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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Janis Blums (ranked 24385 p4p, 535 weight class) and Porter Seeks (ranked 6837 p4p, 512 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blums might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to BEAST by Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Janis Blums!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Porter Seeks!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blums fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blums has Seeks up against the cage in a clinch.
Blums is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seeks to keep the fight standing.
Seeks misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Blums works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Seeks looking to control.
Blums slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Seeks is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seeks is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blums sees it coming and defends easily.
Seeks looks to land a strike but Blums avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Blums is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Seeks is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blums trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Blums has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Seeks has passed into side control.
Seeks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blums. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blums is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Seeks is controlling him well.
Blums struggling a bit here.
Seeks throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Blums is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Seeks looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two 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.
Blums sneaks out the side door and pushes Seeks away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
No joy there for Seeks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Blums misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seeks missing with knees to the body.
Seeks manages to break the clinch.
Seeks tries to keep at a distance but Blums has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blums fails to pull guard.
Blums can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janis Blums. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seeks lands a damaging elbow.
Seeks wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blums is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seeks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blums as Seeks tries to tie him up.
I was talking to Blums's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Seeks misses with a knee strike.
Seeks is trying to maintain a safe position but Blums gets an underhook and turns Seeks into the cage.
Blums looking for a takedown.
Blums tries to pull guard but Seeks holds him up against the cage and eventually Blums drops back down to his feet.
Seeks dodges an elbow strike from Blums.
Blums fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Seeks tries to stall but Blums uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Seeks as Blums tries to tie him up.
Blums breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seeks goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Seeks lands with a kick to the temple. Blums shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Seeks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blums tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seeks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seeks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blums.
Blums fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Seeks, pushing him back against the cage.
Blums tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Seeks wants to stall.
Blums makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seeks tries to stall but Blums uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Seeks tries to stall but Blums uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blums really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Come on Seeks - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blums fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Porter Seeks will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Seeks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Seeks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blums closes the distance but Seeks moves to the side
and Seeks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blums closes the distance and pushes Seeks back into the cage.
Blums working aggressively here.
Seeks breaks from the clinch.
Blums clinches with his opponent.
Blums's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seeks stalling in the clinch but Blums improves position.
Seeks missing with knees to the body.
Blums breaks the clinch.
Blums fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seeks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blums tries to clinch but Seeks is having none of it.
Seeks is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Blums closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blums pulls Seeks into guard.
Blums keeping moving, preventing Seeks from controlling successfully.
Blums manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Seeks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seeks lands a head kick!
Blums doesn't manage to clinch there - Seeks circles away.
Seeks now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Blums fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Seeks, pushing him back against the cage.
Come on Blums - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blums pulls guard effortlessly.
Blums bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seeks's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blums trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Blums decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Blums tries to clinch but Seeks moves away
and Seeks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seeks scores with a jab.
Seeks keeps the fight on the outside.
Blums tries to clinch but Seeks moves out of range.
Seeks throws a head kick but Blums moves out of range.
Blums wants to clinch
and Seeks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blums darts in and clinches Seeks up against the cage.
Seeks lands a good knee to the midsection. Blums won't want to take too many of those.
Seeks is trying to stall.
Seeks gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blums.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeks working Blums over with knees to the body.
Seeks is trying to maintain a safe position but Blums gets an underhook and turns Seeks into the cage.
Blums ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Blums no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blums is adopting a defensive guard.
Blums looking for a guillotine here but Seeks defends easily.
Seeks gets to his feet - Blums follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blums tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Despite the aggression on Seeks's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Blums doesn't manage to clinch there - Seeks circles away.
Seeks is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Blums takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blums tries to clinch up.
Blums clinches with his opponent.
Blums has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Seeks clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Blums lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blums connects with a big shot to the side of Seeks's head.
Seeks trying to control the hands but Blums won't let him.
Seeks tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Janis Blums will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Blums fails with an attempt to clinch.
Seeks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Blums wants to clinch
and Seeks counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Blums is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Blums tries to close the distance and clinch but Seeks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Porter Seeks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blums tries to clinch but Seeks is having none of it.
Seeks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blums closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seeks lands a nice elbow.
Blums wants a takedown but no success here.
Seeks is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Blums scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blums tries to pull guard but Seeks won't allow it.
Blums content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Seeks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blums takes an elbow to the forehead.
Seeks misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blums as Seeks tries to tie him up.
Seeks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blums avoids it.
Seeks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Seeks misses with an elbow over the top.
Blums lands a right hand that snaps the head of Seeks backwards.
Seeks misses with an elbow over the top.
Seeks throws an elbow but it misses.
Seeks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blums tries to clinch up but Seeks circles away and keeps his distance.
Seeks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seeks throws a big counter head kick but Blums avoids it with no problem.
Seeks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seeks scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blums tries to clinch up but Seeks circles away and keeps his distance.
Blums has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Blums gets a clinch.
Janis Blums has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Seeks is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Blums tries to score a body lock takedown but Seeks shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janis Blums. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blums is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Seeks is defending well.
Seeks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seeks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Blums manages to break the clinch.
Blums is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Seeks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Seeks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blums is looking to clinch.
Blums is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seeks swats away the attempt to clinch by Blums.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeks lands a head kick!
Blums tries to clinch but Seeks moves out of range.
Blums clinches with his opponent.
Blums misses with a punch on the inside.
Blums is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Seeks gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blums jumps into guard, dragging Seeks to the mat.
Blums throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seeks trying to control but Blums is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blums has his foot on Seeks's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Seeks works his way back into a safe position though.
Seeks won't allow Blums to sweep him here.
Seeks looking to sit in guard and control but Blums gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Seeks looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blums is one step ahead there.
Blums is in close to Seeks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Seeks throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Porter Seeks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Seeks has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Porter Seeks!
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hype
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