LFL 4: Selmy vs. Brooks PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hayden Venn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Venn
vs
Walker

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

205 cm
26
285 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hayden Venn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Walker !
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Walker .
Venn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker .
Venn throws a lazy uppercut
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Venn misses with a hook

and Walker counters with a nice right hand that sends Venn toppling to the canvas! Venn scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Walker finish him?!

Venn is rocked!
Venn misses the jab.
Venn misses with a left hand
and Walker counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Venn! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dean Walker !
A very excited looking Dean Walker rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clark Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Griswold's choice of entrance music: Holiday Road. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bundy
vs
Griswold

166 cm
19
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Al Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clark Griswold!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griswold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Bundy forces Griswold back against the cage and clinches.
Bundy scores a nice knee to the body.
Griswold is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bundy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bundy crunches a lovely knee into Griswold's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Bundy.
A short uppercut from Bundy.
Bundy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bundy lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griswold tries to land knees in the clinch but Bundy avoids the damage to the body.
Bundy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Griswold tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bundy avoids it.
Bundy avoiding damage as Griswold throws knees to the body.
Bundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Griswold misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bundy.
Griswold is trying to break the clinch but Bundy is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Griswold crunches a lovely knee into Bundy's ribcage.
Bundy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Griswold looks winded!
Bundy scores a nice knee to the body.
Griswold is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bundy is defending well for now.
Bundy connects with a knee to the head.
Bundy digs a right hand into Griswold's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griswold's gas tank.
Bundy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Griswold tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bundy avoids it.
Bundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griswold backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bundy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Bundy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griswold backwards.
Nice body punch from Bundy - that landed with a thud.
Bundy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griswold or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Griswold's defenses.
A right handed body shot lands from Bundy.
Bundy scores with a knee to the head.
Bundy stalling against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bundy.
Bundy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Bundy.
Good body shot from Bundy.
Bundy scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bundy.
Good body shot from Bundy.
Bundy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bundy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bundy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bundy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bundy lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bundy - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Bundy.
Bundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bundy working Griswold over with knees to the body.
Bundy is working Griswold over against the cage.
Bundy landing knees to the body.
Bundy is stalling here.
Bundy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bundy lands a nice shot to the body.
Bundy lands a nice uppercut.
Bundy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bundy works on Griswold's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Bundy.
Bundy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bundy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bundy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griswold or not.
A body shot lands from Bundy.
Bundy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bundy lands a body shot.
Bundy lands a knee to the head.

Griswold is rocked!

It looks like Clark Griswold has been cut.
Bundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Griswold is still on wobbly legs! Can Bundy finish him?
Bundy stalls.
Bundy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bundy scores a nice knee to the body.
Bundy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bundy scores with a shot to the side of Griswold's head.
Bundy presses Griswold against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Bundy.
A right handed body shot lands from Bundy.
The referee calls for Bundy to work.
Griswold takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Bundy.
Griswold takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Bundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bundy stalling.
A right handed body shot lands from Bundy.
Bundy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Griswold.
Bundy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short left from Bundy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bundy drives through and clinches with Griswold against the cage.
Griswold trying to land knees to the body.
Bundy lands a big knee! That's hurt Griswold! Oh, he's all over the place! Bundy lands another knee that sends Griswold to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Bundy!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barristan Selmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CM Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks has chosen Cult of Personality as his entrance music. Barristan Selmy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Selmy
vs
Brooks

187 cm
24
222 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
262 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barristan Selmy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, CM Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Selmy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brooks misses with the combination.
Brooks throws the kick towards the body but Selmy avoids it.
Brooks misses with a body kick.
Selmy scores with a jab to the body.
Brooks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Selmy.
Brooks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brooks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brooks throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Selmy avoids a kick to the body.
Brooks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Selmy moves away.
Brooks looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks looks to land a combination but Selmy avoids it well.
Selmy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brooks manages to avoid it.
Selmy throws a shot to the body.
Brooks throws a right hand that Selmy ducks under and follows up with a left that Selmy also avoids with ease.
Brooks misses with a kick to the body

and Selmy counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Selmy has an Americana. Brooks didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Selmy is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Selmy hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Barristan Selmy!
Barristan Selmy retains his heavyweight title!
Barristan Selmy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
39%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultimate Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warrior has chosen Ultimate Warrior Entrance as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papadopoulos
vs
Warrior

