PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Larry Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perseus The Lightning Thief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Holmes
vs
The Lightning Thief

170 cm
25
149 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Larry Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Perseus The Lightning Thief!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Lightning Thief tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holmes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmes throws a nice looking combination but The Lightning Thief bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holmes connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Perseus The Lightning Thief has been cut.

The Lightning Thief clinches up with Holmes and pushes him back against the cage.
The Lightning Thief fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lightning Thief misses with a punch to the body.
The Lightning Thief gets underhooks to prevent Holmes's takedown attempt.
The Lightning Thief with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holmes blocking some punches.
Holmes fails to pull guard.
Holmes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Lightning Thief walks away with a smile on his face. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Lightning Thief tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Lightning Thief doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmes circles away.

The Lightning Thief has Holmes up against the cage in a clinch.
The Lightning Thief misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lightning Thief can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
The Lightning Thief misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lightning Thief is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Lightning Thief obliges.
The Lightning Thief misses with a body punch.
The Lightning Thief throws an elbow that misses.
Holmes tries for a takedown. No joy.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holmes wants to get back to striking at distance but The Lightning Thief won't allow it.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but The Lightning Thief is controlling him.
Holmes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. The Lightning Thief fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holmes is trying hard to land a takedown here. The Lightning Thief sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Holmes tries to clinch but The Lightning Thief is having none of it.
Holmes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

The Lightning Thief closes the distance and clinches.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice knee to the body.
The Lightning Thief scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief crunches a lovely knee into Holmes's ribcage.
The Lightning Thief using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Lightning Thief crunches a lovely knee into Holmes's ribcage.
Holmes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from The Lightning Thief - that landed with a thud.
The Lightning Thief with a knee to the head.

It looks like Larry Holmes has been cut.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the body.
The Lightning Thief lands a damaging elbow.
The Lightning Thief connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
The Lightning Thief lands a good knee to the midsection. Holmes won't want to take too many of those.
The Lightning Thief is pressed up against the cage. Holmes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Lightning Thief down to the mat. The Lightning Thief avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Holmes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Lightning Thief circles away quickly and effectively.
Perseus The Lightning Thief is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holmes is breathing heavily.
Holmes darts in trying to clinch

and The Lightning Thief counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice elbow.
The Lightning Thief lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Lightning Thief scores with a hook to the body.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Lightning Thief lands a left hand.
The Lightning Thief throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holmes takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the body.
The Lightning Thief lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Lightning Thief scores with a knee to the head.
The Lightning Thief keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmes's efforts to push away.
The Lightning Thief connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Lightning Thief lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Holmes takes an elbow to the temple.
The Lightning Thief lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
The Lightning Thief crunches a lovely knee into Holmes's ribcage.
The Lightning Thief creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmes's defenses.
The Lightning Thief landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes is trying to break free.
The Lightning Thief looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Lightning Thief smiles and moves away.
The Lightning Thief fails in his attempt to clinch.

The Lightning Thief gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Lightning Thief comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holmes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Lightning Thief walks away with a smile on his face. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perseus The Lightning Thief dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Lightning Thief tries to clinch up.
Holmes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Lightning Thief moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes misses with the combination.

