PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between rich lacey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark O Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

lacey
vs
O Sullivan

180 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, rich lacey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark O Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lacey slips a straight right by O Sullivan.
A jab from O Sullivan misses.
lacey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Sullivan thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Sullivan misses with a hook. lacey ducked under it nicely.
lacey moves away from the strike by O Sullivan.

lacey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
O Sullivan manages to work his way to half guard, despite lacey's best efforts.
lacey prevents O Sullivan from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lacey tries to stand and escape but O Sullivan is controlling the position.
lacey blocks the strikes from O Sullivan.
O Sullivan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
O Sullivan is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
lacey lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lacey with shots to the head and body - O Sullivan looks very uncomfortable down there.
O Sullivan is in all sorts of trouble here.
lacey landing strikes from the mount.
O Sullivan can't escape the position.
lacey blocks O Sullivan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
lacey is landing with some decent strikes but O Sullivan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
lacey unloading with bombs!
lacey lands a big elbow.
O Sullivan is in all sorts of trouble here.
O Sullivan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
lacey blocks O Sullivan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
O Sullivan looks gassed!
lacey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Sullivan is trying to escape the mount.
O Sullivan is squirming around, avoiding lacey's attempts to control the action.
lacey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O Sullivan working to try and regain half guard.
O Sullivan is squirming around, avoiding lacey's attempts to control the action.
O Sullivan is working to get back to half guard.
O Sullivan regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Sullivan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

lacey is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, O Sullivan has managed to free his arm - good work.
O Sullivan manages to get to full guard.
O Sullivan striking off his back but it's not causing lacey any problems.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Sullivan is on top in guard.
O Sullivan throws and elbow that misses. lacey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in O Sullivan's guard. Nice move by lacey!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
lacey won't allow O Sullivan to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Sullivan is on top in guard.
O Sullivan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
O Sullivan works over lacey with some ground and pound from guard.
O Sullivan works over lacey with some ground and pound from guard.
O Sullivan is pushing down on lacey's leg trying to pass to half guard. lacey is fighting to maintain full guard but O Sullivan has managed to sneak the leg through.
O Sullivan drops an elbow to the side of lacey's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. O Sullivan lands a nice short elbow.
lacey is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rich lacey dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

lacey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A nice leg kick lands there from lacey.
lacey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Sullivan.
rich lacey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A swing and a miss from O Sullivan.

lacey shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. lacey showed some decent athleticism there.

lacey stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
lacey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Sullivan.
O Sullivan misses with a hook. lacey ducked under it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Sullivan misses with a looping left.
lacey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? O Sullivan is fending him off so far but lacey persists. Nope, O Sullivan circles away and we're back to standing.
O Sullivan throws an overhand right that lands on lacey's shoulder, as lacey tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lacey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Sullivan.
lacey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
lacey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Sullivan.
O Sullivan 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.
A telegraphed right hand from O Sullivan misses the target.
lacey slips under a jab from O Sullivan.
lacey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Sullivan.
O Sullivan looks to land a right hand but lacey moved out of range.
O Sullivan throws out a loose jab but lacey uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Sullivan throws a big shot that misses.
lacey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Sullivan.
lacey is looking to slow O Sullivan down with leg kicks.
lacey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Sullivan.
A telegraphed right hand from O Sullivan misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
O Sullivan throws a jab when lacey was well out of range.
O Sullivan throws out a loose jab but lacey uses good head movement to avoid it.
lacey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Sullivan. That did some damage!
O Sullivan thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Sullivan looks to throw the jab but lacey is out of range.
lacey lands a head kick!
lacey defending well as O Sullivan loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by lacey.
lacey throws a quick head kick that skims the top of O Sullivan's head.
A big right from O Sullivan misses.
O Sullivan missing with a left hand there. lacey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mark O Sullivan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

lacey scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Sullivan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
lacey gets to mount! O Sullivan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
O Sullivan is looking to improve his position but lacey isn't that keen on the idea.

lacey working for a submission but O Sullivan is keeping him at bay.
O Sullivan throwing hammer fists to the chest of lacey. What's that going to do exactly?
O Sullivan throws some wild strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
O Sullivan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
O Sullivan is looking for a sweep. lacey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Sullivan strikes from the bottom but lacey uses the opportunity to move to side control.
O Sullivan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nice strikes from O Sullivan there.
O Sullivan working the head and body with strikes.
O Sullivan throwing shots but lacey is blocking nicely.
O Sullivan thows a huge punch but lacey dodges it nicely.
O Sullivan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
O Sullivan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rich lacey dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

lacey slips a straight right by O Sullivan.
lacey moves away from the strike by O Sullivan.
O Sullivan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
O Sullivan throws an overhand right that lands on lacey's shoulder, as lacey tries to avoid the shot.
O Sullivan misses the jab.
O Sullivan misses with a straight right.
O Sullivan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
lacey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Sullivan.
A nice inside leg kick there by lacey. That's going to slow O Sullivan down.
lacey scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
lacey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by O Sullivan.
O Sullivan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mark O Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

lacey has O Sullivan up against the cage in a clinch.
lacey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Sullivan or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.

lacey drags the fight down to the ground.
O Sullivan postures up in lacey's guard and throws a big left but lacey blocks it.
O Sullivan wants to pass the guard but lacey is keeping the position.
O Sullivan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as lacey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

lacey wriggles free and stands up.
O Sullivan scores with a jab.

O Sullivan gets caught flat footed, as lacey shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
O Sullivan wants to sweep but no luck.
rich lacey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lacey would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
O Sullivan looking for a sweep. Not yet O Sullivan, not yet.
O Sullivan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
O Sullivan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
O Sullivan has a closed guard, preventing lacey from standing up.
O Sullivan tries to strike from the bottom.
lacey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
O Sullivan cracks lacey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Sullivan throws the left hand but lacey avoids the punch easily.
lacey staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Sullivan throws a big shot that misses.
O Sullivan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fighters circling - O Sullivan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

lacey rushes O Sullivan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
O Sullivan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
O Sullivan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but lacey gets the underhooks and prevents it.

lacey manages to break the clinch.
lacey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Sullivan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
O Sullivan throws out a loose jab but lacey uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Sullivan misses with an uppercut.

lacey gets the takedown into side control.
Mark O Sullivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Sullivan is trying to improve his position.
O Sullivan sneaks back into half guard.
lacey is looking to advance position but O Sullivan won't allow it.
lacey blocks the strikes from O Sullivan.
lacey prevents O Sullivan from improving his position.
rich lacey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Sullivan misses with some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
rich lacey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well lacey 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... rich lacey!