PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Landshark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Codey Fabinal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Codey Fabinal is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Landshark
vs
Fabinal

173 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Landshark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Codey Fabinal!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Landshark gets a clinch.

Landshark lands a takedown into guard.
Landshark works over Fabinal with some ground and pound from guard.
Fabinal is trying to control the position but Landshark postures up.
Landshark lands a couple of elbows.
Fabinal has momentary wrist control but Landshark slips an elbow through the middle.
Fabinal wants to stand up but Landshark is controlling him.
Fabinal looks gassed!
Landshark throwing strikes from guard but Fabinal blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landshark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fabinal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fabinal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Landshark pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fabinal is keeping the position for now.
Landshark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Landshark's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fabinal trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Landshark has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landshark is in close to Fabinal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Landshark landing with the ground and pound.
Landshark content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Landshark passes Fabinal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Landshark is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Landshark is looking to advance position but Fabinal won't allow it.
Landshark takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Landshark lands strikes from half guard.
Landshark lands with a punch from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Landshark lands a nice short elbow.
Landshark scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fabinal has hold of Landshark's hands but Landshark slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Landshark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landshark seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Landshark trying to mount his opponent but Fabinal defends it.
Landshark lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Landshark slips a nice elbow through Fabinal's hands, connecting with Fabinal's forehead.
Fabinal has hold of Landshark's hands but Landshark slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Landshark is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Landshark scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Landshark working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Landshark lands a nice short elbow.
Landshark is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Landshark working Fabinal over with strikes.
Landshark passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landshark putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Landshark raining down shots from the mount!

Fabinal is rocked!
Fabinal is trying desperately to improve position.
Fabinal is still in real trouble! Can Landshark finish him?
Landshark landing strikes from the mount and Fabinal is in trouble!
Landshark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fabinal on the ground.
Landshark landing strikes from the mount and Fabinal is in trouble!
Landshark putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fabinal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landshark connects with a bit shot that sees Fabinal covering up! More strikes from Landshark and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Landshark is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Landshark!
Eric Landshark was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.