PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Veliki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lomar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Lomar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Vladimir Veliki's chin.

Veliki
vs
Lomar

202 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

196 cm
23
264 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Veliki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Lomar!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Veliki or perhaps it was just good defense by Lomar which made him look bad.
Veliki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lomar tries a head kick but it misses.
Lomar looks to score with a jab to the body but Veliki is just out of range.
Lomar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lomar lands with a hook. Veliki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Veliki shoots in for a takedown but Lomar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Veliki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lomar. Veliki does a little dance to reset his feet.

Veliki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Veliki is trying to control the action in half guard but Lomar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Veliki is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lomar is looking for a sweep. Veliki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Veliki not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veliki looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lomar trying to get back to full guard but Veliki takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Veliki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Veliki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lomar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Veliki thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lomar is trying to escape the mount.
Veliki landing strikes, looking to finish!
Veliki looking to control but Lomar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Veliki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Veliki prevents Lomar from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veliki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lomar?
Lomar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lomar throwing hammer fists to the chest of Veliki. What's that going to do exactly?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lomar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lomar is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Veliki lands a big shot there that rocks Lomar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomar regains half guard.
Lomar is staying active underneath Veliki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lomar tries to get to full guard but Veliki has control of the leg.
Veliki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Veliki seems to be looking for submissions.
Still in half guard, Veliki seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Veliki is looking for a kimura here.
Veliki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lomar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Veliki.
Veliki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lomar keeps working.
Lomar is trying to maintain the position but Veliki is very close to passing his half guard.
Veliki stops Lomar from getting back to his feet.

Veliki decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Veliki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four 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.
Veliki looks for a takedown but Lomar sprawls well.
Veliki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lomar swivels and escapes.
Veliki is breathing heavily.
Veliki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Veliki tries to clinch up but Lomar circles away and keeps his distance.
Lomar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lomar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Lomar. Those never looked like landing.
Lomar tries a head kick but it misses.
Veliki dodges the punch combination from Lomar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Veliki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lomar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lomar doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Veliki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lomar won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Veliki tries for a takedown but Lomar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Veliki tries for a takedown but Lomar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Lomar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Veliki's guard.
Veliki is trying to keep Lomar in close.

Veliki is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A short right from Lomar.
Lomar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Veliki.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Veliki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Veliki takes a shot to the head.
Lomar lands with a left to the head.
Lomar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lomar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lomar tries to pull guard but Veliki won't allow it.
Lomar is trying to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Lomar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lomar prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Lomar decides to pull guard.
Veliki postures up in Lomar's guard and throws a big left but Lomar blocks it.
Lomar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lomar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Veliki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Veliki drops back looking for a leg! Lomar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lomar manages to kick Veliki off! Veliki jumps back into Lomar's guard.
Lomar wants to sweep here but Veliki controlling him for the moment.
Veliki wants to control from the top but Lomar keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lomar wants to sweep but no luck.
Veliki thows a big elbow that misses.
Veliki trying to control the position from guard on top but Lomar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Vladimir Veliki wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Veliki shoots in for a takedown but Lomar shows good takedown defense.

Veliki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lomar is trying to control Veliki's posture but Veliki avoids it.
Lomar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Veliki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Veliki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Veliki wants to control but Lomar is keeping him busy.
Veliki lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veliki is looking to take a break and control but Lomar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lomar tries to improve position but can't.

Veliki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lomar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lomar misses with an elbow from the bottom.

Veliki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Veliki throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lomar takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Veliki controls the position.
Vladimir Veliki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lomar is trying to get back to half guard.
Veliki just content to control the position.
Veliki sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lomar is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lomar looks to move to half guard but instead Veliki has passed into mount! Damn!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Veliki punishing his opponent with strikes.
Veliki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Veliki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Veliki dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Veliki blocks a head kick by Lomar.
Veliki fails to land the takedown.
Lomar scores with a decent looking hook.

Veliki shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lomar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Veliki is looking to work some ground and pound but Lomar has wrist control.
Veliki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lomar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Veliki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lomar is proving hard to escape from.
Lomar thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lomar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Veliki manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Veliki is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomar throwing strikes but missing.

Lomar stands and steps away. Veliki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lomar misses with a few strikes there.

Veliki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Lomar is defending against the submission attempts here by Veliki.
Lomar misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veliki is looking to take a break and control but Lomar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Veliki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lomar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lomar is looking to control Veliki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lomar avoid being mounted?
Veliki works his way into side control.
Veliki cracks Lomar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Veliki wants to control but Lomar is keeping him busy.
Veliki advances nicely into full mount.
Veliki with a couple of short strikes.
Lomar is squirming around, avoiding Veliki's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veliki landing punches.
Lomar flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Veliki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Veliki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lomar can't escape the position.
Veliki tries to control but Lomar wriggling away.
Veliki landing strikes from the mount.
David Lomar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Veliki has hold of Lomar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lomar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lomar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Veliki.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Veliki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Veliki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veliki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lomar is looking to escape.
Veliki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Veliki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Veliki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Veliki!