PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Blanchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mystic Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blanchard
vs
Mac

216 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clarence Blanchard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mystic Mac!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blanchard drives through and clinches with Mac against the cage.
Blanchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blanchard is pushing Mac up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Blanchard has double underhooks.
Mac being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blanchard just leaning against Mac, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mac avoids it.
Mac tries to break free but Blanchard pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mac.
A frustrated look appears on Mac's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blanchard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Blanchard stalling the fight.
Blanchard has Mac pressed against the cage, preventing Mac from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mac wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Blanchard leaning against his opponent.
Blanchard taking a breather.
Blanchard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blanchard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mac smiles and moves away.

Blanchard pushes Mac up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Blanchard clinches up against the cage.

Mac breaks from the clinch.
Blanchard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mac unleashes a big counter combination but Blanchard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Blanchard closes the distance and clinches.
Blanchard is stalling here.
Mac is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard is trying to force a seperation but Mac has the dominant position.

Mac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Blanchard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Blanchard slowing the pace effectively.
Mac is trying to push Blanchard away but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Mac breaks the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Blanchard takes the fight into the clinch.
Mac is trying to push Blanchard away but Blanchard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clarence Blanchard dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blanchard misses with a series of wild punches.

Blanchard instigates a clinch.
Mac is trying to force a seperation but Blanchard has the dominant position.
Blanchard slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blanchard breaks the clinch.

Blanchard drives through and clinches with Mac against the cage.
Mac tries to break the clinch but Blanchard is controlling the position.
Blanchard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mac can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blanchard stalling against the cage.
Mac working hard to break the clinch.

Mac pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Blanchard moves into the clinch successfully.
Blanchard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Blanchard wants to get back to striking at distance but Mac won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Blanchard keeps him there for the moment.

Blanchard successfully pulls guard.
Blanchard looking to control but Mac passes into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blanchard manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blanchard doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mac would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Blanchard controls Mac momentarily but Mac frees himself.
Blanchard wants to sweep here but Mac controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac wants to stand but Blanchard has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Mac being controlled here momentarily.
Mac stopping the sweep attempt from Blanchard.
Blanchard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mac's guard.

Mac wants to get back to his feet but Blanchard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Blanchard decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mac, up you get!
Mac tries to clinch but Blanchard moves away
and Blanchard counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard fails in his attempt to clinch.

Blanchard clinches up with Mac and pushes him back against the cage.
Blanchard just leaning against Mac, taking a breather.
Blanchard misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Blanchard takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mac is trying to force a seperation but Blanchard has the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blanchard slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clarence Blanchard dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mac fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blanchard feinted with a counter takedown.
Blanchard tries to close the distance and clinch but Mac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Blanchard clinches up with Mac and pushes him back against the cage.
Blanchard tries to work over Mac's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blanchard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac's efforts to push away.
A bit of stalling here from Blanchard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac tries to circle away but Blanchard has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mac pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mac tries to clinch up but Blanchard circles away and keeps his distance.
Blanchard wants to clinch up but Mac keeps it at a distance.
Blanchard swats away the attempt to clinch by Mac.
Blanchard keeps the fight on the outside.

Blanchard moves into the clinch.
Mac wants to break free but Blanchard has control.

Mac breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blanchard moves into the clinch.
Mac tries to break the clinch but Blanchard is controlling the position.
Blanchard keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Mac breaks the clinch.

Mac tries to keep at a distance but Blanchard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mac stops a takedown attempt from Blanchard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mac breaks the clinch.
Mac swats away the attempt to clinch by Blanchard.
Mac throws a counter combo.
Mac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clarence Blanchard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanchard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Mac takes the fight into the clinch.
Mac is trying to force a seperation but Blanchard has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mac is defending well for now.
Blanchard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blanchard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mystic Mac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A frustrated look appears on Mac's face as he tries to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clarence Blanchard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blanchard, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clarence Blanchard!