PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahut Uno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Blair had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Blair
vs
Uno

197 cm
28
192 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

195 cm
24
202 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mahut Uno!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Uno shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blair sprawls well. Blair wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Uno gets slowly back to his feet.

Uno closes the distance and clinches.
Uno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Uno.
Blair wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blair blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Uno lands a nice uppercut.
Uno keeps control of Blair as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Uno drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jimmy Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahut Uno.
Uno throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uno misses with a punch to the body.
Uno can't get the takedown.
A short left from Uno.
Blair prevents a takedown attempt there.

Blair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blair throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Uno counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blair trying to control the position.
Blair wants to get back to his feet but Uno is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Uno tries to free his leg and advance position but Blair is retaining full guard.
Blair is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Blair keeping full guard, as Uno tries to pass.
Blair keeping moving, preventing Uno from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blair looks to throw the jab but Uno is out of range.
Blair misses with a left hand
and Uno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blair jabs at Uno's body.
Blair throws an off balance right hand
and Uno counters with a nice body shot.
Uno slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a poor cross that misses

and Uno counters by clinching up.
Uno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Uno tries for a takedown but Blair manages to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blair.
Blair is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
Blair is pressed up against the cage. Uno has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blair down to the mat. Blair avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Blair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blair scores with a nice head shot.
Blair ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blair thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blair throws a lazy right hand but Uno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Uno looks to score with a jab to the body but Blair is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with a lunging right hand

and Uno counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Uno.
Blair looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Blair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blair keeping moving, preventing Uno from controlling successfully.
Uno trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Uno working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Uno controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uno prevents Blair from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahut Uno dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Uno counters with a stiff right hand.
Blair swings widly with a right hand

and Uno counters with a takedown into side control.
Uno tries to score with some ground and pound. Blair controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Blair tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Uno wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Uno is looking to take a break and control but Blair is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Uno has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blair gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Uno tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Uno's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Uno thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair is squirming around, avoiding Uno's attempts to control the action.
Uno misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Blair is trying to reverse the position but instead Uno has taken his back - oops!
Uno missing with strikes from the back.
Uno has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Blair.
Uno controlling the position well here. Blair rolled but Uno kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Blair knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Uno on the ground.

Uno working for the choke.
Blair is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Uno is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Blair knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Blair for a finish.

Uno has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Blair has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Uno is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Uno is striking from the back but Blair escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Uno stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair trying to hold on to Uno's head to control him but Uno postures up.
Mahut Uno has got the better of the ground game so far.
Uno with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Uno tries to pass the half guard into mount. Blair knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Blair regains full guard. Nicely done.
Uno trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blair controls Uno momentarily but Uno frees himself.
Uno looking to pass the guard.
Uno throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Blair is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blair wants to get back to his feet but Uno is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blair keeping moving, preventing Uno from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahut Uno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Blair stuffs the takedown.
Blair throws a right hand that misses
and Uno counters with a series of strikes. Blair will be more careful next time no doubt.
Blair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Blair misses with a left hand
and Uno counters with a big head kick but Blair shrugs it off.
Blair connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Uno momentarily.
Uno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Uno.
Jimmy Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahut Uno.
Uno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blair swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blair looks to throw the jab but Uno is out of range.
Jimmy Blair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Uno takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uno takes a jab right on the kisser.
Uno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Uno.
Uno ducks under a wild hook from Blair.
Blair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uno sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno closes the distance and clinches up with Blair, looking for a takedown. Uno pushes Blair against the cage but Blair circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Uno takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab lands there for Blair.
Uno staying out of range there.
Mahut Uno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uno slips a straight right by Blair.
Uno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uno defending well as Blair loads up on a big left hand.
Uno closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blair circles away.
Blair misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with a hook

and Uno decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blair's guard.
Uno is fighting to break Blair's control of his arms but Blair is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Uno 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.
Blair working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A punch lands to the side of Uno 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blair misses with a left hand

and Uno counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blair won't be happy with that.
Jimmy Blair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uno trying to control the position but Blair is working away.
Uno controls the position from side control.
Uno trying to control the action but Blair is working from the bottom.
Blair is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Uno asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uno wants to control but Blair is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mahut Uno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Uno winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mahut Uno!