PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Holt (ranked 23891 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Loblaw (ranked 4629 p4p, 426 weight class). Bob Loblaw will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Holt
vs
Loblaw

172 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

184 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seymour Holt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Loblaw!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holt pushes Loblaw away with a front kick.
Seymour Holt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Loblaw gets the takedown into side control.
Loblaw wants to control but Holt is keeping him busy.
Loblaw laying and praying for a moment but Holt takes advantage and regains half guard.
Loblaw passes the guard and advances to mount!
Loblaw is stalling here but it's allowed Holt to get half guard.
Loblaw passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Holt!
Loblaw tries to control but Holt wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt working to try and regain half guard.
Loblaw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holt is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Loblaw's lack of action.
Loblaw not doing much here.
Loblaw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holt keeps working.
Holt is looking to improve his position.
Loblaw stalling.
Loblaw trying to control from half guard but Holt is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw stalling away here and it's allowed Holt to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Loblaw sitting in guard here, content to control.
Loblaw tries to free his leg and advance position but Holt is retaining full guard.
Loblaw controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Holt wants to sweep here but Loblaw controlling him for the moment.
Loblaw's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Loblaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holt is keeping the position for now.
Loblaw trying to control but Holt is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

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.
Loblaw fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Holt avoids it really well and circles away.

Holt bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holt is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Seymour Holt will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Loblaw tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Holt swivels and escapes.

Loblaw is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Holt's half guard.
Loblaw is thwarting Holt's attempts to control the position.
Loblaw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holt keeps working.
Loblaw is just content to waste time from the top position. Holt takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Loblaw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holt keeping moving, preventing Loblaw from controlling successfully.
Bob Loblaw has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt trying to keep a closed guard but Loblaw is proving a slippery customer.
Holt being controlled here, momentarily.
Holt might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Holt looking to control.
Loblaw looking to sit in guard and control but Holt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Loblaw is trying to keep Holt in close.
Loblaw looking for a sweep. Not yet Loblaw, not yet.
Holt lands a couple of digs.
Holt sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Loblaw trying to keep a closed guard but Holt is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw wants to sweep but no luck.
Loblaw is breathing heavily.
Holt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Loblaw is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Holt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Holt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Loblaw trying to keep a closed guard but Holt is proving a slippery customer.
Holt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Loblaw avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Loblaw trying to control the position here.
Holt trying to control the position from guard on top but Loblaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Holt gets the takedown into side control.
Holt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loblaw can do to turn this around?
Loblaw controls the position for a moment.
Holt grinds an elbow into Loblaw's temple.
Loblaw is trying to escape the position but Holt is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Loblaw can do anything to dispel that myth.
Loblaw is trying to control Holt's posture but Holt avoids it.
Holt works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Holt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Loblaw keeps working.
Holt takes a little break here. Loblaw wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Loblaw is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw gets back to half guard.
Loblaw trying to control but Holt postures up.
Loblaw is looking for a sweep. Holt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Holt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Holt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Loblaw blocking the ground and pound attempt from Holt.
Holt looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Loblaw wants to improve his position but Holt is controlling well.

Holt is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Loblaw is just riding it out for now. Holt eventually gives up the hold.
Loblaw gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seymour Holt dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Holt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Loblaw circles away quickly and effectively.
Holt slaps away a takedown attempt from Loblaw, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Holt moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Loblaw has Holt pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Loblaw pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Holt tumbling to the mat - Loblaw dives into Holt's guard.
Holt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Loblaw slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loblaw is looking to take a break and control but Holt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holt makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Holt.
Holt wants to stand but Loblaw is controlling the position.
Holt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Holt keeping moving, preventing Loblaw from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Loblaw won't allow Holt to sweep him here.
Loblaw wants to control from the top but Holt keeps moving.
Loblaw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Loblaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holt keeping moving, preventing Loblaw from controlling successfully.

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

Loblaw shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Holt manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Holt pushes Loblaw off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loblaw shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Holt counters with a head kick.
Holt connects with an inside leg kick.

Holt shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Loblaw tries to get to full guard but Holt has control of the leg.
Loblaw keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Loblaw is looking for a sweep. Holt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Loblaw is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Holt there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Holt in particular looking to stall.
Loblaw is trying to get back to full guard.

Loblaw looking for submissions off his back.
Loblaw tries to roll over but Holt keeps him under control.

Holt seems to be looking for submissions.
Loblaw trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holt slows the pace down in half guard.
Holt lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seymour Holt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Holt 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seymour Holt!