PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mac Lovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lovin's entrance music is Legend Of Zelda. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lovin
vs
Lao

180 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mac Lovin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mickey Lao!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao misses with a head kick.
Lovin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lovin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lovin is looking to clinch.
Lao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Lovin clinches up against the cage.
Lovin trying to land knees to the body.

Lao breaks the clinch.
Lao connects with a high kick.
Lovin shoots for a takedown but Lao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lao throws a right hand that Lovin ducks under and follows up with a left that Lovin also avoids with ease.
Lovin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lao circles away.
Mickey Lao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lovin momentarily.
Lao scores with a one two! Lovin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lao lands a jab to Lovin's midsection.
Lovin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lao stuffs the takedown attempt from Lovin. Lovin gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Lovin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao misses with a wild body shot.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Lovin moves out of range easily.
Lao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lovin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lao misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovin staying out of range there.
Lovin doesn't manage to clinch there - Lao circles away.
Lovin tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
A head kick misses from Lao.
A punch combination from Lovin misses.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Lao scores with a nice head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Lao. That snapped Lovin's head back.
Mickey Lao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lovin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lao throws a right hand that Lovin ducks under and follows up with a left that Lovin also avoids with ease.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovin.
Lovin moves in looking to clinch but Lao pushes him off.
A punch combination from Lao misses.
Lao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lovin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lao misses with a combination
and Lovin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lao really felt that one!
The fight stays on the outside here - Lovin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao throws a front kick aimed at Lovin's knee but Lovin avoids it well.
A big left from Lao misses.
Lovin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Lovin shoots in for a double leg but Lao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lovin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.
Lao tries to bum rush Lovin with a series of wild strikes but Lovin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Lovin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lao with a nice cross.
Lovin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Lovin fails to land the takedown.
Lovin misses with a body shot.
Lovin is breathing heavily.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lao.
Lovin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Mickey Lao has been cut.
Lao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lao tests Lovin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lovin tries to clinch up.
Lao throws a nice looking combination but Lovin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lao thows a body shot but no joy.
Lovin doesn't manage to clinch there - Lao circles away.
Lao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lovin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lao throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lao misses with a double jab.
Lao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovin.
Lao scores with a jab. Lovin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lovin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lao misses with the body kick
and Lovin counters with a nice leg kick.
Lao thuds his right hand into Lovin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lovin walks into a stiff left hand from Lao.

Lovin has closed the distance and engaged Lao in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Lovin is controlling the position.

Lovin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Lao misses.
Lao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lovin.
Lovin throws a wild body kick that Lao sees coming a mile off.
Lovin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lovin scores with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao misses with a double jab
and Lovin counters with a stiff right hand.
Lovin tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mickey Lao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mickey Lao's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lovin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lao circles away.
Lao throws a push kick but Lovin slaps the foot to one side.
Lovin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mickey Lao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lovin scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Lao misses.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lovin fails with the takedown.
Lovin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Lovin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lao looks for the body kick but Lovin saw that one coming.
Lovin is looking to clinch but Lao is avoiding it.
Lao lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lovin will feel that in the morning.
Lao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lao misses with a jab to the body
and Lovin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lovin tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Lovin shoots in for a double leg but Lao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Lovin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lao won't be happy with that.
Lao wants to control but Lovin postures up.
Lao prevents Lovin from moving into mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lovin is controlling him well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lao tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Lao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Lao decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Lao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lovin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lovin blocks a head kick by Lao.
Lovin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Lao sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lovin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lovin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lovin has a takedown stuffed.
Lao thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lao.
Lao on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lao scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lao keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jab by Lao.
Lao looks to land a right hand but Lovin moved out of range.

Lovin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lovin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lovin misses with a knee strike.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Lovin keeps him there for the moment.
Lovin misses with a body punch.

Lovin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lovin wants to clinch.
Lao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lovin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lovin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mac Lovin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lao looks to throw a body kick
and Lovin counters with a nice uppercut.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lovin on the side of the head.
Lao misses with a low kick.
Lovin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lao swivels and escapes.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Lovin shoots in looking for a takedown. Lao tries to sprawl out of it but Lovin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lovin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lovin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lovin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lovin shoots for a double leg takedown but Lao sprawls well. He's pushed Lovin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Lovin tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lovin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lovin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lao finds it's way round the side to connect with Lovin's head.
Lao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lovin in his tracks.
Lao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lovin.
Lovin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lovin defending well as Lao loads up on a big left hand.
Lao lands with a hook. Lovin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Lovin clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Lovin.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Lovin is controlling the position.

Lovin pulls guard.
Lao passes Lovin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Lovin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Lao's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lao stalks Lovin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lovin's face. Lovin staggers backwards, shaken.
Lao throws a head kick that Lovin semi-blocks.
Lao misses with a series of wild punches.
Lao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lovin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lovin wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Lovin misses with a leg kick.
Lovin moves in looking to clinch but Lao pushes him off.
Lao waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Lovin.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Lovin is looking to clinch.
Lovin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lao is fending him off so far but Lovin persists. Nope, Lao circles away and we're back to standing.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao is having none of it.
Lovin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A combination from Lao does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Lao throws an overhand right that lands on Lovin's shoulder, as Lovin tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovin misses with a takedown attempt - Lao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lovin moves in looking to clinch but Lao pushes him off.
Lao moves out of range of the body kick from Lovin.
Lovin throws a head kick but Lao moves out of range.
Lao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovin.
Lao lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lao lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lao throws a leg kick that is checked

and Lovin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lovin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Lovin has double underhooks.

Lao breaks from the clinch.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lovin ducks under a wild hook from Lao.
A punch combination from Lao misses.
Lovin tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Lao as Lovin shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Lovin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lao misses with a body kick.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick

and Lovin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lovin.
Lovin throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Lovin tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Lovin doesn't manage to clinch there - Lao circles away.
Lao works over Lovin's head and body with a nice combination.
A combination from Lao does no damage.
Lao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lovin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lao!
Lovin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lao tries to avoid it but Lovin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lao to the ground. Lao escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lao.
Lovin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Lao scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao throws out a loose jab but Lovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lao throws a lazy right hand but Lovin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lovin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lao throws a big shot that misses.
Lovin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick by Lovin misses
and Lao counters with a stiff right hand.
Lao throws a head kick that misses
and Lao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lao looks to score with a jab to the body but Lovin is just out of range.
Lao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lovin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lao throws an overhand right that lands on Lovin's shoulder, as Lovin tries to avoid the shot.
Lao looks to land a right hand but Lovin moved out of range.
Lao misses with a straight left.
Lao fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Lao as Lovin shoots in.
Lovin on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lovin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lao throws a shot to the body.
Lovin wants to clinch but Lao slips to the side
and Lao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lovin wants to clinch.
Lovin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lovin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lovin is looking to clinch but Lao is avoiding it.
Lao throws a head kick but Lovin moves out of range.
A head kick by Lao misses

and Lovin moves into the clinch.
Lovin lands a knee to the head.
Lovin keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lovin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lovin tries to clinch up
and Lao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Lao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lao has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mickey Lao!