PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bu Laia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter The Pistol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laia comes to the cage accompanied by "Hawaiian Kickboxer" by Moke Boy. This should be a great matchup!

Laia
vs
The Pistol

172 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bu Laia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter The Pistol!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pistol is looking to clinch.
Laia punishes The Pistol's body with a nice straight punch.
Laia takes one to the chin there.
Laia throws a series of punches but The Pistol avoids them all with ease.
The Pistol throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Laia throws a nice looking combination but The Pistol bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Pistol throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Pistol closes the distance looking to clinch
and Laia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laia misses the shot to the body.
Laia tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pistol tries to clinch
and Laia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laia misses with a combination

and The Pistol decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Laia's guard.
The Pistol pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laia is keeping the position for now.
Laia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Laia keeping moving, preventing The Pistol from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pistol postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Laia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. The Pistol doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. The Pistol manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Pistol decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Laia, up you get!
The Pistol looks for a takedown but Laia sprawls well.
Laia lands a two punch combo.
Laia lands with a cross.
Laia throws a right hand that misses

and The Pistol decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Laia's guard.
Laia is looking to stand up but The Pistol isn't so interested in that idea.
Laia keeping moving, preventing The Pistol from controlling successfully.
The Pistol trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Laia keeping moving, preventing The Pistol from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Laia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Laia tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Laia is breathing heavily.
The Pistol is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Pistol trying to control but Laia postures up.
The Pistol might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Laia kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Laia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The Pistol holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Laia tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Laia blocks The Pistol's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Laia gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Laia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Pistol closes the distance and clinches up with Laia, looking for a takedown. The Pistol pushes Laia against the cage but Laia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Laia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Pistol moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Laia.
Laia misses with a double jab
and The Pistol counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bu Laia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Pistol chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Pistol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Laia lands a nice shot to the body.
The Pistol misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bu Laia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter The Pistol.
Laia misses with a double jab

and The Pistol decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Laia's guard.
The Pistol stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laia swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laia wants to sweep here but The Pistol controlling him for the moment.
Laia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Laia kicks The Pistol off and gets to his feet.
Laia thows a body kick. The Pistol tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laia lands with a nice combination. The Pistol backs away looking to recover.
The Pistol shoots in but Laia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Laia avoids the head kick by The Pistol.
Laia throws a series of punches but The Pistol avoids them all with ease.
The Pistol swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Laia counters with a one-two to the body.
Laia throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Pistol counters with a body kick that stops Laia in his tracks momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laia looks to score with a jab to the body but The Pistol is just out of range.
Laia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laia misses with a jab to the body

and The Pistol moves into the clinch.
The Pistol keeps control of Laia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The Pistol.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bu Laia will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Laia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Pistol tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Laia counters with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Laia misses.
The Pistol takes a kick to the side of the head.
Laia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Pistol moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Laia looks to land a combination but The Pistol avoids it well.
Laia misses with a two punch combination.
The Pistol takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The Pistol blocks the body kick.
Laia tries a low kick but The Pistol avoids it.

The Pistol shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Laia's guard.
Laia keeping moving, preventing The Pistol from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laia looking for a sweep. Not yet Laia, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Pistol drops back looking for a leg! Laia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Laia manages to kick The Pistol off! The Pistol jumps back into Laia's guard.

The Pistol stands up from Laia's guard - The Pistol perhaps looking for a knockout.
Laia misses with a left hand

and The Pistol counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Laia's guard now.
The Pistol wants to control from the top but Laia keeps moving.

Laia uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Laia misses with a double jab
and The Pistol counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Laia misses.
Laia digs a good body shot into The Pistol's ribs.
The Pistol lands a jab-cross combination.
The Pistol closes the distance looking to clinch
and Laia counters with a right hand to the body.
Laia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The Pistol counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Pistol.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Laia is looking for a triangle but The Pistol pushes his legs off easily.
The Pistol is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Laia striking off his back but it's not causing The Pistol any problems.
Laia wants to stand but The Pistol is controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Laia is on top in guard.

