CoMMA Fight Night 5 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hou Shang Lou (ranked 6558 p4p, 25141 weight class) and Andy Trance (ranked 313 p4p, 338 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Trance's choice of entrance music: No Time To Die. Hou Shang Lou has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lou
vs
Trance

165 cm
23
140
4 - 1 - 0

159 cm
24
130
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hou Shang Lou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Trance!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trance throws a right and a left that Lou avoids nicely.
Lou wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Lou has closed the distance and engaged Trance in a clinch.
Lou trying to land knees to the body.
Lou tries to score a body lock takedown but Trance shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Trance blocking some punches.

Lou gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Trance tries to kick Lou off in order to stand up. Lou Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Lou in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Lou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lou controlling the position from side mount.

Lou thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Lou seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Trance really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Lou thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Trance is not content to let Lou control the position.

Lou is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Trance is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lou working the ground and pound.
Lou lands a nice forearm strike.
Trance is trying to escape the position but Lou is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Trance can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lou wants to control but Trance is keeping him busy.
Trance is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Lou throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lou cracks Trance with a big elbow.
Lou is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Lou landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lou is putting a hurting on Trance here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lou grinds an elbow into Trance's temple.
Lou has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Lou lands a big shot there that rocks Trance but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lou trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lou looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lou raining down shots from the mount!
Trance wants to hold on but Lou pushes him away.
Lou controlling the position easily from mount.
Lou in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Trance is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lou drops a big elbow. That's hurt Trance! More shots from Lou and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hou Shang Lou!
Andy Trance spoke after the fight, saying 'Don't worry, I'll return'.

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energy
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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
36%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jon Hererra (ranked 5584 p4p, 6367 weight class) and Dean Hawthrone (ranked 438 p4p, 462 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hererra
vs
Hawthrone

178 cm
25
149
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
145
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Hererra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dean Hawthrone!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hererra with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Hererra.
Hererra throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hawthrone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Hawthrone is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Hawthrone drops back looking for a leg! Hererra is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hererra manages to kick Hawthrone off! Hawthrone jumps back into Hererra's guard.
Hererra on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hererra tries to get out of the position.
Hawthrone is standing up over Hererra. Hererra looks to escape but Hawthrone dives into side control.

Hawthrone has hold of Hererra's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hererra seems comfortable defending it but Hawthrone has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hererra is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hererra is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Hawthrone couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dean Hawthrone!

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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nedser Kiely (ranked 4561 p4p, 4845 weight class) and Lloyd Lander (ranked 579 p4p, 590 weight class). Nedser Kiely had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kiely
vs
Lander

190 cm
21
220
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
210
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nedser Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lloyd Lander!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lander.
Kiely punishes Lander's body with a nice straight punch.
Kiely works over Lander's head and body with a nice combination.
Kiely digs a good hook to Lander's body.
Kiely uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lander has time to react.
Lander tries to bum rush Kiely with a series of wild strikes but Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lander takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kiely scores with a one two! Lander had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lander moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Lander takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
Lander misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lander is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
A right-left combo lands from Lander.

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
Lander shoots in but no luck this time.
As Lander looks to move away, Kiely throws a big counter combo but Lander just gets out of the way.
Lander tests Kiely's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely scores with a sloppy right hand. Lander should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely swats away the attempt to clinch by Lander.
Good leg kick by Lander.
Lander is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
Lander moves forwards but Kiely connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lander, as that shot connected.
Lander looks for a takedown but Kiely sprawls well.
Kiely misses with an uppercut. Lander saw that one coming.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiely scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lander shoots in for a takedown but Kiely shows good takedown defense.
Nedser Kiely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lloyd Lander.
Kiely lands a jab to Lander's midsection.
Lander takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kiely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely misses with a straight left.

