PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rice Farmer Lady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blake might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Danzig - Five Finger Crawl. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blake
vs
Farmer Lady

190 cm
26
270 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

190 cm
30
255 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bernard Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rice Farmer Lady!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farmer Lady misses with a takedown attempt

and Blake counters with a nice double leg into side control. Farmer Lady won't be happy with that.
Blake landing strikes.
Farmer Lady is trying to improve his position.

Blake looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blake in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Blake is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Farmer Lady is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Farmer Lady is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farmer Lady is not content to let Blake control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Farmer Lady is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Farmer Lady being controlled for a moment.
Blake misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Lady on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Farmer Lady tries to improve position but can't.
Farmer Lady really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake landing a few strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blake trying to control the position but Farmer Lady is working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Blake.
Farmer Lady dodges the ground and pound from Blake.
Blake in side control, throwing shots but Farmer Lady defends.
Blake lands some shots froms side control.
Blake throwing strikes but Farmer Lady manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Farmer Lady working away.
Blake has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Blake manages to work his way to half guard, despite Farmer Lady's best efforts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blake is defending against the submission attempts here by Farmer Lady.

Blake actively working from the bottom here.
Blake moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farmer Lady trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Farmer Lady stopping the sweep attempt from Blake.

Blake is looking for a triangle but Farmer Lady pushes his legs off easily.

Blake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blake is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Blake working for a triangle but Farmer Lady defends it easily.

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!
Blake keeping full guard, as Farmer Lady tries to pass.

Blake had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Farmer Lady defends it easily.
Blake manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Blake punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blake with shots to the head and body - Farmer Lady looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Blake 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.

Blake scores with a sloppy right hand. Farmer Lady should have avoided that one.
Farmer Lady shoots in for a takedown but Blake shows good takedown defense.
Blake stuns Farmer Lady with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Farmer Lady keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farmer Lady shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Blake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Farmer Lady thinking.
No luck for Farmer Lady with that takedown attempt.
Bernard Blake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rice Farmer Lady.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farmer Lady.
Rice Farmer Lady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farmer Lady with a poor takedown
and Blake counters with a nice low kick that buckles Farmer Lady's knee momentarily.

Blake moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Blake.
Farmer Lady tries to pull guard but Blake forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Farmer Lady on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farmer Ladys head.
Blake stalling against the cage.
Farmer Lady is breathing heavily.
Farmer Lady is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Blake to keep the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farmer Lady tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Blake lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Farmer Lady.
Farmer Lady is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Blake to keep the fight standing.
Farmer Lady jumps guard but Blake stands there with Farmer Lady around his waist. Farmer Lady gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Blake working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blake leaning against his opponent.
Blake lands a shoulder strike.
Blake slowing the pace effectively.
Farmer Lady tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Blake just stands there and leans against the cage.
Blake digs a right hand into Farmer Lady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Farmer Lady's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farmer Ladys head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Blake - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bernard Blake.
Blake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blake fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Farmer Lady to the ground. Blake is now in Farmer Lady's guard.
Blake engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Blake scoring with some ground and pound.
Blake is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Farmer Lady keeping moving, preventing Blake from controlling successfully.
Blake landing some decent shots from guard.
Blake working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake forces his way into half guard.
Blake moves into full mount! Farmer Lady won't be happy about that!
Bernard Blake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blake punishing his opponent with strikes.
Blake connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Farmer Lady is rocked!
Blake postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Farmer Lady is out cold - huge knockout for Blake!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bernard Blake!
During a confident post fight interview, Bernard Blake thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.