PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Blanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blanks has chosen wasp - wild child as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Hope
vs
Blanks

176 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Quark's

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harry Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Blanks!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope throws a hook but Blanks avoids it easily.
Blanks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hope connects with the punch.
Hope moves away from the strike by Blanks.
Hope is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Blanks.
Hope uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blanks has time to react.
Blanks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hope lands with an uppercut that bounces Blanks off the cage and back into range.
Hope digs a good body shot into Blanks's ribs.
Blanks tries to close the distance and clinch but Hope swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hope looks to land a left hand but Blanks moved out of range nicely.
Blanks misses the shot to the body.
As Blanks tries to get set, Hope tries to push him back and clinch up but Blanks manages to avoid the attempt.
Hope keeps the fight on the outside.
Hope tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blanks manages to circle out of the way.
Blanks gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Blanks is rocked!
Hope lands a nice looking body shot.
Blanks is still on wobbly legs! Can Hope finish him?
Blanks looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hope fakes the body blow, causing Blanks to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Blanks goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Hope!
A victorious Harry Hope thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Billy Blanks stepped up to the mic, saying 'Where I am today, is where my mind and will put me, where I am tomorrow is where my mind will put me.'.