PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lassi Lambada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Dragonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lambada
vs
Dragonov

188 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

RMC - Rio Mma Clothing
Perkele!

Perkele!

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lassi Lambada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marco Dragonov!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragonov tries to clinch but Lambada moves away
and Lambada counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lambada shoots in but Dragonov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dragonov looks to land a combination but Lambada avoids it well.
Dragonov tries to clinch up but Lambada circles away and keeps his distance.
A combination from Dragonov does no damage.
Dragonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dragonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lambada scores with a punch to the head.
Dragonov wants to clinch up but Lambada keeps it at a distance.

Lambada closes the distance and pushes Dragonov back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lambada jumps guard but Dragonov stands there with Lambada around his waist. Lambada gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lambada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lambada avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
Lambada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Dragonov.
Lambada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lambada avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragonov.

It looks like Lassi Lambada has been cut.
Dragonov has had enough of the clinch but Lambada keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dragonov landing knees to the body.
Dragonov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lambadas head.
Dragonov is pressed up against the cage. Lambada has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dragonov down to the mat. Dragonov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lassi Lambada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Dragonov. Those never looked like landing.
Dragonov is looking to clinch.
Lambada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dragonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Lambada circles away.
Lambada lands with a good body shot.
Lambada fails with a takedown attempt.
Lambada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragonov was well out of range. Poor timing from Lambada.
Lambada throws a right and a left that Dragonov avoids nicely.
Dragonov tries to clinch but Lambada moves out of range.
Dragonov tries to clinch there but Lambada circles away.
Marco Dragonov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragonov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dragonov throws an overhand right that lands on Lambada's shoulder, as Lambada tries to avoid the shot.
Dragonov throws a right hand that Lambada ducks under and follows up with a left that Lambada also avoids with ease.

Dragonov tries to sprawl but Lambada drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dragonov is trying to stand up here but Lambada is controlling him well.
Lambada thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dragonov to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lambada accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lambada wants to control from the top but Dragonov keeps moving.
Lambada working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambada stands and throws Dragonov's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lambada working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lambada has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lambada misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lambada throws an elbow but Dragonov slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lambada misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lambada throws a strike aimed at the side of Dragonov's head but Dragonov avoids it well.
Dragonov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Lambada in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dragonov is trying to control Lambada's posture but Lambada avoids it.
Lambada 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambada working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lambada works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lambada throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lambada throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragonov parries the strikes from Lambada easily there. Lambada is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dragonov to escape.
Lambada tries to score with some ground and pound. Dragonov controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lambada misses with the ground and pound.
Lambada sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dragonov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lambada throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lambada is trying to ground and pound but Dragonov uses the momentary lack of control by Lambada to regain half guard.
Dragonov regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lassi Lambada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lassi Lambada's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lambada misses with a takedown attempt - Dragonov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lambada throws a poor cross that misses
and Dragonov counters with a three punch combo that has Lambada backing up. Lambada nods at Dragonov to acknowledge the strikes.
Marco Dragonov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lambada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragonov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dragonov tries to clinch up.
Lambada swings for the body but Dragonov moves out of range.
A combination from Dragonov does no damage.
Dragonov wants to clinch
and Lambada counters with a nice body shot.
Lambada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragonov was well out of range. Poor timing from Lambada.
Dragonov looks to land a combination. Lambada sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Lambada is rocked!
Dragonov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Lambada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dragonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lambada dodges the punch combination from Dragonov.
Dragonov misses with a two punch combination.
Lambada slips a jab from Dragonov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragonov throws a right hand that Lambada ducks under and follows up with a left that Lambada also avoids with ease.
Dragonov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dragonov misses with a few strikes there.
Dragonov misses with a wild combination.

Dragonov moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dragonov connects with a knee to the head.
Dragonov stalling the fight.

Dragonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lambada tries to keep at a distance but Dragonov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dragonov throws a big uppercut that drops Lambada! More strikes from Dragonov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lambada lies dazed against the cage as Dragonov celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Dragonov!