PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Sunderland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazaro Molina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunderland comes to the cage accompanied by Placebo - Running up that hill. Lazaro Molina is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sunderland
vs
Molina

186 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Sunderland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazaro Molina!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molina throws a poor cross that misses
and Sunderland counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Molina is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A solid body kick from Sunderland.
Molina just misses with a punch to the body.
Sunderland tries to land a front kick but Molina steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sunderland misses with a body kick.

Sunderland lands a big head kick that sends Molina tumbling to the mat! Sunderland takes a step backwards and waves Molina back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Lazaro Molina has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sunderland throws a head kick that misses.
Sunderland slips under a jab from Molina.
Sunderland throws a body kick that misses.
Molina missing with a left hand there. Sunderland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Molina misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molina throws an off balance right hand
and Sunderland counters with a nice low kick that buckles Molina's knee momentarily.
Sunderland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Molina.
Molina looks to land a left hand but Sunderland moved out of range nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sunderland.
Sunderland looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sunderland moves out of range of the strikes.
Sunderland lands a nice looking kick to the body. Molina takes a step back to recover.
Molina misses with a looping right.
Sunderland throws a push kick but Molina slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molina walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sunderland pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sunderland circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sunderland throws a sloppy head kick and Molina moves out of range easily.
Molina throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Sunderland counters with a head kick that drops Molina to the mat! Molina scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Sunderland avoids the body shot from Molina.
Molina misses the jab.
Molina takes a swing at Sunderland's ribcage but misses.
Sunderland throws a half hearted mid kick.
Molina misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunderland throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Molina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Molina connects with a body shot that sends Sunderland's belly button to the back.
Sunderland listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sunderland finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Molina moves in looking to clinch but Sunderland pushes him off.
Molina misses with a straight left.
Molina loads up on a big right hand but Sunderland slips the punch.
Molina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sunderland manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sunderland defending well as Molina loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sunderland.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Molina throws an off balance right hand
and Sunderland finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Molina looks gassed!
Molina takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Molina misses with an uppercut. Sunderland saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Sunderland.
Molina moves out of range of the body kick from Sunderland.
Sunderland misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sunderland throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sunderland thumps Molina with a low kick.
Molina sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Sunderland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lazaro Molina's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Molina has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sunderland.
Sunderland fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Molina.
Sunderland thows a body kick. Molina tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sunderland turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Molina might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sunderland has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sunderland delivers a nice body kick.
Molina on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sunderland. Sunderland obviously looking to wear him down.
Molina avoids a kick to the body.
Molina sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sunderland dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Molina. That did some damage!
Molina is breathing heavily.
Sunderland scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Sunderland.
Sunderland lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sunderland getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Molina takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunderland. Molina does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sunderland.
Sunderland scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Molina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sunderland chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Sunderland lands a big head kick that sends Molina tumbling to the mat! Sunderland takes a step backwards and waves Molina back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Molina is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunderland keeps Molina at a distance using the push kick.
Molina is still on wobbly legs! Can Sunderland finish him?
Molina gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sunderland gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Sunderland!
James Sunderland took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Steel Penn's Laundry 93% for their support in the buildup to the fight.