PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between TY Lanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pow Pow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lanni comes to the cage accompanied by Trumpets And Angels-Falling from the Skys. Pow Pow will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lanni
vs
Pow

150 cm
21
130 lbs
2 - 6 - 1

175 cm
23
163 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, TY Lanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pow Pow!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pow lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pow lands a leg kick that knocks Lanni off balance momentarily.
Lanni tries to clinch but Pow is having none of it.
Pow is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.

Lanni rushes Pow and presses him up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Pow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pow working hard to break the clinch.
Lanni misses with an elbow strike.
Pow blocks the elbow strike.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
A short right from Pow.
Pow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lanni lands an elbow that stopped Pow in his tracks for a moment.
Pow managing to block the knees to the body from Lanni.
Pow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lanni.
A head punch on the inside from Pow fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lanni trying to land knees to the body.
Lanni lands a nice knee to the body.
Pow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lanni.
Pow misses with a punch to the body.
Lanni scores a nice knee to the body.
Lanni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Pow.
Pow can't break the clinch.
Pow managing to block the knees to the body from Lanni.
Lanni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pow misses with a punch to the body.
Pow scores with a shoulder strike.
Lanni keeps control of Pow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lanni landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lanni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pow is defending well for now.
Lanni lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Lanni.
Pow managing to block the knees to the body from Lanni.
Lanni could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lanni avoids it.
Pow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lanni misses with an elbow strike.
Lanni missing with knees to the body.
Pow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lanni obliges.
Pow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lanni keeps control of Pow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pow throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Lanni throws an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that Pow has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lanni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pow is defending well for now.
Lanni throws an elbow that misses.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
Lanni using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lanni landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Pow fails to land.
Lanni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pow avoids it.
Pow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lanni lands an elbow just above Pow 's eye.
Pow managing to block the knees to the body from Lanni.
Lanni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pow avoids it.

Pow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
TY Lanni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pow takes a swing at Lanni's ribcage but misses.

Lanni takes the fight into the clinch.
Lanni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanni lands a nice elbow.
Lanni pushes off an throws an elbow but Pow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pow lands a body shot.
Lanni landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lanni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pow throws a head punch that misses.
Lanni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Pow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pow tries to land knees in the clinch but Lanni avoids the damage to the body.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
Pow can't break the clinch.
Pow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lanni misses with an elbow strike.
Pow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lanni.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pow.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
Lanni misses with an elbow over the top.
Lanni blocks an elbow strike.
Pow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lanni.
Lanni keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pow's efforts to push away.
Pow avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
Lanni lands a nice elbow.
Pow is trying to break the clinch but Lanni is controlling him.
A short right from Pow.
Lanni lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Pow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lanni unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pow is trying to push Lanni away but Lanni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lanni managing to block the knees to the body from Pow.

Pow breaks from the clinch.
Pow scores with a kick to the body.

Lanni takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TY Lanni dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lanni moves into the clinch successfully.
Lanni misses with an elbow over the top.
Pow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lanni avoids it.

Pow drops Lanni with a big knee straight up the middle! Lanni is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Lanni is rocked!

It looks like TY Lanni has been cut.
Pow lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Lanni up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Pow from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Lanni's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pow Pow!
Pow Pow made sure to mention his sponsor, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry in his post fight interview.
TY Lanni was interviewed post fight and said 'US LANNI'S ALWAY'S PAY OUR DEBTS!!!!'.