PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Remy Lava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Owens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lava might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Numero 1. Owens comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Word Best Friend Becomes Redefined kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Remy Lava could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Craig Owens's chin.

Lava
vs
Owens

182 cm
20
188 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

196 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Remy Lava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Owens!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lava keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lava is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lava moves in looking to clinch but Owens pushes him off.
Lava doesn't manage to clinch there - Owens circles away.
Lava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lava moves in looking to clinch but Owens pushes him off.
Lava tries to clinch there but Owens circles away.
Lava wants to clinch.
Owens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Owens lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lava circles away quickly and effectively.
Lava tries to close the distance and clinch but Owens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lava is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lava moves in looking to clinch but Owens pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lava throws a head kick but Owens moves out of range.
Lava wants to clinch.

Lava gets a clinch.
Lava connects with a nasty looking knee right to Owens's face.
Owens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lava landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lava misses with a knee to the head.
Lava tries a knee to the head but Owens blocks it.
Lava with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Owens blocking some punches.

Lava breaks from the clinch.
Lava walks into a jab.

It looks like Remy Lava has been cut.
Owens tries to clinch but Lava moves away
and Lava counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Owens misses with the combination.
Owens is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lava wants to clinch but Owens slips to the side

and Owens counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lava scores with a knee to the head.

Owens tightens his grip and picks Lava up, before dumping him to the ground. Lava manages to land in guard.
Lava might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Owens wants to stand but Lava is controlling his posture from full guard.

Owens stands up from Lava's guard - Owens perhaps looking for a knockout.
Owens shoots for a takedown but Lava saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Remy Lava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lava drives through and clinches with Owens against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lava breaks the clinch.
Owens lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lava will feel that in the morning.

Lava moves into range and clinches up with Owens.
Owens has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lava is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Owens looks gassed!
Lava misses with a knee to the head.
Lava with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Lava manages to break the clinch.
Remy Lava seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lava gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lava with a knee to the head.

Owens is rocked!

It looks like Craig Owens has been cut.
Lava tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Owens is still on wobbly legs! Can Lava finish him?
Lava has Owens pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Owens is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Lava - that's hurt Owens badly! Oh, another knee lands and Owens is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Owens doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Remy Lava!