PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sheldon House (ranked 3598 p4p, 3092 weight class) and Sergeiy Lazendaevich (ranked 210 p4p, 186 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

House
vs
Lazendaevich

158 cm
20
143
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
19
136
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sheldon House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergeiy Lazendaevich!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazendaevich throws a jab but it's blocked by House.
Sergeiy Lazendaevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lazendaevich.
Lazendaevich scores with a jab.
House misses with an uppercut
and Lazendaevich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lazendaevich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed House momentarily.
Lazendaevich looks to throw the jab but House is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lazendaevich connects with a good right hand that stumbles House. House circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
House throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
House throws a quick counter head kick but Lazendaevich was just out of range.
Lazendaevich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lazendaevich tests House's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lazendaevich throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Lazendaevich. That snapped House's head back.
Lazendaevich throws a good cross that connects.
Lazendaevich jabs at House's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazendaevich lands the left hand.
Lazendaevich with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lazendaevich.
Lazendaevich doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
House looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lazendaevich throws out a loose jab but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lazendaevich has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lazendaevich catches House with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
House walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lazendaevich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from House there as he acknowledges the shot.

House is rocked!
Lazendaevich tries to close the distance and clinch up but House swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from House misses the target.
Lazendaevich throws a looping overhand right but House ducks down to avoid it.
Lazendaevich blocks a head kick by House.
House misses with a head kick.
Lazendaevich scores with a punch to the head.

Lazendaevich moves into range and clinches up with House.
Lazendaevich fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lazendaevich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

House breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lazendaevich moves away.
Lazendaevich is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! House had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Decent striking displayed by Lazendaevich there.
Lazendaevich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from House.
Lazendaevich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A lazy left from Lazendaevich finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House misses with a hook
and Lazendaevich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lazendaevich catches House with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
House uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lazendaevich.
House throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Lazendaevich counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sergeiy Lazendaevich dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lazendaevich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
House is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lazendaevich's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lazendaevich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. House looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lazendaevich scores with a jab. House acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
House throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lazendaevich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been informed that Lazendaevich has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lazendaevich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lazendaevich misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House throws a sloppy head kick
and Lazendaevich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
House looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lazendaevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent House stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from House.
Lazendaevich takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
House slips a jab from Lazendaevich.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lazendaevich.
House is looking to counter punch.
Lazendaevich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A swing and a miss from Lazendaevich.
Lazendaevich misses with an uppercut
and House counters with a straight right hand.
Lazendaevich misses with a looping right.
House is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lazendaevich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
House swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lazendaevich misses with a looping right.
House pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lazendaevich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lazendaevich tries to clinch up.
Sergeiy Lazendaevich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
House walks into a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Lazendaevich as he connects with a hook.
Lazendaevich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazendaevich misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Lazendaevich misses.
Lazendaevich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and House connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lazendaevich scrambles back to his feet.
Lazendaevich cracks House with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lazendaevich clobbers House with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Lazendaevich clinches with his opponent.

House breaks from the clinch.
House takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
House takes one to the side of the head.
Lazendaevich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House throws a sloppy head kick
and Lazendaevich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh House is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lazendaevich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. House looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from House.
House seems to have got his legs back now.
Lazendaevich connects with a nice looking jab.
House with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lazendaevich to score with a decent uppercut.
House swats away the attempt to clinch by Lazendaevich.
House tries a head kick but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sergeiy Lazendaevich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Lazendaevich misses the shot to the body.
Lazendaevich jabs House to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lazendaevich misses with an uppercut.
House is looking to counter with head kicks.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lazendaevich misses with an uppercut.
Lazendaevich just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHouse.
Lazendaevich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House throws the kick towards the body but Lazendaevich avoids it.
Lazendaevich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but House paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazendaevich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lazendaevich lands a jab to the nose.
House pulls out of a head kick attempt.
House looks for the body kick but Lazendaevich saw that one coming.
House drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lazendaevich with a nice cross.
House walks straight into a right hand from Lazendaevich - that's dropped him! Lazendaevich jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save House from any more punishment! House complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sergeiy Lazendaevich!
A very excited looking Sergeiy Lazendaevich made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.