PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nuke Laloosh (ranked 1870 p4p, 266 weight class) and Gary Gravity (ranked 1903 p4p, 269 weight class). Nuke Laloosh could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gary Gravity's chin.

Laloosh
vs
Gravity

200 cm
37
218 lbs
30 - 18 - 0

187 cm
38
212 lbs
27 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Urban Fighter

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 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuke Laloosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Gravity!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laloosh has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Double XX in the buildup to the fight.
Laloosh walks into a straight right hand from Gravity.
Laloosh fails with an attempt to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gravity has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gravity digs a good body shot into Laloosh's ribs.
Gravity defending well as Laloosh loads up on a big left hand.
Gravity lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gravity throws a jab but it's blocked by Laloosh.
Gravity thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laloosh is looking to clinch.
Laloosh tries to clinch but Gravity is having none of it.
Laloosh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Gravity counter with a right hand.

It looks like Nuke Laloosh has been cut.
Laloosh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Laloosh clinches.
Laloosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravity controls his hands.
Gravity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity stops a takedown attempt from Laloosh.
Gravity misses with a punch on the inside.
Laloosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laloosh is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gravity gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gravity prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuke Laloosh. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Laloosh breaks the clinch.
Laloosh shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Laloosh rushes Gravity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laloosh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laloosh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravitys head.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laloosh blocking some punches.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
Gravity throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lalooshs head.
Laloosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravity controls his hands.

Laloosh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laloosh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Gravity.

Gravity closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Laloosh quickly recovers to half guard.
Laloosh pushes Gravity off but Gravity dives into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laloosh can't do much from the bottom here.
Laloosh is looking for a sweep.
Gravity trying to control the action but Laloosh is working from the bottom.
Laloosh dodges the ground and pound from Gravity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Gravity works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gravity fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gravity looks up at the clock and then as Laloosh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gravity smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gravity wants to lay and pray for a moment but Laloosh keeps working.

Gravity is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Laloosh has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gravity wants to control but Laloosh is keeping him busy.
Laloosh takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh is trying to control Gravity's posture but Gravity avoids it.
Gravity working the strikes but Laloosh uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Ground and pound from Gravity.
Nice strikes from Gravity there.
Laloosh moves into full guard.
Gravity postures up.
Gravity throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Laloosh works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Gravity dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nuke Laloosh's cut.
That's time! Laloosh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Laloosh staying out of range there.
Laloosh throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravity.
A low kick from Laloosh misses
and Gravity connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gravity connects with a body shot that sends Laloosh's belly button to the back.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Laloosh misses the target.
Laloosh ducks under a wild hook from Gravity.
Laloosh has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gravity finds it's way round the side to connect with Laloosh's head.
Gravity misses with a hook to the body
and Laloosh counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gravity throws a hook but Laloosh blocks it.

Gravity drives through with a takedown into guard.

Laloosh wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity thows a body kick. Laloosh tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Laloosh scores with a hook.
Laloosh tries to clinch up.

Laloosh rushes Gravity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laloosh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gravity throws a front kick aimed at Laloosh's knee but Laloosh avoids it well.
Gravity tries a low kick but Laloosh avoids it.
Gravity on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laloosh. Laloosh obviously looking to wear him down.

Laloosh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gravity, pushing him back against the cage.

Laloosh pulls guard.
Gravity is looking to work some ground and pound but Laloosh has wrist control.
Gravity stops Laloosh from standing up.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Laloosh keeps moving.
Gravity postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Laloosh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Laloosh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gravity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gravity working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Laloosh bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gravity's guard.

Gravity looking to control.
Laloosh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Laloosh looks up at the clock and then as Gravity takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Laloosh smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Laloosh tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Laloosh just content to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gravity sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
You can see the frustration on Gravity's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gravity tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Laloosh easily slips into full mount!
Gravity keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Laloosh with a couple of short strikes.
Gravity blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Laloosh landing strikes, looking to finish!
Laloosh lands a big elbow.
Laloosh looking to control but Gravity is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Laloosh landing strikes, looking to finish!
Laloosh controlling his opponent.
Gravity is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuke Laloosh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nuke Laloosh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Laloosh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gravity shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Laloosh's guard.
Laloosh is looking to stand back up but Gravity counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Laloosh.
Nuke Laloosh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Laloosh 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.
Laloosh regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Gravity.
Laloosh is controlling Gravity's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Laloosh is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gravity is aware though and is defending well.
Laloosh keeping moving, preventing Gravity from controlling successfully.
Gravity throws an elbow that misses. Laloosh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gravity's guard. Nice move by Laloosh!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity keeping moving, preventing Laloosh from controlling successfully.

Gravity is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Laloosh looking to sit in guard and control but Gravity gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gravity working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gravity is working Laloosh over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throws a big elbow that misses.
Laloosh tries to strike from the bottom.
Gravity postures up.
Gravity is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gravity is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gravity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gravity pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laloosh is keeping the position for now.

Laloosh is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gravity stopping the sweep attempt from Laloosh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gravity lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Laloosh trying to keep a closed guard but Gravity is proving a slippery customer.
Gravity slips nicely into half guard.
Gravity lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gravity drops an elbow to the side of Laloosh's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Gravity stalling.
Laloosh is trying to get back to full guard.
Gravity wants to control but Laloosh is keeping him busy.
Laloosh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gravity scores with a couple of nice shots.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gravity is taking a breather. Laloosh says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gravity sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Laloosh defending well though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Gravity comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gravity 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Gravity!
Gary Gravity gave a mention to Urban Fighter in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).