PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Loblaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and raito yagami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). raito yagami acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Loblaw
vs
yagami

181 cm
22
208 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bob Loblaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, raito yagami!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
yagami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Loblaw feints and then cracks yagami's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow yagami down.
yagami avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Loblaw tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
yagami thows a leg kick but Loblaw checks it

and Loblaw counters with a shoot takedown. yagami fights it but they end up in guard.
Loblaw slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Loblaw working the head and body with strikes.
Loblaw connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused yagami some visible discomfort.
yagami takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Loblaw works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Loblaw working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loblaw working the body and head with strikes.
yagami gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loblaw lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Loblaw sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Loblaw lands a nice shot to the head.
yagami is wriggling around trying to escape.
Loblaw could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Loblaw controlling from the full mount.
Loblaw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Loblaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Loblaw scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish yagami?
yagami tries to lock up and control but Loblaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
yagami is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Loblaw is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw lands a nice shot to the head.
Loblaw trying to control but yagami is having none of it.
yagami taking shots to the head.
Loblaw cracks yagami with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Loblaw breaks from yagami's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Loblaw is landing with some decent strikes but yagami is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Loblaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
yagami can't escape the position.
yagami looks gassed!
Loblaw breaks from yagami's wrist control and lands an elbow.
yagami is desperately trying to improve his position but Loblaw has a good base and remains in mount.
Loblaw working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw with the ground and pound from mount.
yagami really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Loblaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Loblaw controlling the pace for now.
Loblaw tries to control but yagami wriggling away.

Loblaw with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
yagami is in all sorts of trouble here.
Loblaw won't let yagami get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Loblaw wants to finish this one by submission but yagami is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Loblaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
yagami is desperately trying to improve his position but Loblaw has a good base and remains in mount.
Loblaw working the ground and pound effectively.

Loblaw is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, yagami has managed to escape the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loblaw looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Loblaw working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
yagami is looking to improve his position but Loblaw isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Loblaw dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

yagami shoots and misses

and Loblaw counters with a takedown into side control.
Loblaw controls the position from side control.
yagami regains half guard.
yagami is not content to let Loblaw control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bob Loblaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
yagami avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Loblaw.
yagami is trying to stand.
Loblaw works his way into full mount!
Loblaw with shots to the head and body - yagami looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loblaw raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loblaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Loblaw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can yagami hang on?
Loblaw working yagami over with strikes here.
yagami is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Loblaw in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Loblaw scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Loblaw scoring with strikes but yagami is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Loblaw cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Loblaw is working for a guillotine from mount but yagami frees his head quite easily.
yagami is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
yagami is in a horrible position here. Loblaw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
yagami is in a horrible position here. Loblaw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
yagami working to try and regain half guard.
Loblaw looking to control but yagami is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
yagami taking shots to the head.
Loblaw looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
yagami is squirming around, avoiding Loblaw's attempts to control the action.
yagami wants to control but Loblaw is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw wants to control the pace but yagami is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
yagami is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
yagami is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
yagami is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Loblaw connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Loblaw working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Loblaw tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Loblaw wants to control the pace but yagami is squirming around nicely.
Loblaw looking to finish yagami with some ground and pound. This is bad for yagami!

Loblaw jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but yagami manages to avoid the submission attempt.
yagami is looking for a sweep.
yagami is pushing Loblaw's head away, looking to escape. Loblaw manages to hold on to the position though.
Loblaw scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at yagami to see if he's OK.
yagami is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Loblaw has just dragged him back down to the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Loblaw cracks yagami with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Loblaw dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Some bone on bone action there as Loblaw checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bob Loblaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loblaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Loblaw misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from yagami misses the target.
Loblaw looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
yagami misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
yagami throws a nice looking combination but Loblaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Loblaw connects with a solid leg kick.
yagami takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice takedown defense from Loblaw. No joy for yagami on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yagami misses with a straight right.
yagami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
yagami takes a body punch but keeps moving.
yagami takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Loblaw connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loblaw tries to clinch there but yagami circles away.
yagami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Loblaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that yagami can do to turn this around?
Loblaw scores with a leg kick.
Loblaw throws a jab but it's blocked by yagami.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Loblaw feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to yagami's calf.
Loblaw works over yagami's head and body with a nice combination.
Loblaw slaps away a takedown attempt from yagami, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Loblaw clinches.
yagami takes a shot to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Loblaw gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, yagami regains guard.
Loblaw's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Loblaw connects with a couple of short punches.

Loblaw drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Loblaw as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! yagami screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Loblaw! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bob Loblaw!