PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Sandman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henri Lafitte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lafitte has chosen Concrete Blondes - Bloodletting as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sandman
vs
Lafitte

180 cm
29
210 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

193 cm
28
209 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Sandman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henri Lafitte!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafitte tries to move into range but Sandman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lafitte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sandman.
Nice defenses there by Lafitte.
Sandman misses with a wild body shot.
Lafitte throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sandman slips a jab and a cross from Lafitte.
Sandman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Axis of Evil in the buildup to the fight.
Sandman throws a shot from downtown. Lafitte moves away and avoids it.
Lafitte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sandman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lafitte as he avoids it easily.

Sandman tries to keep at a distance but Lafitte has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lafitte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lafitte lands an elbow inside that Sandman shrugs off.
Sandman blocking some punches.
Lafitte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Sandman gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sandman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sandman wants to take a breather but Lafitte is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandman throwing shots but Lafitte is blocking nicely.
Lafitte felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Sandman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lafitte sees it coming and defends easily.

Sandman is working for a kimura here but Lafitte manages to reverse the position and he's now in Sandman's guard.

Sandman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Sandman working for a triangle but Lafitte defends it easily.

Lafitte gets to his feet - Sandman follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lafitte.

Sandman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lafitte tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sandman is in Lafitte's guard.
Sandman tries to free his leg and advance position but Lafitte is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sandman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sandman tries to free his leg and advance position but Lafitte is retaining full guard.
Sandman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sandman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sandman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sandman wants to control from the top but Lafitte keeps moving.
Sandman throwing strikes but missing.
Lafitte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sandman is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sandman is looking to work some ground and pound but Lafitte has wrist control.
Sandman is pushing down on Lafitte's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lafitte is fighting to maintain full guard but Sandman has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sandman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lafitte defending well though.
Lafitte is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sandman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lafitte keeping control of the position.
Lafitte trying to hold on to Sandman's head to control him but Sandman postures up.

Sandman is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Sandman is working for a kimura but Lafitte is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandman throwing shots but Lafitte is blocking nicely.
Sandman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Sandman is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Lafitte still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Lafitte has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Lafitte working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Henri Lafitte will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lafitte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Henri Lafitte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lafitte connects with a solid leg kick.

Sandman drives through with a takedown into Lafitte's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Lafitte kicks Sandman off and gets to his feet.
Lafitte scores with a hook to the body. Sandman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sandman tries for a takedown but Lafitte sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A big left from Sandman misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sandman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lafitte, right into the meat.
Lafitte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lafitte throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sandman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sandman avoids the head kick by Lafitte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lafitte moves away.
Lafitte was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lafitte scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sandman doesn't seem bothered though.
Lafitte connects with a leg kick. Sandman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lafitte tries a low kick but Sandman avoids it.
Sandman feinted with a counter takedown.
Lafitte tries to clinch

and Sandman counters with a takedown into side control.

Lafitte throws Sandman to one side and escapes!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lafitte fails with an attempt to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lafitte.
Henri Lafitte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lafitte throws a sloppy head kick

and Sandman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sandman.
Sandman postures up in Lafitte's guard and throws a big left but Lafitte blocks it.
Sandman slips nicely into half guard.
Sandman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sandman is working for a kimura but Lafitte is defending it quite comfortably.
Lafitte wants to get back to his feet.
Lafitte keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Sandman seems to be looking for submissions.

Sandman seems to be looking for submissions.
Sandman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sandman trying to pass the guard but Lafitte defending well.
Sandman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandman stalling away here and it's allowed Lafitte to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sandman throwing strikes from guard but Lafitte blocks nicely.
Sandman throwing strikes from guard but Lafitte blocks nicely.
Sandman trying to control but Lafitte is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lafitte controlling Sandman's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Sandman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sandman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sandman is looking to work some ground and pound but Lafitte has wrist control.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Lafitte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lafitte is looking to slow Sandman down with leg kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lafitte, right into the meat.
Sandman blocks a low kick nicely.
Sandman half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lafitte throws a shot from downtown. Sandman moves away and avoids it.
Lafitte wants to slow Sandman down by chopping away at his legs.
Lafitte scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henri Lafitte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lafitte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lafitte. That's going to slow Sandman down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lafitte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lafitte moves in looking to clinch but Sandman pushes him off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lafitte lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sandman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sandman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sandman throws a hook to the side of Lafitte's head but Lafitte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lafitte misses with a head kick.
Sandman throws an overhand right that lands on Lafitte's shoulder, as Lafitte tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lafitte throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Sandman counters with a shoot takedown. Lafitte fights it but they end up in guard.
Sandman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lafitte is keeping the position for now.
Sandman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandman works over Lafitte with some ground and pound from guard.
Sandman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lafitte is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sandman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lafitte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sandman postures up in Lafitte's guard and throws a big left but Lafitte blocks it.

Sandman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sandman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lafitte is keeping the position for now.
Sandman is working hard here to advance position.
Lafitte working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sandman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sandman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lafitte keeping moving, preventing Sandman from controlling successfully.
Sandman stays in close to Lafitte's body and controls the position.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Lafitte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sandman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lafitte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sandman's calf.
Sandman tries for a takedown but Lafitte sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lafitte throws a body punch but Sandman moves out of range.

Sandman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Lafitte manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sandman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafitte wants to clinch up but Sandman keeps it at a distance.
Sandman sizes up Lafitte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lafitte connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sandman. Sandman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lafitte takes a swing at Sandman's ribcage but misses.
Sandman shoots in and drives through. Lafitte sprawls well.
Henri Lafitte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lafitte is looking to chop away at Sandman's legs.
Sandman drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lafitte sprawls and moves away.
Lafitte ducks under a wild hook from Sandman.
Sandman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lafitte tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sandman counters with a shoot takedown. Lafitte fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lafitte has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Sandman is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lafitte prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for The Sandman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lafitte gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lafitte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head punch on the inside from Lafitte fails to land.
Henri Lafitte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sandman is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lafitte is pressed up against the cage. Sandman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lafitte down to the mat. Lafitte avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lafitte. That's going to slow Sandman down.
The Sandman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lafitte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sandman.
Sandman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lafitte flicks out a counter leg kick but Sandman steps away.

Lafitte rushes Sandman and presses him up against the cage.
Sandman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lafitte prevents it.
Lafitte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sandman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henri Lafitte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lafitte winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henri Lafitte!
In defeat, The Sandman stepped up to the mic, saying 'cunt was doped up'.