PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dinsdale Piranha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Lucien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucien is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kiss - All Hell's Breaking Loose. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Piranha
vs
Lucien

176 cm
22
164 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dinsdale Piranha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dante Lucien!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piranha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lucien.

Piranha moves into the clinch successfully.

Piranha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Piranha clinches up with Lucien and pushes him back against the cage.
Lucien takes a knee right on the jaw!

Piranha manages to break the clinch.
Lucien throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Piranha on the side of the head.
Lucien misses the jab.
No joy there for Lucien, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Piranha rushes Lucien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Piranha is stalling here.
Piranha lands a knee to the body.
Piranha looking to throw knees to the head but Lucien is blocking nicely.
Lucien is trying to break free.
Piranha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Piranha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Piranha prevents Lucien from breaking the clinch.
Lucien is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Piranha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Piranha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucien scores with a hook to the body. Piranha takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Piranha has Lucien up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Piranha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucien goes for a takedown in the clinch but Piranha prevents it.

Piranha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Piranha clinches.
Lucien is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Piranha tries to land a knee to the head but Lucien blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Piranha.

Piranha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucien scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lucien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Piranha manages to avoid it.
Piranha plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lucien throws a leg kick but Piranha sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Piranha moves into range and clinches up with Lucien.
Knees to the body from Piranha.
Piranha lands a nice elbow.
Lucien takes a knee right on the jaw!
Piranha lands with a light punch inside.
Piranha stalling against the cage.
Lucien is looking to break free of the clinch but Piranha has double underhooks.
Piranha landing knees to the head.
Piranha is breathing heavily.
Piranha crunches a lovely knee into Lucien's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Piranha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
Piranha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lucien backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Piranha obliges.
Lucien working hard to break the clinch.
Piranha landing knees to the body.
Piranha dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lucien has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Piranha lands a nice knee to the body.
Piranha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lucien in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lucien is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lucien's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lucien tries to circle away but Piranha has him pinned against the cage.
Piranha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lucien tries to break free but Piranha pushes him back against the cage.
Piranha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Piranha pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lucien can't break the clinch.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
Piranha crunches a lovely knee into Lucien's ribcage.
Lucien can't break the clinch.
Piranha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Piranha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucien throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lucien misses with a straight right.

Piranha moves into the clinch successfully.
Lucien wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Piranha scores with a knee to the head.

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

Piranha closes the distance and pushes Lucien back into the cage.
Piranha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Piranha breaks from the clinch.
Lucien fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice combination there by Lucien.
Piranha ducks under a wild hook from Lucien.

Piranha moves into the clinch.
Piranha slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Piranha.
Piranha lands a knee to the head.
Piranha stalling in the clinch but Lucien improves position.

Piranha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lucien scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucien misses with a straight left.
Lucien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Piranha moves out of range as Lucien strikes.
Piranha doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucien circles away.
Piranha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lucien.
Lucien misses with a few strikes there.
Lucien just misses with a punch to the body.
Lucien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Piranha manages to avoid it.

Piranha rushes Lucien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lucien fails to pull guard.

Piranha breaks the clinch.
Lucien misses with a body kick.
Piranha connects with a high kick.
Lucien lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Piranha circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lucien tries to keep at a distance but Piranha has taken the fight into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Piranha.
Piranha lands a damaging elbow.

Piranha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinsdale Piranha dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Piranha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Lucien's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Piranha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucien misses with a hook.

Piranha darts in and clinches Lucien up against the cage.
Lucien can't break the clinch.
Piranha stalls.
Lucien jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Piranha walks away with a smile on his face. Lucien gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Piranha moves into range and clinches up with Lucien.
Piranha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Piranha gets through Lucien's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lucien wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lucien takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lucien has had enough of the clinch but Piranha keeps him there for the moment.
Lucien drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lucien takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lucien is breathing heavily.
Piranha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lucien is trying to break the clinch but Piranha has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piranha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dinsdale Piranha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lucien wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

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

Piranha closes the distance and clinches.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
Piranha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Piranha lands with a right to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Piranha.
Piranha connects with a knee to the head.
Piranha lands with a left to the head.
Piranha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lucien's face.
Lucien takes a knee right on the jaw!

Piranha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dinsdale Piranha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Piranha has taken the fight to the clinch.

Piranha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lucien throws a series of punches but Piranha avoids them all with ease.
Lucien misses with a double jab.
Piranha throws a nice head kick!
Dante Lucien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Piranha instigates a clinch.

Piranha breaks from the clinch.
Piranha staying out of range there.
Lucien misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Piranha gets a clinch.

