlling him
Blair is staying active underneath Slow, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blair tries to get to full guard but Slow has control of the leg.
Slow is trying to control the action in half guard but Blair is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Blair showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blair has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:27

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