PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Lassiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathaniel Forrester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forrester comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Rooster by Alice and Chains kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lassiter
vs
Forrester

225 cm
27
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
225 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gerald Lassiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathaniel Forrester!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Forrester drops Lassiter with a beautiful combination! Lassiter stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Forrester is looking for the KO!

It looks like Gerald Lassiter has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forrester dodges the punch combination from Lassiter.
Nice defenses there by Forrester.
Lassiter moves out of range of the body kick.
Forrester takes a swing at Lassiter's ribcage but misses.
Nathaniel Forrester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lassiter digs a good hook to Forrester's body.
Lassiter blocks a jab.
Forrester throws a series of punches but Lassiter moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Forrester. Beautiful body shot.
Forrester lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lassiter circles away quickly and effectively.
Forrester goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lassiter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Forrester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lassiter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Forrester misses with a double jab.
Forrester dodges the punch combination from Lassiter.
Forrester fakes the leg kick and cracks Lassiter in the body.
Forrester throws the left hand but Lassiter avoids the punch easily.
Forrester avoids the body shot from Lassiter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forrester fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Forrester lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice uppercut there from Forrester.
Forrester throws a right and a left that Lassiter avoids nicely.
Lassiter sizes up Forrester with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lassiter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Forrester looks to land a combination but Lassiter avoids it well.
Lassiter tries to bum rush Forrester with a series of wild strikes but Forrester uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Forrester throws a series of punches but Lassiter moves out of range.
Forrester pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Forrester looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Forrester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Forrester jabs Lassiter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lassiter is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Forrester throws a head kick but Lassiter moves out of range.
Lassiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Forrester lands a slapping body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Forrester. Those never looked like landing.
Forrester fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forrester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Forrester misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Forrester there.
Forrester rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lassiter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lassiter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lassiter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lassiter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lassiter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Forrester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Forrester scores with a shot to the body.
Forrester lands a two punch combo.
Lassiter throws a good cross that connects.
Forrester fails to land with a series of punches.
Forrester with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Forrester motions for Lassiter to come forward. Forrester throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Forrester cracks a nice hook into Lassiter's ribs.
Forrester moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forrester scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Lassiter is rocked!

Gerald Lassiter's cut is getting worse.
Forrester tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lassiter is able to avoid easily.
Forrester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Forrester lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Forrester throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Forrester scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oh Lassiter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head kick misses from Forrester.
Lassiter seems to have got his legs back now.
Lassiter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Forrester throws a one two combo.
Forrester is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lassiter looks to land a combination but Forrester avoids it well.
Forrester digs a good hook to Lassiter's body.
Forrester throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Gerald Lassiter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Forrester misses with a head kick.
Forrester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lassiter avoids the head kick by Forrester.
Lassiter lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter misses with a series of wild punches.
Forrester is looking to land body kicks.
Forrester lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Forrester scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Forrester lands with a nice body punch.
Lassiter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Forrester.

Jeez, Gerald Lassiter's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lassiter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Forrester throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick misses from Forrester.
Forrester lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lassiter blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Forrester swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Forrester is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lassiter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Forrester throws a low kick but Lassiter avoids it.
Lassiter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forrester.
Forrester misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathaniel Forrester dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerald Lassiter's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Forrester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Forrester shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lassiter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lassiter is looking to stand up but Forrester isn't so interested in that idea.
Forrester wants to stand but Lassiter has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Forrester pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lassiter is keeping the position for now.
Lassiter keeping moving, preventing Forrester from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nathaniel Forrester.
Some bone on bone action there as Lassiter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Forrester throws a right hand that Lassiter ducks under and follows up with a left that Lassiter also avoids with ease.
Forrester ducks under a wild hook from Lassiter.
A nice combination there by Forrester.
Forrester has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some wild striking there from Forrester.
Lassiter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Forrester.
Forrester misses with a wild combination.
Lassiter lands a jab to the head.
Lassiter misses with a double jab.
Lassiter misses with a two punch combination.
Forrester throws a solid leg kick but Lassiter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Forrester.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forrester throws a right and a left that both miss.
Forrester doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Forrester fails to land with a series of punches.
Forrester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nathaniel Forrester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Forrester misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lassiter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lassiter checks a leg kick.
Forrester throws a half hearted mid kick.
Forrester swinging wildly here.
Forrester goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Forrester misses with a series of wild punches.
Forrester with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Forrester looks to score with a jab to the body but Lassiter is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Forrester.
Forrester swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Lassiter to counter with a crisp jab.
Forrester is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter cracks Forrester with a good jab.
Lassiter connects with a nice looking jab.
Forrester comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Forrester looks to score with a jab to the body but Lassiter is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Lassiter.
Forrester throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lassiter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lassiter moves away from the strike by Forrester.
Lassiter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lassiter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Forrester throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lassiter throws the left hand but Forrester avoids the punch easily.
Forrester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Forrester takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lassiter lands a nice hook to Forrester's body. Forrester takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lassiter dips to his left and cracks Forrester with an uppercut!
Lassiter misses the shot to the body.
Forrester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter misses with a double jab.
Lassiter throws a body punch but Forrester moves out of range.
Forrester lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lassiter at a distance.
Lassiter fails to land with a series of punches.
Lassiter throws a body punch but Forrester moves out of range.
Forrester scores with a hook.
Forrester misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Forrester. Those never looked like landing.
Lassiter scores with a hook to the body. Forrester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Forrester blocks a jab.
Forrester swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lassiter's corner calls for a 1-2. Lassiter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donk. Forrester catches Lassiter right on the button with a cross.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nathaniel Forrester!