PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Lamas (ranked 6589 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murat Gagiev (ranked 22642 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lamas
vs
Gagiev

178 cm
19
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
28
166 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frankie Lamas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Murat Gagiev!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamas wants to clinch
and Gagiev counters with a left and a right that stings Lamas.
A head kick misses from Lamas.
Lamas tries to clinch up but Gagiev circles away and keeps his distance.
Gagiev lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gagiev throws a body shot but no joy.
Gagiev keeps the fight on the outside.
Lamas slips a straight right by Gagiev.
Gagiev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lamas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gagiev blocks the body kick.

Lamas pushes Gagiev up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gagiev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lamas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gagiev is trying to break the clinch but Lamas has him pressed against the cage.
Lamas swings wildly with an uppercut but Gagiev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lamas stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagiev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lamas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lamas is trying to maintain a safe position but Gagiev gets an underhook and turns Lamas into the cage.
Lamas misses with the head strike.
Lamas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gagiev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lamas stalling in the clinch.
Lamas misses with the head strike.
A short right from Lamas on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Lamas.
Lamas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lamas lands a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Lamas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lamas lands with a left to the head.
Gagiev is pushing Lamas up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lamas misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gagiev - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lamas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lamas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamas swinging wildly here.
Gagiev is looking for the big counter here.
Lamas is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gagiev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gagiev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Gagiev gets tackled into the cage by Lamas. Lamas maintains the clinch.
Gagiev takes a shot to the head.
Lamas scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Murat Gagiev has been cut.

Lamas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frankie Lamas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lamas tries to clinch but Gagiev moves out of range.
Gagiev takes a jab right on the kisser.

Lamas drives through and clinches with Gagiev against the cage.
Lamas lands a body punch in the clinch.

Lamas breaks from the clinch.
Gagiev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lamas forces Gagiev back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamas throws a punch but it's blocked by Gagiev.
Lamas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gagiev backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamas avoiding damage.
Lamas just leaning against Gagiev, taking a breather.
Lamas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gagiev tries to throw a body punch but Lamas avoids it by throwing Gagiev back against the cage.
Lamas looking to throw knees to the head but Gagiev is blocking nicely.
Gagiev avoiding damage.
A short right from Lamas.
Gagiev stalling in the clinch but Lamas improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Lamas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murat Gagiev's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gagiev keeps the fight on the outside.
Gagiev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Lamas rushes Gagiev and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lamas looking to throw knees to the head but Gagiev is blocking nicely.
Frankie Lamas has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Lamas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamas throws a leg kick but Gagiev moved away.
Gagiev let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lamas darts in trying to clinch
and Gagiev counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Lamas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lamas moves in looking to clinch but Gagiev pushes him off.

Lamas moves into the clinch.
Lamas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Lamas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamas doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagiev circles away.

Lamas forces Gagiev back against the cage and clinches.
Lamas with a knee to the head.
Lamas stalling against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lamas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gagievs head.
Lamas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lamas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Lamas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamas staying out of range there.
Lamas is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gagiev.
Lamas fails in his attempt to clinch.

Lamas clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamas tries to work over Gagiev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lamas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gagiev backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gagiev.
Lamas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lamas misses with some punches.
Gagiev taking a breather.

Lamas breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamas is looking to clinch but Gagiev is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Gagiev misses.
Lamas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gagiev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lamas doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagiev circles away.
Gagiev swings for the body but Lamas moves out of range.
It looked like Lamas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gagiev.

Lamas gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gagiev blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Gagiev.
Lamas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gagiev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lamas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gagiev blocking some punches.
Lamas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Lamas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lamas moves in looking to clinch but Gagiev pushes him off.
Gagiev avoids the body shot from Lamas.
Gagiev tries to move into range but Lamas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lamas tries to clinch up but Gagiev circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Lamas.
Gagiev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gagiev gets tackled into the cage by Lamas. Lamas maintains the clinch.
Gagiev scores with a hook to the body.
Lamas landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lamas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lamas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lamas looking to stall.
Lamas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lamas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lamas lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Lamas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Murat Gagiev's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lamas clinches.
Lamas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lamas misses with a knee to the head.
Lamas lands a knee to the body.
Gagiev wants to break free but Lamas has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Lamas.
A short uppercut from Lamas.
Lamas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lamas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gagiev can do to turn this around?
Gagiev misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lamas scores with a shot to the side of Gagiev's head.
Lamas is pushing Gagiev up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lamas.
Lamas stalls.
Gagiev lands a hook that snaps the head of Lamas backwards.
Lamas tries to stall but Gagiev uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lamas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gagiev backwards.
Lamas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gagiev is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lamas is keeping busy.
Lamas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gagiev is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Frankie Lamas.
Lamas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lamas wants to clinch.
Lamas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lamas moves into range and clinches up with Gagiev.
Gagiev blocking some punches.
Lamas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lamas throws a head punch that misses.
Lamas lands a nice uppercut.
Gagiev stalling the fight.
Lamas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gagiev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lamas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Lamas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lamas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gagiev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gagiev swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamas.
Lamas tries to land a front kick but Gagiev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Lamas drives through and clinches with Gagiev against the cage.
Lamas lands a hook that snaps the head of Gagiev backwards.
Gagiev blocks an uppercut.
Lamas misses with a short punch on the inside.

Lamas breaks from the clinch.
Lamas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lamas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gagiev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamas doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagiev circles away.
Lamas wants to clinch up but Gagiev keeps it at a distance.
Lamas wants to clinch.

Lamas gets a clinch.

Lamas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lamas forces Gagiev back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gagiev backwards.
Murat Gagiev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frankie Lamas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gagiev stalls.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie Lamas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lamas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Lamas!