PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Landa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Platinum Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Landa
vs
Gold

174 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
167 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Landa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Platinum Gold!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold wants to clinch up but Landa keeps it at a distance.

Landa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Landa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Landa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Landa wants to control the pace but Gold is squirming around nicely.
Gold wants to control but Landa is having none of it.
Landa scoring with strikes but Gold is staying in there.
Landa with a couple of short strikes.
Gold taking shots to the head.
Gold is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Landa with a couple of short strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landa controlling his opponent.
Gold slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Landa is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gold makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gold.
Landa prevents Gold from getting back to his feet.
Landa controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gold is looking for a triangle but Landa pushes his legs off easily.
Gold manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Landa tries to lock up and control but Gold gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Landa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Landa tries to get out of the position.
Gold landing shots from mount.
Gold throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Landa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gold with good strikes from the mount here!
Landa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gold lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gold.
Landa is trying desperately to improve position.
Gold unloads with some shots from mount but Landa bucks and avoids them well.
Landa regains half guard.
Landa wants to get back to full guard.
Landa trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Landa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gold tries to free his leg and advance position but Landa is retaining full guard.
Landa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gold.

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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gold blocks the body kick.
Gold tries to close the distance and clinch but Landa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gold tries to clinch up but Landa circles away and keeps his distance.
Landa keeps the fight on the outside.
Gold blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Landa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Landa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Landa clobbers Gold with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Landa gets a takedown into half guard.
Landa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Landa wants to take a breather but Gold is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Landa lands with a good body shot.
Landa misses with a looping right.
Gold wants to clinch.
Landa misses with a low kick.
Hans Landa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Landa scores with a jab to the body.
Gold is looking to clinch.
Gold tries to clinch up.
Gold moves in looking to clinch but Landa pushes him off.

Landa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gold manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Landa trying to control but Gold is working from the bottom.
Landa postures up in Gold's guard and throws a big left but Gold blocks it.

Gold has his feet on Landa's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gold tries to clinch up but Landa circles away and keeps his distance.
Landa lands a nice shot to the body.
Platinum Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gold takes the fight into the clinch.
Gold lands a damaging elbow.
Gold can't break the clinch.
Gold misses with an elbow over the top.
Gold is breathing heavily.

Gold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gold takes the fight into the clinch.
Gold throws an elbow but it misses.
Gold lands an elbow that stopped Landa in his tracks for a moment.
Gold looking to throw knees to the head but Landa is blocking nicely.
Gold throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Landa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gold prevents it.
Landa goes for a takedown attempt but Gold pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Landa throws a low kick but Gold avoids it.
Landa swinging wildly here.
Gold doesn't manage to clinch there - Landa circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Landa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold wants to clinch up but Landa keeps it at a distance.
Gold moves in looking to clinch but Landa pushes him off.
Gold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Landa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.
Landa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Landa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Landa tried to score with a low kick but Gold checks it.
Gold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Landa misses with a wild combination.

Landa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Landa breaks from Gold's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gold is squirming around, avoiding Landa's attempts to control the action.
Hans Landa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Landa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gold's face.
Landa controlling the position easily from mount.
Landa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landa landing strikes from the mount.
Landa controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Landa.
Landa looking to finish Gold with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gold!
A nice elbow there by Landa.
Gold working to try and regain half guard.
Landa tries to control but Gold wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landa cracks Gold with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Landa with good strikes from the mount here!
Landa unloading with bombs!

Gold is rocked!
Landa controlling his opponent.
Gold is still in real trouble! Can Landa finish him?
Landa unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gold wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Landa celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Landa!