185 cm
29
266 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
275 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ultimate Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papadopoulos throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Warrior tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Papadopoulos is in Warrior's guard.
Warrior not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Warrior working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Papadopoulos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Papadopoulos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papadopoulos is in close to Warrior's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. Warrior uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by Warrior!
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Warrior on the ground.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep here but Warrior controlling him for the moment.
Warrior is looking to stand up but Papadopoulos won't let him.
Warrior throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Warrior has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Papadopoulos striking off his back but it's not causing Warrior any problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Warrior content to stall in guard here.
Warrior trying to control the position from guard on top but Papadopoulos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos keeping full guard, as Warrior tries to pass.
Warrior working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Papadopoulos's head.
Warrior with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Papadopoulos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Warrior scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Warrior accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep here but Warrior controlling him for the moment.
Papadopoulos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Papadopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warrior is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Papadopoulos scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Papadopoulos drops an elbow to the side of Warrior's head.
Warrior has his hands clasped together around Papadopoulos's back. He's all about the action.
Warrior taking some punishment here, with Papadopoulos in his half guard.
Warrior missing with punches from the bottom.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Warrior is blocking nicely.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Warrior wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping busy.
Warrior pushes Papadopoulos off looking to stand but Papadopoulos dives back in and keeps control.
Papadopoulos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Papadopoulos.
Warrior is positioning himself well to prevent Papadopoulos advancing to mount.
Warrior pushes Papadopoulos off looking to stand but Papadopoulos dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior lands with a few short shots to the body.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Warrior looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Papadopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warrior's head.
Papadopoulos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Warrior wants to improve his position but Papadopoulos is controlling well.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Papadopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Warrior wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping busy.
Papadopoulos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warrior with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Papadopoulos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Warrior is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Warrior looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is looking to pass Warrior's guard but actually Warrior recovers to full guard.
Papadopoulos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Warrior blocks nicely.
Papadopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.

Papadopoulos fails with a takedown attempt.
Papadopoulos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Warrior counters by moving into the clinch.
Papadopoulos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Warrior gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghiorghos Papadopoulos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Warrior breaks from the clinch.
Papadopoulos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Warrior counters with a shoot takedown. Papadopoulos fights it but they end up in guard.
Warrior working some strikes from top position.
Warrior with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos wants to improve his position but instead Warrior has moved into half guard.
Warrior seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Papadopoulos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Papadopoulos is looking to get back to full guard here but Warrior has managed to pass to side control instead.

Warrior stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Warrior gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Papadopoulos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Warrior looking for a sweep. Not yet Warrior, not yet.
Warrior is trying to keep Papadopoulos in close.
Papadopoulos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos won't allow Warrior to get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Warrior throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Papadopoulos works over Warrior with some ground and pound from guard.
Warrior wants to get back to his feet but Papadopoulos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Papadopoulos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warrior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Papadopoulos postures up and lands a big shot to Warrior's brow.
Papadopoulos throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. Warrior uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by Warrior!
Warrior stopping the sweep attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos trying to strike off his back.
Papadopoulos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Papadopoulos wants to hit a switch here but Warrior passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Papadopoulos there!
Warrior tries to control but Papadopoulos wriggling away.
Papadopoulos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Warrior raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Warrior working for a guillotine from mount but Papadopoulos is in no mood to give up.
Papadopoulos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Warrior. What's that going to do exactly?
Papadopoulos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Warrior. What's that going to do exactly?
Papadopoulos is squirming around, avoiding Warrior's attempts to control the action.
Papadopoulos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos is trying desperately to improve position.
Papadopoulos is working hard here to advance position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Warrior working for a submission but Papadopoulos is keeping him at bay.

Warrior throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Papadopoulos has his hands clasped together but Warrior breaks the hold and Papadopoulos is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Warrior!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ultimate Warrior!
After the fight, Ultimate Warrior was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.