PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Talbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blueberry Yum Yum - Ludacris kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Talbert
vs
Blaze

185 cm
29
220 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

192 cm
27
224 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

MayheM sportswear

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 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Talbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Talbert.
Talbert scores with the left hand. Blaze knows he should have avoided that one.
Talbert stuffs the takedown.
Blaze throws a leg kick

and Talbert counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Talbert.
Blaze keeping moving, preventing Talbert from controlling successfully.

Blaze is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Talbert defends well.
Blaze wants to sweep here but Talbert controlling him for the moment.
Talbert wants to control from the top but Blaze keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talbert pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blaze is keeping the position for now.
Talbert missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talbert scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Talbert preventing the sweep.
Talbert trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Blaze is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Talbert is aware though and is defending well.

Blaze throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blaze keeping moving, preventing Talbert from controlling successfully.
Talbert cracks Blaze with a solid left hand.
Talbert trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaze is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Talbert defends well.
Talbert postures up in Blaze's guard and throws a big left but Blaze blocks it.
Talbert controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Blaze is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Blaze working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Talbert doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Talbert manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Blaze had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Talbert defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Talbert controls the pace.
Talbert trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Talbert cracks Blaze with a solid left hand.
Talbert trying to control but Blaze is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Talbert's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blaze wants to sweep here but Talbert controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blaze keeping moving, preventing Talbert from controlling successfully.
Talbert is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Blaze is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Talbert working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blaze's head.

Talbert got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blaze has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Talbert has managed to get both his arms back between Blaze's legs - danger averted.
Talbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Blaze has wrist control.
Talbert is looking to pass into half guard but Blaze pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Blaze is in guard.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blaze postures up in Talbert's guard and throws a big left but Talbert blocks it.
Blaze stopping the sweep attempt from Talbert.
Blaze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaze with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Talbert dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice takedown defense from Talbert. No joy for Blaze on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Talbert as Blaze shoots in.
Talbert is looking to score with low kicks.
Blaze has his takedown stuffed
and Talbert counters with a straight right hand.
Sam Talbert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Blaze.
Blaze ducks right into an uppercut from Talbert.
Blaze has his takedown stuffed
letting Talbert counter with a right hand.

Blaze is rocked!
Talbert sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Blaze's defenses. It connects perfectly with Blaze's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sam Talbert!