PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Lorey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Birdman Lugz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lorey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kaney West- Amazing. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lorey
vs
Lugz

181 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

181 cm
29
180 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Lorey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Birdman Lugz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorey throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lugz's waist but Lugz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lorey off to one side.
Lugz tries to clinch there but Lorey circles away.
Lorey shoots in looking for a takedown but Lugz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lorey's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lugz slaps away a takedown attempt from Lorey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Lorey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lorey shoots in looking for a takedown. Lugz tries to sprawl out of it but Lorey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Lugz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lugz darts in trying to clinch

and Lorey counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lugz!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lorey punching from mount but Lugz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lorey with a couple of short strikes.
Lorey throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lugz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lorey landing strikes from the mount and Lugz is in trouble!
Lorey scoring with strikes but Lugz is staying in there.
Lorey punching from mount but Lugz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lorey sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lorey lands a big elbow.
Lorey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lorey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lugz looks a forlorn figure.
Lorey is breathing heavily.
Lugz tries to hold on but Lorey pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lugz blocking the ground and pound.
Lugz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lorey tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lorey raining down shots from the mount!
Lugz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lorey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lugz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lorey.
Lorey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lorey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lorey sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lorey thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lugz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lorey.
Lorey punching from mount but Lugz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lugz blocking the ground and pound.
Lorey throwing strikes here but Lugz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lorey sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lorey lands with some strikes.
Lugz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lorey throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lorey misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lugz wants to control but Lorey is having none of it.
Lugz blocking the ground and pound.
Lorey 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.
Lugz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lorey looking to finish with strikes here!
Lugz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lorey.
Lugz working to try and regain half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lorey thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lorey lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Lorey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lorey keeps the fight on the outside.
Lorey fails to land the takedown.
Lugz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lugz fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lugz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lugz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lorey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lugz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lugz tries to clinch up.
Lugz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lorey.
Lorey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Lorey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good standup being displayed there by Lugz as he connects with a hook.
Nick Lorey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lugz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lorey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lorey leaves Lugz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lugz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lorey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lugz is looking to clinch but Lorey is avoiding it.
Nick Lorey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lugz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lugz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lugz wants it to stay on the feet.
Lugz wants to clinch up but Lorey keeps it at a distance.
Lorey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lugz as he jumps to the side.
Lugz tries to clinch there but Lorey circles away.
Lorey keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lugz dives in and grabs Lorey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lorey pushes down on Lugz's head and hops out.
Lugz doesn't manage to clinch there - Lorey circles away.
Lorey stuffs the takedown attempt from Lugz. Lugz gets slowly back to his feet.
Lorey closes the distance and clinches up with Lugz, looking for a takedown. Lorey pushes Lugz against the ropes but Lugz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lorey fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Birdman Lugz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lugz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lorey shoots in looking for a takedown. Lugz tries to sprawl out of it but Lorey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Lugz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lorey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lorey swats away the attempt to clinch by Lugz.
Lugz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lorey.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lugz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lorey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lugz tries to clinch there but Lorey circles away.
Lorey swats away the attempt to clinch by Lugz.

Lorey drives through with a takedown into Lugz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lorey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lorey throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorey won't allow Lugz to sweep him here.
Lorey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lorey is looking to work some ground and pound but Lugz has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lorey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lorey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lorey won't allow Lugz to sweep him here.
Lorey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lugz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lugz controls Lorey momentarily but Lorey frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lorey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorey throwing strikes but missing.
Lorey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lorey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lorey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lugz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lorey prevents Lugz from getting back to his feet.
Nick Lorey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lorey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lorey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lorey is looking to work some ground and pound but Lugz has wrist control.
Lugz keeping full guard, as Lorey tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorey throws a strike but Lugz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lugz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lorey 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.
Lorey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lorey doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lorey keeping moving, preventing Lugz from controlling successfully.
Lugz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lorey swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Lorey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lorey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Nick Lorey!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Nick Lorey!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Nick Lorey!

Nick Lorey wins by unanimous decision!