PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otis Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gein comes to the cage accompanied by Puritania. Herman Lang acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gein
vs
Lang

190 cm
24
195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Tri Light Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Otis Gein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herman Lang!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Lang as Gein shoots in.
Lang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lang doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Gein holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lang wants a takedown.
Gein lands with a short shot to the head.
Lang tries for a takedown. No joy.
Otis Gein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herman Lang.
Lang looking for a takedown.

Gein works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Lang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gein doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gein manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gein lands a couple of digs.
Gein throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gein distracts Lang with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gein with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gein loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lang is pulling down on Gein's head. It's preventing any offense from Gein, at least for the moment.
Gein trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gein's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gein chips away with some ground and pound.
Gein lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gein keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lang's head.
Gein trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gein working some strikes from top position.
Lang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gein trying to control but Lang is working from the bottom.
Lang is trying to control the position but Gein postures up.
Gein slips nicely into half guard.
Gein lands with a punch from half guard.
Lang is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein working over Lang with some ground and pound. Lang looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lang kicks Gein off and gets back to his feet.
Lang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gein tries a head kick but it misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gein.
Lang looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gein lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
No luck for Gein with that takedown attempt.
Gein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lang shoots and misses
letting Gein counter with a right hand.
Lang moves out of range as Gein strikes.
Gein lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang has his takedown stuffed
and Gein counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lang shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Gein counters with a takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Gein's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gein scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lang to see if he's OK.

Gein tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lang is not content to let Gein control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gein lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lang down.

Gein is trying to get an arm triangle but Lang is defending well.
Gein working the body and head with strikes.
Lang is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gein working the body and head with strikes.
Gein scores with a couple of short elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gein trying to control the position but Lang is working away.
Gein lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Lang's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otis Gein dominated that round.
That's time! Gein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

No joy there for Gein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lang tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gein counters with a two punch combo.
Lang moves out of range of the strikes.
Lang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gein misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut lands for Gein. That snapped Lang's head back.
Lang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gein throws out the jab.
Lang tries to clinch up
and Gein counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gein feints and as Lang raises his hands in defense, Gein changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lang bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gein's guard.
Gein managing to control the position.
Gein is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gein stalling away here and it's allowed Lang to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Otis Gein overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lang has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gein can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lang is breathing heavily.
Gein controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein cracks Lang with a solid left hand.
Lang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gein is one step ahead there.
Gein thows a big elbow that misses.
Lang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gein is one step ahead there.
Gein lands a couple of elbows.
Lang is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gein connects with a couple of short punches.
Gein working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gein is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gein with a nice head shot there.
Lang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lang can do to turn this around?
Gein is pushing down on Lang's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lang is fighting to maintain full guard but Gein has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gein slips a nice elbow through Lang's hands, connecting with Lang's forehead.
Lang is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gein scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gein looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lang with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lang has hold of Gein's hands but Gein slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gein landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gein working over Lang with some ground and pound. Lang looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gein not doing much here.
Gein scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein prevents Lang from improving his position.

Lang pushes Gein off and gets back to his feet.
Gein throws a series of punches but Lang avoids them all with ease.
Lang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gein misses with a straight right.
Gein scores with a jab. Lang acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gein tries for a takedown but Lang circles away easily

and Lang counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lang.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gein looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gein scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otis Gein dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lang misses with a takedown
and Gein counters with a good, hard body kick but Lang shrugs it off.
Gein wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lang fails with the takedown
and Gein counters with a nice body kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gein.
Gein works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gein lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang is not content to let Gein control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Gein tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gein has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lang is trying to improve his position.
Lang takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lang takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gein wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lang keeps working.
Gein working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Gein's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gein working the body and head with strikes.
Lang is trying to control Gein's posture but Gein avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein scoring with punches and elbows.
Gein working the head with strikes.
Lang tries to buck Gein off but Gein is having none of it.
Gein is working Lang over with some ground and pound from side control.
Lang on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gein lands a few punches from side control.
Gein scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gein lands a few punches from side control.
Lang tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gein lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lang down.
Gein working the ground and pound from side control.
Gein scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gein lands some shots froms side control.
Gein scoring with punches and elbows.
Lang pushes Gein away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gein gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gein landing strikes.
Lang is looking for a sweep.
Lang is trying to control Gein's posture but Gein avoids it.
Gein lands a nice forearm strike.
Gein wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lang keeps working.
Gein scoring with punches from side control.
Gein is putting a hurting on Lang here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gein working the head and body with strikes.
Gein controlling the position from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Herman Lang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gein working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Otis Gein is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lang is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gein's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Lang trying to control from the bottom.
Gein is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gein scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gein working over Lang with some ground and pound. Lang looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otis Gein showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gein 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otis Gein!