PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Beaulieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Beaulieu's choice of entrance music: Anonymus - Prosternez-vous. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lucas
vs
Beaulieu

187 cm
22
216 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

182 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Lucas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Beaulieu!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Beaulieu.
Lucas staying out of range there.
Lucas misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Lucas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lucas lands a high kick!
Lucas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beaulieu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beaulieu scores with a decent looking hook.
Lucas throws a head kick but Beaulieu moves out of range.
Beaulieu looks to land a combination. Lucas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Travis Lucas has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beaulieu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beaulieu lands a glancing blow to the side of Lucas's head.
Beaulieu thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Beaulieu misses the target.
Beaulieu with a nice cross.
Beaulieu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Beaulieu circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Beaulieu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Beaulieu throws a lazy right hand but Lucas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lucas throws a wild body kick that Beaulieu sees coming a mile off.
Beaulieu checks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Lucas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beaulieu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beaulieu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lucas counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Beaulieu!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lucas performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Lucas stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Beaulieu looks gassed!
Lucas throws a head kick that misses.
Lucas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lucas throws a head kick that half lands.
Beaulieu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lucas tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beaulieu connects with a jab.
Beaulieu connects with a single shot there.
Beaulieu blocks a head kick by Lucas.
Beaulieu misses with a hook.
Beaulieu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lucas.
Lucas missing with a left hand there. Beaulieu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Lucas moves into the clinch.
Beaulieu has a couple of punches blocked by Lucas.
Lucas lands a good knee to the midsection. Beaulieu won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Lucas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lucas tries to clinch but Beaulieu moves out of range.
Beaulieu misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu tries to land a body kick
and Lucas counters with a nice body kick.
Lucas throws a leg kick which misses Beaulieu's front leg but catches the back leg as Beaulieu tries to avoid it.
Lucas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucas is looking to clinch but Beaulieu is avoiding it.
Lucas thuds his shin into the meat of Beaulieu's side.
Lucas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lucas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lucas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Beaulieu tries to keep at a distance but Lucas has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beaulieu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lucas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Lucas manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Lucas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Lucas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beaulieu misses with a wild body shot.
Beaulieu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beaulieu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lucas's calf.
Lucas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beaulieu can do to turn this around?
Lucas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lucas looks to land a body kick but Beaulieu moved away.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lucas looks to score with a jab to the body but Beaulieu is just out of range.
Beaulieu scores with a punch to the head.
Lucas walks into a straight right hand from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lucas lunges at Beaulieu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beaulieu's hand.
Lucas wants to clinch but Beaulieu slips to the side
and Beaulieu counters with a left and a right that stings Lucas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas slips a jab from Beaulieu.
Lucas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A big left from Lucas misses.
Beaulieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lucas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beaulieu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Beaulieu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lucas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beaulieu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Travis Lucas is winning the standup battle so far.
Beaulieu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lucas throws a low kick, looking for Beaulieu's leg but Beaulieu calmly moves out of range.
Beaulieu throws a series of punches but Lucas moves out of range.
Lucas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu blocks a head kick by Lucas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu throws out a loose jab but Lucas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beaulieu tests Lucas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Beaulieu misses.
Lucas misses with a wild combination.
Travis Lucas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beaulieu lands an overhand right.
Beaulieu misses with an uppercut. Lucas saw that one coming.
Beaulieu doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucas circles away.
Lucas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beaulieu ducks under a wild hook from Lucas.
Lucas throws a hook to the side of Beaulieu's head but Beaulieu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A leg kick checked by Beaulieu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lucas's head backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucas. Beaulieu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Beaulieu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lucas's hands.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the head.
Lucas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beaulieu.
Lucas throws a wild body kick that Beaulieu sees coming a mile off.
Beaulieu digs a good hook to Lucas's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Lucas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu throws a front kick aimed at Lucas's knee but Lucas avoids it well.
Beaulieu scores with a body shot.
Lucas drops his hands momentarily and Beaulieu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lucas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lucas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beaulieu misses with a hook. Lucas ducked under it nicely.
Beaulieu misses the jab.
Beaulieu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beaulieu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beaulieu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lucas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Beaulieu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Travis Lucas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Beaulieu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beaulieu misses with an uppercut. Lucas saw that one coming.
Lucas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beaulieu's sensitive parts.
Jab, jab by Beaulieu - just one landing.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Beaulieu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lucas doesn't seem phased though.
Beaulieu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lucas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lucas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beaulieu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lucas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lucas throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Beaulieu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lucas thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucas takes a swing at Beaulieu's ribcage but misses.
Beaulieu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulieu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lucas.
Lucas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Beaulieu throws an overhand right that lands on Lucas's shoulder, as Lucas tries to avoid the shot.
Lucas closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Beaulieu counter with a right hand.
