PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Laroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters comes into the arena with Skillet Monster blaring out of the sound system. David Laroux will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Waters
vs
Laroux

175 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Heavy handed

.: AFFAKETION :.

GTI - 1337

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Laroux!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters moves in looking to clinch but Laroux pushes him off.

Waters rushes Laroux and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Waters is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laroux is keeping busy.

Waters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laroux throws a big shot that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Laroux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Waters pulls Laroux into guard.
Waters keeping full guard, as Laroux tries to pass.
Laroux lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laroux passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Waters gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Laroux stands up out of the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux scores with a jab. Waters acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Waters tries to clinch up but Laroux circles away and keeps his distance.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laroux paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Waters scores with a takedown into Laroux's guard.
Waters knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Laroux on the ground.
Laroux looking to hit a scissor sweep but Waters is one step ahead there.
Waters trying to control the position from guard on top but Laroux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laroux keeping full guard, as Waters tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux controlling Waters's posture.
Watersis looking to pass into half guard but Laroux pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Laroux is in guard.

Laroux gets to his feet - Waters follows without any prompting.
Waters tries to clinch up.
Laroux misses with a wild body shot.
Waters tries to clinch but Laroux is having none of it.
Laroux swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Waters tries to clinch but Laroux moves out of range.
Waters doesn't manage to clinch there - Laroux circles away.
Waters defending well as Laroux loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laroux.
Waters is looking to clinch.
Laroux circles away from the clinch attempt.
Waters tries to bum rush Laroux with a series of wild strikes but Laroux uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laroux keeps the fight on the outside.
Laroux swats away the attempt to clinch by Waters.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch but Laroux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Waters shoots in for a takedown but Laroux shows good takedown defense.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laroux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laroux connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch combination from Laroux misses.
Waters tries to clinch but Laroux moves out of range.
Waters is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters tries to clinch there but Laroux circles away.
Waters wants to clinch up but Laroux keeps it at a distance.
Laroux throws a big shot that misses.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch but Laroux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joe Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waters takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Laroux cracks Waters with a good jab.
Laroux digs a good body shot into Waters's ribs.
Waters is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laroux loads up on a big right hand but Waters slips the punch.
Laroux swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab from Laroux.
Laroux moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Waters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laroux tests Waters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Laroux dominated that 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.

Nice uppercut lands for Laroux. That snapped Waters's head back.
Laroux jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Laroux.
Waters tries to clinch there but Laroux circles away.
Laroux leaves Waters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Waters fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laroux 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Waters takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Laroux lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laroux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laroux throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Waters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Laroux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laroux stalks Waters and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Waters's face. Waters staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Waters tries to clinch up but Laroux circles away and keeps his distance.
Laroux has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Waters tries to score a power double leg takedown but Laroux sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Waters somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Waters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laroux scores with a jab to the head.
David Laroux seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laroux lands a lovely overhand right.
Waters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laroux has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Laroux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Laroux uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Laroux scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joe Waters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Laroux cracks Waters with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Laroux has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Waters to stand back up!

Waters is rocked!
Waters walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Laroux swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Laroux!