PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sazh Blaskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isiah Acer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acer has chosen Mad at Gravity- Burn as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaskey
vs
Acer

184 cm
31
205 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

178 cm
26
214 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

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 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sazh Blaskey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Isiah Acer!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blaskey misses with an uppercut.

Acer shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Blaskey's guard.
Blaskey is looking to stand up but Acer isn't so interested in that idea.
Acer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Acer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Blaskey trying to control the position.
Blaskey pulls Acer in close to his closed guard and prevents Acer from doing any damage or advancing position.
Blaskey looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaskey, not yet.
Acer looking to pass the guard.
Blaskey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Acer manages to get himself to full guard.
Blaskey landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaskey looking to sit in guard and control but Acer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Acer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Acer tries to move to mount but Blaskey blocks the move with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaskey dodges the ground and pound from Acer.

Acer is trying to get an arm triangle but Blaskey is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaskey sneaks back into half guard.
Acer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaskey regains full guard. Nicely done.
Acer throws a strike but Blaskey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Blaskey wants to pass the guard but Acer is keeping the position.

Blaskey got a little sloppy there for a moment and Acer has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blaskey has managed to get both his arms back between Acer's legs - danger averted.
Acer keeping full guard, as Blaskey tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acer keeping moving, preventing Blaskey from controlling successfully.

Blaskey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Acer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Acer is looking for a triangle but Blaskey pushes his legs off easily.
Blaskey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Blaskey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Blaskey postures up in Acer's guard and throws a big left but Acer blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaskey controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Acer working a defensive guard here.
Blaskey not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Acer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaskey trying to control but Acer is working from the bottom.
Acer wants to stand and escape but Blaskey is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isiah Acer 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.

Blaskey scores with a hook to the body. Acer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Acer slips a jab from Blaskey.
Acer misses with a wild body shot.
Blaskey loads up on a big right hand but Acer slips the punch.
Blaskey doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Acer. Blaskey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Isiah Acer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Acer moves out of range as Blaskey strikes.
Acer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blaskey.
Acer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice body punch from Blaskey.
Acer lands a right hook to the body.
Blaskey moves forwards but Acer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blaskey lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Acer gets a double leg takedown into Blaskey's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Acer 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.
Acer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Acer is pushing down on Blaskey's leg trying to pass to half guard. Blaskey is fighting to maintain full guard but Acer has managed to sneak the leg through.

Acer seems to be looking for submissions.

Acer is trying to work for a kimura but Blaskey is defending well.

Acer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Blaskey is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Acer seems to be working for a kimura but Blaskey defends the submission attempt.

Acer in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Blaskey tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Acer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Isiah Acer!
Isiah Acer really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 5th Round Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.