PBP Commentary

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

Landry
vs
Reskabo

190 cm
18
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lazaro Landry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramiro Reskabo!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reskabo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Landry appears to be looking for a big counter.

Landry tries to sprawl but Reskabo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Landry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reskabo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Reskabo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Landry has his hands clasped together around Reskabo's back. He's all about the action.
Reskabo is stalling here. Landry is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Reskabo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Landry has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reskabo tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reskabo is trying to buck Landry off.
Check out the look on Landry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Landry working the ground and pound from side control.
Reskabo tries to buck Landry off but Landry is having none of it.
Landry misses with the ground and pound.
Reskabo wants to control but Landry postures up.
Landry creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Reskabo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Reskabo is trying to control Landry's posture but Landry avoids it.
Landry working the ground and pound from side control.
Landry misses with the ground and pound.

Landry thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reskabo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Landry advances to mount.
Landry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Landry breaks from Reskabo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Reskabo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Landry controlling from the full mount.
Landry working the ground and pound effectively.
Landry with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Landry.
Reskabo is in a horrible position here. Landry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Landry raining down shots from the mount!
Landry really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Landry landing strikes from the mount.
Landry lands a heavy elbow.
Landry controlling his opponent.
Landry cracks Reskabo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry controlling the pace for now.
Landry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Landry controlling the position easily from mount.
Landry lands a nice shot to the head.
Landry takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reskabo wants to try and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Landry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Landry raining down shots from the mount!
Reskabo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazaro Landry dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reskabo dives in for a single leg takedown but Landry sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Landry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reskabo looks to clinch
and Landry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lazaro Landry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reskabo swinging wildly here.
Landry wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Landry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Landry perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lazaro Landry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reskabo wants to control but Landry is keeping busy.
Landry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Landry in particular looking to stall.
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.
Reskabo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Reskabo is breathing heavily.
Landry drops an elbow to the side of Reskabo's head.
Landry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reskabo can do to turn this around?
Landry trying to control the pace.
Reskabo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Landry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reskabo taking some punishment here, with Landry in his half guard.
Landry perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Landry throwing shots but Reskabo is blocking nicely.
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.
Landry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Landry stalling.
Reskabo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Landry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Landry is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Landry is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Landry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Landry leaves Reskabo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lazaro Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramiro Reskabo.

Landry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Reskabo is trying to maintain the position but Landry is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry working the head and body with strikes.
Reskabo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Landry.
Reskabo has hold of Landry's hands but Landry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Landry is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reskabo defends it well.
Reskabo is trying to maintain the position but Landry is very close to passing his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Landry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Landry thows a huge punch but Reskabo dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazaro Landry dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Reskabo tries to clinch but Landry moves out of range.
Reskabo tries to clinch but Landry is having none of it.
Landry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Landry. Those never looked like landing.

Landry takes the fight into the clinch.

Reskabo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landry doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Reskabo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landry looks to land a combination but Reskabo avoids it well.
Landry scores with a one two! Reskabo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reskabo digs a good hook to Landry's body.
Reskabo cracks a nice hook into Landry's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reskabo tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reskabo shoots in but no luck this time.
Reskabo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Landry misses with a wild combination.
Reskabo lands with a kick to the temple. Landry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Landry looking to score a takedown here. Reskabo is defending well but Landry drives through and ends up in Reskabo's guard.
Landry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Landry controlling from the top position.
Landry trying to control but Reskabo is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Reskabo is on top in guard.

Landry keeping moving, preventing Reskabo from controlling successfully.
Reskabo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Landry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reskabo preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reskabo wants to control from the top but Landry keeps moving.
Landry working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reskabo.
Landry pulls Reskabo in to control the position.
Landry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Landry is controlling the pace.
Landry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Landry is working for a kimura but Reskabo is defending it quite comfortably.
Landry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Landry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Still in half guard, Landry seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lazaro 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26

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