PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bradock Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perfect Mma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lao
vs
Mma

187 cm
26
209 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

196 cm
21
210 lbs
2 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bradock Lao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Perfect Mma!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mma.
Mma misses with a left hand
and Lao counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mma is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lao.
Mma misses with a left hand
and Lao counters with a head kick.
No joy there for Lao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mma misses with a straight left.

Mma throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Lao tumbling to the canvas!

It looks like Bradock Lao has been cut.
Lao is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mma with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mma trying to control but Lao is working from the bottom.
Mma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mma looking to sit in guard and control but Lao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mma is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mma is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma controlling Lao's posture.
Lao stopping the sweep attempt from Mma.

Perfect Mma has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Mma throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mma.
Mma misses with a hook
and Lao counters with a nice uppercut.
Mma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lao.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perfect Mma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mma steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lao. That one must have hurt.
Lao throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Perfect Mma has been cut.

Lao fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mma to the ground. Lao is now in Mma's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lao is fighting to break Mma's control of his arms but Mma is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mma working a defensive guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lao advances position into side control!

Lao decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mma misses with a lunging right hand
and Lao counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mma is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a thumping low kick.
Lao smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a straight right hand.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a good, hard body kick but Mma shrugs it off.
Mma throws a poor cross that misses
and Lao counters with a one-two to the body.
Mma misses with a body shot
and Lao counters with a nice leg kick.
Mma throws a right hand that misses
and Lao counters with a good low kick that Mma was not able to check.
Mma throws a right hand that misses
and Lao finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lao tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mma sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lao somewhat.
Lao tries for a takedown but Mma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma throws a lazy uppercut
and Lao counters with a head kick.
A slow jab from Mma misses its intended target.
Lao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.
Lao lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mma misses with a left hand
and Lao finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Mma misses.
Mma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Perfect Mma will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lao scores with a leg kick.
Lao shoots and misses
and Mma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lao walks into a straight right hand from Mma.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mma misses with a wild combination.
Mma throws a big shot that misses.
Mma swinging wildly here.
Lao staying out of range there.
Lao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Mma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mma swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lao looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lao is pressing down on Mma's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mma is holding on for now.
Lao seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mma does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lao is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Mma can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lao wants to control the pace but Mma is squirming around nicely.
Lao avoids the attempt from Mma to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lao dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Lao.
Mma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lao lands a big shot there that rocks Mma but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lao 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.
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!
Lao lands a big elbow.
Mma is trying desperately to improve position.
Lao cracks Mma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mma is desperately trying to improve his position but Lao has a good base and remains in mount.
Lao is landing with some decent strikes but Mma is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mma is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lao looking to finish with strikes here!
Mma wants to hold on but Lao pushes him away.
Mma really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lao. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lao postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mma looks a forlorn figure.
Mma blocking the ground and pound.
Mma is working to get back to half guard.
Mma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lao putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma tries to hold on but Lao pushes him away.
Mma keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lao connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lao landing shots from mount.
Mma is desperately trying to improve his position but Lao has a good base and remains in mount.
Lao working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mma tries to hold on but Lao postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mma is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Mma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bradock Lao will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Mma rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lao to counter with a crisp jab.
Lao shoots for a takedown but Mma saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Mma.
Mma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mma throws a hook but Lao avoids it easily.
Mma swinging wildly here.
Lao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mma.
Lao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mma swivels and escapes.
Lao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mma.
A swing and a miss from Mma.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lao blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mma misses with a lunging right hand
and Lao counters with an inside leg kick.
Mma throws a hook to the side of Lao's head but Lao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mma swings widly with a right hand
and Lao counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lao shoots for a takedown but Mma saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bradock Lao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mma throws a lazy uppercut
and Lao counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mma.
Lao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mma throws an off balance right hand
and Lao counters with a head kick. That will keep Mma thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mma throws an off balance right hand
and Lao counters with a right hand to the body.
Mma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a nice body kick.
Mma rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lao counters with a leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Mma as Lao shoots in.
Mma sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice shot lands for Lao.
Mma misses with a double jab

and Lao counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mma keeping moving, preventing Lao from controlling successfully.
Mma trying to control the position.
Lao throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lao won't allow Mma to sweep him here.
Lao trying to control but Mma is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bradock Lao wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mma misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao counters with a low kick, right behind Mma 's knee.
Mma throws a hook to the side of Lao's head but Lao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lao fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mma throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Lao to counter with a crisp jab.
Lao slaps away a takedown attempt from Mma, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Lao makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lao looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mma is fending him off so far but Lao persists. Nope, Mma circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Lao with that takedown attempt.
Jab, jab by Mma - just one landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Perfect Mma.
I think Mma 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Perfect Mma!