PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cam Laco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Flowers
vs
Laco

166 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
22
149 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Flowers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cam Laco!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laco is looking to clinch.
Flowers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Laco tries to clinch there but Flowers circles away.
Laco cracks the inside of Flowers's front leg.

Flowers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Laco tries to lock up and control but Flowers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Flowers lands a big shot there that rocks Laco but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Flowers is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Laco is surviving well by controlling Flowers's body position as best he can.
Laco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Flowers jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Laco is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Laco and Flowers has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flowers throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Flowers working away.
Laco is trying to buck Flowers off.

Flowers tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Flowers has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laco is looking for a sweep.
Laco is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Flowers asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Flowers tries for a kimura but Laco is defending well.
Laco is pushing Flowers's head away, looking to escape. Flowers manages to hold on to the position though.

Flowers is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Laco has escaped the position, nice work there.
Flowers tries to score with some ground and pound. Laco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Flowers is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Laco is looking for a sweep.
Laco is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Flowers passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Laco!
Flowers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Flowers working for a guillotine from mount but Laco is in no mood to give up.
Laco squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Laco tries to hold on but Flowers postures up.
Laco is looking to improve his position but Flowers isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Flowers wants to finish this one by submission but Laco is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Flowers.
Laco tries to reverse the position but Flowers maintains control.
Laco regains half guard.
Nice strikes from Flowers there.
Flowers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Flowers is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Laco looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laco manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A jab from Flowers misses.

Laco clinches up against the cage.

Flowers drags the fight down to the ground.
Flowers could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Laco wanted to stand there but Flowers had control of the position.

Flowers has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Laco can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Flowers striking off his back but it's not causing Laco any problems.
Flowers wants to sweep here but Laco controlling him for the moment.

Flowers looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Laco passes into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Laco shoots in but no luck this time.
Flowers has his takedown stuffed

and Laco counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Flowers's guard now.

Flowers has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Laco can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Flowers throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Laco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Flowers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Flowers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flowers trying to mount his opponent but Laco defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flowers is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Laco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Flowers.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flowers throwing shots but Laco is blocking nicely.

Laco kicks Flowers off and gets back to his feet.

Laco closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Laco breaks from the clinch.
Laco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flowers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laco. That's going to slow Flowers down.
Laco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Flowers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Laco counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Flowers's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laco preventing the sweep.
Laco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flowers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Laco postures up.
Flowers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Laco advances position into side control!
Flowers is not content to let Laco control the position.
Flowers sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Laco is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Flowers reverses the position - he's now on top in Laco's guard.
Flowers trying to control the position from guard on top but Laco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flowers forces his way into half guard.

Flowers is trying for a kimura here. Laco looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Flowers wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Timothy Flowers!
Timothy Flowers is the new lightweight champion!