PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lay Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pray comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bobby Lashley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lashley
vs
Pray

195 cm
22
291 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lay Pray!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pray leaves Lashley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Pray closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pray lands in his opponent's guard.
Lashley keeping moving, preventing Pray from controlling successfully.
Lashley can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pray controls the pace.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pray passes into half guard.
Lashley is trying to stand back up but Pray is controlling him
Pray is taking a breather. Lashley says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lashley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pray perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lashley tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lashley keeps working.
Pray content to control rather than advance.
Lashley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lashley tries to get out of the position.
Lashley punching from the bottom.
Pray is taking a breather. Lashley says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pray is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lashley's half guard.
Pray content to control rather than advance.
Pray works his way into full mount!
Pray controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pray blocks Lashley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Pray controlling from the full mount.
Lashley is looking to improve his position but Pray isn't that keen on the idea.
Lashley is working hard here to advance position.
Pray controlling the pace for now.
Lashley is squirming around, avoiding Pray's attempts to control the action.
Lashley is working to get back to half guard.
Lashley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lashley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray content just to control the position here.
Pray tries to control but Lashley wriggling away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lashley slaps away a takedown attempt from Pray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Pray drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pray looks gassed!
Lashley tries to escape but Pray is in control.
Pray 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.
Pray's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pray avoids the strikes from the bottom by Lashley.
Pray trying to control the position but Lashley is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pray in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Pray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lashley keeps working.
Lashley is trying to escape the position but Pray is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lay Pray dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lashley moves out of range of the leg kick from Pray.
Lashley swinging wilding here.
Pray stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pray wants it to stay on the feet.
Pray throws a lazy right hand but Lashley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Lashley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pray to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pray stands and throws Lashley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pray wants to control but Lashley is keeping him busy.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lashley with a poor takedown

and Pray counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lashley throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pray is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lay Pray has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley can't keep his opponent in guard - Pray advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lashley wants to get back to full guard.
Pray is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pray passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pray controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pray looking to control but Lashley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lashley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pray's waist but Pray gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lashley off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lashley slaps away a takedown attempt from Pray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lashley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pray pinned against the cage. Pray gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Pray closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lashley did well to prevent Pray getting side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lashley tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Pray frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lashley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lashley swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pray with the ground and pound from mount.
Pray controlling the pace for now.
Lashley swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

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.
Pray looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lashley looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Pray controlling the position easily from mount.
Lashley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pray. What's that going to do exactly?
Pray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lay Pray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Pray is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lashley's half guard.
Pray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lashley keeps working.
Lashley is looking to escape.
Lashley throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Pray manages to pass to side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pray shoots in looking for a takedown. Lashley tries to sprawl out of it but Pray keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lashley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Pray gets caught flat footed, as Lashley shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lashley throws a big right hand that misses.
Pray is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pray blocks the strikes from Lashley.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pray performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pray blocks the strikes from Lashley.
Pray controlling the pace.
Lashley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Lashley punching from the bottom.
Pray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pray slows the pace down in half guard.
Pray lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lashley is in trouble now - Pray has advanced to mount!
Pray postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Pray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lashley swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lashley working to try and regain half guard.
Pray controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Pray has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lay Pray just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pray looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lashley!
Pray 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.
Pray wants to control the pace but Lashley is squirming around nicely.
Pray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pray controlling the pace for now.
Bobby Lashley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lashley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pray controlling from the full mount.
Pray tries to control but Lashley wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lay Pray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pray has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lay Pray!