PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ulrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Laston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Laston's choice of entrance music: Survivor-Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ulrich
vs
Laston

189 cm
21
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
194 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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, Carlos Ulrich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Laston!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulrich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Laston counters with a nice uppercut.
Ulrich has his takedown stuffed
and Laston counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Laston has Ulrich up against the cage in a clinch.

Ulrich lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Laston is defending against the submission attempts here by Ulrich.

Ulrich is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Laston tries to get to full guard but Ulrich has control of the leg.
Laston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ulrich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Ulrich is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Laston defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Laston manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ulrich passes Laston's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Laston is trying to maintain the position but Ulrich is very close to passing his half guard.
Laston is looking for a sweep. Ulrich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Laston looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Ulrich is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Ulrich is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ulrich seems to be working for a kimura but Laston defends the submission attempt.
Ulrich prevents Laston from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ulrich is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Ulrich is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Laston is holding on to half guard well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laston is looking to improve his position.
Laston holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Laston trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ulrich is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Laston defends it well.

Ulrich is trying to work for a kimura but Laston is defending well.

Ulrich seems to be working for a kimura but Laston defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Laston is concentrating on defense, preventing Ulrich from advancing position.

Ulrich is working for a submission of some sort.
Ulrich is thwarting Laston's attempts to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Laston is trying to get back to full guard.

Ulrich is trying to work for a kimura but Laston is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Ulrich 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.

Laston lands a lovely overhand right.
Ulrich fails with the takedown
enabling Laston to counter with a crisp jab.
Carlos Ulrich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ulrich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Laston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ulrich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Laston counters with a left and a right that stings Ulrich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Ulrich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ulrich misses with a takedown attempt
and Laston counters with a series of strikes. Ulrich will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ulrich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Laston counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ulrich avoids the head kick by Laston.
Laston lands with a nice combination. Ulrich backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ulrich shoots and misses
and Laston counters with a big head kick but Ulrich shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulrich tries for a takedown but Laston circles away easily
and Laston counters with a three punch combo that has Ulrich backing up. Ulrich nods at Laston to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laston scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ulrich has his takedown stuffed
and Laston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ulrich tries for a takedown but Laston circles away easily
and Laston counters with a left and a right that stings Ulrich.
Ulrich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Laston counters with a head kick. That will keep Ulrich thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Ulrich is rocked!
Laston knocks out Ulrich with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Laston before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Laston picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Laston!
John Laston thanked the fans post fight for their support.