PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Lott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Gretzski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronnie Lott is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Lott
vs
Gretzski

170 cm
22
144 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
139 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronnie Lott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wayne Gretzski!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Lott.
Gretzski misses with a double jab
and Lott makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gretzski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lott throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lott moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lott misses with a takedown attempt - Gretzski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gretzski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gretzski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lott.
Gretzski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No joy there for Lott, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretzski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lott.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gretzski.
Lott throws a nice looking combination but Gretzski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gretzski dodges the punch combination from Lott.
Lott lands a jab to the nose.
Lott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gretzski circles away quickly and effectively.
Lott moves out of range of the strikes.

Lott feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gretzski wants to stand up but Lott is controlling him.
Lott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gretzski is keeping the position for now.
Lott is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lott throwing strikes but missing.
Lott wants to pass the guard but Gretzski is keeping the position.
Lott with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lott won't allow Gretzski to get back to his feet.
Lott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gretzski swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gretzski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gretzski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lott is looking to score with low kicks.
Gretzski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gretzski throws a combination that misses

and Lott counters with a shoot takedown. Gretzski fights it but they end up in guard.
Lott wants to control from the top but Gretzski keeps moving.
Lott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lott lands a couple of digs.
Lott sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gretzski keeping moving, preventing Lott from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gretzski is keeping the position for now.
Lott sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gretzski's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gretzski wants to get back to his feet.

Lott is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gretzski is just riding it out for now. Lott eventually gives up the hold.
Lott slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Lott dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gretzski throws a series of punches but Lott avoids them all with ease.
Lott wants to slow Gretzski down by chopping away at his legs.
Lott moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Lott drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lott works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Lott is looking for a kimura but Gretzski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lott to get the leverage.
Lott passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gretzski!
Lott trying to control but Gretzski is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lott throws some wild stikes that Gretzski manages to avoid easily.
Gretzski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Lott with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lott throwing strikes here but Gretzski is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lott thowing shots but they're missing.
Gretzski is squirming around, avoiding Lott's attempts to control the action.

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.
Lott is landing with some decent strikes but Gretzski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lott lands with some strikes.
Lott throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lott working the ground and pound effectively.
Lott unloads with some shots from mount but Gretzski bucks and avoids them well.

Lott is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gretzski has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lott unloads with some shots from mount but Gretzski bucks and avoids them well.
Gretzski is trying to stand up.
Lott tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lott sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lott throwing strikes here but Gretzski is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Lott.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lott looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Lott is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gretzski has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Gretzski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lott.
Gretzski working to try and regain half guard.
Lott moves to the back.

Lott has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Gretzski is defending well but eventually Lott manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Gretzski has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ronnie Lott!