PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanoje Stanic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stanic's choice of entrance music: bager. This should be a great matchup!

Landry
vs
Stanic

178 cm
24
279 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dennis Landry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanoje Stanic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Landry drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Stanic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Landry passes into half guard.
Stanic is looking for a sweep. Landry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Landry lands a nice short elbow.
Landry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Landry 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.

Stanic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Landry pulls his head out easily.

Landry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Landry thows a huge punch but Stanic dodges it nicely.
Stanic trying to control but Landry postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landry thows a huge punch but Stanic dodges it nicely.
Stanic trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stanic actively working from the bottom here.
Stanic moves into full guard.
Stanic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Landry.
Landry preventing the sweep.
Landry chips away with some ground and pound.

Stanic looking for a guillotine here but Landry defends easily.
Landry postures up in Stanic's guard and throws a big left but Stanic blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Landry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Landry could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Landry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Landry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stanic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stanic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Landry is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Landry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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 lands a couple of elbows.
Landry postures up in Stanic's guard and throws a big left but Stanic blocks it.

Stanic has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Landry is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Stanic.
Stanic looks winded!
Stanic tries to improve position but can't.
Landry scores with punches from side control.
Landry working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Landry tries for a kimura but Stanic is defending well.
Stanic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Landry scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanic tries to buck Landry off but Landry is having none of it.

Landry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stanic is looking for a sweep.

Landry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stanic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Stanic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Landry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Landry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stanic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanic tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Landry presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Stanic wants to control but Landry is having none of it.
Landry is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Stanic is in real trouble.
Can Stanic hold on?! Landry is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Landry looking for the RNC.
Stanic rolls, trying to escape but Landry keeps control of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanic trying to control but not successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Landry dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Landry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stanic fails with the takedown

and Landry counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stanic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Landry prevents it.
Stanic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Landry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dennis Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanoje Stanic.
Stanic has a couple of punches blocked by Landry.

Landry manages to pull guard.

Landry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Landry throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry keeping moving, preventing Stanic from controlling successfully.
Stanic wants to pass the guard but Landry is keeping the position.

Landry had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stanic defends it easily.
Stanic trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Landry manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Landry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Landry drops back looking for a leg! Stanic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stanic manages to kick Landry off! Landry jumps back into Stanic's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stanic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Landry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Stanic looking for a guillotine here but Landry defends easily.
Stanic is breathing heavily.
Landry lands a couple of digs.
Landry stands up over Stanic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Landry with a nice head shot there.
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!

Stanic working for submissions but it's allowed Landry to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanic taking some punishment here, with Landry in his half guard.

Stanic looking for submissions off his back.

Landry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Landry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Landry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stanic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Stanic looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Landry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Landry connects with a nice short shot to Stanic's temple.
Landry winds up and cracks Stanic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stanic keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Landry is working for a kimura but Stanic is defending it quite comfortably.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stanic with the active half guard here but Landry passes nicely into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Landry in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Landry dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Landry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Landry works over Stanic with some ground and pound from guard.
Landry lands a couple of elbows.
Landry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Landry scoring with punches to the head and body.

Stanic working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Landry has passed into half guard!
Landry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Stanic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Landry pulls his head out easily.
Nice strikes from Landry there.
Stanic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanic tries to get to full guard but Landry has control of the leg.
Landry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stanic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanic taking some punishment here, with Landry in his half guard.

Landry is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stanic defends it well.
Landry winds up and cracks Stanic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Stanic looking for submissions off his back.
Stanic has hold of Landry's hands but Landry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Landry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Stanic is defending against the submission attempts here by Landry.

Stanic actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Landry is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Stanic has hold of Landry's hands but Landry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Landry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stanic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Stanic looking for submissions off his back.
Landry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Stanic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dennis Landry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Landry seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Landry lands a nice short elbow.
Landry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Stanic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Landry there.
Landry lands strikes from half guard.
Landry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stanic is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stanic is defending against the submission attempts here by Landry.
Stanic wants to improve his position but Landry is controlling well.
Landry working Stanic over with strikes.
Stanic tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Landry has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stanic tries to lock up and control but Landry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Landry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Landry 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Landry!