PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christmas
vs
Lannister

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear
Brute

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Christmas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christmas tries for a takedown but Lannister sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lannister throws a right and a left that Christmas avoids nicely.
Christmas with a poor takedown

and Lannister counters with a takedown into side control.
Christmas is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Lannister has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lannister sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Christmas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Lannister seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lannister in side control, throwing shots but Christmas defends.
Lannister throws a strike aimed at the side of Christmas's head but Christmas avoids it well.
Christmas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lannister.
Christmas is trying to buck Lannister off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lannister fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Lannister are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lannister fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lannister throws an elbow but Christmas slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lannister wants to lay and pray for a moment but Christmas keeps working.
Lannister in side control, throwing shots but Christmas defends.
Lannister throws an elbow but Christmas slips to the side and avoids it well.
Christmas parries the strikes from Lannister easily there. Lannister is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Christmas to escape.
Lannister creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Christmas sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lannister tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lannister tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lannister has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lannister throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lannister sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Christmas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lannister throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lannister working the ground and pound but Christmas is defending the strikes.
Lannister throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lannister throwing strikes but Christmas manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Christmas decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lannister ducks right into an uppercut from Christmas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lannister paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Lannister clinches.
Lannister working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Lannister breaks the clinch.

Lannister shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Christmas is trying to defend but Lannister finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Lannister decides to stand and escape the position.
Lannister throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christmas.
Christmas is looking to clinch but Lannister is avoiding it.
Lannister lands a jab-cross combination.
Lee Christmas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lannister looks gassed!
Lannister slips a jab and a cross from Christmas.
Christmas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christmas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christmas with a poor takedown

and Lannister counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Christmas!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Christmas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lannister 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.
Christmas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lannister.
Christmas is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lannister landing strikes from the mount.
Christmas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lannister tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lannister looking to control but Christmas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lannister raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Lannister dominated that round.
That's time! Christmas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Christmas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lannister as he jumps to the side.
Christmas shoots in but Lannister avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Christmas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lannister fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Christmas avoids it really well and circles away.
Christmas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lannister manages to avoid it.
Christmas shoots in for a takedown but Lannister shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Christmas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christmas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lannister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lannister lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Christmas shoots in looking for a takedown. Lannister tries to sprawl out of it but Christmas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lannister manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lannister lands with a right hand.
Christmas leaves Lannister with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christmas wants to clinch up but Lannister keeps it at a distance.
Christmas with a poor takedown

and Lannister counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lannister thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Christmas's head.

Christmas kicks off Lannister and gets to his feet.
Christmas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christmas is looking to clinch but Lannister is avoiding it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christmas is defended easily by Lannister.
Christmas tries to clinch there but Lannister circles away.
Lannister scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christmas shoots in for a takedown but Lannister shows good takedown defense.
Christmas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lannister pinned against the cage. Lannister gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christmas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lannister sprawls well. Lannister wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Christmas gets slowly back to his feet.
Christmas throws a jab but it's blocked by Lannister.
Christmas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lannister counters with a series of strikes. Christmas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Christmas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lannister is fending him off so far but Christmas persists. Nope, Lannister circles away and we're back to standing.
Lannister throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christmas.
Christmas shoots in but Lannister avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lannister.
Lannister working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister trying to control the position but Christmas is working away.
Lannister is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Lannister with the ground and pound but Christmas regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister misses with a head shot. Christmas uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lannister slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lannister trying to control but Christmas is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Lannister showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Christmas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lannister's waist but Lannister gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Christmas off to one side.
Christmas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lannister tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Christmas swivels and escapes.

Lannister shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Christmas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lannister stops Christmas from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christmas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Christmas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lannister on the ground.
Lannister wants to control from the top but Christmas keeps moving.
Lannister connects with a couple of short punches.
Lannister trying to control but Christmas is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christmas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lannister throwing strikes but missing.
Christmas keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
Lannister in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lannister won't allow Christmas to get back to his feet.
Lannister trying to control the position from guard on top but Christmas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lannister wants to control from the top but Christmas keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jamie Lannister hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Lannister changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Christmas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lannister misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jamie Lannister has got the better of the ground game so far.
Christmas parries the strikes from Lannister easily there. Lannister is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Christmas to escape.
The strikes coming from Lannister are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lannister working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Christmas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Christmas tries to get out of the position.
Lannister throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister tries to score with some ground and pound. Christmas controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Christmas dodges the ground and pound from Lannister.
Christmas parries the strikes from Lannister easily there. Lannister is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Christmas to escape.
Lannister throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lannister misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lannister misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
An elbow from Lannister crashes against the mat.

Lannister stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Lannister shoots in but Christmas avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christmas shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lannister eats them both and turns towards Christmas to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Christmas gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lannister to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Christmas keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
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!
Lannister throwing strikes from guard but Christmas blocks nicely.
Lannister has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lannister wants to pass the guard but Christmas is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Lannister comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lannister winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Lannister!