PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mister Blizt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ares Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders has chosen Disturbed - Enemy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ares Sanders looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Blizt
vs
Sanders

204 cm
23
300 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

White Gorilla Nutrition

Golden Lilium
KRRO Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mister Blizt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ares Sanders!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blizt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanders's waist but Sanders gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blizt off to one side.
Sanders misses with a straight left.
Blizt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blizt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanders.

A big head kick from Sanders and Blizt is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Blizt is rocked!

It looks like Mister Blizt has been cut.
Sanders pushes down on Blizt's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Blizt trying to control but Sanders postures up.
Blizt is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sanders is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sanders prevents Blizt from improving his position.
Blizt is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Sanders not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blizt manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blizt is on top in guard.
Sanders can't keep his opponent in guard - Blizt advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Blizt prevents Sanders from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blizt blocks the strikes from Sanders.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders looks gassed!
Sanders is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blizt scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sanders punching from the bottom.
Sanders is trying to get back to full guard.
Blizt passes to full mount!
Blizt manages to capitalize on a mistake by Sanders to take his back!
Blizt biding his time, controlling Sanders.
Blizt trying to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanders wants to escape the position.
Sanders is keeping busy.

Blizt looking for the choke but no joy.
Sanders turns into Blizt and is now in his guard.
Blizt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanders postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blizt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Blizt prevents Sanders from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blizt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sanders's face.
Sanders is desperately trying to improve his position but Blizt has a good base and remains in mount.
Blizt breaks from Sanders's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Blizt looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sanders manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sanders is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blizt scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sanders tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Blizt blocks the strikes from Sanders.
Sanders wants to get back to full guard but Blizt has mounted him!
Blizt scoring with strikes but Sanders is staying in there.
Blizt in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blizt lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sanders can do anything to dispel that myth.
Blizt landing strikes from the mount.
Blizt blocks Sanders's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Blizt is landing with some decent strikes but Sanders is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blizt lands with some strikes.
Sanders working to try and regain half guard.
Blizt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sanders keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanders is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mister Blizt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mister Blizt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Blizt.
Sanders avoids the head kick by Blizt.
A jab from Blizt misses.
Sanders loads up on a big right hand but Blizt slips the punch.

Blizt clinches up with Sanders and pushes him back against the cage.
Blizt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanders wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanders stops a takedown attempt from Blizt.
Blizt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blizt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blizt can't get the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blizt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blizt tries for a takedown but Sanders manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mister Blizt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Sanders on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Sanders.

Sanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanders lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sanders throws the kick towards the body but Blizt avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Sanders finds it's target.
Sanders cracks Blizt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanders scores with a hook to the body. Blizt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanders is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanders with a nice cross.
Sanders scores with a punch to the head.
Blizt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Blizt shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanders as he avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanders as he connects with a hook.
Ares Sanders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanders's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sanders duly obliges.

Blizt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sanders is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Sanders is looking to get to half guard.
Blizt trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blizt is working for a guillotine from mount but Sanders frees his head quite easily.
Sanders is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Blizt.
Blizt lands with some strikes.
Sanders regains half guard.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Blizt is controlling well.
Blizt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blizt is trying to work for a kimura but Sanders is defending well.
Sanders moves into full guard.
Sanders throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Blizt pushes down on Sanders's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanders punching from the bottom.
Blizt wants to free his trapped foot but Sanders is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sanders is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Blizt's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Blizt's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Blizt up.
Blizt tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sanders looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Blizt is trying desperately to improve position.
Blizt is working hard here to advance position.
Blizt tries to hold on but Sanders pushes him away.
Sanders scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Blizt?
Sanders working Blizt over with strikes here.
BOOM! Sanders connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanders lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanders with the ground and pound from mount.
Blizt bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sanders wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Sanders showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mister Blizt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Blizt works Sanders's body with a nice hook.
Sanders scores with a hook to the body. Blizt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blizt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanders avoids the head kick by Blizt.
Mister Blizt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blizt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good exchange - Sanders coming out on top.

Blizt drives through with a takedown into guard.

