PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Codename Lastairman (ranked 24981 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hi Beautiful (ranked 24967 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Hi Beautiful was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lastairman
vs
Beautiful

183 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

183 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Codename Lastairman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Beautiful closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lastairman's guard.
Beautiful prevents Lastairman from getting back to his feet.
Lastairman being controlled here, momentarily.
Beautiful wants to stand and escape but instead Lastairman has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Beautiful pushes Lastairman off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beautiful misses with a takedown
and Lastairman counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful fails with the takedown
and Lastairman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lastairman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beautiful avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lastairman dives in for a single leg takedown but Beautiful sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lastairman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lastairman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Codename Lastairman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hi Beautiful.

Beautiful drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lastairman is being controlled here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beautiful has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Beautiful displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lastairman.
Beautiful changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Beautiful shoots in for a takedown but Lastairman shows good takedown defense.
Lastairman appears to be looking for a big counter.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lastairman is defended easily by Beautiful.
Beautiful is looking for the big counter here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lastairman doesn't manage to clinch there - Beautiful circles away.
Beautiful let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Beautiful drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lastairman is wriggling around but Beautiful manages to pass to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Beautiful not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hi Beautiful dominated that 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.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beautiful.
Beautiful with a poor takedown
and Lastairman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Lastairman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Beautiful tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lastairman is in Beautiful's guard.
Hi Beautiful has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beautiful looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Lastairman stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Lastairman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Beautiful!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful is pushing Lastairman's head away, looking to escape. Lastairman manages to hold on to the position though.

Beautiful bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Lastairman manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Beautiful on his heels. He'll look to pass Beautiful's guard now, I'm sure.

Beautiful is working an open guard so Lastairman takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lastairman goes for a double leg but Beautiful avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Beautiful continues to drive forward.
Horrible takedown attempt by Beautiful or perhaps it was just good defense by Lastairman, which made it look bad.
Lastairman changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Codename Lastairman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hi Beautiful.

Lastairman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beautiful.
Lastairman can't find room to land a body shot as Beautiful controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beautiful.

That's four 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.
Beautiful tries to work over Lastairman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beautiful is working for takedown but Lastairman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Beautiful wants a takedown but no success here.
Lastairman is leaning against Beautiful and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Beautiful can't find room to land a body shot as Lastairman controls the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beautiful tries for a takedown but Lastairman manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Codename Lastairman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Beautiful closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Beautiful lands in his opponent's guard.
Beautiful showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lastairman wants to stand but Beautiful is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beautiful is fighting to break Lastairman's control of his arms but Lastairman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Beautiful being controlled here momentarily.

Lastairman has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Beautiful has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beautiful misses with a body punch.
Lastairman with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hi Beautiful has been cut.
Lastairman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Beautiful up against the cage.
Beautiful tries to throw a body punch but Lastairman avoids it by throwing Beautiful back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lastairman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lastairman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Beautiful is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lastairman with a body shot.
Beautiful shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lastairman but Lastairman pushes him off and we're back to square one.

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.

Beautiful drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Lastairman manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Lastairman shoots in and bounces Beautiful off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Beautiful kicks Lastairman off and gets to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Codename Lastairman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lastairman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Codename Lastairman!