PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lloyd Blue (ranked 2934 p4p, 2404 weight class) and Sir Beocca (ranked 322 p4p, 268 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blue might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HonestKey- When I Wake Up. Beocca has chosen Alok & Mojjo - Love Love feat. Gilsons as his entrance music. 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.

Blue
vs
Beocca

187 cm
24
192
8 - 9 - 1

188 cm
24
204
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lloyd Blue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sir Beocca !
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blue keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blue throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beocca takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beocca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blue swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blue seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blue looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lloyd Blue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Beocca . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beocca .
Beocca throws a looping overhand right but Blue ducks down to avoid it.
Blue lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blue throws a combination that misses
and Beocca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blue fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beocca manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beocca ! But no joy.
Beocca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blue moves away.
Blue lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beocca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blue misses with a looping right.
Beocca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blue throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beocca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beocca throws a big shot that misses.
Blue throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beocca counters with a thumping low kick.
Beocca takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Beocca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blue. That did some damage!
Beocca misses the jab.
Blue throwing a counter right hand but Beocca manages to avoid it.
Beocca looks to throw a body kick
and Blue connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blue.

It looks like Sir Beocca has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blue throws a head kick but Beocca moves out of range.
Beocca misses with a few strikes there.

Blue gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blue throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beocca s head.
Beocca using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beocca tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blue's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees to the body from Blue.
Blue tries to throw a body punch but Beocca avoids it by throwing Blue back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beocca looking to stall.
Beocca blocks an elbow strike from Blue.
Blue lands a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blue obliges.
Beocca throws an elbow but it misses.
Beocca tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Beocca .
Blue tries to work over Beocca 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beocca lands an elbow just above Blue 's eye.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beocca throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blue landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Blue throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Beocca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beocca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blue's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blue looking to throw knees to the head but Beocca is blocking nicely.
Blue creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blue is stalling here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beocca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blue's brow.
Beocca with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blue blocks the elbow strike.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blue lands a nice knee to the body.
Blue tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beocca 's elbow.
Blue lands a nice knee to the body.
Beocca looks winded!
Blue throws an elbow but it misses.
Blue throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Beocca prevents a body shot from Blue.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beocca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blue's brow.
Beocca misses with an elbow over the top.
Beocca managing to block the knees to the body from Blue.
Beocca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beocca pushes off an throws an elbow but Blue leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beocca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beocca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blue crunches a lovely knee into Beocca 's ribcage.
Blue lands a nice elbow.
Blue using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Blue.
Blue scores with a shot to the side of Beocca 's head.
Beocca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beocca taking a breather.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Beocca .

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Beocca looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blue lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blue controlling the action here for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beocca just leaning against Blue, taking a breather.
Blue lands an uppercut.
Blue unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blue just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beocca 's brow.
Beocca misses with an elbow over the top.
Beocca takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blue lands a nice knee to the body.
Blue just leaning against Beocca , taking a breather.
Blue misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beocca .
Still in the clinch, Blue scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Beocca swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Beocca blocks the elbow strike.
Beocca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blue's defenses.
Blue avoiding damage as Beocca throws knees to the body.
Blue misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beocca misses with the head strike.
Beocca with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blue.
Blue avoids the elbow strike from Beocca , against the cage.
Blue creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short body shot lands from Blue as the two fighters clinch.
Beocca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blue is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blue as Beocca tries to tie him up.
Beocca blocks an elbow strike.
Beocca scores with a hook to the body.
Blue misses with an elbow strike.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Beocca .
Beocca blocks an elbow strike from Blue.
Blue throws an elbow that misses.
Blue using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Beocca trying to control the position but instead, Blue has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beocca into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blue.
Beocca takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blue using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blue throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blue avoids the elbow strike from Beocca , against the cage.
Blue tries to land knees in the clinch but Beocca avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blue just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beocca 's brow.
Blue lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Sir Beocca 's cut even more.
Beocca blocks an elbow strike from Blue.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Blue lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beocca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blue connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beocca 's face.
Beocca lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beocca tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Come on Blue - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short body shot lands from Blue as the two fighters clinch.
Blue throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blue is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blue misses with a punch on the inside.
Beocca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beocca lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blue.
Beocca throws an elbow but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lloyd Blue dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sir Beocca 's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blue falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beocca counters with a nice uppercut.
Beocca will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Blue throws a big shot that misses.
Beocca throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blue is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beocca can do to turn this around?
Beocca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blue manages to avoid it.
Beocca takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beocca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blue 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.
A big left from Blue misses.
Blue throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beocca stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beocca throws a leg kick
and Blue counters with a straight right hand.
Beocca connects with a body shot that sends Blue's belly button to the back.
Blue throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beocca counters with a head kick. That will keep Blue thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Decent striking displayed by Blue there.
Blue connects with a nice looking jab.
Blue pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beocca connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blue stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beocca .
Blue throws a body shot but no joy.
Beocca takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Blue is looking to land body kicks.
Blue works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Beocca is rocked!
Beocca has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Beocca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blue manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blue tries to counter by clinching up but Beocca breaks away and moves out of range.
Beocca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blue.
Blue pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beocca throws the left hand but Blue avoids the punch easily.
Beocca is looking to chop away at Blue's legs.
Lloyd Blue is winning the standup battle so far.
Blue scores with a nice head shot.

The cut above Sir Beocca 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blue bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Blue takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blue avoiding damage as Beocca throws knees to the body.
Blue is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beocca is defending well for now.
Blue takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Lloyd Blue has been cut.
Blue comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blue lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Beocca is still on wobbly legs! Can Blue finish him?
Blue creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beocca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beocca blocks an elbow strike.
Blue takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blue tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beocca seems to have recovered his senses.
Blue tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beocca avoids it.
Lloyd Blue has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beocca avoids the elbow strike from Blue, against the cage.
Blue misses with a body punch.
Beocca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blue backwards.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beocca misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blue tries to land knees in the clinch but Beocca avoids the damage to the body.
Beocca lands a nice knee to the body.
Beocca throws an elbow but it misses.
Blue avoids the elbow strike from Beocca , against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beocca throws an elbow but misses.
Blue lands a nice knee to the body.
Beocca is breathing heavily.
Blue lands a body shot.
Beocca managing to block the knees to the body from Blue.
Blue pushes off an throws an elbow but Beocca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beocca throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blue leaning against his opponent.
Blue lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beocca backwards.
Beocca lands with a light punch inside.
Blue misses with an elbow over the top.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Beocca throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blue lands a left hand.
Blue tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blue creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beocca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Beocca throws a punch but it's blocked by Blue.
Blue lands a shoulder strike.
Blue throws an elbow that misses.
Beocca blocks the elbow strike.
Beocca throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blue.
Beocca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blue throws an elbow but misses.
Beocca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Blue.

Sir Beocca 's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Beocca misses with an elbow strike.
Blue digs a right hand into Beocca 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beocca 's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blue crunches a lovely knee into Beocca 's ribcage.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Blue.
Blue scores with a knee to the head.
Beocca blocks a body shot from Blue.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beocca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blue's brow.
Blue misses with a knee strike.
Blue lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sir Beocca 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lloyd Blue!
Our winner, Lloyd Blue, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.