PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Irvin Traut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lester Lattimore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Traut
vs
Lattimore

188 cm
23
274 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
21
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irvin Traut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lester Lattimore!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Traut!
Lattimore takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Traut wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Traut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Traut really is a fat lump.
Lattimore drops his hands momentarily and Traut takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Traut throws a one two combo.
Irvin Traut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Traut fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lattimore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lattimore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Traut tries to bum rush Lattimore with a series of wild strikes but Lattimore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Traut, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Traut connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Traut fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lattimore on the side of the head.
Traut throws a series of punches but Lattimore avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Traut.
Traut misses with a series of wild punches.
Irvin Traut is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lattimore slips a jab and a cross from Traut.
Lattimore takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Traut lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Traut 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.
Sloppy strikes from Traut. Those never looked like landing.
Traut throws a right hand that Lattimore ducks under and follows up with a left that Lattimore also avoids with ease.
Traut is breathing heavily.
Traut misses the jab.
Traut throws a combination. Lattimore tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Traut misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Traut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lattimore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lattimore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Some wild striking there from Traut.
Traut misses the jab.
Lattimore has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Traut finds it's way round the side to connect with Lattimore's head.
Lattimore looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Traut fails to land with a series of punches.
Lattimore takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lattimore's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Traut connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lattimore scrambles back to his feet.
Traut throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Traut is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traut throws a series of punches but Lattimore avoids them all with ease.
Traut just misses with a punch to the body.
Traut looks to land a combination but Lattimore avoids it well.
Traut swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Traut throws out a loose jab but Lattimore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Traut throws a right and a left that Lattimore avoids nicely.
Traut misses with a series of wild punches.
Traut misses with a jab, cross combination.
Traut misses with a wild body shot.
Traut rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lattimore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slow jab from Traut misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traut misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Traut misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Traut misses the target.
Traut thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Traut misses.
Lattimore avoids the body shot from Traut.
Lattimore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Traut.
Lattimore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Traut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Traut throws a hook but Lattimore avoids it easily.
Traut throws a jab but it's blocked by Lattimore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Traut looks to land a combination but Lattimore avoids it well.
Traut throws an off balance right hand

and Lattimore counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Traut!
Lattimore misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lattimore tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lattimore advances nicely into full mount.
Lattimore lands a heavy elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lattimore scoring with strikes but Traut is staying in there.
Traut is bucking up trying to escape but Lattimore cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lattimore with the ground and pound from mount.

Traut is rocked!
Lattimore loads up with a big shot that hurts Traut! He's pulled Lattimore in close but Lattimore has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Traut survive? More strikes from Lattimore and Traut is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lester Lattimore!