PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Lavelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perseus Fantastico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lavelle
vs
Fantastico

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brad Lavelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perseus Fantastico!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastico feints and then cracks Lavelle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lavelle down.
Fantastico swats away the attempt to clinch by Lavelle.

Fantastico moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Fantastico.

It looks like Brad Lavelle has been cut.
Lavelle pushes off an throws an elbow but Fantastico leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A knee to the head by Fantastico.
Fantastico prevents a takedown attempt there.
A knee to the head by Fantastico.
Fantastico lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastico landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lavelle is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fantastico with a knee to the head.
Fantastico with a knee to the head.

Lavelle is rocked!
Fantastico throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oh Lavelle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastico scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastico looking to throw knees to the head but Lavelle is blocking nicely.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but Lavelle blocks it.
Fantastico with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastico tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastico misses with a knee to the head.
Lavelle seems to have got his legs back now.
Knees to the body from Fantastico.
Fantastico lands a knee to the body.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastico scores a nice knee to the body.
Lavelle tries to land knees in the clinch but Fantastico avoids the damage to the body.
Lavelle is looking to break free of the clinch but Fantastico has double underhooks.
Fantastico connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastico with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastico lands a knee to the body.
Fantastico lands a knee to the body.
Lavelle working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but Lavelle blocks it.
Fantastico misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastico scores a nice knee to the body.
Lavelle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lavelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lavelle is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fantastico gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fantastico landing knees to the head.
Fantastico connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastico avoiding damage as Lavelle throws knees to the body.
Fantastico misses with a knee strike.
Fantastico misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lavelle.
Fantastico's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastico looking to throw knees to the head but Lavelle is blocking nicely.
Lavelle is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Lavelle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastico prevents Lavelle from breaking the clinch.
Fantastico scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastico blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastico scores a nice knee to the body.
Lavelle tries to pull guard but Fantastico won't allow it.
Fantastico connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lavelle's face.
Fantastico crunches a lovely knee into Lavelle's ribcage.
Fantastico connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Fantastico.
Fantastico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lavelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastico blocking some punches.
Fantastico connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lavelle's face.
Fantastico crunches a lovely knee into Lavelle's ribcage.
Fantastico scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fantastico looking to throw knees to the head but Lavelle is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Fantastico.
Fantastico with a knee to the head.

Lavelle has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fantastico clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Lavelle is trying to stick to Fantastico's back but Fantastico is turning into Lavelle. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Lavelle's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Fantastico.
Lavelle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fantastico on the ground.
Fantastico stops Lavelle from standing up.
Lavelle is striking but Fantastico is not phased and passes to half guard.
Lavelle is looking to get back to is feet but Fantastico passes into side control.
Fantastico cracks Lavelle with a big right hand but Lavelle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastico remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Fantastico advances nicely into full mount.
Lavelle is desperately trying to improve his position but Fantastico has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lavelle flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lavelle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lavelle working to try and regain half guard.
Fantastico lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Fantastico has hold of Lavelle's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lavelle manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fantastico pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastico lands a big elbow.
Lavelle is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Fantastico takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lavelle is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Lavelle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastico has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastico content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Fantastico connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastico putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lavelle is bucking up trying to escape but Fantastico cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lavelle wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fantastico looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lavelle is bucking up trying to escape but Fantastico cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastico blocks Lavelle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Fantastico lands a big shot there that rocks Lavelle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perseus Fantastico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Lavelle's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fantastico closes the distance and clinches.
Lavelle is trying to break the clinch but Fantastico has him pressed against the cage.
Lavelle lands with a light punch inside.
Nice elbow from Fantastico.
Fantastico crunches a lovely knee into Lavelle's ribcage.
Lavelle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fantastico.
Lavelle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lavelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastico with a knee to the head.
Lavelle misses with a punch to the body.
Lavelle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but Lavelle blocks it.
Fantastico crunches a lovely knee into Lavelle's ribcage.
Lavelle can't get the takedown.
Fantastico lands a knee to the head.
Lavelle wants to get back to striking at distance but Fantastico won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lavelle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fantastico's brow.
Fantastico crunches a lovely knee into Lavelle's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Fantastico.
Fantastico landing knees to the head.
Fantastico with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastico lands an elbow inside that Lavelle shrugs off.
Lavelle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fantastico backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lavelle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lavelle working aggressively here.
Fantastico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lavelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastico tries a knee to the head but Lavelle blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lavelle.
Fantastico lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastico lands a knee to the head.
Fantastico with a knee to the head.
Fantastico connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fantastico.
Lavelle has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fantastico avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fantastico misses with a knee to the head.

Fantastico is fighting off a takedown attempt but Lavelle is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Fantastico to the mat. Fantastico regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lavelle is pushing down on Fantastico's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fantastico is fighting to maintain full guard but Lavelle has managed to sneak the leg through.

Fantastico actively working from the bottom here.

Fantastico has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Lavelle. Oh but Fantastico has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Lavelle goes limp - he's gone! Fantastico jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Perseus Fantastico!