Piranha manages to break the clinch.
Lucien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Piranha clinches up with Lucien and pushes him back against the cage.
Piranha lands an elbow inside that Lucien shrugs off.
Piranha with a knee to the head.
Piranha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Piranha scores with a hook to the body.
Lucien has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Piranha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Piranha scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lucien is trying to force a seperation but Piranha has the dominant position.
Piranha misses with a knee to the head.
Lucien working hard to break the clinch.
Piranha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lucien wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lucien wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Piranha holds him up against the cage and eventually Lucien drops back down to his feet.
Dinsdale Piranha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Lucien.
Piranha has Lucien pressed against the cage, preventing Lucien from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Piranha landing knees to the head.
Piranha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucien tries to circle away but Piranha has him pinned against the cage.
Piranha lands a nice knee to the body.
Piranha stops a takedown attempt from Lucien.

Piranha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lucien throws a series of punches but Piranha moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Piranha.
Lucien throws a series of punches but Piranha avoids them all with ease.

Piranha clinches.
Piranha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucien's efforts to push away.
Piranha lands a knee to the head.
Piranha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lucien.
Lucien tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Piranha smiles and moves away.
Lucien scores with the left hand. Piranha knows he should have avoided that one.

Piranha closes the distance and clinches.
Piranha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucien's efforts to push away.

Piranha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piranha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piranha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lucien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lucien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lucien keeps the fight on the outside.
Piranha wants to clinch up but Lucien keeps it at a distance.

Piranha closes the distance and clinches.
Piranha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Piranha lands a nice elbow.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.

Piranha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Lucien misses

and Piranha counters by moving into the clinch.

Piranha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinsdale Piranha dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lucien jabs Piranha right on the nose. Piranha blinks but takes it well.
Piranha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucien misses with a hook.
Piranha wants to clinch up but Lucien keeps it at a distance.

Piranha has taken the fight to the clinch.

Piranha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Piranha takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lucien throws a predictable looking body shot

and Piranha counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees in the clinch landing for Piranha.
A frustrated look appears on Lucien's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Lucien's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lucien jumps guard but Piranha stands there with Lucien around his waist. Lucien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Piranha with a knee to the head.
Piranha tries to land a knee to the head but Lucien blocks with his arms.
Piranha prevents Lucien from breaking the clinch.
Lucien is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Piranha pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lucien is looking to break free of the clinch but Piranha has double underhooks.
Piranha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucien wants to break free but Piranha has control.
Lucien blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lucien jumps guard but Piranha stands there with Lucien around his waist. Lucien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dinsdale Piranha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Lucien.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucien wants to break free but Piranha has control.
Lucien goes for a takedown in the clinch but Piranha prevents it.
Piranha landing knees to the head.
Piranha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lucien's face.
A frustrated look appears on Lucien's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Piranha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lucien tries to circle away but Piranha has him pinned against the cage.
Piranha missing with knees to the body.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Piranha won't allow it.

Piranha manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Lucien misses the target.
Piranha slips a jab and a cross from Lucien.

Piranha gets a clinch.

Piranha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Piranha darts in and clinches Lucien up against the cage.
Lucien tries to break free but Piranha pushes him back against the cage.

Piranha breaks from the clinch.
Piranha tries to clinch up.
Lucien bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucien lands a jab to the nose.

Piranha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lucien, pushing him back against the cage.
Lucien is trying to break the clinch but Piranha has him pressed against the cage.
Lucien looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Piranha lands a nice uppercut.
Piranha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucien's efforts to push away.
Piranha lands a nice knee to the body.
Piranha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lucien's face.
Lucien has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
Piranha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lucien lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Piranha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Piranha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lucien is looking to break free of the clinch but Piranha has double underhooks.
Lucien tries to break free but Piranha pushes him back against the cage.
Lucien tries to break free but Piranha pushes him back against the cage.
Lucien takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lucien is trying to break the clinch but Piranha is controlling him.
Piranha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucien's efforts to push away.
Lucien tries to break free but Piranha pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piranha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lucien backwards.
A knee to the head by Piranha.
Lucien has had enough of the clinch but Piranha keeps him there for the moment.

Piranha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Piranha closes the distance and pushes Lucien back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lucien working hard to break the clinch.
Lucien tries to circle away but Piranha has him pinned against the cage.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Piranha holds him up against the cage and eventually Lucien drops back down to his feet.
Piranha lands an elbow that stopped Lucien in his tracks for a moment.
Piranha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lucien is trying to force a seperation but Piranha has the dominant position.
Piranha is stalling here.
Piranha stalling in the clinch but Lucien improves position.
Lucien fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lucien is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Piranha lands an elbow inside.
Piranha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lucien is trying to break free.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stalling in the clinch from Piranha.
Piranha prevents Lucien from breaking the clinch.
Lucien looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Piranha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lucien lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lucien looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lucien wants to get back to striking at distance but Piranha won't allow it.
Lucien wants to break free but Piranha has control.
Piranha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Piranha won't allow it.

Piranha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Piranha closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Piranha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Piranha clinches.
Lucien can't break the clinch.

Piranha breaks from the clinch.
Piranha doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucien circles away.
Dante Lucien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dinsdale Piranha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Piranha tries to clinch but Lucien is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Piranha.
Lucien misses with a two punch combination.
Piranha checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dinsdale Piranha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Piranha, 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dinsdale Piranha!