PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Holiday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tory Lanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holiday comes to the cage accompanied by All White Everythang by: Young Jeezy. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Holiday
vs
Lanez

194 cm
22
213 lbs
7 - 9 - 1

188 cm
25
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Beast Body

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Holiday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tory Lanez!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Holiday drives through and clinches with Lanez against the cage.
Holiday blocks a body shot from Lanez.
Lanez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lanez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Holiday wants a takedown but no success here.
Lanez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Holiday is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Holiday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holiday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lanez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lanez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Holiday is trying to pull guard but Lanez has him pressed against the cage.
Holiday fails to pull guard.
Lanez struggles to land a body shot inside as Holiday controls his hands.
Holiday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lanez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lanez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Holiday.
Lanez lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holiday is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lanez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lanez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Lanez.
Holiday has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lanez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lanez scores with a shot to the side of Holiday's head.
Holiday has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lanez after a bit of a struggle.
Holiday changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lanez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holiday is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Lanez as Holiday shoots in.

Lanez moves into the clinch successfully.
Holiday has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lanez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lanez lands a shot to the body.
Lanez has Holiday pushed against the cage.
Holiday tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lanez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lanez lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holiday tries a knee to the head but Lanez blocks it.
Lanez is leaning against Holiday and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holiday tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lanez smiles and moves away.
Lanez lands with a nice combination. Holiday backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Manny Holiday has been cut.
Lanez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Holiday.
Holiday is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lanez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lanez throws a left and a right that both miss

and Holiday counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Holiday working away.
Lanez is not content to let Holiday control the position.
You can see the frustration on Lanez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lanez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Holiday. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Holiday tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanez wants to get back to his feet.
Lanez is looking to regain half guard here but Holiday keeps moving and retains side control.
Holiday misses with the ground and pound.
Lanez is trying to control Holiday's posture but Holiday avoids it.

Holiday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lanez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lanez managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Holiday.
Holiday staying calm.
Holiday 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.
Holiday in side control, throwing shots but Lanez defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holiday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lanez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lanez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Lanez wants to control but Holiday postures up.

Holiday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lanez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Holiday looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Holiday tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tory Lanez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Holiday's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Lanez.
Holiday has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lanez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lanez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lanez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Holiday.
Lanez tries for a takedown but Holiday sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Manny Holiday is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lanez throws a series of punches but Holiday avoids them all with ease.
Holiday misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Holiday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holiday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lanez.
Holiday shoots in but Lanez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lanez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Manny Holiday's cut is getting worse.
Holiday shoots for a takedown but Lanez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Holiday shoots in looking for a takedown but Lanez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Holiday's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Holiday shoots in but Lanez avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Holiday shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holiday avoids the attempt from Lanez to control.
Holiday prevents Lanez from getting the reversal.
Holiday looking to control but Lanez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Holiday working for a submission but Lanez is keeping him at bay.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lanez is squirming around, avoiding Holiday's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holiday looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Holiday looking to ground and pound but Lanez is blocking nicely.
Manny Holiday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Holiday is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lanez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Holiday prevents Lanez from getting the reversal.
Lanez blocking the ground and pound.
Holiday can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lanez is looking to escape.
Lanez tries to lock up and control but Holiday gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Holiday goes for an armbar but Lanez turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lanez.
Lanez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Holiday is looking to sinch up a triangle. Lanez throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Holiday's body to avoid the submission. Holiday has instead reached around Lanez's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Holiday arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Manny Holiday!
During a confident post fight interview, Manny Holiday thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.