PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Lott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lott is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lott
vs
Foster

170 cm
25
144 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

170 cm
22
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Foster!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lott is breathing heavily.
Foster with a jab.

Lott gets tackled into the cage by Foster. Foster maintains the clinch.
Foster working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Foster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
Foster works on Lott's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Foster.
Foster presses Lott against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Foster.
Foster just leaning against Lott, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Foster scores with a nice short uppercut.
Foster pushes Lott back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Foster lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lott or not.
Foster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Foster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lott backwards.

Lott is fighting off a takedown attempt but Foster is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lott to the mat. Lott regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Foster controls from within his opponent's guard.
Foster makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.
Foster slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Foster's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Foster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Foster with a nice head shot there.
Foster passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster advances nicely into full mount.
Lott tries to reverse the position but Foster maintains control.
Foster takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Foster landing punches.
Lott is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Foster sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lott is bucking up trying to escape but Foster cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Foster looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Foster.
BOOM! Foster connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Foster looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee warns Lott that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Foster putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Foster is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Foster controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster dominating with strikes here.
Foster controlling the position easily from mount.
Foster working Lott over with strikes here.
Foster controlling from mount.
Foster working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foster breaks from Lott's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foster lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Foster 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.

Foster throws a good cross that connects.

Foster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Foster lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Foster.
Foster pushes Lott back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Foster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
Foster lands with a short shot to the head.
Foster stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Foster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Foster.
Foster lands a nice shot to the body.
Foster slows down the pace here.
Foster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Foster throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lotts head.
The referee calls for Foster to work.
Foster pushes Lott back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Foster.

Foster has managed to clinch.
Foster lands a body shot.
Foster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Foster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lott backwards.

Foster gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Foster seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lott wants to control but Foster is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Foster lands a nice short elbow.
Foster with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Foster landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Foster controlling the action here.
Lott wants to get back to full guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Foster hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Foster drives through and clinches with Lott against the cage.
Lott tries for a takedown. No joy.
A right handed body shot lands from Foster.
A nice left hand lands by Foster.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands a shoulder strike.
Foster stalling.
Foster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Foster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Foster lands an uppercut.
Foster pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good body shot from Foster.
Nice body punch from Foster.
Foster scores with a nice hook to the head.
Foster works on Lott's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Foster on the inside.
Foster lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Foster.
Foster softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Foster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Foster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
Foster dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Foster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
Foster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Foster scores with a shoulder strike.
Foster lands a nice uppercut.
Foster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Foster creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Foster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lott backwards.
A short right from Foster.
Foster gets through Lott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Foster holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Foster.
Foster lands an uppercut.
Foster lands a nice uppercut.
Foster lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Foster scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Foster scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Foster showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Foster has taken the fight to the clinch.

Foster has hold of one of Lott's legs. Lott is fighting the takedown attempt but Foster gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Foster is in close to Lott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Foster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Foster sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lott's guard.
Foster working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Foster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lott is trying to stand up here but Foster is controlling him well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Foster connects with a nice short shot to Lott's temple.
Foster landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Foster keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster uses his free foot to push down on Lott's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lott.
Foster raining down shots from the mount!
Foster raining down shots from the mount!
Foster lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lott hang on?
Ronnie Lott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster controlling from the full mount.
Foster fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Foster landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foster working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Foster landing punches.
Foster controlling from the full mount.
Lott wants to control but Foster is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Foster landing punches.
The referee warns Lott that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Foster postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lott looks a forlorn figure.
Foster looking to control and managing it successfully.
Foster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster looking to control and managing it successfully.
Foster lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lott is bucking up trying to escape but Foster cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Foster controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foster unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Foster comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Foster 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 24:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 24:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Foster!