PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pithe Canthropus (ranked 9294 p4p, 773 weight class) and Kirk St Lazarus (ranked 5301 p4p, 563 weight class). Canthropus comes to the cage accompanied by Pizzaman - Trippin' On Sunshine. St Lazarus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: No Worries. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Canthropus
vs
St Lazarus

175 cm
55
165 lbs
39 - 43 - 2

169 cm
40
167 lbs
41 - 27 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 43 - 2, fighting out of London, Pithe Canthropus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 27 - 2, fighting out of London, Kirk St Lazarus!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Lazarus digs a good body shot into Canthropus's ribs.
St Lazarus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Canthropus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and St Lazarus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Canthropus is breathing heavily.
St Lazarus thuds a left hand into Canthropus's body.
Pithe Canthropus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Lazarus throws a leg kick which misses Canthropus's front leg but catches the back leg as Canthropus tries to avoid it.
Canthropus throws a jab but it's blocked by St Lazarus.
Canthropus misses with an uppercut.
Canthropus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before St Lazarus can pounce on him.
A slapping body kick lands there for St Lazarus.
St Lazarus cracks the inside of Canthropus's front leg.
Canthropus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Lazarus fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Canthropus on the side of the head.
St Lazarus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Canthropus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

St Lazarus looking to score a takedown here. Canthropus is defending well but St Lazarus drives through and ends up in Canthropus's guard.
Canthropus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St Lazarus controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands a couple of elbows.
St Lazarus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
St Lazarus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
St Lazarus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Canthropus's head.
St Lazarus passes into half guard.
St Lazarus moves nicely into side control.
St Lazarus working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Canthropus is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Canthropus is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and St Lazarus can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk St Lazarus!
During a confident post fight interview, Kirk St Lazarus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Pithe Canthropus was interviewed post fight and said 'Crap. I lost. That sucks.'.