PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eric Fassett (ranked 3462 p4p, 4772 weight class) and Shufoji Lomas (ranked 196 p4p, 238 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Fassett
vs
Lomas

156 cm
19
139
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
136
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Fassett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shufoji Lomas!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fassett throws a body punch but Lomas moves out of range.
Fassett missing with a left hand there. Lomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lomas misses with a takedown attempt
and Lomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Lomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fassett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomas is just out of range.
Lomas darts in trying to clinch

and Fassett counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lomas won't be happy with that.
Fassett controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett working away.
Lomas is letting Fassett control him for a moment.
Fassett has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fassett lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fassett controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lomas is trying to get back to his feet.
Fassett cracks Lomas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fassett working the head with strikes.
Fassett landing strikes.
Lomas felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Lomas is being controlled here.
Lomas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lomas is looking for a sweep.
Lomas can't do much from the bottom here.
Lomas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomas is trying to improve his position.
Fassett cracks Lomas with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Lomas is rocked!
Fassett happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lomas takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fassett cracks Lomas with a big elbow.
Lomas is still in real trouble! Can Fassett finish him?
Fassett lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fassett is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Lomas's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett trying to control the position but Lomas is working away.
Lomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Lomas is trying to control Fassett's posture but Fassett avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fassett tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fassett has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fassett just content to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Fassett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lomas slips a jab from Fassett.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Lomas avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Lomas is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fassett.
Lomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fassett.
Lomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fassett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fassett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lomas can do to turn this around?
Fassett with a nice cross.
Lomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fassett throws a big shot that misses.
And Lomas tries to counter it with a takedown but Fassett pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lomas.
Fassett throws a hook but Lomas blocks it.
Fassett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Fassett finds it's way through Lomas's defenses.
Lomas wants to clinch up but Fassett keeps it at a distance.
Shufoji Lomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fassett misses with a hook. Lomas ducked under it nicely.
Fassett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lomas throws a counter combo.
A swing and a miss from Fassett.
Fassett leaves Lomas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
As Fassett backs off Lomas throws a huge counter combo but Fassett manages to avoid it all.
Lomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fassett circles away.
Eric Fassett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shufoji Lomas.
Fassett lands a nice shot to the body.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Lomas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Eric Fassett is winning the standup battle so far.
Lomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fassett circles away.
Fassett throws a body punch but Lomas moves out of range.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lomas manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fassett misses with a body shot.

Fassett scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lomas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fassett controls the position from side control.
Eric Fassett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fassett working away.
Fassett controls the position.
Lomas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fassett creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fassett cracks Lomas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fassett working the head and body with strikes.
Fassett remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett cracks Lomas with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Fassett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lomas has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fassett working the ground and pound.
Fassett working the ground and pound.
Lomas is letting Fassett control him for a moment.
Fassett tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Fassett dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fassett loads up on a big right hand but Lomas slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Lomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lomas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fassett swivels and escapes.
Lomas tries for a takedown but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fassett misses with an uppercut.
Fassett is looking to wear down Lomas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fassett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fassett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fassett lands a body shot.
Lomas tries for a takedown but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Eric Fassett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shufoji Lomas.
Lomas tries to clinch but Fassett moves away

and Fassett counters with a single leg into guard. Lomas didn't expect that.
Fassett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fassett is stalling in the full guard.
Fassett working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fassett engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fassett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fassett slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Fassett postures up and lands a big shot to Lomas's brow.
Lomas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fassett controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fassett seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lomas for as long as he can get away with.
Fassett stopping the sweep attempt from Lomas.
Fassett works over Lomas with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fassett is working Lomas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fassett postures up.
Fassett wants to pass the guard but Lomas is keeping the position.
Fassett slips nicely into half guard.
Lomas trying to control from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fassett connects with a nice short shot to Lomas's temple.
Fassett stalling.
Fassett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Fassett.
Fassett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Lomas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fassett slows the pace down in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Fassett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fassett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:25
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Fassett!