PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sambo Trambai (ranked 4462 p4p, 527 weight class) and Yggdrasil Livre (ranked 5679 p4p, 622 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trambai
vs
Livre

191 cm
20
218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
19
220 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sambo Trambai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Yggdrasil Livre!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trambai closes the distance and clinches.
Livre takes a shot to the head.
Trambai working aggressively here.
Trambai tries to throw a body punch but Livre avoids it by throwing Trambai back against the cage.
Trambai lands with a light punch inside.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Livre can't find room to land a body shot as Trambai controls the action.
Trambai misses with a body punch.
Livre blocks a body shot from Trambai.
Trambai tries to work over Livre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trambai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trambai struggles to land a body shot inside as Livre controls his hands.
Trambai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Livre blocks a body shot from Trambai.
A short body shot lands from Trambai as the two fighters clinch.
Trambai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Livre looking to stall.
Livre prevents a body shot from Trambai.
Trambai swings wildly with an uppercut but Livre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Livre slowing the pace effectively.
Trambai lands a hook that snaps the head of Livre backwards.
Trambai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trambai blocks an uppercut.
Trambai throws a head punch that misses.
Trambai tries to throw a body punch but Livre avoids it by throwing Trambai back against the cage.
Trambai misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Trambai is working Livre over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livre blocking some punches.
Livre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trambai has a couple of punches blocked by Livre.
Trambai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trambai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Livre's elbow.
Trambai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Livre backwards.
Trambai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Livre blocks an uppercut.
Trambai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Livre.
Livre blocks a body shot from Trambai.
Trambai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trambai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Livres head.
Livre wants to break free but Trambai has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trambai lands with a light punch inside.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trambai struggles to land a body shot inside as Livre controls his hands.
Trambai misses with a punch on the inside.
Livre blocks a body shot from Trambai.
Livre is pushing Trambai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trambai tries to throw a body punch but Livre avoids it by throwing Trambai back against the cage.
Livre blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Trambai.
Livre can't break the clinch.
Trambai lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Livre backwards.
Trambai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trambai tries to throw a body punch but Livre avoids it by throwing Trambai back against the cage.
Trambai digs a right hand underneath Livre's ribcage. Livre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trambai throws a punch but it's blocked by Livre.
Trambai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trambai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trambai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Livre tries to throw a body punch but Trambai avoids it by throwing Livre back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Livre.
Trambai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Livre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Livre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trambai lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sambo Trambai dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Trambai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Livre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trambai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Livre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trambai has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Livre ducks under a wild hook from Trambai.
Livre looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Livre throws a hook but Trambai avoids it easily.
Trambai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Livre counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Livre lands a glancing blow to the side of Trambai's head.
Trambai misses with a jab to the body
and Livre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trambai just misses with a punch to the body.
Trambai throws a combination that misses
and Livre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trambai fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Livre is out of range.
Livre is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Trambai with a body shot.
Trambai misses with a double jab
and Livre counters with a nice uppercut.
Trambai looks to land a combination but Livre avoids it well.
Trambai misses with a double jab
and Livre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trambai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Livres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Trambai avoids the body shot from Livre.
Livre's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trambai connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Livre scrambles back to his feet.
Livre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trambai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yggdrasil Livre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trambai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Livre's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Trambai misses.
Livre appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Trambai clinches.
Livre blocks a body shot from Trambai.
Livre is trying to break the clinch but Trambai has him pressed against the cage.
Trambai digs a right hand underneath Livre's ribcage. Livre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trambai tries to land knees in the clinch but Livre avoids the damage to the body.
Livre blocks an uppercut.
Livre wants to break the clinch but can't.
Trambai misses with a body punch.
Trambai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trambai swings wildly with an uppercut but Livre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trambai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trambai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trambai can't find room to land a body shot as Livre controls the action.
Trambai tries to work over Livre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trambai.
Livre prevents a body shot from Trambai.
Trambai tries a body shot but Livre blocks it.
Trambai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Livre's efforts to push away.
Trambai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trambai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trambai cracks Livre with a nice body shot.
Trambai can't find room to land a body shot as Livre controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trambai can't find room to land a body shot as Livre controls the action.
Trambai misses with a body punch.
Trambai tries to work over Livre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Livre prevents a body shot from Trambai.
Trambai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Livre can do to turn this around?
Trambai has a couple of punches blocked by Livre.
Livre displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trambai up against the cage.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Livre has had enough of the clinch but Trambai keeps him there for the moment.
Trambai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Livre blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Livre prevents a body shot from Trambai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sambo Trambai dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Trambai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Livre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trambai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Livre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Livre takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Yggdrasil Livre has been cut.
Livre avoids the body shot from Trambai.
A countering left hand to the body from Livre misses.
Trambai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Livre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trambai.
Trambai throws a big counter combination but Livre scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Trambai throws a leg kick
and Livre counters with a nice uppercut.
Trambai misses with an uppercut. Livre saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Livre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trambai throws a nice looking combination but Livre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trambai misses with a few strikes there.
Livre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Livre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trambai misses with a double jab
letting Livre counter with a right hand.
Trambai throws a half hearted mid kick.
Trambai throws a series of punches but Livre avoids them all with ease.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trambai.
Livre's corner calls for a 1-2. Livre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Livre misses the target.
Trambai lands with a kick to the temple. Livre shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab lands there for Livre.
Jab by Livre.
Trambai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Livre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trambai ducks under a wild hook from Livre.
Trambai misses with a body kick.
Trambai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Livre! But no joy.
Livre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trambai.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Livre keeps the fight on the outside.
Trambai tries to clinch
and Livre counters with a nice uppercut.
Sambo Trambai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Livre just misses with a punch to the body.
Livre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Livre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Livre misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trambai misses with a low kick.
A head kick from Trambai lands but Livre takes it in his stride.
Trambai throws a head kick that misses
and Livre counters with a nice uppercut.
Trambai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Livre.

Livre is rocked!
Trambai throws a predictable looking body shot
and Livre counters with a straight right hand.
Trambai scores with a push kick.
Nice cross by Livre.
Livre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Livre is still on wobbly legs! Can Trambai finish him?
Trambai rushes Livre and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Livre is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Trambai piles on the pressure and Livre crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sambo Trambai!
During a confident post fight interview, Sambo Trambai thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.