PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Puzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landry comes to the cage accompanied by Ride Wit Me - Nelly. Puzo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Speak Softly Love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Landry
vs
Puzo

185 cm
22
193 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
187 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Voodoo Nutrition

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ed Landry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Puzo!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puzo slips under a jab from Landry.
Puzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landry's calf.
Mario Puzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Landry swings for the body but Puzo moves out of range.
Landry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Puzo wants to counter with a clinch but Landry pushes him away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Puzo. That's going to slow Landry down.
Landry looks to score with a jab to the body but Puzo is just out of range.
Landry misses with a hook. Puzo ducked under it nicely.
Jab from Puzo.
Landry has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Puzo closes the distance and pushes Landry back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puzo has Landry pressed against the cage, preventing Landry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Landry.
Landry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Puzo lands a hook that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Puzo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Puzo misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.
Puzo swings wildly with an uppercut but Landry uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Landry.
Puzo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puzo has a couple of punches blocked by Landry.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Landry.
Puzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puzo.
Puzo misses with a punch to the body.
Landry blocks a body shot from Puzo.
A nice left hand lands by Landry.
A right hand to the body from Landry.
Landry lands an uppercut.
Puzo tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.

Landry breaks the clinch.
Puzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Landry on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Puzo misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puzo thows a leg kick but Landry checks it
and Landry counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Landry misses its target.
Puzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puzo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Landry - just one landing.

Puzo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landry, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry blocks an uppercut.
Puzo misses with a punch to the body.
Puzo scores with a shoulder strike.
Puzo tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Landry throws a punch but it's blocked by Puzo.
Good body shot from Puzo.
Puzo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Landry.
Landry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puzo has a couple of punches blocked by Landry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Landry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landry connects with a nice looking jab.
Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Puzo.
A clash of legs there as Landry blocks the low kick.
Puzo throws a lazy uppercut

and Landry counters with a crisp right hand that drops Puzo! Landry lets Puzo back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Puzo throws a head kick that misses.
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 looks to score with a jab to the body but Puzo is just out of range.
Puzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Landry checks a leg kick.
That kick from Puzo tenderised Landry's leg. Landry is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puzo is looking to chop away at Landry's legs.
Landry takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Landry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Puzo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Puzo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Landry misses with a right hand

and Puzo counters by moving into the clinch.
Puzo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Puzo lands with a light punch inside.
Landry lands with a short shot to the head.
Puzo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Landry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Puzo can turn it around.
Puzo tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Landry lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Landry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Puzo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Landry swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Puzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Landry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Puzo momentarily.
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 Ed Landry will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Puzo tries to close the distance and clinch but Landry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Landry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puzo moves in looking to clinch but Landry pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landry. Puzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landry works Puzo's body with a nice hook.
Puzo tries to clinch up but Landry circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puzo thuds a left hand into Landry's body.
Puzo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puzo throws a low kick but Landry avoids it.

Puzo has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Landry.

Landry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Puzo.
Ed Landry is winning the standup battle so far.
Puzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Landry.
Puzo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Puzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puzo misses with a hook
and Landry scores with a counter punch that sends Puzo to the canvas! Landry smells blood - he's punishing Puzo with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Puzo has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Landry!
A very excited looking Ed Landry made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.