PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between AL Lickertwat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Flanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). AL Lickertwat could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Todd Flanders's chin.

Lickertwat
vs
Flanders

175 cm
22
141 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
170 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, AL Lickertwat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Todd Flanders!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lickertwat gets tackled into the cage by Flanders. Flanders maintains the clinch.
A hook to the body from Flanders.
Lickertwat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lickertwat has Flanders pressed against the cage.
Lickertwat blocking some punches.
Lickertwat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lickertwat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flanders lands a shoulder strike.
Flanders scores with a shot to the side of Lickertwat's head.
Lickertwat tries to stall but Flanders uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lickertwat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lickertwat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flanders.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lickertwat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat trying to control the position but instead, Flanders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lickertwat into the cage.
Lickertwat tries a body shot but Flanders blocks it.
Flanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flanders looking to slow down the pace here.
Flanders misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lickertwat is looking to take this one to the mat.
Flanders blocking some punches.
Lickertwat is trying to maintain a safe position but Flanders gets an underhook and turns Lickertwat into the cage.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Lickertwat avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Flanders letting Lickertwat take a breather here.
Flanders has a couple of punches blocked by Lickertwat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Still in the clinch, Flanders scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Flanders.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lickertwat tries to stall but Flanders uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Flanders blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flanders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Lickertwat.
Flanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flanders working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders prevents the takedown attempt.
Flanders misses with the head strike.
Flanders lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flanders letting Lickertwat take a breather here.
Flanders working aggressively here.
Flanders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lickertwat trying to control the position but instead, Flanders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lickertwat into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lickertwat is trying to maintain a safe position but Flanders gets an underhook and turns Lickertwat into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by AL Lickertwat.
Lickertwat moves out of range of the body kick from Flanders.
Flanders looks for the body kick but Lickertwat saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Flanders has time to react.
Lickertwat throws a shot from downtown. Flanders moves away and avoids it.
Lickertwat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flanders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flanders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flanders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Flanders throws out a loose jab but Lickertwat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lickertwat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flanders.
Lickertwat misses with a hook to the body
and Flanders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Flanders just misses with a punch to the body.
Flanders throws a jab but it's blocked by Lickertwat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Flanders.
Lickertwat lands with a cross.
Lickertwat checks a low kick from Flanders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flanders lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Todd Flanders will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lickertwat tries to work over Flanders's front leg with a kick but Flanders checks it.
Flanders attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Flanders.
Flanders fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lickertwat is out of range.
Lickertwat lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Todd Flanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flanders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lickertwat has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flanders throws a body kick that misses.
Flanders takes one to the side of the head.
Lickertwat checks a leg kick nicely.
Flanders throws a leg kick but Lickertwat checks it.
Lickertwat shoots for a takedown but Flanders saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Flanders misses with a body kick.
Flanders takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Flanders shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat tried to score with a low kick but Flanders checks it.

Lickertwat closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lickertwat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lickertwat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lickertwat tries to pass the half guard into mount. Flanders knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lickertwat working over Flanders with some ground and pound. Flanders looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lickertwat not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Flanders keeping control of the position.
Flanders wants to improve his position but Lickertwat is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flanders is defending against the submission attempts here by Lickertwat.
Lickertwat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flanders is not content to let Lickertwat control the position.
Lickertwat is just content to waste time from the top position. Flanders takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Lickertwat lands a couple of elbows.
Flanders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lickertwat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flanders works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lickertwat throwing strikes from guard but Flanders blocks nicely.
Lickertwat 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.
Lickertwat content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lickertwat cracks Flanders with a solid left hand.
Lickertwat stopping the sweep attempt from Flanders.
Lickertwat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flanders works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat is looking to work some ground and pound but Flanders has wrist control.
Flanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lickertwat is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lickertwat missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lickertwat landing with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Flanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lickertwat throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AL Lickertwat dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lickertwat closes this distance looking for a takedown but Flanders circles away.
Flanders tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flanders with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Flanders throws a lazy right hand but Lickertwat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lickertwat was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanders.
Lickertwat slips under a jab.
Flanders tries to move into range but Lickertwat moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lickertwat here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Flanders throws a nice inside leg kick.
Flanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat avoids a kick to the body.
Flanders slips a straight right by Lickertwat.
Flanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat throws a jab when Flanders was well out of range.

Lickertwat feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat tries to free his leg and advance position but Flanders is retaining full guard.
Lickertwat wants to control from the top but Flanders keeps moving.
Lickertwat throws an elbow that misses. Flanders uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lickertwat's guard. Nice move by Flanders!
Lickertwat wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Flanders is now in half guard.
Lickertwat has a hand on Flanders's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Flanders takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Lickertwat tries to hold on but Flanders pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat tries to reverse the position but Flanders maintains control.
Flanders tries to control but Lickertwat wriggling away.
Flanders controlling from the full mount.
Lickertwat is trying to escape the mount.
Lickertwat has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lickertwat regains half guard.
Lickertwat is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders wants to control but Lickertwat is keeping him busy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lickertwat is trying to maintain the position but Flanders is very close to passing his half guard.
Flanders is trying to control the action in half guard but Lickertwat is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Todd Flanders.
Flanders misses with a looping left.
Lickertwat throws the left hand but Flanders avoids the punch easily.
Lickertwat avoids a kick to the body.
Flanders getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Flanders.
Lickertwat misses the shot to the body.
Flanders lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lickertwat. Flanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lickertwat on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Flanders. Flanders obviously looking to wear him down.
Flanders slips a jab from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Flanders tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flanders is looking to clinch but Lickertwat is avoiding it.
Lickertwat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flanders.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lickertwat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lickertwat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lickertwat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Flanders.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to AL Lickertwat.
I think Lickertwat has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Oh dear, what a disastrous situation! The belt remains unclaimed and both fighters go home unhappy!