PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Lanastar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazarus Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Po is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tribal Seeds- Vampire. Jamie Lanastar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lanastar
vs
Po

180 cm
24
176 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

170 cm
24
164 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Pirates Powder

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition
CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamie Lanastar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lazarus Po!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lanastar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Po has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lanastar finds it's way round the side to connect with Po's head.
Po misses with the combination.
Jamie Lanastar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lanastar clinches up against the cage.
Po misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lanastar.
Po trying to control the position but instead, Lanastar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Po into the cage.
Lanastar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lanastar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Po blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Po working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lanastar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Po manages to break the clinch.
Po tries to move into range but Lanastar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A swing and a miss from Lanastar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lanastar misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po defending well as Lanastar loads up on a big left hand.
Lanastar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lanastar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Po gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Po keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lanastar's efforts to push away.
Po softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Lanastar scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Po.
Po misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lanastar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lanastar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lanastar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Po backwards.
Po prevents Lanastar from breaking the clinch.
Po lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lanastar.
Po makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Po fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Po tries to work over Lanastar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Po takes a shot to the head.
Lanastar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Po lands with a short shot to the head.
Lanastar stalls.
Po is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lanastar is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Po scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lanastar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Po effectively controlling the action here.
Lanastar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lanastar avoids the elbow strike from Po, against the cage.
Lanastar misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po scores with a knee to the head.
Po throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lanastar lands a right hand.
Po scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Po lands with a right to the head.

Lanastar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lanastar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Po manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Lanastar pushes Po up against the cage in a clinch.
Lanastar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lanastar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Po backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Lanastar fails to land.
Lanastar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Po manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Lanastar misses.
Lanastar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Po sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Po moves away from the strike by Lanastar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Lanastar misses the target.
Lanastar lands with a cross.
Lanastar swings widly with a right hand

and Po holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lanastar is working Po over against the cage.
Lanastar misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Lanastar on the inside.
Lanastar has a couple of punches blocked by Po.
A short left from Lanastar.
Po blocks an uppercut.
Come on Lanastar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lanastar throws a punch but it's blocked by Po.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lanastar throws a head punch that misses.
Lanastar lands with a right to the head.
Po blocks a body shot from Lanastar.
Po blocks a body shot from Lanastar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Lanastar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Po connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lanastar misses with a looping right.
Lanastar misses with a looping left.
Po misses with a head kick.
Lanastar throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Lanastar misses.
Good shot there by Lanastar.
Po avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lanastar throws out a powerful jab.
Lanastar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Po.
Lanastar misses with a straight left.
Po defending well as Lanastar loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Po.
A solid leg kick lands there for Po.
Lazarus Po is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanastar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lanastar misses with a two punch combination.
Jamie Lanastar is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for Lanastar.
Po on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Po in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lanastar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Po.
Lanastar tries to bum rush Po with a series of wild strikes but Po uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lanastar misses with a few strikes there.
Po keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lanastar tries to clinch but Po moves out of range.
Po avoids the body shot from Lanastar.
Lanastar throws a looping overhand right but Po ducks down to avoid it.
Lanastar moves forwards but Po connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Lanastar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lanastar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Po.
Lanastar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Po was well out of range. Poor timing from Lanastar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Po displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lanastar throws out the jab.
Po clobbers Lanastar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Lanastar misses.
Lanastar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Po walks into a straight right hand from Lanastar.
Lanastar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Lanastar clinches.
Lanastar is pushing Po up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lanastar is trying to stall.
Lanastar has had enough of the clinch but Po keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Po backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Lanastar fails to land.
Po is trying to maintain a safe position but Lanastar gets an underhook and turns Po into the cage.
Lanastar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Po lands with a right to the head.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Po.
Lanastar lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lanastar fails to land.
Lanastar is trying to break the clinch but Po is controlling him.
Po tries to stall but Lanastar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Po is working Lanastar over against the cage.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Po with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lanastar throws a punch but it's blocked by Po.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po is trying to stall.
Lanastar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lanastar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lanastar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Po.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lanastar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lanastar misses with a hook
and Po counters with a nice body kick.
Po slips a straight right by Lanastar.
Po takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Po with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lanastar throws a lazy right hand but Po sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lanastar loads up on a big right hand but Po slips the punch.
Po scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Lanastar dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lanastar throws an overhand right that lands on Po's shoulder, as Po tries to avoid the shot.
Lanastar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lanastar avoids the head kick by Po.
Lanastar tries to clinch but Po moves out of range.
Po ducks under a wild hook from Lanastar.
Lanastar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lanastar throws a hook to the side of Po's head but Po sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Po, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lanastar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lanastar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lanastar avoids the head kick by Po.
Po tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lanastar throws a right and a left that Po avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po throws a nice head kick!
Lanastar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Po.
Lanastar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Po lands a nice looking body kick.
Lanastar swinging wildly here.
Po tries to clinch but Lanastar moves out of range.
Lanastar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Po throws a lazy right hand but Lanastar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Po takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Po moves away from the strike by Lanastar.
Lanastar swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lanastar throws a body punch but Po moves out of range.
Lanastar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lanastar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Po.
Po keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lanastar.
Lanastar tries to clinch up but Po circles away and keeps his distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lanastar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Po moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lanastar takes a swing at Po's ribcage but misses.
Po fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lanastar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Lanastar misses its intended target.
Lanastar misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lanastar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Po slips under a jab.
Po moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lanastar misses with a body shot.
Lanastar tries to clinch but Po moves out of range.
Lanastar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Po.
Lanastar throws out a loose jab but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.
Po throws a combination. Lanastar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lanastar takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lanastar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lanastar digs a good body shot into Po's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lanastar drives through and clinches with Po against the cage.
Lanastar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Po trying to control the position but instead, Lanastar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Po into the cage.
Po blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lanastar looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Po.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lanastar throws a head punch that misses.
Lazarus Po has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lanastar lands a left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lanastar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Po tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lanastar's elbow.
Jamie Lanastar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Po tries a knee to the head but Lanastar blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jamie Lanastar.
Well Lanastar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27

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