LOM Week 3 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Etimoni Founuku (ranked 6538 p4p, 5547 weight class) and Captain Tessin (ranked 601 p4p, 528 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Founuku
vs
Tessin

173 cm
18
156
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Etimoni Founuku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Tessin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Founuku fails with a takedown attempt.

Tessin drives through and clinches with Founuku against the cage.
Founuku is pushing Tessin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Founuku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Founuku has Tessin pressed against the cage, preventing Tessin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Founuku has a couple of punches blocked by Tessin.
Tessin is trying to force a seperation but Founuku has the dominant position.
I was talking to Founuku's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Tessin breaks the clinch.
Tessin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Founuku was well out of range. Poor timing from Tessin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tessin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Founuku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tessin swings for the body but Founuku moves out of range.
Founuku tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tessin manages to circle out of the way.
Tessin looks to land a left hand but Founuku moved out of range nicely.
Founuku is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tessin.

Tessin drives through and clinches with Founuku against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Founuku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tessin backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Founuku.
A head punch on the inside from Founuku fails to land.

Founuku gets control of Tessin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Founuku will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tessin scoring with some ground and pound.
Tessin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tessin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Founuku swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tessin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Founuku. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tessin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Founuku looking for a guillotine here but Tessin defends easily.
Tessin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Founuku works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tessin landing with the ground and pound.
Tessin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Founuku's head.
Founuku avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tessin chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Founuku works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tessin scoring with punches to the head and body.

Founuku has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tessin doesn't defend quickly enough and Founuku has managed to lock this one up! Can Tessin escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Founuku on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Etimoni Founuku!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie DeLuna (ranked 5844 p4p, 5465 weight class) and Patrick Mahomes (ranked 247 p4p, 522 weight class). Frankie DeLuna has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

DeLuna
vs
Mahomes

191 cm
18
123
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frankie DeLuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeLuna cracks Mahomes with an open hand slap.
DeLuna fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mahomes avoids it really well and circles away.
DeLuna misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mahomes takes one to the side of the head.
DeLuna throws a right and a left that Mahomes avoids nicely.
Mahomes is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
DeLuna looks to land a combination. Mahomes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
DeLuna takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Mahomes has managed to clinch.
Mahomes has DeLuna pressed against the cage, preventing DeLuna from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
DeLuna wants to break free but Mahomes has control.
DeLuna has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mahomes after a bit of a struggle.
DeLuna working hard to break the clinch.

Mahomes breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahomes connects with a body shot that sends DeLuna's belly button to the back.
Mahomes works over DeLuna's head and body with a nice combination.
Mahomes misses with a few strikes there.
DeLuna changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
DeLuna walks into a left hand.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the body.
DeLuna shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mahomes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

DeLuna is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie DeLuna. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeLuna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
DeLuna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeLuna misses the shot to the body.

Mahomes rushes DeLuna and presses him up against the cage.
Mahomes lands a body punch in the clinch.
DeLuna is breathing heavily.
Mahomes is leaning against DeLuna and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
DeLuna is trying to break the clinch but Mahomes is controlling him.
Mahomes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mahomes blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Mahomes.
Mahomes presses DeLuna against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Mahomes.
Mahomes lands a body punch.
Mahomes lands a body punch.
Mahomes effectively controlling the action here.
Mahomes is leaning against DeLuna and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mahomes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of DeLuna backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Mahomes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Mahomes.
Mahomes lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahomes controlling the action here for a moment.
Mahomes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mahomes breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Mahomes.
DeLuna seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Frankie DeLuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mahomes.
Oh DeLuna is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mahomes stuns DeLuna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the body.
DeLuna looks up at the clock. Bad move! Mahomes lands a right hand from hell, dropping DeLuna. Mahomes pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Mahomes!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Emerick Aubeaumeyang (ranked 5645 p4p, 5443 weight class) and Truly Dangerous (ranked 537 p4p, 520 weight class). Pierre Emerick Aubeaumeyang has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aubeaumeyang
vs
Dangerous

176 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
18
158
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Emerick Aubeaumeyang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Truly Dangerous!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dangerous throws a lazy uppercut
and Aubeaumeyang counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dangerous thinking.
Dangerous lands a jab to the nose.
Aubeaumeyang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Aubeaumeyang has taken the fight to the clinch.

Dangerous pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aubeaumeyang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dangerous stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aubeaumeyang has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Beau's in the buildup to the fight.

Aubeaumeyang moves into range and clinches up with Dangerous.
Dangerous digs a right hand into Aubeaumeyang's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aubeaumeyang's gas tank.
Aubeaumeyang slows down the pace here.