Lander gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lander throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Lander.
Lander is trying to maintain a safe position but Kiely gets an underhook and turns Lander into the cage.
Kiely is stalling here.
Kiely scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lander working Kiely over with knees to the body.
Kiely blocks an uppercut.
Kiely wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lander swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lander is trying to maintain a safe position but Kiely gets an underhook and turns Lander into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lander throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lander slows down the pace here.
Lander misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kiely.
Lander trying to land knees to the body.
Kiely wants to get back to striking at distance but Lander won't allow it.
Kiely is struggling to control the position.
Kiely leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lander lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kiely has Lander pressed against the cage.
Kiely effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nedser Kiely.
Lander on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've been told by Kiely's head coaches at Roosters Coop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kiely throws a lazy uppercut
and Lander counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kiely thinking.
Kiely chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lander can pounce on him.
Lander tries to clinch there but Kiely circles away.
Lander takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lander tries to close the distance and clinch but Kiely swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kiely is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kiely throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiely tests Lander's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Kiely throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nedser Kiely is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lander fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kiely, pushing him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kiely throws out a powerful jab.
A big left from Kiely misses.
Kiely feints a jab promting Lander to slip. Kiely then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lander slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lander defending well as Kiely loads up on a big left hand.
Lander throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiely.
Kiely wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lander dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Lander tries to land a leg kick but Kiely saw it coming and moves away.
Nedser Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Kiely.
A big right from Kiely misses.
Kiely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Lander 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kiely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiely throws a combination that misses
and Lander counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kiely thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiely circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lander has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Lander lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lander looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kiely!
Kiely taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kiely on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kiely tries to get out of the position.
Lander works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lander has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Lander is trying to get an arm triangle but Kiely is defending well.
Lander landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lander lands some shots froms side control.

Nedser Kiely's cut is getting worse.
Lander working the ground and pound.

Lander wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kiely, who protects the arm well.

Lander looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lander is looking to take a break and control but Kiely is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lander lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kiely is looking for a sweep.
Lander is looking to take a break and control but Kiely is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lander wants to take a breather but Kiely manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Lander.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kiely looking to control but Lander passes into half guard.
Kiely is looking to improve his position.
Kiely moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kiely looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lander is one step ahead there.
Lander throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kiely works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kiely working a defensive guard but Lander passes into half guard.
Lander looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kiely with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiely is trying to get back to full guard.
Lander seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kiely does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kiely taking some punishment here, with Lander in his half guard.

Nedser Kiely's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nedser Kiely's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lloyd Lander!

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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Wells (ranked 4369 p4p, 4865 weight class) and Artur Omelchenko (ranked 498 p4p, 527 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wells
vs
Omelchenko

210 cm
25
265
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
270
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenny Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Artur Omelchenko!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Omelchenko misses its intended target.
Wells bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Omelchenko's head.
Wells plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Omelchenko throws a hook but Wells avoids it easily.
Wells throws a lazy head kick
letting Omelchenko counter with a right hand.

It looks like Kenny Wells has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Omelchenko misses the target.
Omelchenko misses with an uppercut.
Wells misses with a combination
and Wells takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wells misses with a head kick.
Kenny Wells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Omelchenko throws a hook to the side of Wells's head but Wells sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Omelchenko lands a left and a right that send Wells crashing to the mat, dazed. Omelchenko thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Wells is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wells misses with a kick to the body
and Omelchenko counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Artur Omelchenko!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
94%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ichiro Naruyo (ranked 3575 p4p, 4377 weight class) and Jans Schmidt (ranked 337 p4p, 397 weight class). Jans Schmidt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ichiro Naruyo's chin.

Naruyo
vs
Schmidt

180 cm
23
148
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
140
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers 160q Str/159q Re

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichiro Naruyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jans Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schmidt gets a double leg takedown into Naruyo's guard.
Schmidt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schmidt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Schmidt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Schmidt postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Schmidt passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Schmidt lands a few punches from side control.
Naruyo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Schmidt.
Schmidt connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Naruyo some visible discomfort.
Schmidt wants to control but Naruyo is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmidt landing strikes.
Schmidt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Naruyo struggling a bit here.
Naruyo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Schmidt connects with a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naruyo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Naruyo is rocked!
Naruyo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oh Naruyo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schmidt scores with a couple of short elbows.
Schmidt throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Schmidt throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Naruyo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
A big shot lands for Schmidt! That's hurt Naruyo! Will he recover? Schmidt fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jans Schmidt!
Jans Schmidt was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.