PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Itor Lamope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamope comes into the arena with Bulletproof blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lamope
vs
Charles

165 cm
28
156 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

171 cm
28
159 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hit Squad Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Itor Lamope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Charles!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles lands a jab.

Lamope has closed the distance and engaged Charles in a clinch.
Lamope fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
Lamope tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lamope can't find room to land a body shot as Charles controls the action.
Charles misses with a knee to the head.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lamope.
Charles has Lamope pressed against the cage, preventing Lamope from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lamope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lamope lands a shoulder strike.
Lamope lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles with a knee to the head.
Lamope throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Charless head.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees to the body from Charles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lamope backwards.
Lamope jumps guard but Charles stands there with Lamope around his waist. Lamope gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Lamope.
A right hand to the body from Lamope.

Lamope breaks the clinch.
Charles cracks a nice hook into Lamope's ribs.
Lamope swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles wants to clinch up but Lamope keeps it at a distance.
Lamope misses with an uppercut. Charles saw that one coming.
Lamope lands a head shot.
Lamope turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Charles misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamope jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lamope is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lamope takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamope.
Jab from Lamope.
Charles 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.
Charles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lamope at a distance.
Lamope throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Charles scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lamope in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lamope tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Charles is able to avoid easily.
Charles walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lamope checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice shot lands for Lamope.
Lamope checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lamope drops his hands momentarily and Charles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lamope is looking to slow Charles down with leg kicks.
Lamope slips a jab and a cross from Charles.
Lamope keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
Lamope misses with a body shot.
Charles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lamope.
Lamope throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Charles throws a jab but it's blocked by Lamope.
Charles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamope swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Charles counters with a straight right hand.
Charles throws a body kick that misses.
Lamope takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jean Charles will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice cross by Lamope.
Lamope throws a sloppy head kick
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamope tries to work over Charles's front leg with a kick but Charles checks it.
Lamope misses with a double jab.
Lamope throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Charles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Charles throws a push kick but Lamope slaps the foot to one side.
A left lands for Lamope.
Lamope cracks Charles with a good jab.
Lamope misses with an uppercut.

Charles rushes Lamope and presses him up against the cage.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles gets through Lamope's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Charles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamope.
Charles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles connects with a knee to the head.
Jean Charles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Charles blocks an elbow strike.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Lamope controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Lamope.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lamope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Charles.

Lamope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamope manages to avoid it.
Lamope throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lamope takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lamope moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lamope scores with a hook.
Lamope digs a good body shot into Charles's ribs.
Lamope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamope.
Lamope lands a slapping body shot.
Itor Lamope is winning the standup battle so far.
Charles lands a slapping body shot.
Charles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good work by Charles as he checks the leg kick.
Charles looks to throw the jab but Lamope is out of range.
Charles scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lamope in his tracks.
Charles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Lamope.
Charles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamope. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lamope.
Lamope throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Lamope throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Charles on the side of the head.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamope 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.
Lamope fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Lamope on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to clinch up.
Charles is looking to land body kicks.
Lamope jabs Charles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Charles scores with a hook.
Lamope ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lamope misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Lamope.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Charles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamope defending well as Charles loads up on a big left hand.
Charles scores with a nice body kick.
Charles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lamope.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jean Charles will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Lamope's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Charles feints and then cracks Lamope's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lamope down.
Lamope cracks Charles with a good jab.
Lamope just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamope checks a leg kick nicely.

Charles closes the distance and clinches.

Lamope decides to pull guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Lamope working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Charles doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Charles manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lamope is trying to control the position but Charles postures up.
Lamope seems keen to control Charles's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamope looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lamope working a defensive guard but Charles manages to pass into side control anyway.
Lamope is trying to control Charles's posture but Charles avoids it.
Lamope is looking to reverse the position.
Charles is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Lamope's shoulder. That is not cool.
You can see the frustration on Lamope's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lamope sneaks back into half guard.
Jean Charles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamope trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up.
Lamope wants to get back to full guard.
Lamope wants to control but Charles is keeping busy.
Lamope wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well.

Charles decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lamope lands with an overhand left.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Charles blocks the leg kick.
Charles throws the left hand but Lamope avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamope scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Charles throws a leg kick but Lamope checks it.
Charles slips a jab and a cross from Lamope.
Lamope fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles misses with a hook.
Lamope throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamope connects with an inside leg kick.
Charles stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lamope takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Itor Lamope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Lamope.
Lamope with a jab.
Jean Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lamope.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itor Lamope. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lamope swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Lamope throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lamope.
Lamope throws out a leg kick but Charles moves out of range and Lamope only half commits.

And that's the end of the fight!
Itor Lamope showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Charles has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jean Charles!