PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tris Kapula (ranked 1824 p4p, 2009 weight class) and Anthony Lalime (ranked 266 p4p, 295 weight class). Tris Kapula has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kapula
vs
Lalime

191 cm
32
215
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
31
205
19 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tris Kapula !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Lalime!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kapula thuds his right hand into Lalime's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kapula lands a jab to Lalime's midsection.
Lalime rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kapula counters with an inside leg kick.
Lalime moves out of range of the body kick.
Lalime throws out a counter right but Kapula avoids it with no problem.
Lalime slips under a jab from Kapula .
Kapula chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lalime needs to keep his hands up - Kapula had a free shot at his head there.
Lalime looks to land a right hand but Kapula moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lalime moves out of range of the leg kick from Kapula .
Lalime is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lalime uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kapula .
Kapula takes a swing at Lalime's ribcage but misses.
Kapula sets himself, and Lalime steps forward looking for the clinch! Kapula avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lalime cracks Kapula with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kapula misses with a hook
and Lalime counters with a stiff right hand.
Kapula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kapula throws a body kick that misses
and Lalime counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lalime misses with a right hand
and Kapula counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kapula digs a good body shot into Lalime's ribs.
Lalime missing with a left hand there. Kapula was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kapula thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kapula swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lalime counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kapula misses with a shot to the body
and Lalime connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kapula misses with a few strikes there.
Lalime cracks Kapula with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kapula connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lalime blocks a low kick nicely.
Lalime might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kapula tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lalime was well out of range. Poor timing from Kapula .
Kapula fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kapula throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lalime throws out a counter right but Kapula avoids it with no problem.
Kapula tries to work over Lalime's front leg with a kick but Lalime checks it.
Kapula sets himself, and Lalime steps forward looking for the clinch! Kapula avoids it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lalime takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lalime walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kapula pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kapula throws a body punch but Lalime moves out of range.
Kapula clobbers Lalime with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Kapula feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lalime sprawling to the canvas! Lalime rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kapula finish him?!

Lalime is rocked!
Kapula seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Lalime.
Kapula feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lalime is still on wobbly legs! Can Kapula finish him?
Kapula misses with the body kick
and Lalime counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapula throws a lazy uppercut
and Lalime counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kapula misses the body punch
and Lalime counters with a nice uppercut.
Lalime seems to have recovered his senses.
Lalime misses with an uppercut.
Kapula lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Kapula sends Lalime crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kapula is motioning to the referee to let Lalime up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Lalime uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kapula .
Lalime looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kapula fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Lalime to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Lalime looks to clinch but Kapula throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Lalime taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tris Kapula !
After winning the bout, Tris Kapula thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.