PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rage Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beasty Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blade comes to the cage accompanied by Invincible. Kanne has chosen Don't Cry For Me Argentina as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Blade
vs
Kanne

176 cm
32
170 lbs
26 - 10 - 2

179 cm
26
175 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rage Blade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beasty Kanne!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanne misses with a series of wild punches.
Kanne throws a big shot that misses.
Blade misses with a head kick.
Kanne swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Kanne connects with an inside leg kick.
Blade misses with a few strikes there.
Kanne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blade manages to avoid it.
Kanne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blade wants to clinch up but Kanne keeps it at a distance.
Blade drops his hands momentarily and Kanne takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Kanne moves into the clinch successfully.
Come on Blade - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A shot in the inside from Blade.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne is looking to break free of the clinch but Blade has double underhooks.
Blade taking a breather.
Kanne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blade prevents a body shot from Kanne.
Blade misses with a punch to the body.
Kanne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blade effectively controlling the action here.
Kanne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blade or not.
Blade crunches a lovely knee into Kanne's ribcage.
Blade stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blade misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade scores with a hook to the body.
Blade misses with the head strike.
Kanne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blade lands a body punch.
Kanne avoids the elbow strike from Blade, against the cage.
Kanne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kanne managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne wants to get back to striking at distance but Blade won't allow it.
Kanne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blade holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kanne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kanne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blade tries a body shot but Kanne blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Blade.
Kanne'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade stalling.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kanne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kanne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blade lands a hook that snaps the head of Kanne backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blade landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blade tries to work over Kanne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blade tries to throw a body punch but Kanne avoids it by throwing Blade back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rage Blade dominated that round.
That's time! Blade's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kanne is looking to clinch but Blade is avoiding it.
Kanne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blade tries to clinch but Kanne moves out of range.
Blade tries to clinch
and Kanne counters with a nice leg kick.
Kanne misses with a low kick.
Blade tries to clinch there but Kanne circles away.
Blade moves forwards but Kanne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blade dodges the punch combination from Kanne.
Kanne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kanne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blade walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kanne scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Rage Blade has been cut.
Blade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blade fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade takes one to the chin there.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kanne paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Kanne gets a clinch.
Blade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kanne's elbow.
Blade misses with a knee strike.

Kanne manages to break the clinch.
Blade throws a leg kick that misses.
Blade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kanne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blade manages to avoid it.
Rage Blade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kanne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kanne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kanne is looking to clinch but Blade is avoiding it.
Blade moves out of range as Kanne strikes.
Kanne looks to land a left hand but Blade moved out of range nicely.
Blade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade doesn't manage to clinch there - Kanne circles away.
Blade tries to clinch up but Kanne circles away and keeps his distance.
Kanne looks to land a right hand but Blade moved out of range.
Beasty Kanne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Blade misses the target.
Blade tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kanne counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kanne moves into the clinch successfully.
Rage Blade has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kanne's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kanne blocks an uppercut.
Blade missing with knees to the body.
Blade dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kanne's elbow.
Blade misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kanne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kanne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blade or not.
Blade manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kanne as Blade tries to tie him up.
Blade trying to land knees to the body.
Blade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kanne's efforts to push away.
Blade trying to control the position but instead, Kanne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blade into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade blocks a body shot from Kanne.
Blade'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.
Kanne looking to slow down the pace here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blade throws an elbow but it misses.
Kanne is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Kanne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beasty Kanne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rage Blade's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Kanne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kanne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blade cracks Kanne with an open hand slap.
Kanne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blade circles away quickly and effectively.
Kanne keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanne swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Kanne loads up on a big right hand but Blade slips the punch.
Blade wants to clinch.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beasty Kanne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blade closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kanne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kanne misses with a few strikes there.
Blade wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kanne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Blade instigates a clinch.
Kanne misses with a body punch.
Blade taking a breather.
Blade working aggressively here.
Blade taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Blade struggles to land a body shot inside as Kanne controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kanne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blade wants to clinch.
Kanne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blade wants to clinch

and Kanne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanne.
Blade tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kanne prevents a body shot from Blade.
Blade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blade misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Blade.
Kanne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blade scores with a shoulder strike.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kanne throws a head punch that misses.

Kanne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blade doesn't manage to clinch there - Kanne circles away.
Blade tries to clinch up but Kanne circles away and keeps his distance.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kanne, as that shot connected.
Blade is looking to clinch but Kanne is avoiding it.
Kanne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kanne tries to clinch up.
Blade looks to clinch
and Kanne counters with a two punch combo.

Kanne rushes Blade and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blade effectively controlling the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blade looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kanne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kanne uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rage Blade showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blade 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rage Blade!
As Rage Blade got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Im gonnna make it big again'.