PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Por Pramuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buakaw Por Pramuki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Lombard
vs
Por Pramuki

178 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

174 cm
28
176 lbs
12 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Lombard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buakaw Por Pramuki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Por Pramuki misses with a wild body shot.
Por Pramuki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lombard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buakaw Por Pramuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Por Pramuki lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Ricardo Lombard has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Por Pramuki. Lombard does a little dance to reset his feet.

Por Pramuki drops Lombard with a left and a right! Oh, Lombard is hurt - Por Pramuki dives into side control looking to finish!

Lombard is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Por Pramuki wants to stand but Lombard has his arm trapped.
Por Pramuki working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lombard tries to improve position but can't.
Por Pramuki wants to stand but Lombard is controlling his arm.
Lombard sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Por Pramuki tries to stand and escape but Lombard is controlling the position.
Lombard wants to get back to full guard.
Por Pramuki wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Lombard uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Por Pramuki wants to stand but Lombard is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lombard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lombard throws some wild stikes that Por Pramuki manages to avoid easily.
Por Pramuki tries to buck Lombard off but he can't manage it.
Lombard looking to finish Por Pramuki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Por Pramuki!
Por Pramuki is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Por Pramuki defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lombard.
Por Pramuki squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Por Pramuki is trying to stand.
Por Pramuki is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lombard working Por Pramuki over with strikes here.
Lombard putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lombard scoring with strikes but Por Pramuki is staying in there.
Por Pramuki in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Por Pramuki is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Lombard misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Por Pramuki is trying to stand.
Poor strikes thrown by Lombard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lombard landing strikes from the mount.
Lombard raining down shots from the mount!
Lombard landing punches.
Por Pramuki wants to try and get back to his feet.
Lombard scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombard breaks from Por Pramuki's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Por Pramuki is rocked!

Lombard has hold of Por Pramuki's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Por Pramuki manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Por Pramuki is still in real trouble! Can Lombard finish him?
Lombard has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Por Pramuki's face.
Por Pramuki is trying to stand up.
Por Pramuki seems to have recovered his senses.
Lombard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lombard cracks Por Pramuki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Por Pramuki defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lombard.
Por Pramuki taking shots to the head.
Lombard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Por Pramuki trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuki looks winded!
BOOM! Lombard connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Lombard looking to isolate an arm here. Por Pramuki doesn't see it coming and as Lombard extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Lombard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Lombard!
After the fight, Ricardo Lombard was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.