The Lightning Thief instigates a clinch.
The Lightning Thief lands a shot to the body.
The Lightning Thief is leaning against Holmes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Holmes fails to pull guard.
The Lightning Thief works on Holmes's body with a couple of short punches.
The Lightning Thief keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmes's efforts to push away.
Holmes takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Lightning Thief has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
The Lightning Thief lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
Holmes jumps guard but The Lightning Thief stands there with Holmes around his waist. Holmes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Holmes tries to score a body lock takedown but The Lightning Thief shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lightning Thief lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
The Lightning Thief presses Holmes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Lightning Thief lands a body punch.
The Lightning Thief lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Holmes.
The Lightning Thief stops a takedown attempt from Holmes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holmes misses with the head strike.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Lightning Thief fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holmes tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Lightning Thief lands a left hand.
The Lightning Thief using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Lightning Thief is leaning against Holmes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Lightning Thief is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holmes is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Lightning Thief gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Holmes working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lightning Thief.
Holmes tries to circle away but The Lightning Thief has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from The Lightning Thief.
Knees to the body from The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief scores with a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Lightning Thief obliges.
The Lightning Thief lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes jumps guard but The Lightning Thief stands there with Holmes around his waist. Holmes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Lightning Thief landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes is trying to break free.
Holmes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Lightning Thief is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Lightning Thief lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lightning Thief looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but The Lightning Thief has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes tries for a takedown. No joy.
The Lightning Thief landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Lightning Thief.
A head punch on the inside from The Lightning Thief fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Lightning Thief obliges.
A head punch on the inside from The Lightning Thief fails to land.
The Lightning Thief tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief working Holmes over with knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Lightning Thief landing knees to the body.
Holmes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Lightning Thief walks away with a smile on his face. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Holmes tries to bum rush The Lightning Thief with a series of wild strikes but The Lightning Thief uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Lightning Thief doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmes circles away.
The Lightning Thief tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmes paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The Lightning Thief gets a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Lightning Thief obliges.
The Lightning Thief digs a right hand underneath Holmes's ribcage. Holmes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A knee to the head by The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Lightning Thief obliges.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the head.
Holmes takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Lightning Thief misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Lightning Thief gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Lightning Thief scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perseus The Lightning Thief showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Lightning Thief has Holmes up against the cage in a clinch.
The Lightning Thief throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Lightning Thief with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Lightning Thief keeps control of Holmes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Lightning Thief is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice elbow.
The Lightning Thief scores with a knee to the head.
The Lightning Thief goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes wants to get back to striking at distance but The Lightning Thief won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief working Holmes over with knees to the body.
Holmes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Lightning Thief smiles and moves away.

The Lightning Thief moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lightning Thief gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Holmes.
Holmes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Lightning Thief has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Lightning Thief tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes wants to break free but The Lightning Thief has control.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch but The Lightning Thief keeps him there for the moment.
The Lightning Thief lands a good knee to the midsection. Holmes won't want to take too many of those.
Holmes tries to pull guard but The Lightning Thief won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Lightning Thief landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Lightning Thief creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmes's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Lightning Thief.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holmes prevents a body shot from The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief trying to land knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the body.
The Lightning Thief landing knees to the body.
The Lightning Thief lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Lightning Thief tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lightning Thief lands a damaging elbow.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the body.
A short left from The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief lands a knee to the body.
The Lightning Thief lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Lightning Thief is working Holmes over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes can't break the clinch.
Holmes working hard to break the clinch.
Holmes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holmes is trying to break free.
Holmes can't get the takedown.
The Lightning Thief lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Lightning Thief fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lightning Thief working aggressively here.
The Lightning Thief can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
The Lightning Thief with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from The Lightning Thief.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lightning Thief.
The Lightning Thief digs a right hand into Holmes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holmes's gas tank.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch but The Lightning Thief keeps him there for the moment.
Holmes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Lightning Thief just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The Lightning Thief tries a body shot but Holmes blocks it.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice knee to the body.
Perseus The Lightning Thief seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Lightning Thief gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Holmes.
Holmes takes a shot to the head.
Holmes blocking some punches.
The Lightning Thief lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Holmes blocks a body shot from The Lightning Thief.
Holmes goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Lightning Thief prevents it.
Nice elbow from The Lightning Thief.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knees to the body from The Lightning Thief.
Holmes tries to pull guard but The Lightning Thief holds him up against the cage and eventually Holmes drops back down to his feet.
Larry Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perseus The Lightning Thief is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Lightning Thief gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Holmes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Perseus The Lightning Thief comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Lightning Thief winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Perseus The Lightning Thief!