PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Milo Papi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Papi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to IZ ON. Landry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: country boy. Cletus Landry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Milo Papi's chin.

Papi
vs
Landry

173 cm
38
152 lbs
35 - 12 - 1

171 cm
27
154 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 35 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milo Papi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cletus Landry!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.

Papi tries to keep at a distance but Landry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Papi trying to control the position but instead, Landry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Papi into the cage.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Landry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Papi tries to break the clinch but Landry is controlling the position.
Landry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Papi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Landry blocks a body shot from Papi.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Papi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Papi tries to circle away but Landry has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry working aggressively here.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Landry stops a takedown attempt from Papi.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry scores a nice knee to the body.
Papi looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Papi works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Landry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Landry holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Landry working a defensive guard here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cletus Landry wasn't active enough on the ground.
Landry tries to clinch but Papi is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi tries to clinch up but Landry circles away and keeps his distance.

Landry moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry is working Papi over against the cage.
Papi takes an elbow to the temple.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Landry crunches a lovely knee into Papi's ribcage.
Papi is leaning against Landry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Papi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Landry lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Milo Papi has been cut.

Landry breaks the clinch.
Papi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Landry was well out of range. Poor timing from Papi.
Cletus Landry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Landry is fending him off so far but Papi persists. Nope, Landry circles away and we're back to standing.
Papi scores with a one two! Landry had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papi. Landry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landry throws a front kick aimed at Papi's knee but Papi avoids it well.

Landry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Landry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Landry - that landed with a thud.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Papi stalling.
Papi is trying to stall.
Landry prevents a body shot from Papi.
Papi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry missing with knees to the body.

Papi breaks from the clinch.
Papi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Milo Papi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papi circles away quickly and effectively.
Papi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Papi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Papi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Landry defending well though.
Papi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Landry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Landry is trying to control the position but Papi postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papi scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cletus Landry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Milo Papi's cut.
That's time! Papi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Landry has managed to clinch.
Papi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Landry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Papi blocks the body kick.
Papi is looking to clinch but Landry is avoiding it.
Papi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landry's calf.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Papi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Papi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Landry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Papi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Papi.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
Landry is looking to clinch.
Papi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Papi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Landry counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Landry clinches with his opponent.
Landry wants to get back to striking at distance but Papi won't allow it.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Papi breaks from the clinch.

Landry closes the distance and clinches.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Landry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Papi tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Papi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Landry is trying to break the clinch but Papi is controlling him.
Papi blocks a body shot from Landry.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Landry blocks a body shot from Papi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Papi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Papi drives through and clinches with Landry against the cage.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Papi.
Landry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Landry breaks the clinch.
Papi is looking to clinch but Landry is avoiding it.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Papi just misses with a punch to the body.
Papi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Papi pushes Landry up against the cage in a clinch.
Landry is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Landry working aggressively here.

Landry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Papi tries to clinch up but Landry circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Landry counters with a nice body shot.
Papi tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Papi shoots in looking for a takedown but Landry manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Papi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Landry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Papi, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Papi misses with a body punch.
Papi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Landry tries to work over Papi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Papi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Landry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Landry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Landry moves out of range of the leg kick from Papi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry tries to land a leg kick but Papi saw it coming and moves away.
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!
Landry works over Papi's head and body with a nice combination.

Papi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landry, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Landry misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Landry breaks from the clinch.
Landry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Papi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Landry tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Papi darts in and clinches Landry up against the cage.
Papi tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Papi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Milo Papi'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.

Landry closes the distance and clinches.
Landry lands with a left to the head.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Cletus Landry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papi is defending well for now.
Papi misses with a hook to the ribs.

Landry breaks from the clinch.
Papi tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Landry tries to clinch there but Papi circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Landry.
Papi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Landry.
Landry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Landry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Papi manages to avoid it.

Papi closes the distance and pushes Landry back into the cage.
Landry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Papi leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Papi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landry swats away the attempt to clinch by Papi.
Papi tries to clinch there but Landry circles away.
Papi swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.

Landry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Papi can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Papi tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Papi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Milo Papi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Landry.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Landry.
Papi misses with a punch on the inside.
Papi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Landry prevents it.
Papi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Landry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry lands with a left to the head.
Papi wants a takedown but no success here.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Papi avoids it.
Landry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papi struggles to land a body shot inside as Landry controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Landry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Papi managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Papi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Landry prevents it.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Landry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Papi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Papi can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papi tries to circle away but Landry has him pinned against the cage.
Papi misses with a body punch.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
Papi dodges an elbow strike from Landry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Papi on the inside.
Landry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Landry throws an elbow but it misses.
Landry lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landry.
A nice right hand lands inside from Landry.
Papi trying to control the position but instead, Landry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Papi into the cage.
Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Landry obliges.
A hook to the body from Landry.
Papi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus Landry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Landry winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus Landry!
Cletus Landry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.