PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Landeskog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean-Louis Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landeskog comes into the arena with Warm Shadow - Fink blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Landeskog
vs
Andre

174 cm
26
147 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

172 cm
26
153 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Magnus Landeskog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean-Louis Andre!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Landeskog to score with a decent uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Landeskog. Beautiful body shot.
Andre lands a nice shot to the body.
Andre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Landeskog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andre throws a head kick that Landeskog semi-blocks.
Landeskog scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Andre throws out a loose jab but Landeskog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landeskog blocks a jab.
Landeskog slips a straight right by Andre.
Landeskog tries to clinch there but Andre circles away.
Andre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Andre.
Landeskog wants to clinch.
Andre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Andre misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre misses with a wild body shot.
Andre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch lands to the side of Landeskog 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Landeskog has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Landeskog there as he acknowledges the shot.

Landeskog looking to score a takedown here. Andre is defending well but Landeskog drives through and ends up in Andre's guard.
Andre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Andre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Landeskog avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Andre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andre is trying to keep Landeskog in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Landeskog avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Andre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Landeskog is one step ahead there.
Andre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Landeskog is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Landeskog looking to pass the guard.
Andre trying to keep a closed guard but Landeskog is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landeskog forces his way into half guard.
Landeskog has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Andre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Andre wants to hold on but Landeskog pushes him away.
Landeskog looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Andre wants to hold on but Landeskog pushes him away.

Landeskog working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
We've been hearing that Landeskog has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Andre tries to lock up and control but Landeskog gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Landeskog lands a heavy elbow.

Landeskog looking for a guillotine from mount but Andre is having none of it.
Andre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Landeskog working for a guillotine from mount but Andre is in no mood to give up.
Andre wants to control but Landeskog is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Landeskog dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Landeskog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Andre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landeskog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Andre wants to clinch.
Andre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andre is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice body kick from Andre.
A clash of legs there as Landeskog blocks the low kick.
Andre throws a solid leg kick but Landeskog takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Andre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landeskog's calf.
Jean-Louis Andre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Andre misses the shot to the body.
Andre throws a hook but Landeskog blocks it.

Landeskog shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Landeskog is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre regains full guard. Nicely done.
Landeskog trying to control the position from guard on top but Andre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Landeskog drops back, looking for a kneebar! Andre looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Andre looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Andre!

Landeskog is working to avoid the ground and pound but Andre connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andre wants to control but Landeskog is keeping him busy.
Andre taking a break here but Landeskog is having none of it and regains half guard.

Landeskog looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Landeskog trying to control from the bottom.
Andre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andre is looking to take a break and control but Landeskog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Magnus Landeskog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Andre is just content to waste time from the top position. Landeskog takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Andre avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Andre is looking to pass into half guard but Landeskog pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Landeskog is in guard.

Andre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Landeskog accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Landeskog's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Andre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Landeskog doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Landeskog manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Landeskog lands a couple of elbows.
Andre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Landeskog passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Andre 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.
Andre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Magnus Landeskog will probably get the nod.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Landeskog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andre wants to clinch.
Andre lands a jab to the nose.
Landeskog fails to land the takedown.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Andre - that will leave a mark!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landeskog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Landeskog avoids the body shot from Andre.
Andre lands with a nice body punch.

Landeskog shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Landeskog was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Landeskog goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Andre has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Landeskog but great work by Andre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landeskog tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andre is looking to take a break and control but Landeskog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Andre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Landeskog sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Andre misses with the ground and pound.
Andre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Andre takes a little break here. Landeskog wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Landeskog looking for a sweep but Andre has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Landeskog suckers Andre into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Landeskog is now in Andre's guard!
Andre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Andre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Landeskog stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andre swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andre is trying to control the position but Landeskog postures up.
Landeskog working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Landeskog thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Andre wants to sweep here but Landeskog controlling him for the moment.

Landeskog thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Andre keeping full guard, as Landeskog tries to pass.

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.

Andre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Andre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Andre doesn't manage to clinch there - Landeskog circles away.

Landeskog shoots in and bounces Andre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Landeskog tries to free his leg and advance position but Andre is retaining full guard.
Jean-Louis Andre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Andre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Magnus Landeskog.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Landeskog, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Magnus Landeskog!
Magnus Landeskog thanked the fans post fight for their support.