Lucas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beaulieu swinging wildly here.
Beaulieu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu throws a right and a left that Lucas avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu cracks Lucas with an open hand slap.
Beaulieu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lucas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lucas tries to bum rush Beaulieu with a series of wild strikes but Beaulieu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lucas tries to clinch up
and Beaulieu counters with a stiff right hand.
Beaulieu moves out of range of the body kick from Lucas.
Lucas throws the kick towards the body but Beaulieu avoids it.
Jab, jab by Beaulieu - just one landing.
Lucas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lucas tries to clinch there but Beaulieu circles away.
Beaulieu moves out of range of the body kick from Lucas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu throws the left hand but Lucas avoids the punch easily.
Lucas misses with a head kick.
Lucas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses.
Beaulieu works the jab nicely.
Lucas misses with a body kick.
Nice cross by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lucas.
Beaulieu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Beaulieu scores with a nice head shot.
Lucas tries to bum rush Beaulieu with a series of wild strikes but Beaulieu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu misses with a combination
and Lucas counters with a leg kick.
Lucas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beaulieu.
Lucas moves out of range of the strikes.
Beaulieu lands with a right hand.
Lucas tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Beaulieu counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beaulieu trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lucas pushes Beaulieu off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lucas lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Beaulieu really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Lucas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Beaulieu throws a hook but Lucas blocks it.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Beaulieu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Beaulieu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lucas - the referee stops the clock and Beaulieu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lucas. Beaulieu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lucas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lucas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beaulieu has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lucas.
Lucas lands with a nice body kick.
Lucas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lucas throws a lazy head kick
and Beaulieu counters with a stiff right hand.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Beaulieu steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lucas. That one must have hurt.
Lucas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lucas lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas scores with a nice body kick.
Lucas throws a head kick that half lands.
Lucas thumps Beaulieu with a low kick.
Beaulieu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beaulieu's corner calls for a 1-2. Beaulieu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lucas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beaulieu throws a leg kick but Lucas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beaulieu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lucas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Beaulieu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A left and a right from Beaulieu both land. Nice combination.
Lucas is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beaulieu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lucas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab from Beaulieu.
Lucas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Beaulieu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lucas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beaulieu throws a hook to the side of Lucas's head but Lucas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beaulieu throws a jab when Lucas was well out of range.
Lucas misses with a head kick.
Lucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu thows a body shot but no joy.
Lucas tries to clinch but Beaulieu moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lucas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lucas throws a sloppy head kick and Beaulieu moves out of range easily.
Beaulieu fails to land with a series of punches.
Beaulieu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lucas counters with a nice body kick.
A big left from Beaulieu misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lucas.
Lucas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Beaulieu will feel that in the morning.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lucas.
Beaulieu misses with a hook.
Lucas thuds his shin into the meat of Beaulieu's side.
A head kick from Lucas lands but Beaulieu takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas slips a jab from Beaulieu.
Lucas just misses with a punch to the body.
Beaulieu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lucas just misses with a punch to the body.
Lucas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beaulieu.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lucas.
Beaulieu throws out a loose jab but Lucas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beaulieu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lucas has time to react.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beaulieu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lucas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beaulieu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lucas was well out of range. Poor timing from Beaulieu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Lucas had his way with Pat Beaulieu in that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Lucas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lucas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beaulieu circles away quickly and effectively.
Lucas lands a head kick. Beaulieu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Beaulieu throws an overhand right that lands on Lucas's shoulder, as Lucas tries to avoid the shot.
Beaulieu misses with a low kick as Lucas jumps back.
Beaulieu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lucas slips a straight right by Beaulieu.
Lucas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beaulieu.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beaulieu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beaulieu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lucas.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the body.
Beaulieu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lucas manages to avoid it.
Beaulieu avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beaulieu is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lucas lands the left hand.
Lucas scores with a jab.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beaulieu.
Lucas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lucas moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucas misses the jab.
Beaulieu throws an overhand right that lands on Lucas's shoulder, as Lucas tries to avoid the shot.
Beaulieu stalks Lucas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lucas's face. Lucas staggers backwards, shaken.

Beaulieu tries to keep at a distance but Lucas has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Lucas has Beaulieu up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucas blocking some punches.
Beaulieu misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Lucas.

Beaulieu turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Beaulieu manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucas tries to improve position but can't.
Beaulieu wants to control but Lucas is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lucas is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu staying calm.
Lucas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lucas tries to get out of the position.
Lucas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beaulieu wants to control but Lucas is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Beaulieu wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lucas, who protects the arm well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beaulieu missing with a left hand there. Lucas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beaulieu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lucas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Lucas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lucas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 48:47
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Lucas!
Travis Lucas retains his light heavyweight title!