Laia gets to his feet - The Pistol follows without any prompting.
Laia lands a jab-cross combination.
Laia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Pistol throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Laia's waist but Laia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Pistol off to one side.
The Pistol tries to clinch but Laia is having none of it.
Laia misses with a wild combination.
The Pistol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peter The Pistol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Pistol lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Pistol. That did some damage!
Laia misses with the combination.
Laia looks to land a combination but The Pistol avoids it well.
Laia looks to score with a jab to the body but The Pistol is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Laia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Laia.
The Pistol misses with a double jab
and Laia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Pistol takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice takedown defense from Laia. No joy for The Pistol on that attempt.
Laia lands with an overhand left.
The Pistol shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Laia as he jumps to the side.
Bu Laia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter The Pistol.

The Pistol scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee warns Laia that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The Pistol trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The Pistol controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pistol pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Laia is rocked!
Laia is in a horrible position here. The Pistol smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oh Laia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laia is desperately trying to improve his position but The Pistol has a good base and remains in mount.
The Pistol is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Laia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Pistol trying to control but Laia is having none of it.
The Pistol unloading with bombs!
The Pistol controlling his opponent.
BOOM! The Pistol connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laia trying desperately to get to his feet.
Laia seems to have got his legs back now.
The Pistol pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laia can't escape the position.
Laia gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter The Pistol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

No joy there for Laia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Pistol moves away from the strike by Laia.
Laia throws a shot to the body.
The Pistol has his takedown stuffed
and Laia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Pistol looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The Pistol counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Laia's guard now.

Laia has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes The Pistol off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Laia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The Pistol throws a lazy head kick
and Laia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laia.
The Pistol takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Horrible takedown by The Pistol or perhaps it was just good defense by Laia which made him look bad.
Bu Laia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter The Pistol.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Pistol wants to clinch but Laia slips to the side
and Laia counters with a nice uppercut.
Laia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Pistol moves in looking to clinch but Laia pushes him off.
The Pistol tries a head kick but it misses.
Laia misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Pistol looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick from Laia lands but The Pistol takes it in his stride.
The Pistol throws a lazy right hand but Laia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Pistol throws a shot to the body.
The Pistol tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laia counters with a series of strikes. The Pistol will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bu Laia is winning the standup battle so far.
The Pistol throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laia stuffs the takedown attempt from The Pistol. The Pistol gets slowly back to his feet.
The Pistol tries to clinch up.
Bu Laia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Pistol shoots in for a double leg but Laia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The Pistol will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laia misses with a double jab

and The Pistol counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pistol prevents Laia from breaking the clinch.
Laia wants to break free but The Pistol has control.
The Pistol jumps guard but Laia stands there with The Pistol around his waist. The Pistol gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

The Pistol breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Pistol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from The Pistol.
The Pistol shoots in for a double leg but Laia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Laia misses with a combination

and The Pistol counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Laia!
Laia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Laia is trying to stand.
Laia working to try and regain half guard.
The Pistol looking to finish Laia with some ground and pound. This is bad for Laia!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Laia tries to lock up and control but The Pistol gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Laia's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Laia wants to hold on but The Pistol pushes him away.
The Pistol working away from the top, dropping strikes.

It looks like Bu Laia has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Pistol looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The Pistol tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The Pistol breaks from Laia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Laia is in a horrible position here. The Pistol smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Laia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Laia is looking to improve his position but The Pistol isn't that keen on the idea.
Laia is working hard here to advance position.
The Pistol sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Pistol avoids the attempt from Laia to control.
The Pistol working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Bu Laia's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Laia is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laia is looking to improve his position but The Pistol isn't that keen on the idea.
Laia bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Laia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Laia is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! The Pistol is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! The Pistol has escaped and now he's on top!
The Pistol trying to control but Laia is working from the bottom.
Laia wants to get back to his feet but The Pistol is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laia keeping moving, preventing The Pistol from controlling successfully.
The Pistol controls from within his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter The Pistol comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Pistol has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Peter The Pistol!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Peter The Pistol!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Peter The Pistol!

Peter The Pistol wins by unanimous decision!