PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jury Lokomotivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lokomotivo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Slipknot - Wait and bleed. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Capone
vs
Lokomotivo

180 cm
28
213 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
217 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jury Lokomotivo!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone slips a straight right by Lokomotivo.
Some wild striking there from Capone.
A big left from Lokomotivo misses.
Capone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lokomotivo.
Lokomotivo avoids the head kick by Capone.
A nice inside leg kick there by Capone. That's going to slow Lokomotivo down.
Capone connects with a body shot.
Lokomotivo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Capone counters with a left and a right that stings Lokomotivo.
Lokomotivo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Capone. That one must have hurt.
Lokomotivo misses with a wild combination.
Lokomotivo misses with the combination.

Lokomotivo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Capone to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Capone content to stall in guard here.
Capone trying to control but Lokomotivo is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokomotivo looking for a sweep. Not yet Lokomotivo, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Capone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lokomotivo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lokomotivo misses with an uppercut.
Lokomotivo lands with a good body shot.
Capone throws a series of punches but Lokomotivo avoids them all with ease.
Lokomotivo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Capone misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokomotivo connects with a nice looking jab.
Capone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lokomotivo. That did some damage!
Capone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lokomotivo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Capone counters with a head kick. That will keep Lokomotivo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Capone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Capone tries to clinch there but Lokomotivo circles away.
A head kick misses from Capone.
Lokomotivo misses with a hook. Capone ducked under it nicely.
A combination from Capone does no damage.
Lokomotivo throws a jab when Capone was well out of range.
Lokomotivo misses with a straight right.
Capone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lokomotivo avoids it really well and circles away.
Capone misses with the combination.
Lokomotivo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Capone manages to avoid it.

Capone gets a takedown into half guard.
Capone is looking to advance position but Lokomotivo won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone trying to control from half guard but Lokomotivo is working away.
Capone is stalling here. Lokomotivo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Capone seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lokomotivo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Lokomotivo is working Capone over with some ground and pound from side control.
Capone is trying to get back to half guard.
Capone gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Capone gets back to full guard.
Lokomotivo trying to control but Capone is working from the bottom.
Capone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lokomotivo's guard.
Capone throws a big right hand that misses.
Capone looking to sit in guard and control but Lokomotivo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Capone pulls Lokomotivo in close to his closed guard and prevents Lokomotivo from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Capone 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.

Lokomotivo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Capone.
Capone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Capone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Capone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lokomotivo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lokomotivo misses with an uppercut. Capone saw that one coming.
Lokomotivo looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
Capone looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lokomotivo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lokomotivo connects with a jab.
Lokomotivo throws a lazy right hand but Capone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lokomotivo thows a body shot but no joy.
Capone moves out of range of the strikes.
Capone is looking to clinch.

Capone shoots in and bounces Lokomotivo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lokomotivo is trying to control the position but Capone postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lokomotivo looking for a sweep. Not yet Lokomotivo, not yet.
Lokomotivo is trying to control the position but Capone postures up.
Capone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lokomotivo is keeping the position for now.
Capone stands and throws Lokomotivo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lokomotivo can do anything to dispel that myth.

Capone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Capone is staying tight to Lokomotivo's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lokomotivo is not content to let Capone control the position.
Lokomotivo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Capone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Capone is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lokomotivo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Capone controls the position from side control.
Capone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lokomotivo keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone just content to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Al Capone wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Capone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Capone slips a jab from Lokomotivo.
Lokomotivo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Capone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Capone looks to land a left hand but Lokomotivo moved out of range nicely.
Capone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lokomotivo.
Lokomotivo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Capone manages to avoid it.
Lokomotivo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Capone.
Capone tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Capone drives through and clinches with Lokomotivo against the cage.
Lokomotivo avoiding damage as Capone throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Lokomotivo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Lokomotivo breaks the clinch.
Lokomotivo loads up on a big right hand but Capone slips the punch.
Capone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lokomotivo's hands.
Capone scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lokomotivo in his tracks.
Lokomotivo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Capone counters with a left to the body.
Lokomotivo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lokomotivo lands an overhand right.
A good leg kick by Capone.
Capone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Capone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lokomotivo.
Jury Lokomotivo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lokomotivo misses with a combination
and Capone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lokomotivo is breathing heavily.
Capone throws a right and a left that Lokomotivo avoids nicely.
Jury Lokomotivo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capone ducks under a wild hook from Lokomotivo.
Capone works Lokomotivo's body with a nice hook.
Al Capone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capone blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Al Capone will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Lokomotivo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Capone is looking to slow Lokomotivo down with leg kicks.
Lokomotivo throws a sloppy body shot
and Capone counters with a left to the body.
Capone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lokomotivo.
Lokomotivo misses with an uppercut.
Lokomotivo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lokomotivo stuffs the takedown attempt from Capone. Capone gets slowly back to his feet.
Capone works the jab nicely.
Capone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Capone instigates a clinch.

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

Capone closes the distance and clinches.
Capone wants a takedown.

Lokomotivo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Lokomotivo as Capone shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Capone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Capone scores with the left hand. Lokomotivo knows he should have avoided that one.
Capone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lokomotivo as he avoids it easily.

Capone closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone laying and praying for a moment but Lokomotivo takes advantage and regains half guard.
Lokomotivo is staying active underneath Capone, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Capone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lokomotivo's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lokomotivo tries to get to full guard but Capone has control of the leg.
Capone is nestled in close to Lokomotivo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lokomotivo is trying to get back to full guard.
Capone working Lokomotivo over with strikes.
Lokomotivo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lokomotivo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Capone.
Capone stalling.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Capone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Capone controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Capone thows a huge punch but Lokomotivo dodges it nicely.
Capone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Capone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Capone in particular looking to stall.
Capone trying to advance position but Lokomotivo counters by regaining guard.
Lokomotivo wants to get back to his feet but Capone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Capone throwing strikes from guard but Lokomotivo blocks nicely.
Capone throws a big right hand that misses.
Capone sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lokomotivo's guard.
Capone throwing shots but Lokomotivo is blocking nicely.
Lokomotivo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Capone.
Jury Lokomotivo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lokomotivo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Capone's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Capone's back!
Capone rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Capone is concentrating on defense, preventing Lokomotivo from advancing position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Capone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Capone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Capone!