PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hoyce Lacie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohandes Ghandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lacie comes into the arena with Brave remix blaring out of the sound system. Ghandi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Am I Demon. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lacie
vs
Ghandi

180 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hoyce Lacie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohandes Ghandi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghandi wants to clinch up but Lacie keeps it at a distance.
Mohandes Ghandi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lacie instigates a clinch.
Lacie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ghandi smiles and moves away.

Ghandi rushes Lacie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lacie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lacie is trying to drag Ghandi to the mat but Ghandi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lacie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ghandi.
Ghandi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghandi missing with knees to the body.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Lacie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ghandi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoyce Lacie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lacie tries to score a body lock takedown but Ghandi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ghandi landing knees to the body.
Lacie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ghandi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ghandi scores a nice knee to the body.
Lacie is breathing heavily.
Ghandi lands a damaging elbow.
Ghandi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghandi.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Ghandi.
Ghandi crunches a lovely knee into Lacie's ribcage.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghandi lands an elbow inside that Lacie shrugs off.
Ghandi lands an elbow just above Lacie 's eye.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi lands an elbow that stopped Lacie in his tracks for a moment.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghandi.
Ghandi lands a knee to the body.
Ghandi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghandi crunches a lovely knee into Lacie's ribcage.
Ghandi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ghandi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghandi lands a damaging elbow.
Ghandi lands an elbow inside.
Ghandi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghandi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghandi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lacie's defenses.
Lacie takes an elbow to the temple.
Ghandi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ghandi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghandi lands a knee to the body.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ghandi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghandi.
Nice elbow from Ghandi.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi crunches a lovely knee into Lacie's ribcage.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Lacie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lacie goes for a takedown attempt but Ghandi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mohandes Ghandi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi closes the distance but Lacie moves to the side

and Lacie counters with a single leg into guard. Ghandi didn't expect that.
Lacie passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Lacie goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Ghandi has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Lacie but great work by Ghandi.
Ghandi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lacie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lacie is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ghandi decides to stand up, so the ref orders Lacie to his feet.
Ghandi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Ghandi rushes Lacie and presses him up against the cage.
Ghandi lands a damaging elbow.
Ghandi is leaning against Lacie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi lands a nice elbow.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghandi stalling in the clinch.
Ghandi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ghandi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi crunches a lovely knee into Lacie's ribcage.
Ghandi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi lands an elbow that stopped Lacie in his tracks for a moment.
Ghandi lands a knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi crunches a lovely knee into Lacie's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Ghandi.
Lacie looking for a takedown.
Ghandi lands an elbow that stopped Lacie in his tracks for a moment.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Ghandi.
A short body shot lands from Ghandi as the two fighters clinch.
Nice elbow from Ghandi.
Knees to the body from Ghandi.
Lacie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ghandi just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi tries to land knees in the clinch but Lacie avoids the damage to the body.
Lacie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lacie tries to score a body lock takedown but Ghandi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ghandi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ghandi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ghandi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ghandi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Lacie pulls guard successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lacie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lacie wants to hit a switch here but Ghandi passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Lacie there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohandes Ghandi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ghandi darts in trying to clinch

and Lacie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Lacie is looking for a kimura but Ghandi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lacie to get the leverage.
Lacie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ghandi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lacie wants to take Ghandi's back here but Ghandi is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

Lacie jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ghandi is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ghandi and Lacie has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghandi is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lacie is controlling him well.

Lacie goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Ghandi has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Lacie but great work by Ghandi.
Lacie is letting Ghandi control him for a moment.
Lacie tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Ghandi presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ghandi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lacie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ghandi controlling the position easily from mount.
Lacie is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi controlling from mount.
Ghandi's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lacie throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lacie tries to reverse the position but Ghandi maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hoyce Lacie will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Ghandi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lacie.
Ghandi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lacie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lacie tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lacie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lacie is looking to clinch but Ghandi is avoiding it.
Mohandes Ghandi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ghandi is looking to clinch.
Lacie tries a head kick but it misses.
Ghandi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lacie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghandi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lacie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ghandi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ghandi forces Lacie back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lacie is working for takedown but Ghandi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi gets through Lacie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ghandi with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ghandi looking to stall.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lacie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mohandes Ghandi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ghandi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghandi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ghandi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghandi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lacie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Ghandi.
Lacie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ghandi lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghandi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghandi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Lacie decides to pull guard.
Ghandi is looking to stand up but Lacie won't let him.

Lacie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghandi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lacie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Lacie working for a triangle but Ghandi defends it easily.
Ghandi advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Lacie is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ghandi remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Ghandi decides to stand back up.

Ghandi gets a clinch.
Ghandi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lacie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ghandi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoyce Lacie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ghandi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Lacie ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lacie no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Lacie isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ghandi stacks Lacie on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ghandi!
Lacie looking for a sweep but Ghandi has passed into full mount! Oh no!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohandes Ghandi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ghandi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohandes Ghandi!