PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hezekiah LeMasters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ehm Aliaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeMasters comes to the cage accompanied by Careless Whisper by Seether. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

LeMasters
vs
Aliaha

182 cm
28
145 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

175 cm
20
162 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hezekiah LeMasters!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ehm Aliaha!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aliaha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but LeMasters moves away.
Horrible takedown by LeMasters or perhaps it was just good defense by Aliaha which made him look bad.
A swing and a miss from Aliaha.
A looping hook to the body misses from LeMasters. Aliaha does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from LeMasters misses its intended target.
LeMasters lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
LeMasters dives in and grabs Aliaha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Aliaha pushes down on LeMasters's head and hops out.
Aliaha looks to land a left hand but LeMasters moved out of range nicely.
LeMasters moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

LeMasters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Aliaha napping and manages to drive through into side control!
LeMasters tries to score with some ground and pound. Aliaha controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aliaha is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Aliaha is trying to control LeMasters's posture but LeMasters avoids it.
Aliaha tries to get back to half guard but can't.
LeMasters prevents Aliaha from escaping the position.
Aliaha defending against the ground and pound.
Aliaha is trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
LeMasters working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A swing and a miss from LeMasters.
LeMasters moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Aliaha has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Aliaha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
LeMasters throws a combination. Aliaha tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
LeMasters takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
LeMasters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hezekiah LeMasters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
LeMasters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aliaha throws a combination. LeMasters tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
LeMasters moves away from the strike by Aliaha.
Aliaha scores with a three punch combo!
Ehm Aliaha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aliaha lands a lovely overhand right.
Aliaha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Aliaha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMasters uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aliaha.
Nice shot lands for Aliaha.
Aliaha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
LeMasters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Danga de danga de dang - LeMasters scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LeMasters moves away from the strike by Aliaha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeMasters moves out of range of the strikes.
LeMasters uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aliaha.
Aliaha scores with a decent looking hook.
Aliaha misses the jab.
Aliaha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aliaha throws the left hand but LeMasters avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from LeMasters.
Aliaha misses the jab.
LeMasters shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aliaha's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Aliaha duly obliges.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from LeMasters is defended easily by Aliaha.
LeMasters throws an overhand right that lands on Aliaha's shoulder, as Aliaha tries to avoid the shot.
Aliaha misses with a straight right.
Ehm Aliaha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aliaha scores with a jab. LeMasters acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aliaha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aliaha thuds his right hand into LeMasters's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Aliaha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
LeMasters slips a jab from Aliaha.
Aliaha throws a lazy right hand but LeMasters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliaha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract LeMasters.
LeMasters really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A punch combination from Aliaha misses.
The fighters circling - Aliaha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aliaha misses with a straight right.
LeMasters slips under a jab.
Aliaha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMasters has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
LeMasters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aliaha throws a shot to the body.
LeMasters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aliaha.
LeMasters fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
LeMasters has a takedown stuffed.
LeMasters is breathing heavily.
Aliaha is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
LeMasters has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aliaha finds it's way round the side to connect with LeMasters's head.
Aliaha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aliaha tests LeMasters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
LeMasters moves out of range as Aliaha strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeMasters drops his hands momentarily and Aliaha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A left and a right from Aliaha both land. Nice combination.

LeMasters is rocked!
LeMasters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oh LeMasters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aliaha loads up on a big right hand but LeMasters slips the punch.
LeMasters slips under a jab from Aliaha.
LeMasters seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Aliaha.
LeMasters with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Aliaha to score with a decent uppercut.
Aliaha throws out a loose jab but LeMasters uses good head movement to avoid it.
LeMasters jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Aliaha.
Aliaha cracks LeMasters with a good jab.
Aliaha sizes up LeMasters with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Aliaha gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows LeMasters to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aliaha has LeMasters pulled in close to control his posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
LeMasters is looking to work some ground and pound but Aliaha has wrist control.
LeMasters is fighting to break Aliaha's control of his arms but Aliaha is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Aliaha lands the left hand.
Aliaha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
LeMasters looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
LeMasters fails with the takedown.
Ehm Aliaha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aliaha missing with a left hand there. LeMasters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
LeMasters scores with the left hand. Aliaha knows he should have avoided that one.
Good exchange - LeMasters coming out on top.
LeMasters on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
LeMasters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aliaha makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aliaha swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by LeMasters.
A combination from Aliaha does no damage.
LeMasters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aliaha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
LeMasters tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aliaha swivels and escapes.
Aliaha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from LeMasters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aliaha throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Aliaha connects with a good right hand that stumbles LeMasters. LeMasters circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Aliaha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by LeMasters.
LeMasters takes one on the chin but seems OK.
LeMasters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aliaha.
Aliaha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliaha moves away from the strike by LeMasters.
Aliaha misses with a hook. LeMasters ducked under it nicely.
LeMasters moves out of range of the strikes.
LeMasters throws a right and a left that Aliaha avoids nicely.
Aliaha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
LeMasters looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aliaha lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - LeMasters can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Aliaha and LeMasters drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Aliaha.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ehm Aliaha!
Ehm Aliaha is the new lightweight champion!