PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mush Mouth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirks Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mouth
vs
Lazarus

191 cm
25
270 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

200 cm
37
276 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class 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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mush Mouth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kirks Lazarus!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mouth shoots in and drives through. Lazarus sprawls well.
Mouth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lazarus as he jumps to the side.
Lazarus lands a head kick. Mouth smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sloppy strikes from Lazarus. Those never looked like landing.
Lazarus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mouth is out of range.
Lazarus tried to score with a low kick but Mouth checks it.
Lazarus motions for Mouth to come forward. Lazarus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mouth takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been hearing reports that Mouth has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mouth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Mouth checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mouth closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lazarus to the mat! Lazarus manages to get full guard.
Lazarus can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mouth controls the pace.
Lazarus keeping moving, preventing Mouth from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouth throws a strike but Lazarus rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Lazarus drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mouth looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mouth looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mouth!

Mouth taking a breather here.
Mouth working the ground and pound from side control.
Mouth trying to control the position but Lazarus is working away.
Lazarus is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouth working Lazarus over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mouth lands a nice short elbow.
Lazarus manages to get to full guard.
Mouth works over Lazarus with some ground and pound from guard.

Lazarus working for a triangle but Mouth defends it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lazarus trying to keep a closed guard but Mouth is proving a slippery customer.
Mouth throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mouth with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lazarus has control of Mouth's left arm, preventing Mouth from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mouth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Lazarus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mouth is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mouth scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Lazarus is rocked!
Mouth postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Lazarus covers up, he's hurt! Mouth keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Mouth and the ref steps in to end the fight! Mouth can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mush Mouth!
A very excited looking Mush Mouth rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Kirks Lazarus spoke after the fight, saying 'It's a tough loss for sure. I still want to challenge myself. I call out Knight and his big mouth manager Stu next round. He picks first, so if it doesnt happen, he's a coward.'.