PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pita Liva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tolo Lauano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Liva
vs
Lauano

199 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
281 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pita Liva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tolo Lauano!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauano feints and then cracks Liva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liva down.
Lauano tries to work over Liva's front leg with a kick but Liva checks it.
Lauano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Liva takes a step back to recover.
Liva blocks a low kick nicely.
Liva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lauano can pounce on him.
Lauano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lauano tries a low kick but Liva avoids it.
Lauano throws a leg kick but Liva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lauano.
Liva takes a swing at Lauano's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lauano misses with a head kick.
Lauano tried to score with a low kick but Liva checks it.
Lauano looks to land a body kick but Liva moved away.
Liva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lauano is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liva looks for the body kick but Lauano saw that one coming.
Lauano misses with a leg kick
and Liva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lauano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liva checks it well.
Liva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liva throws out a leg kick but Lauano moves out of range and Liva only half commits.
Liva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lauano to score with a decent uppercut.
Liva looks to land a body kick but Lauano moved away.
A head kick misses from Liva.
Liva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lauano throws a leg kick which misses Liva's front leg but catches the back leg as Liva tries to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lauano is looking to score with low kicks.
Lauano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Liva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Liva tries to land a front kick but Lauano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lauano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Liva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lauano throws a front kick aimed at Liva's knee but Liva avoids it well.
Lauano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lauano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lauano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Liva throws a leg kick that misses.
Liva slips a jab from Lauano.
Lauano looks to land a body kick but Liva moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauano lands with a kick to the ribs.
Liva throws a leg kick but Lauano moved away.
Lauano checks a leg kick.
Liva defending well as Lauano loads up on a big left hand.
Lauano blocks a head kick by Liva.
Lauano tries a low kick but Liva avoids it.
Liva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Liva avoids a kick to the body.
Lauano throws a low kick but Liva moves out of range easily.
Liva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tolo Lauano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liva moves out of range of the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lauano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lauano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lauano lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lauano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liva is out of range and Lauano settles back down.
A clash of legs there as Lauano blocks the low kick.
Lauano blocks a low kick nicely.
Liva lands with a kick to the temple. Lauano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Tolo Lauano has been cut.
Lauano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lauano.
Liva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lauano wants to slow Liva down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tolo Lauano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tolo Lauano's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick by Lauano misses
and Liva counters with a head kick. That will keep Lauano thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Liva checks a leg kick.
Liva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lauano feints and then cracks Liva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liva down.
Liva misses with a head kick.
Lauano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lauano tries to work over Liva's front leg with a kick but Liva checks it.
Liva cracks the inside of Lauano's front leg.
Liva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Liva pushes Lauano away with a front kick.
Lauano is breathing heavily.
Liva is looking to slow Lauano down with leg kicks.

Liva lands a big head kick that sends Lauano tumbling to the mat! Liva takes a step backwards and waves Lauano back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Liva lands a big head kick that sends Lauano tumbling to the mat! Liva takes a step backwards and waves Lauano back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That has opened up Tolo Lauano's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liva misses with a head kick.
Lauano slips a jab from Liva.
Liva throws a leg kick that misses.
Liva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lauano if he has to take too many more of those.
A head kick misses from Lauano.
Liva motions for Lauano to come forward. Liva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lauano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liva. Liva obviously looking to wear him down.
Liva misses with a looping left.
Liva fakes the leg kick and cracks Lauano in the body.
Lauano blocks a head kick by Liva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lauano's calf.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lauano might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Liva has got the better of the exchanges.
Liva lands a head kick!
Liva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lauano's sensitive parts.
Liva throws a head kick that misses.
Lauano throws a leg kick that is checked

and Liva counters with a head kick that drops Lauano to the mat! Lauano scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Lauano is rocked!
A leg kick checked by Liva.
Lauano is still on wobbly legs! Can Liva finish him?
Lauano gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Liva counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Lauano! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pita Liva!