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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ric Landeverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Zangief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landeverde comes to the cage accompanied by Napalm & Erruption- In San Francisco. Zangief comes into a darkened arena with his song building. We Own It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ric Landeverde has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
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170 cm
30
148 lbs
13 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ric Landeverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Zangief!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landeverde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zangief dodges the punch combination from Landeverde.
Zangief slips a jab and a cross from Landeverde.
Donk. Landeverde catches Zangief right on the button with a cross.
Zangief 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.
Landeverde takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A combination from Zangief does no damage.
Zangief moves into the clinch.
Landeverde takes an elbow to the forehead.
Landeverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zangief tries to clinch but Landeverde moves out of range.
Ric Landeverde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zangief throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landeverde fails with a takedown attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Landeverde checks a leg kick.
Zangief clinches up with Landeverde and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zangief working aggressively here.
Landeverde avoids a wild elbow strike from Zangief.
Zangief lands with a short shot to the head.
Zangief throws a punch but it's blocked by Landeverde.
Zangief scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zangief working aggressively here.
Zangief with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Landeverde blocks the elbow strike.
Zangief lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zangief just misses with a elbow thrown towards Landeverde's brow.
Zangief gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Landeverde.
Zangief throws an elbow but it misses.
Zangief leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Zangief.
Zangief lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landeverde backwards.
Zangief tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Landeverde working hard to break the clinch.
Zangief tries to land a knee to the head but Landeverde blocks with his arms.
Landeverde tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Zangief.
Zangief tries to land a knee to the head but Landeverde blocks with his arms.
Zangief just leaning against Landeverde, taking a breather.
Landeverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zangief lands an elbow inside that Landeverde shrugs off.
Zangief lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landeverde backwards.
Zangief pushes off an throws an elbow but Landeverde leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landeverde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landeverde looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zangief wants to clinch.
Landeverde lands a high kick!
Zangief fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landeverde manages to avoid it.
As Zangief looks to move away, Landeverde throws a big counter combo bu Zangief just gets out of the way.
Zangief cracks Landeverde with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zangief stuffs the takedown attempt from Landeverde. Landeverde gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Landeverde. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zangief drives through and clinches with Landeverde against the cage.
Zangief looking to stall.
Zangief tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Landeverde avoids it.
Landeverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Zangief.
Zangief tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zangief tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zangief displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Landeverde.
Zangief appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Landeverde.
Zangief connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Zangief tries a head kick but it misses.
Zangief steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Landeverde.
Oooh a lovely combination from Landeverde sends Zangief down but not out. Landeverde dives into side control looking to finish.
Zangief is rocked!
Zangief pushes Landeverde away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Landeverde gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Zangief is still in real trouble! Can Landeverde finish him?
Zangief tries to bench press Landeverde off him but Landeverde keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Landeverde scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Zangief 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.
Nice defenses there by Zangief.
Zangief avoids the head kick by Landeverde.
Landeverde pounces like a tiger and cracks Zangief with a vicious hook! Zangief is down but not out! Landeverde follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ric Landeverde!
Ric Landeverde took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
The defeated Travis Zangief had this to say: 'I thought I had this one in the bag, but my opponent surprised me tonight. Props to him'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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