Blizt thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blizt pushes down on Sanders's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mister Blizt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blizt works his way into side control.
Sanders is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Blizt is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blizt lands a big elbow.
Sanders flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Blizt connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Blizt blocks Sanders's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.
Sanders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blizt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blizt blocks Sanders's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sanders can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Blizt.
Blizt with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanders tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Blizt connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Blizt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanders looks a forlorn figure.
Sanders working to try and regain half guard.
Sanders flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sanders throwing hammer fists to the chest of Blizt. What's that going to do exactly?
Blizt looking to control but Sanders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanders is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Blizt landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feeble punches landing from Sanders - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
Sanders is working to get back to half guard.
Sanders throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sanders working to try and regain half guard.
Blizt landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Blizt.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.
Blizt breaks from Sanders's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sanders can't escape the position.
Blizt working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Blizt isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Blizt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanders can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanders is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanders taking shots to the head.
Blizt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanders throwing hammer fists to the chest of Blizt. What's that going to do exactly?
A nice elbow there by Blizt.
Sanders is in a horrible position here. Blizt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.
Blizt unloading with bombs!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanders slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Blizt is looking to take a break and control but Sanders is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sanders flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Blizt clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Mister Blizt's cut.
That's time! Blizt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blizt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sanders tries to keep at a distance but Blizt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blizt tries to pull guard but Sanders holds him up against the cage and eventually Blizt drops back down to his feet.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanders lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blizt backwards.
Sanders lands a shoulder strike.
Sanders scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanders.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanders lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanders lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanders wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blizt wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mister Blizt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanders lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Sanders.
Sanders wants to get back to striking at distance but Blizt won't allow it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Still in the clinch, Sanders scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Sanders.
Sanders wants to get back to striking at distance but Blizt won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders avoids the elbow strike from Blizt, against the cage.
Sanders lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blizt pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanders leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blizt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sanders just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sanders lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blizt backwards.
Sanders lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blizt or not.
Blizt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blizt is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Blizt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanders lands with a right to the head.

Sanders breaks the clinch.
Sanders bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Blizt's head backwards.
Sanders throws a good cross that connects.
Sanders blocks a head kick by Blizt.
Blizt wants to clinch up but Sanders keeps it at a distance.
Blizt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Blizt gets a takedown into half guard.
Sanders trying to get back to full guard but Blizt takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Blizt.
Sanders is trying desperately to improve position.
Blizt breaks from Sanders's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Blizt tries to control but Sanders wriggling away.
Sanders throwing hammer fists to the chest of Blizt. What's that going to do exactly?
Sanders is looking to get to half guard.
Blizt wants to control the pace but Sanders is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is looking to get to half guard.
Blizt punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sanders can't escape the position.
Sanders is in a horrible position here. Blizt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders is working to get back to half guard.
Blizt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanders regains half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Blizt connects with a nice short shot to Sanders's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blizt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanders's head.
Sanders is looking to improve his position.
Sanders throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Blizt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanders with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Blizt passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sanders!
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Blizt isn't that keen on the idea.
Blizt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blizt unloads with some shots from mount but Sanders bucks and avoids them well.
Blizt sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Ares Sanders will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mister Blizt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Blizt takes one to the chin there.
Blizt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sanders tries to avoid it but Blizt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sanders to the ground. Sanders escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A jab lands there for Sanders.
The crowd cheers as Sanders lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blizt doesn't seem phased though.
Sanders throws a jab when Blizt was well out of range.
Blizt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanders throws a head kick but Blizt moves out of range.
Sanders swinging wilding here.
Blizt is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Sanders throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blizt is looking to clinch but Sanders is avoiding it.

Blizt looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sanders!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sanders is desperately trying to improve his position but Blizt has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders is squirming around, avoiding Blizt's attempts to control the action.
Sanders throwing punches despite being mounted.
Sanders is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanders flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.
Blizt controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Blizt isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blizt is landing with some decent strikes but Sanders is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanders really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Sanders defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Blizt.
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Blizt isn't that keen on the idea.
Blizt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanders looks a forlorn figure.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.
Blizt controlling from the full mount.
Sanders tries to reverse the position but Blizt maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blizt looking to control but Sanders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Blizt working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanders throwing hammer fists to the chest of Blizt. What's that going to do exactly?
Blizt prevents Sanders from getting the reversal.
Blizt looking to control and managing it successfully.
Blizt raining down shots from the mount!
Blizt lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanders hang on?
Sanders is looking to get to half guard.
Blizt connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Blizt looking to control but Sanders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanders is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Blizt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blizt 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 49:47
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 48:47
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Blizt!
Mister Blizt retains his super heavyweight title!