PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Preston Lacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Steene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacob Steene is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lacy
vs
Steene

183 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 Las Vegas, Preston Lacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Steene!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steene gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lacy controls from within his opponent's guard.

Lacy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lacy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Steene keeping full guard, as Lacy tries to pass.
Lacy scoring with some ground and pound.
Steene really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lacy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lacy passes Steene's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Lacy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lacy is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Lacy is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steene flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Steene trying to control here.
Lacy wants to pass the guard but Steene is defending well.
Lacy slows the pace down in half guard.
Steene has hold of Lacy's hands but Lacy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lacy slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Preston Lacy just wasn't active enough.
Steene tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lacy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lacy.
Lacy pushes down on Steene's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lacy working Steene over with strikes.

Lacy maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Steene could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Lacy has cracked it and Steene is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Lacy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Preston Lacy!