PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Beznisko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Lambert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lambert's choice of entrance music: Aaron Lewis - Country Boy. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Beznisko
vs
Lambert

178 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

187 cm
25
212 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Sin City Allstars

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Lambert!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beznisko cracks a nice hook into Lambert's ribs.
Lambert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lambert gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Beznisko counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beznisko.
Beznisko with a nice head shot there.
Beznisko scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beznisko stands up over Lambert, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lambert is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lambert has momentary wrist control but Beznisko slips an elbow through the middle.

Lambert has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Beznisko has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beznisko takes an elbow to the temple.
Beznisko can't find room to land a body shot as Lambert controls the action.
Beznisko is pushing Lambert up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Beznisko manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lambert clinches up against the cage.
Lambert looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beznisko tries a body shot but Lambert blocks it.
Lambert misses with a punch on the inside.
Beznisko avoiding damage as Lambert throws knees to the body.
Beznisko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lambert.
Beznisko misses with the head strike.
Beznisko misses with a punch to the body.
Beznisko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Beznisko digs a right hand underneath Lambert's ribcage. Lambert let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lambert creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beznisko dodges an elbow strike from Lambert.
Lambert throws an elbow but it misses.

Beznisko is trying to trip Lambert. He has hold of a leg but Lambert is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Beznisko persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Beznisko postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Lambert throws his legs up looking for a submission but Beznisko uses it to pass to side control.
Beznisko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lambert keeps working.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lambert gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Beznisko working over Lambert with some ground and pound. Lambert looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Beznisko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beznisko working over Lambert with some ground and pound. Lambert looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Beznisko there.
Lambert manages to get to full guard.
Beznisko 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambert keeping moving, preventing Beznisko from controlling successfully.
Beznisko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lambert is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Well, if Lambert is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lambert is looking to stall here but Beznisko recovers full guard.
Lambert working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Beznisko's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lambert trying to control but Beznisko is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beznisko seems keen to control Lambert's posture.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Beznisko keeps moving.
Lambert with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beznisko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Beznisko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Beznisko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lambert looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Danga de danga de dang - Beznisko scores with a four punch combination!
Beznisko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Beznisko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lambert can do to turn this around?
Beznisko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Lambert to counter with a crisp jab.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Lambert moves away and avoids it.
Beznisko throws the left hand but Lambert avoids the punch easily.
Lambert displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beznisko throws out the jab.
Beznisko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Lambert shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Beznisko is trying to defend but Lambert finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lambert is pressing down on Beznisko's thigh, looking to free his foot. Beznisko is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Beznisko regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Lambert.
Beznisko keeping moving, preventing Lambert from controlling successfully.
Beznisko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lambert is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lambert postures up in Beznisko's guard and throws a big left but Beznisko blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lambert looking to sit in guard and control but Beznisko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beznisko trying to control the position from guard on top but Lambert is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beznisko postures up in Lambert's guard and throws a big left but Lambert blocks it.
Beznisko wants to control from the top but Lambert keeps moving.
Beznisko won't allow Lambert to sweep him here.
Sergey Beznisko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lambert working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Beznisko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Lambert is tightening it up a little... Beznisko has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Beznisko reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Beznisko taps out! Nice BJJ there by Lambert!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Lambert!
Mike Lambert decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.