PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between In Your (ranked 3465 p4p, 388 weight class) and Keiran Looez (ranked 5881 p4p, 473 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Your
vs
Looez

190 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, In Your!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keiran Looez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Your fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Looez with that takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Your.

Looez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Your is trying to get back to full guard.
Your trying to control from the bottom.
Your wants to get back to full guard.
Looez trying to control the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Looez is looking to advance position but Your won't allow it.
Looez controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Looez slips a nice elbow through Your's hands, connecting with Your's forehead.
Looez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Looez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Looez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Looez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Let's hope that Looez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Looez tries to pass to full mount but Your defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Looez controlling the pace.
Your wants to improve his position but Looez is controlling well.
Looez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Looez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Looez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Looez just content to control the position.
Looez working away.
Your is breathing heavily.
Your trying to remain calm as Looez controls from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Your gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Your holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Looez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Looez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Looez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Your is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Looez controlling from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Looez misses with a head shot.
Your is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Looez controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keiran Looez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Horrible takedown attempt by Looez or perhaps it was just good defense by Your, which made it look bad.

Looez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Your to the mat! Your manages to get full guard.
Your being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Looez works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Looez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Looez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Looez uses his free foot to push down on Your's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Your.
Looez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Looez.
Your is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Looez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
More stalling from Looez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Looez punching from mount but Your doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Looez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Looez with more of the same as he continues to hold on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Looez misses with a head shot.
Looez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keiran Looez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Looez feints and as Your raises his hands in defense, Looez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Looez stays in close to Your's body and controls the position.
Looez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Looez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Looez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Looez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Your throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Looez looking to score a takedown here. Your is defending well but Looez drives through and ends up in Your's guard.
Looez is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Looez is continuing to stall.
The adventures of Looez the control monster continue. Boring.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Your throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Your throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Looez feints and as Your raises his hands in defense, Looez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Your can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Looez controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yet more stalling tactics from Looez.
Looez throws a big right hand that misses.
Keiran Looez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

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.
Looez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Looez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Your on his heels. He'll look to pass Your's guard now, I'm sure.
Looez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Your can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Looez controls the pace.
Looez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Looez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keiran Looez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Looez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiran Looez!