PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lawrence Trainor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and High Sodium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trainor comes to the cage accompanied by The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Lawrence Trainor could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to High Sodium's chin.

Trainor
vs
Sodium

175 cm
28
135 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

166 cm
25
142 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lawrence Trainor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, High Sodium!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Sodium. No joy for Trainor on that attempt.
Sodium throws a leg kick

and Trainor counters with a single leg into guard. Sodium didn't expect that.
Trainor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sodium trying to keep a closed guard but Trainor is proving a slippery customer.
Sodium working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Trainor.
Trainor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Trainor with a nice head shot there.
Trainor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sodium's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sodium manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Poor strikes thrown by Sodium there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sodium breaks from Trainor's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Lawrence Trainor has been cut.
The referee warns Trainor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sodium throwing strikes here but Trainor is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sodium looking to finish with strikes here!
Trainor holds on for dear life.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trainor is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sodium looking to finish with strikes here!
Sodium landing strikes from the mount and Trainor is in trouble!
Sodium throws some wild stikes that Trainor manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sodium landing punches.
Trainor really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sodium misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sodium scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sodium cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sodium lands a nice shot to the head.

Trainor is rocked!
Trainor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sodium is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trainor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Trainor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Trainor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sodium working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sodium sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sodium lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Lawrence Trainor's cut is getting worse.
Trainor wants to control but Sodium is having none of it.
Trainor is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Trainor seems to have got his legs back now.
Trainor tries to reverse the position but Sodium maintains control.
Sodium lands with some strikes.
Trainor manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Trainor, under a barage of strikes from Sodium.
Nice strikes from Sodium there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodium looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sodium thows a huge punch but Trainor dodges it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trainor tries to get to full guard but Sodium has control of the leg.
Sodium thows a huge punch but Trainor dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sodium lands a nice short elbow.
Trainor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sodium.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trainor wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sodium lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Sodium dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lawrence Trainor's cut.
That's time! Trainor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sodium ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
No luck for Trainor with that takedown attempt.
Trainor tries to clinch but Sodium moves out of range.
Trainor checks a leg kick nicely.
Sodium shoots in looking for a takedown. Trainor tries to sprawl out of it but Sodium keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Trainor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sodium throws a low kick but Trainor avoids it.
Trainor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trainor scores with a kick to the body.
Sodium leaves Trainor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Trainor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lawrence Trainor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sodium looks for the body kick but Trainor saw that one coming.
Trainor stuffs the takedown.
Trainor throws a sloppy head kick
and Sodium counters with a body kick that stops Trainor in his tracks momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sodium keeps the fight on the outside.
Sodium avoids the head kick by Trainor.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sodium. That's going to slow Trainor down.
Trainor stuffs the takedown.
Lawrence Trainor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of High Sodium.
Trainor blocks a low kick nicely.
Trainor tries to clinch up.
Trainor stuffs the takedown.
Crunch! Trainor slams his shin into Sodium's torso.
Trainor tries to clinch up but Sodium circles away and keeps his distance.
Sodium shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Trainor pinned against the cage. Trainor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Trainor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sodium to the mat! Sodium manages to get full guard.
High Sodium has got the better of the ground game so far.

Sodium looking for a guillotine here but Trainor defends easily.
Sodium preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sodium 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.

Sodium looking for a guillotine here but Trainor defends easily.
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!
Trainor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sodium works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sodium pulls Trainor in close to prevent any damage.
Trainor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trainor connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Trainor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Trainor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sodium has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Trainor has managed to get both his arms back between Sodium's legs - danger averted.
Trainor 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.
Sodium is trying to keep Trainor in close.
Trainor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sodium's head.
Trainor stopping the sweep attempt from Sodium.

Sodium looking for a guillotine here but Trainor defends easily.
Trainor scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodium is trying to keep Trainor in close.
Trainor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Trainor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sodium is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sodium thows a huge punch but Trainor dodges it nicely.
Trainor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sodium.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sodium not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trainor is trying to stand up here but Sodium is controlling him well.
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 Lawrence Trainor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lawrence Trainor's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Trainor shoots in but Sodium avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Trainor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sodium shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Trainor as he avoids it easily.
Trainor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sodium fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Trainor.
Sodium keeps the fight on the outside.
Sodium on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trainor.
Sodium moves out of range of the strikes.
Sodium avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trainor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sodium shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Trainor is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sodium sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trainor defending well though.
Sodium throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trainor is trying to stand.
Sodium throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sodium not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sodium stops Trainor from getting back to his feet.
Sodium looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trainor slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sodium working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Trainor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sodium.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Trainor is on top in guard.
Trainor lands a couple of elbows.
Trainor distracts Sodium with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trainor throws an elbow that misses. Sodium uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Trainor's guard. Nice move by Sodium!
Sodium postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sodium in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sodium throws a big elbow that misses.
Sodium postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sodium throwing strikes but missing.
Sodium looking to pass the guard.
Sodium with a flurry of punches that miss.

Trainor has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Sodium has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Sodium turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodium lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sodium lands a nice forearm strike.
Trainor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sodium in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sodium in side control, throwing shots but Trainor defends.
Trainor tries to improve position but can't.
Trainor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sodium connects with a decent elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sodium lands an elbow.
Lawrence Trainor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
High Sodium is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sodium blocks the strikes from Trainor.

And that's the end of the fight!
High Sodium comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sodium has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for High Sodium!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for High Sodium!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for High Sodium!

High Sodium wins by unanimous decision!