PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Unto CB Torture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Laroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

CB Torture
vs
Laroux

185 cm
28
203 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

195 cm
26
210 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Unto CB Torture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, David Laroux!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laroux takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laroux throws a lazy right hand but CB Torture sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Laroux drives through and clinches with CB Torture against the cage.
Laroux lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of CB Torture backwards.
CB Torture misses with some punches.
CB Torture swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from CB Torture - that landed with a thud.
Laroux works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laroux misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Laroux.

Laroux decides to pull guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Laroux has a closed guard, preventing CB Torture from standing up.
Laroux wants to sweep here but CB Torture controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Laroux has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes CB Torture off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
CB Torture takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux needs to keep his hands up - CB Torture had a free shot at his head there.
CB Torture looks to score with a jab to the body but Laroux is just out of range.
CB Torture moves out of range of the strikes.
CB Torture displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laroux throws out the jab.
Laroux lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Laroux takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laroux throws a right hand that misses
and CB Torture counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CB Torture throws the left hand but Laroux avoids the punch easily.
Laroux throws a body punch but CB Torture moves out of range.
CB Torture swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laroux fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A combination from CB Torture does no damage.
Laroux misses with a hook to the body
and CB Torture counters with a stiff right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Laroux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
David Laroux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laroux misses with a lunging right hand
and CB Torture counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laroux looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laroux tries to close the distance and clinch but CB Torture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
CB Torture connects with a nice looking jab.
Laroux swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Laroux scores with a four punch combination!
CB Torture throws a series of punches but Laroux moves out of range.
Laroux ducks down and throws a hook to the body but CB Torture moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CB Torture fails to land with a series of punches.
Laroux throws a shot from downtown. CB Torture moves away and avoids it.
Laroux misses with a hook to the body
and CB Torture counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laroux cracks a nice hook into CB Torture's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laroux jabbing away but nothing is landing.
CB Torture keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
CB Torture ducks under a wild hook from Laroux.
Laroux shoots for a double leg takedown but CB Torture sprawls well. He's pushed Laroux's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

CB Torture keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laroux throws a right hand that misses
and CB Torture counters with a straight right hand.
Laroux lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Laroux throws a right hand that misses
and CB Torture counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laroux looks for a takedown but CB Torture sprawls well.
CB Torture lands with a nice body punch.
CB Torture cracks Laroux with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux throws the left hand but CB Torture avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from CB Torture misses the target.
CB Torture throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laroux lands a nice hook to CB Torture's body. CB Torture takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Unto CB Torture is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
CB Torture uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laroux.
CB Torture takes one on the chin but seems OK.
David Laroux seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Laroux feints and as CB Torture raises his hands in defense, Laroux changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Laroux accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CB Torture keeping moving, preventing Laroux from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laroux throwing strikes from guard but CB Torture blocks nicely.
Laroux throwing strikes but missing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Laroux postures up in CB Torture's guard and throws a big left but CB Torture blocks it.
Laroux throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as CB Torture works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Laroux trying to control the position from guard on top but CB Torture is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laroux with a flurry of punches that miss.
Laroux has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CB Torture avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
CB Torture keeping full guard, as Laroux tries to pass.
Laroux working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Laroux looking to pass the guard.
Laroux is looking to work some ground and pound but CB Torture has wrist control.
Laroux working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
CB Torture is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Laroux's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
CB Torture utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CB Torture keeping full guard, as Laroux tries to pass.
CB Torture keeping moving, preventing Laroux from controlling successfully.
Laroux pushing down on CB Torture's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Laroux uses his free foot to push down on CB Torture's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for CB Torture.
Poor strikes thrown by Laroux there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laroux trying to control but CB Torture is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laroux working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Laroux showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

CB Torture fails to land with a series of punches.
CB Torture blocks a jab.
Laroux ducks under a wild hook from CB Torture.
CB Torture looks to score with a jab to the body but Laroux is just out of range.
Laroux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. CB Torture manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laroux misses with a straight left.
CB Torture misses the shot to the body.
Laroux lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux swings widly with a right hand
and CB Torture counters with a stiff right hand.
CB Torture misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laroux.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laroux.

Oooooh!!! Laroux has knocked CB Torture down with a huge combo! Laroux steps away and waves a wobbly CB Torture back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

CB Torture is rocked!

It looks like Unto CB Torture has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laroux misses with a looping left.
Oh CB Torture is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
CB Torture throws the left hand but Laroux avoids the punch easily.
CB Torture seems to have got his legs back now.
Laroux shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with CB Torture but CB Torture pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux lands a really nice looking cross but CB Torture seems unphased.
Unto CB Torture is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laroux throws a hook but CB Torture blocks it.
Laroux throws out a loose jab but CB Torture uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laroux throws a big shot that misses.
Laroux tries to clinch up.
CB Torture takes a swing at Laroux's ribcage but misses.
CB Torture walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laroux lands an overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Laroux misses the target.
CB Torture gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Horrible takedown by Laroux or perhaps it was just good defense by CB Torture which made him look bad.
Laroux throws a right hand that misses
and CB Torture connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laroux tests CB Torture's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laroux. CB Torture does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laroux throws a jab but it's blocked by CB Torture.
Laroux lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Laroux finds it's way through CB Torture's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Laroux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Unto CB Torture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Laroux is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Laroux misses with a takedown attempt
and CB Torture counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Laroux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laroux has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Laroux!
David Laroux really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.