PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Vondrachek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Blachovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blachovich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Vondrachek
vs
Blachovich

185 cm
32
216 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

188 cm
31
210 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Vondrachek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Blachovich!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vondrachek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vondrachek misses with a hook. Blachovich ducked under it nicely.
Blachovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blachovich looks to land a right hand but Vondrachek moved out of range.
Vondrachek has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blachovich finds it's way round the side to connect with Vondrachek's head.
Vondrachek throws a hook but Blachovich blocks it.
Blachovich misses with a straight left.
Blachovich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vondrachek looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blachovich looks to land a right hand but Vondrachek moved out of range.
Vondrachek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Vondrachek fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blachovich, pushing him back against the cage.
Vondrachek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vondrachek lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vondrachek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vondrachek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blachovich blocking some punches.
Vondrachek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blachovich's elbow.
Blachovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Vondrachek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blachovich.
Vondrachek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blachovich blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Vondrachek.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vondrachek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vondrachek misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vondrachek misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blachovich takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like John Blachovich has been cut.
Vondrachek swings wildly with an uppercut but Blachovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Vondrachek.
A bit of stalling here from Blachovich.
Blachovich prevents a body shot from Vondrachek.
Vondrachek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Vondrachek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vondrachek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vondrachek lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vondrachek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blachovich's elbow.
Vondrachek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vondrachek tries to work over Blachovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vondrachek missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vondrachek misses with a body punch.
Blachovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vondrachek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vondrachek misses with a punch to the body.
Vondrachek trying to land knees to the body.
Blachovich prevents a body shot from Vondrachek.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vondrachek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vondrachek misses with a punch on the inside.
Blachovich blocks a body shot from Vondrachek.
Vondrachek swings wildly with an uppercut but Blachovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blachovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vondrachek misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vondrachek working aggressively here.
Vondrachek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vondrachek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blachovich's elbow.
Vondrachek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blachovich is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Blachovich blocks a body shot from Vondrachek.
Vondrachek tries to land knees in the clinch but Blachovich avoids the damage to the body.

Blachovich is trying to trip Vondrachek. He has hold of a leg but Vondrachek is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Blachovich persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Vondrachek controls Blachovich momentarily but Blachovich frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blachovich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petr Vondrachek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Blachovich's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vondrachek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blachovich's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vondrachek under the eye.
Blachovich connects with the punch.
Blachovich misses the jab.
Vondrachek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blachovich.
Blachovich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vondrachek lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blachovich throws a hook to the side of Vondrachek's head but Vondrachek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blachovich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Blachovich checks a low kick from Vondrachek.
Vondrachek keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vondrachek moves out of range of the strikes.
Vondrachek lands a nice shot to the body.
Blachovich throws a hook but Vondrachek blocks it.
Vondrachek moves out of range of the strikes.
Blachovich works Vondrachek's body with a nice hook.

Vondrachek gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vondrachek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vondrachek misses with a knee strike.
Blachovich prevents a body shot from Vondrachek.
Vondrachek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blachovich backwards.
A short body shot lands from Vondrachek as the two fighters clinch.
Vondrachek lands a left hand.
Vondrachek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vondrachek misses with some punches.
Vondrachek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blachovich's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Vondrachek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vondrachek works on Blachovich's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blachovich prevents a body shot from Vondrachek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vondrachek lands an uppercut.
Blachovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vondrachek pushes Blachovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blachovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Vondrachek.
Blachovich is breathing heavily.
Vondrachek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vondrachek as Blachovich tries to tie him up.
Vondrachek misses with a punch to the body.
Vondrachek lands an uppercut.

Blachovich is rocked!
Vondrachek unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Blachovich! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Vondrachek is unloading with more strikes now! Blachovich drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petr Vondrachek!
A relieved looking Petr Vondrachek thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.