PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Elwood Blair (ranked 5930 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Irving (ranked 5819 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blair
vs
Irving

159 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elwood Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Irving!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Skip Squint and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Irving lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blair has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blair and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Irving is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blair blocks a low kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Blair blocks the leg kick.
Blair is looking for a counter combo.
Good work by Blair as he checks the leg kick.
Blair throws a quick counter head kick but Irving was just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Blair blocks the leg kick.
Irving pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blair is out of range and Irving settles back down.
Irving fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blair is out of range.
Blair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blair drives through with a takedown into guard.
Irving really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blair. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blair postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Irving looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blair chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blair decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Irving finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Irving misses with a leg kick.

Blair closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Irving to the mat! Irving manages to get full guard.
Blair is standing up over Irving. Irving looks to escape but Blair dives into side control.

Irving taking punishment in the form of punches.

Blair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Irving knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Blair decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Some bone on bone action there as Blair checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blair is looking to counter with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irving goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Irving misses with a low kick.
It looked like Blair was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Irving throws a leg kick that misses.
Irving is looking to chop away at Blair's legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Blair misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Blair blocks the leg kick.
As Irving looks to move away, Blair throws a big counter combo but Irving just gets out of the way.
Irving motions for Blair to come forward. Irving throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Blair blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irving looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Irving tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
Irving misses with a low kick.
Blair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Irving slaps away a takedown attempt from Blair, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Irving goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Irving tries to score with a low kick but Blair moves his leg out of the way.
Irving throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Irving finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair blocks a head kick by Irving.
Irving throws a leg kick but Blair sees it coming and moves out of range.
Irving throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blair swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Irving scores with a spinning back kick!
Irving misses with a low kick.
Blair blocks a leg kick.
Irving stuffs the takedown attempt from Blair. Blair gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Irving lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Irving throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Irving will probably get the nod.
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.

Irving tries to score with a low kick but Blair moves his leg out of the way.
Irving tried to score with a low kick but Blair checks it.
Irving looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blair appears to be looking for a big counter.
Irving throws a low kick but Blair moves out of range easily.
As Irving looks to move away, Blair throws a big counter combo but Irving just gets out of the way.
Irving fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blair checks it well.
Irving finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As Irving backs away, Blair returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Irving is looking to score with low kicks.
Irving scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Irving. That's going to slow Blair down.
Irving throws a leg kick but Blair moved away.
Blair jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Blair checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving wants to slow Blair down by chopping away at his legs.
Irving throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blair.
Irving throws a low kick but Blair avoids it.
Irving has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Irving misses with a leg kick.
It looked like Blair was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Irving is looking to score with low kicks.
Blair throws a quick counter head kick but Irving was just out of range.
Irving tries to score with a low kick but Blair moves his leg out of the way.
Blair is looking for a counter combo.
Blair checks the leg kick.
Irving throws a nice outside leg kick.
Irving fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blair checks it well.
Irving throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chris Irving is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blair checks a low kick from Irving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving lands a leg kick that knocks Blair off balance momentarily.
Blair checks a leg kick.
Blair is looking for a counter combo.
Irving shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Irving throws a half hearted mid kick.
As Irving looks to move away, Blair throws a big counter combo but Irving just gets out of the way.
Irving tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
Blair went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Blair avoids the head kick by Irving.
Chris Irving seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irving looks to land a body kick but Blair moved away.

Blair closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Irving scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Blair manages to mount him!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Irving tries to improve his position but Blair has taken his back! Blair has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Irving tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Blair pushes Irving away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Elwood Blair!