PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smokie Rasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Lazaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smokie Rasta has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rasta
vs
Lazaro

194 cm
25
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
251 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Smokie Rasta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Lazaro!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasta lands a jab to the nose.
Rasta throws the left hand but Lazaro avoids the punch easily.
Lazaro misses with a hook
and Rasta counters with a two punch combo.
Rasta lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rasta lands a nice shot to the body.
Lazaro moves away from the strike by Rasta.
Rasta throws a leg kick
and Lazaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lazaro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lazaro there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rasta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rasta loads up on a big right hand but Lazaro slips the punch.
Rasta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lazaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasta tries to work over Lazaro's front leg with a kick but Lazaro checks it.
Lazaro tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lazaro checks a low kick from Rasta.
Rasta throws a leg kick
and Rasta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Smokie Rasta has been cut.
Rasta is looking to slow Lazaro down with leg kicks.
Rasta works Lazaro's body with a nice hook.
Lazaro throws a body punch but Rasta moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rasta.
Lazaro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rasta cracks Lazaro with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasta misses with a head kick.
Lazaro is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rasta wants to land a leg kick but Lazaro is out of range.
Rasta tries a low kick but Lazaro avoids it.
Rasta throws a shot from downtown. Lazaro moves away and avoids it.
Lazaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rasta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rasta misses with a shot to the body
and Lazaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rasta with a hook.
Rasta ducks under a wild hook from Lazaro.
Rasta is looking to counter with a body kick.
Rasta throws a big shot that misses.
Lazaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro misses with a straight right.
Rasta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lazaro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lazaro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rasta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lazaro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rasta ducks under a wild hook from Lazaro.
Rasta connects with an inside leg kick.
Lazaro misses with a hook. Rasta ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rasta. That's going to slow Lazaro down.
Smokie Rasta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rasta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lazaro moves away from the strike by Rasta.
Lazaro wants to counter with a clinch but Rasta pushes him away.
Rasta misses with a hook. Lazaro ducked under it nicely.
Rasta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rasta.
Good work by Lazaro as he checks the leg kick.
Lazaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rasta misses with a looping right.
Rasta throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Smokie Rasta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smokie Rasta's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No joy there for Rasta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Lazaro moves into the clinch.
Lazaro lands with a left to the head.
Lazaro blocks a body shot from Rasta.
Rasta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rasta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Lazaro.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lazaro.
Lazaro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lazaro.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lazaro.
Lazaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lazaro gets through Rasta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Lazaro.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lazaro is leaning against Rasta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lazaro lands a body punch.
Lazaro lands a shoulder strike.
Lazaro pushes Rasta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Rasta is rocked!
Nice body punch from Lazaro.
Oh Rasta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazaro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rasta backwards.

Smokie Rasta's cut is getting worse.
Lazaro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lazaro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rasta struggles to land a body shot inside as Lazaro controls his hands.
Lazaro digs a right hand into Rasta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rasta's gas tank.
Rasta seems to have got his legs back now.
Lazaro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Lazaro.
A right hook to the body lands for Lazaro.
Lazaro lands with a right to the head.
Lazaro digs a right hand into Rasta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rasta's gas tank.
Rasta working aggressively here.
Lazaro lands with a right to the head.
Lazaro digs a right hand into Rasta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rasta's gas tank.
Lazaro lands a body shot.
Lazaro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lazaro digs a right hand underneath Rasta's ribcage. Rasta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lazaro lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Lazaro.
Lazaro scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro pushes Rasta against the cage. Lazaro is working some dirty boxing. Lazaro pushes off with a quick right hook! Rasta goes down! Rasta tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lazaro moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Lazaro!
Post fight, Paulo Lazaro took to the microphone: 'This one is for the family!'.