PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lapu Lapu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Izturis
vs
Lapu

190 cm
27
190 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

188 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emilio Izturis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lapu Lapu!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izturis looks to land a left hand but Lapu moved out of range nicely.

Lapu rushes Izturis and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Izturis - that landed with a thud.
Lapu lands a right hand.
Izturis tries to throw a body punch but Lapu avoids it by throwing Izturis back against the cage.
Izturis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Izturis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lapu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lapu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lapu blocks a body shot from Izturis.
Izturis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lapu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Izturis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Izturis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lapu is keeping busy.
Lapu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Izturis or not.
A body shot lands from Lapu.
Izturis tries to work over Lapu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Lapu.
Izturis tries to throw a body punch but Lapu avoids it by throwing Izturis back against the cage.
Lapu misses with a body punch.
Lapu blocks an uppercut.
Izturis working hard to break the clinch.
Lapu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Izturis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Izturis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Izturis can't find room to land a body shot as Lapu controls the action.

Lapu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Izturis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lapu.
An attempted straight right counter from Izturis misses the target.
Izturis misses the shot to the body.
Izturis throws a poor cross that misses
and Lapu counters with a one-two to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Izturis has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Izturis throws a wild body kick that Lapu sees coming a mile off.
Lapu tries to counter by closing the distance.
Izturis looks to land a right hand but Lapu moved out of range.
Emilio Izturis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Izturis throws a hook to the side of Lapu's head but Lapu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lapu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Izturis is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lapu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Izturis on the side of the head.
Lapu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lapu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Izturis misses the body punch

and Lapu counters by moving into the clinch.

Izturis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Izturis slips a jab and a cross from Lapu.
Lapu looks to score with a jab to the body but Izturis is just out of range.
Lapu throws a shot from downtown. Izturis moves away and avoids it.
Izturis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lapu throws an overhand right that lands on Izturis's shoulder, as Izturis tries to avoid the shot.
Izturis changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lapu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Izturis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lapu moves away from the strike by Izturis.
Izturis stuns Lapu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lapu swings for the body but Izturis moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Izturis throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lapu tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Izturis is in Lapu's guard.
Izturis wants to pass the guard but Lapu is keeping the position.
Izturis stands up over Lapu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lapu keeping moving, preventing Izturis from controlling successfully.
Izturis is really struggling to control Lapu but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Izturis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Izturis trying to control but Lapu is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izturis being controlled here momentarily.
Lapu wants to control but Izturis passes easily into half guard.
Izturis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lapu has his hands clasped together around Izturis's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Emilio Izturis will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lapu throws a right hand that misses
and Izturis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Lapu Lapu has been cut.
Izturis avoids the body shot from Lapu.
Izturis is looking to counter punch.
Lapu slips a jab and a cross from Izturis.
Izturis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Izturis misses with a body shot.
Lapu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lapu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Izturis.
Lapu looks to score with a jab to the body but Izturis is just out of range.
Izturis throws a leg kick which misses Lapu's front leg but catches the back leg as Lapu tries to avoid it.
Lapu is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Izturis rather than just go for the knockout.
Izturis tests Lapu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapu fails to land with a series of punches.
Lapu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Izturis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lapu staying out of range there.
Lapu Lapu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izturis looks to score with a jab to the body but Lapu is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Izturis looks to land a left hand but Lapu moved out of range nicely.
Izturis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lapu checks the leg kick.
Lapu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Izturis.
A left and a right from Izturis both land. Nice combination.
Lapu throws a shot to the body.
Jab by Izturis.

Izturis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lapu holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Izturis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lapu can do to turn this around?
Lapu manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Lapu regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Izturis.
Lapu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lapu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Izturis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Izturis with a nice head shot there.
Izturis postures up and lands a big shot to Lapu's brow.
Lapu pulls Izturis in close to prevent any damage.
Izturis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lapu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izturis trying to control but Lapu is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lapu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lapu just misses with a punch to the body.
Izturis throws a jab when Lapu was well out of range.
Lapu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Izturis is rocked!

Lapu takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Izturis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lapu lands a big right hand that drops Izturis! The killer instinct kicks in and Lapu finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Lapu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lapu Lapu!