PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esmund Lacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suriname Bambele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lacy
vs
Bambele

189 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esmund Lacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Suriname Bambele!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bambele has Lacy up against the cage in a clinch.

Lacy pulls guard successfully.
Lacy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lacy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lacy tries to strike from the bottom.
Bambele would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lacy looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lacy is on top in guard.

Lacy trying to control the position from guard on top but Bambele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lacy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Lacy stands up and waves to Bambele to follow him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bambele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bambele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lacy.
Bambele with a knee to the head.

It looks like Esmund Lacy has been cut.
Bambele scores a nice knee to the body.
Bambele lands a knee to the body.
Lacy is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bambele scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bambele.
Bambele with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bambele lands a knee to the body.
Lacy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bambele landing knees to the body.
Bambele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bambele jerks Lacy's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Lacy drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bambele goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bambele because Lacy was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Suriname Bambele!
Suriname Bambele bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.