PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omari Ayuba (ranked 1417 p4p, 1898 weight class) and Jean Francois LaFleur (ranked 169 p4p, 221 weight class). Ayuba's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 2Pac - All Eyez On Me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ayuba
vs
LaFleur

200 cm
22
260
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
22
266
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sakura Style

30th Century Beer Store

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Omari Ayuba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Francois LaFleur!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ayuba moves in looking to clinch but LaFleur pushes him off.
LaFleur missing with a left hand there. Ayuba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
LaFleur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ayuba.
LaFleur takes a swing at Ayuba's ribcage but misses.
Ayuba throws a good cross that connects.
Ayuba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ayuba tries a head kick but it misses.
Ayuba plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Jean Francois LaFleur has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ayuba throws an off balance right hand
and LaFleur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ayuba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Ayuba misses the target.
Ayuba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and LaFleur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayuba lands a head kick!
Ayuba staying out of range there.
Ayuba misses the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ayuba, as that shot connected.
A big left from Ayuba misses.
LaFleur now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
LaFleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Ayuba to counter with a crisp jab.

LaFleur clinches up against the cage.
LaFleur throws a punch but it's blocked by Ayuba.
Ayuba tries to work over LaFleur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
LaFleur digs a right hand underneath Ayuba's ribcage. Ayuba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
LaFleur misses with a body punch.
Ayuba is trying to maintain a safe position but LaFleur gets an underhook and turns Ayuba into the cage.
LaFleur gets through Ayuba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur digs a right hand underneath Ayuba's ribcage. Ayuba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ayuba tries to work over LaFleur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
LaFleur scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for LaFleur.
Ayuba wants to stall.
LaFleur misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Ayuba.
LaFleur presses Ayuba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
LaFleur swings wildly with an uppercut but Ayuba uses good head movement to avoid it.
LaFleur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
LaFleur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ayuba stalling.
LaFleur lands a shot to the body.
LaFleur scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ayuba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
LaFleur cracks Ayuba with a nice body shot.
Ayuba is breathing heavily.
Ayuba looking to slow down the pace here.
LaFleur lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayuba blocks a body shot from LaFleur.
LaFleur digs a right hand into Ayuba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ayuba's gas tank.
LaFleur lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for LaFleur.
A body shot lands from LaFleur.
LaFleur lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from LaFleur.
LaFleur scores with a hook to the body.
LaFleur lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by LaFleur.
Nice body punch from LaFleur - that landed with a thud.
LaFleur lands with a light punch inside.
LaFleur throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ayubas head.
LaFleur tries a body shot but Ayuba blocks it.
LaFleur can't find room to land a body shot as Ayuba controls the action.
Ayuba'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.
LaFleur misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
LaFleur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur digs a right hand into Ayuba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ayuba's gas tank.
A short right from LaFleur on the inside.
LaFleur can't find room to land a body shot as Ayuba controls the action.
Ayuba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by LaFleur.
LaFleur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ayuba looking to slow down the pace here.
LaFleur works on Ayuba's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from LaFleur on the inside.
LaFleur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
LaFleur lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ayuba or not.
LaFleur pushes Ayuba back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
LaFleur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
LaFleur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
LaFleur lands an uppercut.
LaFleur tries a body shot but Ayuba blocks it.
LaFleur scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from LaFleur.
LaFleur lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ayuba backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Francois LaFleur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Francois LaFleur's cut.
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.

LaFleur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
LaFleur misses with a hook.
Omari Ayuba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
LaFleur ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Ayuba's jaw. Ayuba's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! LaFleur does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jean Francois LaFleur!
Jean Francois LaFleur decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.