PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawson Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Blaze
vs
Sharp

185 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lawson Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharp pushes Blaze up against the cage in a clinch.
Blaze managing to block the knees to the body from Sharp.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaze.
Blaze is trying to push Sharp away but Sharp has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sharp wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Blaze fails to land.
Sharp can't break the clinch.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaze scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Sharp's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sharp lands a left hand.
Blaze working hard to break the clinch.
Sharp tries to work over Blaze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaze lands with a left to the head.
Sharp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blaze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharp scores with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharp has double underhooks.
Sharp lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze lands a left hand.

Blaze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blaze throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sharp's head.
Sharp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sharp wants to clinch.
Blaze swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Sharp throws a lazy right hand but Blaze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sharp finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sharp closes the distance and clinches.
Sharp tries to work over Blaze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blaze is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaze has Sharp pressed against the cage, preventing Sharp from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Blaze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaze.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze tries to stall but Sharp uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaze looking to slow down the pace here.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Blaze.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blaze throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Blaze on the inside.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sharp has closed the distance and engaged Blaze in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp lands with a light punch inside.
Sharp lands a nice shot to the body.
Sharp tries to break the clinch but Blaze is controlling the position.
Sharp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blaze lands with a short shot to the head.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Sharp controls the action.
Blaze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch but Sharp keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sharp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blaze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sharp's brow.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Sharp is trying to force a seperation but Blaze has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a body punch.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sharp is trying to break free.
Blaze working aggressively here.
Blaze throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blaze moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze throws a hook to the side of Sharp's head but Sharp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sharp throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Blaze takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lawson Sharp will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Sharp forces Blaze back against the cage and clinches.
Sharp tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Sharp prevents a body shot from Blaze.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike from Sharp.
Sharp tries to break the clinch but Blaze is controlling the position.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sharp looks to throw the jab but Blaze is out of range.
A head kick misses from Blaze.
Blaze misses with a kick to the body.
Sharp throws out a leg kick but Blaze moves out of range and Sharp only half commits.
Sharp wants to clinch
and Blaze counters with a nice kick to the body.
Blaze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blaze moves out of range as Sharp strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blaze. Blaze obviously looking to wear him down.
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaze scores with a head kick.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp misses with a wild combination.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blaze closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawson Sharp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaze throws a head kick that Sharp semi-blocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze moves in looking to clinch but Sharp pushes him off.

Sharp gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Blaze gets through Sharp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sharp is trying to push Blaze away but Blaze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blaze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sharp's brow.
Sharp can't break the clinch.
Sharp is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blaze lands with a light punch inside.
Blaze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sharp is looking to break free of the clinch but Blaze has double underhooks.
Sharp tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Sharp back against the cage.
Blaze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sharp misses with a punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sharp in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sharp as Blaze tries to tie him up.
Sharp throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sharp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blaze circles away quickly and effectively.
Blaze throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blaze.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Blaze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sharp tries to clinch up.

Sharp has closed the distance and engaged Blaze in a clinch.
Lawson Sharp seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sharp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sharp misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blaze.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Blaze closes the distance and clinches.

Blaze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharp pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Blaze back to the cage. Sharp follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sharp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sharp is looking to clinch.
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 Tyson Blaze will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sharp moves into the clinch.

Blaze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blaze counters with a big head kick but Sharp shrugs it off.

Sharp forces Blaze back against the cage and clinches.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Blaze lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Blaze tries to work over Sharp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharp has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blaze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Blaze saw that one coming.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blaze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sharp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Blaze there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sharp wants to clinch.
Blaze lands a head kick!
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze moves in looking to clinch but Sharp pushes him off.
Blaze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp connects with a looping right hand.
Sharp tries a head kick but it misses.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sharp tries to clinch up.

Blaze tries to keep at a distance but Sharp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blaze working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sharp missing with knees to the body.
Blaze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze prevents Sharp from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp misses with a knee strike.
Blaze avoiding damage as Sharp throws knees to the body.
Sharp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Blaze trying to control the position but instead, Sharp has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blaze into the cage.
Sharp lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Sharp has him pressed against the cage.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sharp is trying to break free.
Blaze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blaze scores with a shot to the side of Sharp's head.
Sharp can't break the clinch.
Blaze tries to break free but Sharp pushes him back against the cage.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sharp misses with a body punch.
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Sharp avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Blaze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sharp misses with a punch to the body.
Sharp keeps control of Blaze as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Sharp is trying to break the clinch but Blaze is controlling him.

Blaze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze throws a hook to the side of Sharp's head but Sharp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyson Blaze.
I think Blaze has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tyson Blaze!