PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Lord has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Izturis
vs
Lord

190 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emilio Izturis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Lord!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord lands a nice hook to Izturis's body. Izturis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Izturis gets tackled into the cage by Lord. Lord maintains the clinch.
Lord lands a hook to the side of the head.
Izturis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lord is defending well.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lord.
Lord lands a body punch.
Lord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Izturis is trying to pull guard but Lord has him pressed against the cage.
Izturis tries to circle away but Lord has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lord.
Izturis can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emilio Izturis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Izturis wants a takedown but no success here.
Lord scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lord stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lord makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lord is leaning against Izturis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lord lands with a short shot to the head.
Lord stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lord throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Izturis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord lands with a right to the head.

Lord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lord moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Izturis.
Izturis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Izturis misses with a low kick.
Lord paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lord throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Izturis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lord takes a swing at Izturis's ribcage but misses.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Izturis misses with a hook
and Lord counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lord is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Izturis.
Lord is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Izturis rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Izturis tries to land a leg kick but Lord saw it coming and moves away.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord doesn't manage to clinch there - Izturis circles away.
Izturis misses with a leg kick.
William Lord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Izturis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Izturis.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Lord avoids the head kick by Izturis.
Izturis shoots in for a takedown but Lord shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Izturis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Izturis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lord wants to get back to full guard.
Lord is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Izturis controlling the action here.
Lord controlling the position for now.
Izturis wants to pass to mount but Lord is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izturis is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Emilio Izturis.

Izturis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Lord!
Izturis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Izturis working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lord is not content to let Izturis control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Lord dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Izturis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Izturis misses with an uppercut.
Lord avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab from Lord.

Izturis is rocked!
Izturis slips a jab from Lord.
Oh Izturis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Lord rushes Izturis and presses him up against the cage.

Lord breaks the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lord throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Izturis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Izturis slips a straight right by Lord.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Izturis moved out of range nicely.
Izturis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Lord plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Izturis to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Izturis just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). William Lord!