PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santana Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Heart
vs
Blaze

180 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

177 cm
29
149 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Heart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santana Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blaze throws a body punch but Heart moves out of range.
Heart moves forwards but Blaze connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blaze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Heart closes the distance and pushes Blaze back into the cage.
Heart has Blaze pressed against the cage, preventing Blaze from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blaze is trying to force a seperation but Heart has the dominant position.
Heart is working Blaze over against the cage.
Heart misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
Heart lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Heart lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Heart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heart lands a shot to the body.
Blaze tries to circle away but Heart has him pinned against the cage.
Heart lands with a short shot to the head.
Blaze's coach down at 3Band MMA ($500/week) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Blaze's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Heart scores with a shoulder strike.

Blaze is rocked!
Heart lands with a left to the head.
Blaze is still on wobbly legs! Can Heart finish him?
Heart misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heart has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Heart is controlling him.
Heart lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Heart.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Heart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze has had enough of the clinch but Heart keeps him there for the moment.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Heart misses with a punch on the inside.
Heart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heart lands with a left to the head.
Heart prevents Blaze from breaking the clinch.
Heart stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Heart is controlling him.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Blaze tries to break free but Heart pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blaze's efforts to push away.
Heart throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Heart prevents Blaze from breaking the clinch.
Heart has Blaze pressed against the cage, preventing Blaze from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Heart lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze tries to break the clinch but Heart is controlling the position.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Heart lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Heart misses with some punches.
Heart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blaze's efforts to push away.
Heart swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaze wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze seems to have recovered his senses.
Heart lands the left hand.

Heart instigates a clinch.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Heart is controlling him.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Heart.
Heart has Blaze pressed against the cage, preventing Blaze from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart digs a right hand underneath Blaze's ribcage. Blaze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blaze tries to break the clinch but Heart is controlling the position.
Heart presses Blaze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Heart lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze tries to circle away but Heart has him pinned against the cage.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for Heart.

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

Heart catches Blaze napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Blaze to the canvas!

It looks like Santana Blaze has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Heart stands and steps away. Blaze gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Heart takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Blaze's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blaze is trying to force a seperation but Heart has the dominant position.
Blaze wants to break the clinch but can't.

Blaze breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Blaze. Those never looked like landing.
Heart connects with a crisp jab.
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heart punishes Blaze's body with a nice straight punch.
Blaze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Heart forces Blaze back against the cage and clinches.
Heart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heart creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Blaze with a big uppercut! Blaze tries to clinch up but Heart pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Blaze to the mat! Blaze covers up and Heart unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Peter Heart!
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