PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joel Singapore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze has chosen John Blaze - Fat Joe Ft. Nas, Big Pun, Raekwon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Singapore
vs
Blaze

180 cm
23
130 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

162 cm
26
135 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

LHK Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joel Singapore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singapore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blaze's sensitive parts.
Blaze takes one to the side of the head.
Singapore buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Singapore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice cross by Singapore.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaze. Singapore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blaze avoids a kick to the body.
Singapore misses with a two punch combination.
Blaze takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Blaze lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Singapore really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Singapore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Singapore is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Singapore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oh Singapore is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singapore throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Singapore seems to have got his legs back now.
Singapore fakes the leg kick and cracks Blaze in the body.
Singapore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Singapore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Singapore misses with a hook
and Blaze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Singapore's knee momentarily.
Johnny Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Blaze throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Singapore tumbling to the canvas!
Blaze tries to free his leg and advance position but Singapore is retaining full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze prevents Singapore from getting back to his feet.
Blaze trying to control the position from guard on top but Singapore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Singapore is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Blaze looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze is looking to escape.
Blaze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Singapore.
Blaze manages to get to full guard.
Singapore trying to control but Blaze is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blaze is on top in guard.
Singapore keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Singapore wants to stand up but Blaze is controlling him.

Singapore is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Blaze defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze won't allow Singapore to get back to his feet.
Blaze wanted to stand there but Singapore had control of the position.

Blaze thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blaze postures up.
Blaze wanted to stand there but Singapore had control of the position.
Singapore keeping full guard, as Blaze tries to pass.
Blaze wants to get up but he can't break Singapore's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Singapore looking for a sweep. Not yet Singapore, not yet.
Blaze tries to stand but Singapore is controlling from the bottom.
Blaze wants to pass the guard but Singapore is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze trying to stand up but can't free himself from Singapore's guard.
Singapore working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joel Singapore.
Singapore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blaze is out of range and Singapore settles back down.
Blaze stuns Singapore with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Singapore misses with a shot to the body
letting Blaze counter with a right hand.
Singapore motions for Blaze to come forward. Singapore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Singapore lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Singapore throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Singapore moves away.
Nice sprawl there from Blaze as Singapore shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Blaze will probably get the nod.
That's time! Singapore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Singapore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blaze is out of range and Singapore settles back down.
Blaze pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blaze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joel Singapore is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Singapore.
Blaze uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Singapore throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A chopping leg kick lands by Singapore.
Blaze takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Singapore is looking to land body kicks.
Singapore changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Singapore misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Singapore.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Singapore throws a sloppy head kick and Blaze moves out of range easily.
Singapore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joel Singapore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singapore fails with the takedown.
Blaze throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Blaze there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice cross by Blaze.
Singapore connects with a high kick.

Blaze bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Singapore! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Singapore will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaze decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Singapore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaze manages to avoid it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Singapore. Blaze shrugs it off though.
Blaze throws a head kick that Singapore semi-blocks.
Singapore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Singapore tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blaze is able to avoid easily.
Blaze lands with a straight right. Singapore didn't see that one coming.
Blaze shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Singapore takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Blaze sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Singapore bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Blaze! Johnny Blaze retains his bantamweight title!