PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Percy Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake comes into a darkened arena with his song building. blink 182 feeling this kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sam Blake has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Percy Nolan's chin.

Nolan
vs
Blake

202 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Percy Nolan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Blake!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nolan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Percy Nolan has been cut.

Blake moves into range and clinches up with Nolan.
Blake avoiding damage as Nolan throws knees to the body.

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

Blake moves into the clinch successfully.
Nolan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blake blocks an elbow strike.

Blake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blake is looking to clinch but Nolan is avoiding it.

Blake forces Nolan back against the cage and clinches.

Nolan lands a takedown into guard.
Blake tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blake trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Blake strikes from his own guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Blake working for a triangle but Nolan defends it easily.
Blake trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake trying to keep a closed guard but Nolan is proving a slippery customer.
Blake throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Nolan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Blake fails with the takedown.
Sam Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake wants to clinch.
Nolan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A good leg kick by Nolan.

Blake rushes Nolan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nolan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Blake to keep the fight standing.
Nolan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan is trying to break the clinch but Blake has him pressed against the cage.
Blake lands with a left to the head.
Blake has a couple of punches blocked by Nolan.

Blake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blake throws a leg kick

so Nolan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nolan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nolan trying to control the position from guard on top but Blake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blake throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Blake not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nolan connects with a couple of short punches.
Nolan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nolan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nolan cracks Blake with a solid left hand.
Blake trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Nolan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Blake trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake trying to strike off his back.
Blake looks winded!

Nolan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nolan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nolan keeps the fight on the outside.
Nolan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Blake looks to clinch
letting Nolan counter with a right hand.
Nolan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Blake closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blake lands an uppercut.
Blake looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolan blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nolan jumps guard but Blake stands there with Nolan around his waist. Nolan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

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

Blake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nolan tries for a takedown but Blake manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Nolan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blake is trying to pull guard but Nolan has him pressed against the cage.
Nolan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blake creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nolan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Blake to keep the fight standing.
Nolan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blake backwards.

Nolan jumps guard.

Nolan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Blake throws an elbow that misses. Nolan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blake's guard. Nice move by Nolan!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Percy Nolan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Percy Nolan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nolan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Blake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nolan attempts a counter takedown but Blake avoids it well and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Blake misses the target.
Nolan blocks a jab.

Nolan tries to keep at a distance but Blake has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blake lands a hook that snaps the head of Nolan backwards.
Blake has had enough of the clinch but Nolan keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nolan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blake lands with a right to the head.

Blake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Blake is predictable there

and Nolan counters by moving into the clinch.
Blake is trying to break the clinch but Nolan has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blake.
Blake tries to circle away but Nolan has him pinned against the cage.
Nolan connects with a knee to the head.
Blake lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nolan backwards.
Blake working hard to break the clinch.
Nolan scores with a knee to the head.
Nolan tries to pull guard but Blake holds him up against the cage and eventually Nolan drops back down to his feet.
Nolan prevents Blake from breaking the clinch.
Blake avoiding damage as Nolan throws knees to the body.
Nolan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Blake jumps guard and drags Nolan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nolan wants to stand but Blake has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Blake thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Blake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blake is breathing heavily.
Blake wants to sweep here but Nolan controlling him for the moment.

Nolan gets to his feet. Blake looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Blake moves to clinch but Nolan breaks away
and Nolan counters with a left and a right that stings Blake.
Nolan misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nolan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blake's sensitive parts.

Blake moves into the clinch successfully.
Blake throws a punch but it's blocked by Nolan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blake misses with the head strike.

Nolan gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nolan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Still in half guard, Nolan seems content to control.
Blake missing with punches from the bottom.
Nolan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blake is refusing to be controlled, as Nolan sits in half guard.
Nolan controlling the pace.
Nolan is trying to control the action in half guard but Blake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nolan working the head and body with strikes.
Blake is trying to control but Nolan manages to pass to mount!
Nolan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Blake hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake wants to hold on but Nolan pushes him away.
Nolan controlling his opponent.
Blake is squirming around, avoiding Nolan's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nolan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nolan tries to control but Blake wriggling away.
Nolan 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 wants to control but Nolan is having none of it.
Nolan blocks Blake's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nolan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nolan tries to control but Blake wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Percy Nolan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Percy Nolan's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Nolan moves into range and clinches up with Blake.
Blake is trying to break the clinch but Nolan has him pressed against the cage.

Blake manages to pull guard.
Blake thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Nolan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blake can do to turn this around?
Blake strikes from his own guard.
Nolan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blake has momentary wrist control but Nolan slips an elbow through the middle.
Blake throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Blake had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nolan defends it easily.
Blake tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nolan throws a big right hand that misses.
Nolan working some strikes from top position.
Nolan trying to control the position from guard on top but Blake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blake striking from his own guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nolan lands a couple of elbows.
Blake trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Nolan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nolan connects with a couple of short punches.
Blake utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nolan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blake's head.

Blake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Nolan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Blake, up you get!
Sam Blake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nolan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blake takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Nolan works over Blake's head and body with a nice combination.
Nolan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan keeps the fight on the outside.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nolan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nolan lands with a nice combination. Blake backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Blake drives through and clinches with Nolan against the cage.

Blake breaks from the clinch.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Nolan circles away.
Nolan drops down looking for a counter takedown but Blake sprawls and moves away.
Blake tries to clinch there but Nolan circles away.

Blake tries to keep at a distance but Nolan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Blake jumps guard and drags Nolan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Blake tries to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan is working Blake over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nolan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nolan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Blake trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Nolan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nolan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blake backs up against the cage.

Nolan moves into the clinch.
Nolan tries to land a knee to the head but Blake blocks with his arms.
Nolan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blake walks away with a smile on his face. Nolan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Nolan circles away.
Blake tries to clinch up.
As Blake tries to get set, Nolan tries to push him back and clinch up but Blake manages to avoid the attempt.
Blake throws a good cross that connects.

Nolan gets a clinch.

Nolan manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blake throws a strike but Nolan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Nolan postures up and lands a big shot to Blake's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nolan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nolan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Blake is trying to keep Nolan in close.

Blake has an active guard here but Nolan has managed to pass into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nolan lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Percy Nolan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nolan, 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Percy Nolan!