PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lane Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teezy Ya Beezy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ya Beezy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mobbin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Larson
vs
Ya Beezy

188 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lane Larson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teezy Ya Beezy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ya Beezy darts in and clinches Larson up against the cage.

Ya Beezy successfully pulls guard.
Larson is looking to work some ground and pound but Ya Beezy has wrist control.
Larson stands up over Ya Beezy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Larson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Larson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Larson stopping the sweep attempt from Ya Beezy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Larson working some strikes from top position.
Larson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Larson landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larson prevents Ya Beezy from getting back to his feet.
Larson is working Ya Beezy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Larson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ya Beezy is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larson lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson lands a couple of digs.
Larson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ya Beezy's head.
Larson landing some decent shots from guard.
Larson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Larson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Larson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Larson wants to control from the top but Ya Beezy keeps moving.
Larson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ya Beezy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Larson postures up and lands a big shot to Ya Beezy's brow.
Ya Beezy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Larson 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.
Ya Beezy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Larson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Ya Beezy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Larson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Larson scoring with some ground and pound.
Ya Beezy is controlling Larson's posture.
Larson stands up over Ya Beezy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Larson stands up over Ya Beezy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ya Beezy controls Larson momentarily but Larson frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ya Beezy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Larson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Larson stands up over Ya Beezy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Larson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Larson stopping the sweep attempt from Ya Beezy.
Ya Beezy is looking to sweep but instead, Larson has passed into half guard.
Larson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ya Beezy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Larson prevents Ya Beezy from improving his position.
Ya Beezy has hold of Larson's hands but Larson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Larson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson working Ya Beezy over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Larson there.
Larson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Larson drops an elbow to the side of Ya Beezy's head.
Ya Beezy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ya Beezy trying to control but Larson postures up.
Larson thows a huge punch but Ya Beezy dodges it nicely.
Larson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ya Beezy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Larson lands a nice short elbow.
Larson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Larson working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice strikes from Larson there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Larson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Larson pushes Ya Beezy up against the cage in a clinch.

Ya Beezy wants the takedown. Larson is fighting it off but Ya Beezy persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Larson's guard against the cage.

Ya Beezy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Larson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ya Beezy has managed to get both his arms back between Larson's legs - danger averted.
Larson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ya Beezy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ya Beezy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Larson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ya Beezy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Larson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ya Beezy can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ya Beezy looking to sit in guard and control but Larson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Ya Beezy wants to sweep but no luck.
Larson landing some decent shots from guard.
Ya Beezy pulls Larson in close to prevent any damage.
Ya Beezy has momentary wrist control but Larson slips an elbow through the middle.
Ya Beezy is looking to stand up but Larson isn't so interested in that idea.
Ya Beezy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Larson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ya Beezy looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ya Beezy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Larson postures up and lands a big shot to Ya Beezy's brow.
Larson being controlled here momentarily.
Larson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ya Beezy can do anything to dispel that myth.

Ya Beezy looking for subs off his back but Larson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Larson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Larson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ya Beezy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson is looking to take a break and control but Ya Beezy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Larson lands with a punch from half guard.
Larson blocks the strikes from Ya Beezy.
Larson is trying to control. Ya Beezy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Larson 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.
Ya Beezy trying to control from the bottom.
Larson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ya Beezy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Larson working Ya Beezy over with strikes.
Ya Beezy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ya Beezy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ya Beezy taking some punishment here, with Larson in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Larson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ya Beezy taking some punishment here, with Larson in his half guard.
Ya Beezy landing rabbit punches to the side of Larson's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Larson lands strikes from half guard.
Larson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Larson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ya Beezy wants to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ya Beezy wants to improve his position but Larson is controlling well.
Larson is nestled in close to Ya Beezy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Larson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ya Beezy forces Larson back against the cage and clinches.
Larson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ya Beezy managing to block the knees to the body from Larson.

Ya Beezy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Larson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ya Beezy keeping moving, preventing Larson from controlling successfully.
Ya Beezy wants to sweep but no luck.
Larson is looking to work some ground and pound but Ya Beezy has wrist control.
Larson lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larson stands up over Ya Beezy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Larson distracts Ya Beezy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Larson stopping the sweep attempt from Ya Beezy.
Larson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Larson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Larson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ya Beezy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Larson has managed to get both his arms back between Ya Beezy's legs - danger averted.
Ya Beezy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Larson is working Ya Beezy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Larson distracts Ya Beezy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Larson landing with the ground and pound.
Larson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Larson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Larson postures up and lands a big shot to Ya Beezy's brow.
Larson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ya Beezy's head.
Larson trying to control but Ya Beezy is working from the bottom.
Larson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larson postures up and lands a big shot to Ya Beezy's brow.
Larson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ya Beezy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Larson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lane Larson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Larson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ya Beezy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Larson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Larson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ya Beezy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ya Beezy has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Larson has passed into side control.
Ya Beezy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Larson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ya Beezy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ya Beezy to see if he's OK.

Larson decides to stand back up.

Ya Beezy gets a takedown into half guard.
Ya Beezy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Larson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Larson has his hands on Ya Beezy's head, controlling the position.
Larson is trying to keep Ya Beezy in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ya Beezy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Larson looking for a guillotine here but Ya Beezy defends easily.
Larson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ya Beezy controls the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lane Larson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Larson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lane Larson!