PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bull Bullard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Lazaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bullard
vs
Lazaro

193 cm
26
270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
251 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Vikai Gear Island

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bull Bullard !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Lazaro!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lazaro. Bullard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bullard is looking to counter punch.
Lazaro lands with a hook. Bullard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lazaro's coach down at Highland Brawl Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lazaro's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Bullard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Bullard 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bullard misses with some punches.
Lazaro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bullard or not.
Bullard has a couple of punches blocked by Lazaro.
Lazaro misses with the head strike.
Lazaro misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bullard working aggressively here.
Bullard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bullard blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullard .
Bullard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bullard gets through Lazaro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lazaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bullard swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazaro tries to work over Bullard 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lazaro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lazaro gets through Bullard 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bullard misses with some punches.
Bullard working aggressively here.
Lazaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Lazaro.
Bullard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bullard misses with the head strike.
Lazaro can't find room to land a body shot as Bullard controls the action.
Bullard tries a body shot but Lazaro blocks it.
Lazaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Bull Bullard has been cut.
Bullard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lazaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lazaro content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bullard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lazaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lazaro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bullard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bullard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lazaro blocking some punches.
Lazaro is trying to maintain a safe position but Bullard gets an underhook and turns Lazaro into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullard .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lazaro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Lazaro.
Lazaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Bullard controls his hands.
Bullard blocks a body shot from Lazaro.
Lazaro tries to throw a body punch but Bullard avoids it by throwing Lazaro back against the cage.
Lazaro lands with a light punch inside.
Bullard lands a right hand.
Bullard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bullard fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Lazaro.
Bullard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lazaro can't find room to land a body shot as Bullard controls the action.

Lazaro drops Bullard onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Bullard is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Bullard is rocked!
Lazaro creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bullard 's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bullard drops to his knees and Lazaro pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Lazaro!
Post fight, Paulo Lazaro stared into the camera and said 'I'm a champ too, brother!'.