PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dahlgren (ranked 2124 p4p, 5356 weight class) and Teofomo Laurez (ranked 285 p4p, 540 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dahlgren
vs
Laurez

186 cm
26
185
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
180
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Dahlgren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Teofomo Laurez !
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laurez is looking to slow Dahlgren down with leg kicks.
Laurez ducks under a wild hook from Dahlgren.
Laurez scores with a punch to the head.
Dahlgren steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Laurez . That one must have hurt.
Laurez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dahlgren. That did some damage!
Dahlgren misses with an uppercut.
Laurez lands a slapping body shot.
Laurez takes a swing at Dahlgren's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dahlgren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laurez manages to avoid it.
Laurez scores with a jab. Dahlgren acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dahlgren swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laurez blocks a jab.
Dahlgren seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dahlgren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laurez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dahlgren is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dahlgren lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Laurez instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Dahlgren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laurez managing to block the knees to the body from Dahlgren.
Laurez misses with a punch to the body.
Dahlgren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laurez is leaning against Dahlgren and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Laurez .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laurez .
Laurez lands a hook that snaps the head of Dahlgren backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahlgren prevents a body shot from Laurez .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laurez .
Laurez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laurez scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laurez .
Laurez tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Laurez tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Laurez lands a shot to the body.
Laurez gets through Dahlgren's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Laurez .
Laurez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laurez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laurez lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Laurez .
A left hand lands to the body for Laurez .
Dahlgren gets through Laurez 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laurez tries a body shot but Dahlgren blocks it.
Dahlgren is trying to force a seperation but Laurez has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dahlgren.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laurez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dahlgren.
Laurez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dahlgren is breathing heavily.
Dahlgren tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laurez lands a body punch.
Laurez tries to throw a body punch but Dahlgren avoids it by throwing Laurez back against the cage.
Laurez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dahlgren misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laurez .
Laurez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dahlgren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laurez 's elbow.
Laurez pushes Dahlgren back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laurez cracks Dahlgren with a nice body shot.
Laurez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dahlgren trying to land knees to the body.
Laurez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laurez lands a left hand.
Laurez lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Laurez .
Laurez lands a shoulder strike.

Dahlgren is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Laurez .
Oh Dahlgren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laurez lands a shoulder strike.
Laurez is leaning against Dahlgren and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Laurez lands an uppercut.
Laurez lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Dahlgren to his knees! Laurez keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teofomo Laurez !