PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Osama Bin-Semen (ranked 2479 p4p, 2909 weight class) and Aries Lagana (ranked 207 p4p, 243 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bin-Semen
vs
Lagana

160 cm
19
145
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
150
3 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Osama Bin-Semen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aries Lagana!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Winston Howard and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagana scores with the left hand. Bin-Semen knows he should have avoided that one.
Lagana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bin-Semen on the side of the head.
Lagana lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bin-Semen closes the distance and clinches up with Lagana, looking for a takedown. Bin-Semen pushes Lagana against the cage but Lagana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Lagana gets caught napping as Bin-Semen dives in and scores a takedown. Lagana manages to retain guard.
Bin-Semen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bin-Semen scoring with some ground and pound.
Lagana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bin-Semen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bin-Semen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lagana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bin-Semen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bin-Semen distracts Lagana with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bin-Semen lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bin-Semen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bin-Semen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lagana preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin-Semen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bin-Semen stands up over Lagana, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bin-Semen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bin-Semen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bin-Semen is working Lagana over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bin-Semen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lagana is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bin-Semen chips away with some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen is working Lagana over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lagana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bin-Semen.
Bin-Semen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bin-Semen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bin-Semen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lagana's head.
Bin-Semen has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bin-Semen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bin-Semen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bin-Semen trying to control the position from guard on top but Lagana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bin-Semen stands up over Lagana, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bin-Semen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bin-Semen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bin-Semen throws a big elbow that misses.
Lagana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bin-Semen is looking to work some ground and pound but Lagana has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bin-Semen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bin-Semen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lagana's head.
Lagana trying to control the position.
Bin-Semen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lagana's head.
Bin-Semen connects with a couple of short punches.
Bin-Semen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bin-Semen throws a big right hand that misses.
Bin-Semen postures up and lands a big shot to Lagana's brow.
Bin-Semen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lagana's head.
Bin-Semen postures up and lands a big shot to Lagana's brow.
Bin-Semen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bin-Semen with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Lagana looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bin-Semen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lagana's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lagana is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bin-Semen distracts Lagana with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bin-Semen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bin-Semen landing some decent shots from guard.
Bin-Semen advances to half guard.
Bin-Semen lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bin-Semen lands a nice short elbow.
Bin-Semen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bin-Semen is trying to control. Lagana wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Osama Bin-Semen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Bin-Semen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lagana did well to prevent Bin-Semen getting side control.
Bin-Semen working over Lagana with some ground and pound. Lagana looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lagana has hold of Bin-Semen's hands but Bin-Semen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bin-Semen thows a huge punch but Lagana dodges it nicely.
Osama Bin-Semen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bin-Semen connects with a nice short shot to Lagana's temple.
Bin-Semen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lagana is trying to get back to full guard.
Bin-Semen slips a nice elbow through Lagana's hands, connecting with Lagana's forehead.
Lagana has hold of Bin-Semen's hands but Bin-Semen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bin-Semen lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bin-Semen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Lagana is rocked!
Bin-Semen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lagana has hold of Bin-Semen's hands but Bin-Semen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lagana is still in real trouble! Can Bin-Semen finish him?
Nice strikes from Bin-Semen there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin-Semen lands with a punch from half guard.

Bin-Semen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bin-Semen slips a nice elbow through Lagana's hands, connecting with Lagana's forehead.
Bin-Semen lands with a punch from half guard.
Bin-Semen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bin-Semen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bin-Semen slips a nice elbow through Lagana's hands, connecting with Lagana's forehead.
Bin-Semen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lagana with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bin-Semen lands a big elbow - Lagana is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bin-Semen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osama Bin-Semen!
Osama Bin-Semen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.