PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Lancaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Till I Collapse. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lancaster's choice of entrance music: Bed Intruder. Malcolm Lancaster will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dean
vs
Lancaster

170 cm
32
193 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

179 cm
31
211 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancaster displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Eddie Dean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lancaster tries to clinch but Dean moves out of range.

Lancaster bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Dean! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Dean is rocked!
Lancaster must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lancaster postures up in Dean's guard and throws a big left but Dean blocks it.
Lancaster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dean has control of Lancaster's left arm, preventing Lancaster from doing any damage.
Lancaster is looking to work some ground and pound but Dean has wrist control.
Lancaster throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dean is trying to keep Lancaster in close.
Lancaster throwing strikes from guard but Dean blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dean has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Lancaster off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dean.
Lancaster tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dean swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dean.

Dean forces Lancaster back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Lancaster.
Dean's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dean misses with the head strike.
Dean slowing the pace effectively.
Lancaster prevents a body shot from Dean.
Come on Dean - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster blocks a body shot from Dean.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dean is trying to maintain a safe position but Lancaster gets an underhook and turns Dean into the cage.
Lancaster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dean gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short left from Dean.
Dean lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Dean lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dean swings wildly with an uppercut but Lancaster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean has Lancaster pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Lancaster controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dean takes a shot to the head.
Dean throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lancasters head.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dean.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Dean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dean lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lancaster.
Dean scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean leaning against his opponent.
Dean prevents Lancaster from breaking the clinch.
Dean drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lancaster gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lancaster blocks a body shot from Dean.
Lancaster is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lancaster avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dean wants to take the fight to the mat but Lancaster manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Lancaster is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eddie Dean will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dean lands a jab-cross combination.
Lancaster takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dean fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Lancaster fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dean, pushing him back against the cage.
Lancaster gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dean.
Dean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dean wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Dean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dean is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dean looking to stall.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dean here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Lancaster tries to break the clinch but Dean is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lancaster is defending well.
Dean slows down the pace here.
Dean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Dean is trying to trip Lancaster. He has hold of a leg but Lancaster is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Dean persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lancaster utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dean keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lancaster's head.
Dean loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dean preventing the sweep.
Dean throws an elbow that misses. Lancaster uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dean's guard. Nice move by Lancaster!
Lancaster postures up in Dean's guard and throws a big left but Dean blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dean wants to sweep here but Lancaster controlling him for the moment.
Lancaster wants to control from the top but Dean keeps moving.

Lancaster is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dean is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dean has escaped and now he's on top!

Dean got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lancaster has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dean has managed to get both his arms back between Lancaster's legs - danger averted.
Dean scoring with punches to the head and body.

Lancaster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lancaster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dean has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lancaster lands a decent shot there.
Lancaster has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.

Lancaster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lancaster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Eddie Dean overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lancaster controls Dean momentarily but Dean frees himself.
Dean works over Lancaster with some ground and pound from guard.
Lancaster looking to control but Dean passes into half guard.
Lancaster has hold of Dean's hands but Dean slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dean lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dean is in close to Lancaster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lancaster keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dean postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lancaster keeping full guard, as Dean tries to pass.
Dean keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lancaster's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
Lancaster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Dean 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. This is the final round!

Dean closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lancaster quickly recovers to half guard.
Dean works his way into full mount!
Dean landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Dean connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dean looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lancaster is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dean lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lancaster gets back to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dean connects with a nice short shot to Lancaster's temple.
Lancaster is trying is best to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster wants to get back to full guard.
Dean is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lancaster!
Dean lands a big elbow.
Dean is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dean putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lancaster is bucking up trying to escape but Dean cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Lancaster is rocked!
Dean with good strikes from the mount here!
Lancaster is still in real trouble! Can Dean finish him?
Dean looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Lancaster covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Dean!
Eddie Dean thanked the fans post fight for their support.