PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Lang (ranked 74 p4p, 10 weight class) and Gum Shoe (ranked 229 p4p, 32 weight class). Lang comes to the cage accompanied by Granite Breaker. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lang
vs
Shoe

175 cm
30
169 lbs
20 - 2 - 0

178 cm
28
180 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gum Shoe!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A slow jab from Lang misses its intended target.
Shoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lang.
Lang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lang darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Shoe walks into a stiff left hand from Lang.
Lang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
David Lang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lang checks the leg kick.
Lang cracks Shoe with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lang lands with an uppercut that bounces Shoe off the cage and back into range.
Shoe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lang if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice straight punches there by Shoe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shoe.
Lang tests Shoe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lang lands with a nice combination. Shoe backs away looking to recover.
Shoe staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang with a hook.
Lang throws a right hand that Shoe ducks under and follows up with a left that Shoe also avoids with ease.
Lang is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lang.
Shoe appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shoe backs up against the cage.
Shoe throws a right and a left that Lang avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Lang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lang jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lang takes a swing at Shoe's ribcage but misses.
Shoe ducks under a wild hook from Lang.
Shoe is looking to score with low kicks.
We've been told by Lang's head coaches at Shark Tank MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lang misses with a hook.
Lang just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shoe! But no joy.
Lang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lang throws a jab when Shoe was well out of range.
Lang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shoe moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoe takes one to the chin there.
Lang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Lang.
Shoe throws out a counter right but Lang avoids it with no problem.
Lang misses with a jab to the body
enabling Shoe to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Lang misses.
Lang looks to score with a jab to the body but Shoe is just out of range.
Shoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lang.
Shoe connects with a leg kick. Lang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shoe throws a wild body kick that Lang sees coming a mile off.
Lang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shoe circles away quickly and effectively.
Shoe moves away from the strike by Lang.
Lang with a nice cross.
Some wild striking there from Lang.
A little jabbing left from Shoe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shoe lands a leg kick that knocks Lang off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoe delivers a nice body kick.
Shoe slips under a jab from Lang.
Shoe thuds his shin into the meat of Lang's side.
Shoe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lang.
Lang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shoe has time to react.
Shoe moves out of range of the strikes.
Shoe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lang moves out of range of the body kick.
Lang sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice defenses there by Shoe.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shoe.
Lang swinging wildly here.
Lang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shoe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shoe avoids the body shot from Lang.
Lang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shoe on the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Shoe.
Lang throws a body punch but Shoe moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Shoe.
Lang cracks Shoe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shoe steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Shoe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shoe.
Shoe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lang throws a jab when Shoe was well out of range.
Lang connects with a single shot there.
Lang scores with a nice head shot.
Shoe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lang was well out of range. Poor timing from Shoe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Lang dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lang connects with a jab.
Shoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lang throws a big counter combination but Shoe scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lang stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lang drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lang bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shoe's head backwards.
Shoe looks to throw the jab but Lang is out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Lang.
Shoe misses with an uppercut. Lang saw that one coming.
Lang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lang avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lang throws out a loose jab but Shoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lang connects with a body shot that sends Shoe's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lang ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shoe slips under a jab.
Shoe slips a straight right by Lang.
Shoe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shoe lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shoe.
Lang throws an overhand right that lands on Shoe's shoulder, as Shoe tries to avoid the shot.
Shoe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lang lands a lovely overhand right.
Lang throws an overhand right that lands on Shoe's shoulder, as Shoe tries to avoid the shot.
Lang walks into a left hand.
Lang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lang throwing a counter right hand but Shoe manages to avoid it.
Lang throws a good cross that connects.
Shoe misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Lang finds it's target.
Lang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shoe throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Lang misses.
Shoe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang works the jab nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Shoe might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lang has got the better of the exchanges.
Lang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shoe in his tracks.
Lang doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shoe thumps Lang with a low kick.
Lang blocks a head kick by Shoe.
Lang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shoe can do to turn this around?
Lang tries to bum rush Shoe with a series of wild strikes but Shoe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shoe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shoe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lang is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A clash of legs there as Lang blocks the low kick.
It looked like Lang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shoe.
Jab by Lang.
Lang scores with a jab.
Lang on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A big right from Lang misses.
Shoe ducks under a wild hook from Lang.
Shoe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoe lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shoe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lang.
Shoe misses with a kick to the body.
Lang connects with a right hand. Shoe shakes it off.
Lang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lang misses the jab.
Lang misses with an uppercut. Shoe saw that one coming.
Shoe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lang throws a shot from downtown. Shoe moves away and avoids it.
Shoe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shoe, right into the meat.
Shoe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shoe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lang is out of range.
David Lang is winning the standup battle so far.
Shoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shoe.
Lang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shoe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shoe moves out of range of the strikes.
Lang with a hook.
The fighters circling - Lang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shoe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lang scores with a shot to the body.
Lang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from Lang misses.
Lang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shoe.
Shoe feints and then cracks Lang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lang down.
Shoe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lang.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lang misses with an uppercut.
Lang digs a good body shot into Shoe's ribs.
Shoe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lang's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Lang dominated that second 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.

Lang takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little feinted left hand from Lang on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shoe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lang looks to score with a jab to the body but Shoe is just out of range.
Lang throws a body shot but no joy.
Lang scores with a body shot.
Lang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shoe manages to avoid it.
Lang has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Shoe drives through and clinches with Lang against the cage.
A short uppercut from Lang.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Shoe fails to land.
Lang lands with a light punch inside.
Shoe is trying to stall.
Shoe working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Lang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Shoe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shoe tries a body shot but Lang blocks it.
Shoe looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Lang fails to land.
Shoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lang lands an uppercut.
Lang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lang blocks a body shot from Shoe.
Lang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lang throws a punch but it's blocked by Shoe.
Shoe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoe lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Lang.

Shoe breaks from the clinch.
Lang's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Shoe lunges at Lang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lang's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shoe misses the jab.
Shoe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lang, as that shot connected.
Lang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lang will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lang moves out of range of the leg kick from Shoe.
Lang cracks Shoe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circling - Shoe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Lang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shoe throws a head kick but Lang moves out of range.
Lang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lang checks a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lang, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shoe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lang throws an overhand right that lands on Shoe's shoulder, as Shoe tries to avoid the shot.
Lang throws a lazy right hand but Shoe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shoe! But no joy.
Lang misses with an uppercut. Shoe saw that one coming.
And Shoe responds with a good body kick, but Lang manages to step out the way in time.
Shoe scores with a kick to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Lang.
Shoe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lang.
Lang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shoe walks into a left hand.
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Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gum Shoe!
Gum Shoe is the new welterweight champion!
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