PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Landolf (ranked 25430 p4p, 4453 weight class) and Eric Liu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Liu will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Landolf
vs
Liu

180 cm
18
155
1 - 3 - 0

222 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ezekiel Landolf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eric Liu!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landolf throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liu counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ezekiel Landolf has been cut.

Liu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landolf, pushing him back against the cage.
Landolf is trying to pull guard but Liu turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Liu is pressed up against the cage. Landolf has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Liu down to the mat. Liu avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Liu.
Landolf shoots in for a takedown but Liu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ezekiel Landolf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liu connects with a high kick.
Ezekiel Landolf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Landolf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landolf takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Landolf takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Liu is looking for the big counter here.
Liu throws a sloppy head kick

and Landolf counters with a takedown into side control.

Liu sneaks out the side door and pushes Landolf away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick from Landolf misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landolf misses with a body shot.

Liu takes the fight into the clinch.
Landolf stalling in the clinch but Liu improves position.
Liu is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Liu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Landolf in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Landolf wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liu has him pressed against the cage.
Liu tries to land knees in the clinch but Landolf avoids the damage to the body.
Liu leaning against his opponent.
Landolf trying to stall but Liu improves his position.
Liu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Liu breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landolf throws a big shot that misses.
Landolf looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Liu misses with a two punch combination.
Landolf appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Landolf.

Landolf gets tackled into the cage by Liu. Liu maintains the clinch.
Liu lands a left hand.
Landolf tries to stall but Liu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Landolf fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landolf shoots in looking for a takedown but Liu manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Landolf's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Landolf as Liu shoots in.
Landolf fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Landolf misses the shot to the body.

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

Liu breaks the clinch.

Landolf scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Liu pushes Landolf off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu tests Landolf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liu looks for a takedown but Landolf sprawls well.
Landolf feinted with a counter takedown.
Landolf swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.

Liu clinches.
Landolf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liu lands a shoulder strike.
Landolf trying to stall but Liu improves his position.
Landolf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Landolf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liu's elbow.
A short right from Liu.

Liu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Liu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ezekiel Landolf's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Liu rushes Landolf and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Liu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Liu enables Landolf to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Liu manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Landolf looking to pass the guard.
Landolf trying to control the position from guard on top but Liu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Landolf controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu is trying to hold Landolf in close to prevent damage but Landolf has managed to pass into half guard.
Liu won't allow Landolf to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu is trying to get back to full guard.
Liu wants to control but Landolf passes into side.

Landolf is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Liu is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Landolf thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
A lull in the action here as Landolf stalls from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Landolf is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Liu is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liu tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Landolf easily slips into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Landolf looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Landolf is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Liu has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Landolf working for a submission but Liu is keeping him at bay.
Liu is squirming around, avoiding Landolf's attempts to control the action.

Landolf working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Landolf tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landolf is looking to work his way around to Liu's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

Landolf looking for a guillotine from mount but Liu is having none of it.
Liu tries to hold on but Landolf postures up.

Liu has left one of his arms exposed and Landolf doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Liu screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ezekiel Landolf!
Eric Liu spoke after the fight, saying 'ya wife is in me dms'.