PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tua's entrance music is Zjawin „Głosy W Mojej Głowie. A fine choice. Blair comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bullet by Creed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tua
vs
Blair

184 cm
28
269 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

199 cm
32
279 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fatu Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Blair!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair blocks a jab.
Blair swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blair misses with a few strikes there.
Tua avoids the body shot from Blair.
Tua throws a shot from downtown. Blair moves away and avoids it.
Hank Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blair throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tua counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Blair lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tua cracks Blair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Hank Blair has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Tua misses its intended target.
Blair moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tua scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blair is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blair scores with a jab.
Tua loads up on a big right hand but Blair slips the punch.
Tua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blair.
Tua throws a lazy head kick
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tua throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair stuns Tua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Blair.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tua moves away.
Tua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blair misses with a hook. Tua ducked under it nicely.
Blair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tua's hands.
Tua moves out of range of the strikes.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tua moves away.
Blair is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tua looks to land a left hand but Blair moved out of range nicely.
Tua scores with a body shot.
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!
Blair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tua.
Tua throws a low kick but Blair moves out of range easily.
Tua scores with a nice strike.
Tua walks into a straight right hand from Blair.

Tua drops Blair with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Blair looks back up at him and smiles so Tua waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blair manages to avoid it.
Blair is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tua had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A slow jab from Tua misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair slips under a jab from Tua.
Tua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blair feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tua's calf.
Tua looks to throw the jab but Blair is out of range.
Tua lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That has opened up Hank Blair's cut even more.
Blair throws a right hand that Tua ducks under and follows up with a left that Tua also avoids with ease.
Tua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blair.
Blair lands a body shot.
Blair connects with a body shot that sends Tua's belly button to the back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tua.
Tua misses with an uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blair lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tua has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tua and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tua misses the shot to the body.
Blair changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tua throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blair connects with a body shot that sends Tua's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Blair ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blair's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blair duly obliges.
Blair misses with a body shot.
Blair misses with a looping right.
Blair darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blair ducks right into an uppercut from Tua.

Tua cracks Blair with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tua has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Blair to stand back up!

Blair is rocked!

The cut above Hank Blair's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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!
Tua cracks Blair with a left hook right on the temple and Blair goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Tua lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Blair is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fatu Tua!
Fatu Tua really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Backyard Fighting logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.