PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Punch Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Llorent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Man
vs
Llorent

177 cm
25
133 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

174 cm
23
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Punch Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Llorent!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llorent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Llorent takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Man goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Man digs a good hook to Llorent's body.
Man throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Llorent moves away.
Man stuns Llorent with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Man moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man misses with a body shot.
Man misses with a jab, cross combination.
Man misses with the combination.
Llorent slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Punch Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llorent.
Llorent is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Man.
Man is looking to wear down Llorent with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Man tries to bum rush Llorent with a series of wild strikes but Llorent uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Llorent moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Man throws a one two combo.
Man throws a series of punches but Llorent moves out of range.
Man shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Llorent eats them both and turns towards Man to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Man is working the combinations to good effect here.
Man throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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!
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man digs a good hook to Llorent's body.
Man misses with the combination.
Man tries to bum rush Llorent with a series of wild strikes but Llorent uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Llorent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man misses with the combination.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man looks to land a combination but Llorent avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man lands a right hook to the body.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Man checks a leg kick nicely.
Punch Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Llorent staying out of range there.
Man feints a jab promting Llorent to slip. Man then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Llorent slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Llorent slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Llorent avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Llorent circles away quickly and effectively.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man takes a swing at Llorent's ribcage but misses.
Llorent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Llorent on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Man throws a series of punches but Llorent avoids them all with ease.
Man throws a series of punches but Llorent avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
No luck for Llorent with that takedown attempt.
Man misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Punch Man dominated that round.
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.

Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llorent.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Llorent.
Man lands a slapping body shot.

Llorent scores with a takedown into Man's guard.
Man on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Man tries to get out of the position.
Man managing to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Llorent wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llorent looking to pass the guard.

Man escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Llorent gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Llorent slips nicely into half guard.

Llorent in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Man tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Llorent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Xavier Llorent!