PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Shoznes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shoznes has chosen O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei as his entrance music. Joseph Shoznes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lazarus
vs
Shoznes

200 cm
23
276 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

198 cm
24
261 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kirk Lazarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Shoznes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazarus throws a nice inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lazarus.
Shoznes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lazarus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shoznes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lazarus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shoznes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lazarus misses with a low kick as Shoznes jumps back.
Shoznes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Lazarus throws the kick towards the body but Shoznes avoids it.
Shoznes throws out a loose jab but Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lazarus thows a body shot but no joy.
Lazarus jabs at Shoznes's body.
Lazarus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shoznes moves away.
Shoznes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shoznes throws a hook but Lazarus blocks it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Shoznes. Lazarus shrugs it off though.
Lazarus moves out of range of the strikes.
Lazarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lazarus!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazarus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lazarus scores with a jab to the body.
Lazarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lazarus connects with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shoznes.
Shoznes throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Kirk Lazarus has been cut.
Lazarus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Decent striking displayed by Shoznes there.
Shoznes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lazarus throws a head kick that misses.
Shoznes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lazarus seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lazarus lands a nice shot to the body.
Shoznes throws a front kick that sends Lazarus stumbling back into the cage.
Shoznes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lazarus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lazarus is breathing heavily.
Shoznes fakes the leg kick and cracks Lazarus in the body.

Shoznes clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazarus avoiding damage as Shoznes throws knees to the body.
Shoznes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lazarus backwards.
Shoznes tries to land knees in the clinch but Lazarus avoids the damage to the body.
Shoznes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lazarus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lazarus prevents a body shot from Shoznes.
Shoznes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lazarus backwards.
Shoznes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lazarus misses with a knee strike.
Shoznes lands with a left to the head.
Shoznes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lazarus lands a nice knee to the body.
Shoznes can't find room to land a body shot as Lazarus controls the action.
Shoznes scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Shoznes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazarus looking to throw knees to the head but Shoznes is blocking nicely.
Shoznes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lazarus's elbow.
Shoznes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lazarus blocks an elbow strike.
Shoznes trying to land knees to the body.
Lazarus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lazarus tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoznes avoids the damage to the body.
Lazarus missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shoznes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shoznes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shoznes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lazaruss head.
Lazarus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shoznes is defending well for now.
Shoznes throws an elbow but it misses.
Shoznes misses with an elbow over the top.
Shoznes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shoznes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Lazarus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shoznes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lazarus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shoznes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shoznes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lazaruss head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shoznes.
Shoznes misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Lazarus.
Lazarus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Shoznes.
Shoznes lands with a short shot to the head.
Lazarus blocks a body shot from Shoznes.
Lazarus trying to control the position but instead, Shoznes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lazarus into the cage.
Shoznes avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shoznes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Shoznes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Lazarus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A slapping body kick lands there for Lazarus.
Lazarus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lazarus works the jab nicely.
Lazarus is looking to wear down Shoznes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lazarus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shoznes takes a step back to recover.
Shoznes throws a jab when Lazarus was well out of range.
Lazarus ducks under a wild hook from Shoznes.
Shoznes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lazarus.
Lazarus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shoznes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shoznes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lazarus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lazarus connects with a body shot.
Lazarus connects with a body shot.
Lazarus circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shoznes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Shoznes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lazarus cracks Shoznes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lazarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Shoznes lands a nice shot that snaps Lazarus's head back.
Shoznes scores with a punch to the head.
Shoznes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shoznes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lazarus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shoznes scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lazarus finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shoznes.
Shoznes misses with a body kick.
Lazarus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shoznes throws a hook but Lazarus avoids it easily.
Shoznes throws out a leg kick but Lazarus moves out of range and Shoznes only half commits.
Shoznes misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes misses with a wild body shot.
Lazarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shoznes. Lazarus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shoznes.
Shoznes tries to clinch up.
Lazarus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shoznes checks it well.
Shoznes wants to land a leg kick but Lazarus is out of range.
Shoznes jabs at Lazarus's body.
Good standup being displayed there by Lazarus as he connects with a hook.
Lazarus slips under a jab.
Lazarus connects with the punch.
Shoznes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lazarus avoids the head kick by Shoznes.
Shoznes scores with a hook.
Lazarus misses with a low kick.
Shoznes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes throws the kick towards the body but Lazarus avoids it.
Shoznes swats away the attempt to clinch by Lazarus.
Shoznes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shoznes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lazarus throws a sloppy head kick and Shoznes moves out of range easily.
Shoznes punishes Lazarus's body with a nice straight punch.
Shoznes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shoznes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lazarus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shoznes throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Lazarus colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Shoznes as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Lazarus is left battered and dazed whilst Shoznes and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Shoznes!
Joseph Shoznes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Kirk Lazarus was interviewed post fight and said 'It's a tough loss for sure. I still want to challenge myself. I call out Knight and his big mouth manager Stu next round. He picks first, so if it doesnt happen, he's a coward.'.