PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Landon Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Lanastar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little comes into the arena with Lion King - Circle of Life blaring out of the sound system. Jamie Lanastar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Landon Little's chin.

Little
vs
Lanastar

180 cm
27
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
176 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Pirates Powder

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Landon Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamie Lanastar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lanastar thows a body shot but no joy.
Little scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lanastar misses with a left hand
and Little counters with a stiff right hand.
Little avoids the body shot from Lanastar.
A punch combination from Little misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lanastar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Little wants to clinch.
Lanastar ducks right into an uppercut from Little.
Lanastar misses with a left hand
and Lanastar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lanastar misses with a two punch combination.
Lanastar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Lanastar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Little keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Little closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little throws the left hand but Lanastar avoids the punch easily.
Little misses with a takedown attempt - Lanastar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Little keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lanastar.
Lanastar throws a right hand that Little ducks under and follows up with a left that Little also avoids with ease.
Lanastar swats away the attempt to clinch by Little.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Little, right into the meat.
Jamie Lanastar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lanastar misses with a double jab
and Little makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Little digs a good body shot into Lanastar's ribs.
Lanastar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Little.
Lanastar lands a head shot.
Lanastar throws the left hand but Little avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
Little looks to land a combination but Lanastar avoids it well.
Lanastar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Little throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lanastar misses with a body punch
and Little counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lanastar misses with a right hand

and Little counters by clinching up.
Lanastar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Little gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Little lands a nice elbow.
Little tries to stall but Lanastar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Little lands an elbow inside.
Lanastar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Little backwards.
A short left from Little.
Little misses with a punch to the body.
Little tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lanastar swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lanastar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Little lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Little.
Little lands an elbow that stopped Lanastar in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lanastar.
Lanastar can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lanastar.
Little lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Little lands an elbow inside that Lanastar shrugs off.

Lanastar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lanastar digs a good hook to Little's body.
Lanastar misses with an uppercut
and Little connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lanastar digs a good body shot into Little's ribs.
Lanastar blocks the body kick.
Little misses the jab.
Lanastar misses with a double jab.
Lanastar misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Little counters by clinching up.
Lanastar stalls.
Lanastar lands a hook that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Little scores with a shot to the side of Lanastar's head.
Lanastar takes an elbow to the temple.
Little creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lanastar's defenses.
Little lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Jamie Lanastar has been cut.
Lanastar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Little manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Little.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Little breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Little clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landon Little dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Lanastar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lanastar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good standup being displayed there by Lanastar as he connects with a hook.

Lanastar closes the distance and pushes Little back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lanastar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lanastar takes an elbow to the temple.
Lanastar looking to stall.
Lanastar tries to throw a body punch but Little avoids it by throwing Lanastar back against the cage.
Little lands a hook to the side of the head.
Little lands an elbow just above Lanastar 's eye.
Lanastar tries to break the clinch but Little is controlling the position.
Little lands a nice elbow.
Lanastar avoiding damage.
Little landing knees to the head.
Lanastar letting Little take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lanastar.
Little taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Little.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanastar is trying to break the clinch but Little has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Little.
Lanastar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lanastar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Little lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Little lands a good knee to the midsection. Lanastar won't want to take too many of those.
Little dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lanastar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Lanastar is looking to break free of the clinch but Little has double underhooks.

Little breaks from the clinch.
Little walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jamie Lanastar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lanastar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Little counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little tries to clinch up but Lanastar circles away and keeps his distance.
Lanastar misses with a looping right.
Landon Little is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Lanastar.
Lanastar circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Little takes a jab right on the kisser.
Little bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Little avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lanastar misses with an uppercut.
Lanastar throws a hook but Little blocks it.

Lanastar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Little.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Little creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Little is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Little lands a hook that snaps the head of Lanastar backwards.
Lanastar has had enough of the clinch but Little keeps him there for the moment.
Lanastar looking to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lanastar lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little keeps control of Lanastar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Little lands a damaging elbow.
Lanastar misses with some punches.
Little scores with a knee to the head.
Little stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lanastar is breathing heavily.
Little lands with a light punch inside.
Little gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Little has Lanastar pressed against the cage.
Little landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Little comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lanastar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lanastar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Little has him pressed against the cage.
Little lands an elbow inside.
Little lands a nice elbow.

Little breaks from the clinch.
Lanastar looks to land a left hand but Little moved out of range nicely.
Lanastar misses the body punch
and Little counters with a stiff right hand.
Lanastar misses with an uppercut
and Little counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut lands for Little. That snapped Lanastar's head back.

Lanastar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Little, pushing him back against the cage.
Little lands a nice elbow.
Lanastar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lanastar looking to slow down the pace here.
Lanastar is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Lanastar misses with some punches.
Little gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Little blocks an uppercut.
Lanastar tries to work over Little's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lanastar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Little with a knee to the head.
Lanastar takes a knee to the side of the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Little takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Little.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landon Little dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Lanastar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Little lands with a nice body punch.
Little fails with the takedown.
Lanastar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Little moves away.
Landon Little is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lanastar throws a poor cross that misses
and Little counters with a nice leg kick.
Lanastar looks to score with a jab to the body but Little is just out of range.
Lanastar scores with a jab to the head.
Lanastar misses with a few strikes there.
Lanastar misses with a hook. Little ducked under it nicely.
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lanastar pinned against the cage. Lanastar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Some wild striking there from Lanastar.
Lanastar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Little - just one landing.
Nice shot by Little.
Little connects with a leg kick. Lanastar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lanastar throws a series of punches but Little moves out of range.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Little.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Landon Little. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lanastar swings widly with a right hand
and Little counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lanastar throws a lazy right hand but Little sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Little slips under a jab.
Lanastar misses with an uppercut
letting Little counter with a right hand.
Little doesn't manage to clinch there - Lanastar circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Little misses.
Lanastar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Little.
Little slips under a jab from Lanastar.
Lanastar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lanastar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Little.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lanastar misses with a right hand

and Little counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Little.
Little lands a damaging elbow.
Little using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Little.
Landon Little has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Little lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Little.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Little breaks the clinch.
Little throws a nice looking combination but Lanastar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lanastar misses with a jab to the body
enabling Little to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanastar looks to land a combination but Little avoids it well.
Lanastar throws a right hand that misses
and Little counters with a stiff right hand.
Little wants to clinch.
Little shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lanastar as he jumps to the side.

Little clinches up with Lanastar and pushes him back against the cage.

Little breaks from the clinch.
Lanastar throws a lazy uppercut
and Little counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Little shoots in for a takedown but Lanastar shows good takedown defense.
A shot to the liver by Little. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Lanastar.
Lanastar leaves Little with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Little tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lanastar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lanastar misses with a hook.

Little darts in and clinches Lanastar up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lanastar as Little tries to tie him up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Lanastar.
Lanastar has had enough of the clinch but Little keeps him there for the moment.
Lanastar throws a head punch that misses.
Little lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Little scores with a nice short uppercut.
Little lands a knee to the head.
Lanastar is trying to maintain a safe position but Little gets an underhook and turns Lanastar into the cage.
Jamie Lanastar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Landon Little is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lanastar misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Landon Little showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Little 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Landon Little!
A victorious Landon Little thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.