PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julian Uoston Jr (ranked 3646 p4p, 3998 weight class) and Lee Larson (ranked 288 p4p, 312 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Uoston Jr
vs
Larson

172 cm
25
155
1 - 2 - 0

173 cm
25
153
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Julian Uoston Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lee Larson!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uoston Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Larson is just out of range.
Larson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Uoston Jr swings for the body but Larson moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Uoston Jr.
Uoston Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Uoston Jr throws a hook to the side of Larson's head but Larson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Larson throws a hook but Uoston Jr blocks it.
Larson fails to land with a series of punches.
Larson throws a looping overhand right but Uoston Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Larson. Those never looked like landing.
Uoston Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Uoston Jr!
A nice combination there by Uoston Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Uoston Jr has Larson up against the cage in a clinch.

Uoston Jr turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Uoston Jr postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Uoston Jr working the head with strikes.
Uoston Jr scores with a couple of short elbows.

Uoston Jr tries for a kimura but Larson is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uoston Jr throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Larson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Uoston Jr is nestled in close to Larson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larson wants to improve his position but Uoston Jr is controlling well.
Uoston Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Uoston Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Larson trying to hold on to Uoston Jr's head to control him but Uoston Jr postures up.
Larson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uoston Jr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Larson trying to control from the bottom.
Uoston Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Larson manages to get to full guard.
Uoston Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Uoston Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Larson looking to control.
Uoston Jr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Uoston Jr postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Larson is adopting a defensive guard.
Uoston Jr throwing strikes from guard but Larson blocks nicely.
Uoston Jr landing some decent shots from guard.
Uoston Jr scoring with punches to the head and body.
Uoston Jr looking to sit in guard and control but Larson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Uoston Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Larson is aware though and is defending well.
Larson wants to control from the top but Uoston Jr keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uoston Jr is trying to keep Larson in close.

Uoston Jr is looking for a triangle here but Larson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Uoston Jr is trying to improve his position.
Larson trying to control the position but Uoston Jr is working away.
Uoston Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Uoston Jr tries to get out of the position.
Uoston Jr tries to buck Larson off but Larson is having none of it.
Larson slows the pace down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Uoston Jr 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.

Uoston Jr looks to throw the jab but Larson is out of range.
Larson misses with an uppercut. Uoston Jr saw that one coming.

Uoston Jr shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Uoston Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Larson trying to hold on to Uoston Jr's head to control him but Uoston Jr postures up.
Larson manages to get to full guard.
Uoston Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Larson works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Uoston Jr keeps working.
Larson slows the pace down in half guard.
Julian Uoston Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Uoston Jr is looking for a sweep. Larson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Larson is trying to control the action in half guard but Uoston Jr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Larson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Uoston Jr looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Larson works his way into full mount!
Uoston Jr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Uoston Jr wants to control but Larson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson looking to control but Uoston Jr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Uoston Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Uoston Jr is working hard here to advance position.
Uoston Jr wants to control but Larson is having none of it.
Uoston Jr is looking to improve his position but Larson isn't that keen on the idea.
Larson controlling his opponent.
Uoston Jr working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson looking to control but Uoston Jr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Uoston Jr is looking to improve his position but Larson isn't that keen on the idea.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Larson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Larson ducks right into an uppercut from Uoston Jr.
Uoston Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Uoston Jr swings for the body but Larson moves out of range.
Larson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Larson misses.
Uoston Jr tries to bum rush Larson with a series of wild strikes but Larson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Uoston Jr is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Larson.
Uoston Jr misses the shot to the body.
Larson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Uoston Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Uoston Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Larson fails to land.
Uoston Jr tries to work over Larson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Larson fails to land.

Larson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Uoston Jr is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Larson to the mat. Larson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Larson has his feet on Uoston Jr's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Larson throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Uoston Jr counters with a nice body shot.
Larson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Uoston Jr counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Larson tries to roll over but Uoston Jr keeps him under control.
Uoston Jr trying to control the action but Larson is working from the bottom.
Uoston Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Uoston Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Uoston Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Larson taking some punishment here, with Uoston Jr in his half guard.
Larson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Uoston Jr.
Uoston Jr seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Uoston Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uoston Jr winds up and cracks Larson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Uoston Jr is keen to just control but Larson is a slippery customer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uoston Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Uoston Jr looks to land a strike but Larson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Uoston Jr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Larson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Julian Uoston Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larson misses with a straight right.
Uoston Jr throwing a counter right hand but Larson manages to avoid it.
Larson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larson walks into a straight right hand from Uoston Jr.
Uoston Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Uoston Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Larson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Larson is rocked!
Larson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Larson is still on wobbly legs! Can Uoston Jr finish him?
Larson misses with a hook

and Uoston Jr holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Uoston Jr gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Uoston Jr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Uoston Jr is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Larson is hurt! He's hurt bad - Uoston Jr fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Larson from any more punishment! Congratulations to Uoston Jr! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Uoston Jr!
An out of breath Julian Uoston Jr thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.