PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between High Sodium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrence Trainor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Trainor's choice of entrance music: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Lawrence Trainor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with High Sodium's chin.

Sodium
vs
Trainor

166 cm
26
142 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

175 cm
29
135 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Merciless Gladiators

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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, High Sodium!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lawrence Trainor!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sodium attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Trainor closes the distance and clinches.
Trainor misses with a knee to the head.
I was talking to Sodium's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sodium stops a takedown attempt from Trainor.
Trainor trying to land knees to the body.
Trainor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sodium is looking for a takedown.
Trainor trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trainor.
Trainor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sodium working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trainor lands a nice knee to the body.
Sodium goes for a takedown attempt but Trainor pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sodium throws an overhand right that lands on Trainor's shoulder, as Trainor tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trainor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trainor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sodium swats away the attempt to clinch by Trainor.
Trainor goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor doesn't manage to clinch there - Sodium circles away.
Trainor misses with an attempted mid kick.
Trainor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sodium checks a low kick from Trainor.
Sodium misses with a low kick.
That kick from Sodium tenderised Trainor's leg. Trainor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sodium shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Trainor as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for High Sodium. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trainor misses with a low kick as Sodium jumps back.
Trainor moves to clinch but Sodium breaks away

so Sodium counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sodium trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trainor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sodium missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sodium accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sodium keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trainor's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sodium works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Trainor is trying to stand.
Sodium landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sodium is thwarting Trainor's attempts to control the position.
Trainor is trying to stand up here but Sodium is controlling him well.
Sodium takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sodium scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sodium is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sodium not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sodium throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sodium stops Trainor from getting back to his feet.
Trainor felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Sodium sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trainor defending well though.
Sodium missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trainor is looking to improve his position.
Sodium not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sodium working over Trainor with some ground and pound. Trainor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sodium winds up and cracks Trainor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sodium missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodium throwing shots but Trainor is blocking nicely.
Sodium thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sodium is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sodium missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Trainor tries to kick Sodium off but Sodium keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Trainor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sodium.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trainor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trainor trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trainor slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

High Sodium dominated that round.
That's time! Sodium's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some bone on bone action there as Trainor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sodium avoids the head kick by Trainor.

Sodium looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Trainor is in trouble now - Sodium has advanced to mount!
Sodium lands with some strikes.
Sodium lands a big shot there that rocks Trainor but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sodium raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
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 with some vicious ground and pound - can Trainor hang on?

Trainor is rocked!
Sodium softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Trainor is out cold! Sodium jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). High Sodium!