Dangerous breaks the clinch.
Dangerous throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Aubeaumeyang to counter with a crisp jab.
Dangerous is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerous cracks Aubeaumeyang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dangerous loads up on a big right hand but Aubeaumeyang slips the punch.
Aubeaumeyang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dangerous ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dangerous scores with a punch to the head.
Aubeaumeyang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dangerous momentarily.
A slow jab from Dangerous misses its intended target.
Dangerous with a jab.
Dangerous connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aubeaumeyang throws a shot from downtown. Dangerous moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dangerous! But no joy.
Dangerous lands with an overhand left.

Aubeaumeyang is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aubeaumeyang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Dangerous catches Aubeaumeyang right on the button with a cross.
Oh Aubeaumeyang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slow jab from Aubeaumeyang misses its intended target.
Aubeaumeyang dips to his left and cracks Dangerous with an uppercut!
Aubeaumeyang seems to have got his legs back now.
Dangerous cracks a nice hook into Aubeaumeyang's ribs.
Aubeaumeyang looks to score with a jab to the body but Dangerous is just out of range.
Dangerous with a jab.
Dangerous ducks under a wild hook from Aubeaumeyang.
Aubeaumeyang throws a shot to the body.
Dangerous misses with an uppercut
enabling Aubeaumeyang to counter with a crisp jab.
Dangerous connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aubeaumeyang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Dangerous misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Dangerous as he connects with a hook.
Aubeaumeyang gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Dangerous gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Aubeaumeyang is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Truly Dangerous!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Billabong (ranked 5269 p4p, 5403 weight class) and Fili Disson (ranked 502 p4p, 516 weight class). Billabong comes to the cage accompanied by Waltzing Matilda. Johnny Billabong is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Billabong
vs
Disson

171 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Billabong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fili Disson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Disson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Disson is looking for a kimura but Billabong is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Disson to get the leverage.
Billabong trying to control but Disson postures up.
Billabong tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Disson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billabong is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disson tries to control but Billabong wriggling away.
Billabong is looking to improve his position but Disson isn't that keen on the idea.
Disson wants to control the pace but Billabong is squirming around nicely.
Disson works his way to his opponent's back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
I really don't envy Billabong right now.
Billabong is working hard here to advance position.
Billabong trying to control the hands but Disson breaks the grip.
You can see the frustration on Billabong's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Disson has good solid back control here.
Disson tries to get the hooks in deep but Billabong pushed the leg off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billabong wants to control his opponent's hands but Disson gets his hands free.
Disson just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Disson looking to break Billabong's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Billabong remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Disson will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Disson controls the action.
Disson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Billabong. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Billabong tries to escape the position.
Disson tries to keep control of the position but Billabong is staying busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Disson really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Billabong.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fili Disson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Disson shoots for a double leg takedown but Billabong sprawls well. He's pushed Disson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Disson shoots and misses

and Billabong counters by clinching up.
Billabong prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnny Billabong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fili Disson.
Disson can't get the takedown.
Disson wants to take the fight to the mat but Billabong manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Disson.
Disson tries for a takedown but Billabong manages to get underhooks.
Disson takes a shot to the head.
Billabong is trying to maintain a safe position but Disson gets an underhook and turns Billabong into the cage.
Billabong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Disson looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billabong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Disson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Billabong avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Billabong is pressed up against the cage. Disson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Billabong down to the mat. Billabong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Disson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billabong tries to clinch but Disson is having none of it.
Disson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Disson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Disson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Billabong wants to control but Disson postures up.
Billabong tries to improve position but can't.

Disson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Billabong is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at GWad's Playpen, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Disson in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disson working away.
Disson wants to take a breather but Billabong manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Disson.

Disson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disson's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Billabong has his foot on Disson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Disson works his way back into a safe position though.
Disson trying to control the position from guard on top but Billabong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Disson tries to free his leg and advance position but Billabong is retaining full guard.
Billabong wants to control the position but Disson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Disson wants to pass to mount but Billabong is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Billabong manages to get to full guard.
Billabong trying to keep a closed guard but Disson is proving a slippery customer.
Disson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Disson with a poor takedown

and Billabong decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Disson's guard.
Billabong trying to control the position from guard on top but Disson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Billabong dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Disson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Billabong is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Billabong is trying to control Disson's posture but Disson avoids it.

Disson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billabong is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Disson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Billabong rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Disson's guard! Nice work there by Billabong!
Billabong looking to sit in guard and control but Disson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Disson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Billabong is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disson wants to improve his position but Billabong is controlling well.
Disson is trying to control but Billabong manages to pass to mount!
Billabong misses with some ground and pound and Disson recovers position to half guard.
Disson is looking for a sweep. Billabong is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billabong is pressing down on Disson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Disson is holding on for now.
Billabong is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Billabong fails to move to back control.

Billabong working for a submission but Disson is keeping him at bay.
Disson is looking to improve his position but Billabong isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billabong throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Billabong punching from mount but Disson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Disson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Billabong controlling from the full mount.
Disson has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Billabong throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Billabong moves to the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Billabong showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Billabong has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Billabong!
Johnny Billabong decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.