PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Calliente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Lauzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lauzon has chosen Beautiful in blue as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Calliente
vs
Lauzon

179 cm
22
172 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

225 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincenzo Calliente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Lauzon!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lauzon gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lauzon throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lauzon is trying to keep Calliente in close.
Lauzon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Calliente is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lauzon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Calliente pushes down on Lauzon's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Calliente decides to return to a standing position.
Nice takedown defense from Lauzon. No joy for Calliente on that attempt.
Lauzon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lauzon doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Calliente counters with a shoot takedown. Lauzon fights it but they end up in guard.
Lauzon wants to hit a switch here but Calliente passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Lauzon there!
Lauzon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauzon flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Calliente can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lauzon is looking to escape.
Lauzon can't escape the position.
Lauzon tries to lock up and control but Calliente gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lauzon taking shots to the head.
Calliente lands a heavy elbow.
Lauzon throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lauzon swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lauzon tries to lock up and control but Calliente gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lauzon looks gassed!
A nice elbow there by Calliente.
Calliente tries to control but Lauzon wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calliente is landing with some decent strikes but Lauzon is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Calliente 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.
The referee warns Lauzon that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lauzon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lauzon tries to hold on but Calliente postures up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calliente cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Calliente landing strikes, looking to finish!
Calliente with a couple of short strikes.

Lauzon is rocked!
Calliente can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lauzon is looking to escape.
Lauzon can't escape the position.
Calliente in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Calliente working for a guillotine from mount but Lauzon is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Calliente. What's that going to do exactly?
The referee warns Lauzon that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Calliente lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lauzon is trying desperately to improve position.
Calliente putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Calliente controlling the position easily from mount.
Lauzon is in a horrible position here. Calliente smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Calliente with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lauzon can't escape the position.
Calliente looking to finish Lauzon with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lauzon!
Calliente working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Calliente wants to control the pace but Lauzon is squirming around nicely.
Calliente dominating with strikes here.
Lauzon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Calliente. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calliente blocks Lauzon's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Calliente dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Calliente scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lauzon tries for a takedown but Calliente circles away easily
and Calliente counters with a good, hard body kick but Lauzon shrugs it off.
Lauzon with a poor takedown

and Calliente counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lauzon's guard now.
Lauzon being controlled here, momentarily.

Calliente stands and steps away. Lauzon gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Calliente fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lauzon manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lauzon is looking to break free of the clinch but Calliente has double underhooks.

Calliente breaks the clinch.

Calliente drives through and clinches with Lauzon against the cage.
Calliente stops a takedown attempt from Lauzon.
Vincenzo Calliente has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Lauzon.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Calliente lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Calliente decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Calliente fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lauzon, pushing him back against the cage.
Calliente prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lauzon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Calliente fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lauzon gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Calliente counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lauzon!
Lauzon tries to hold on but Calliente pushes him away.
Calliente sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Calliente lands a nice shot to the head.
Lauzon is desperately trying to improve his position but Calliente has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calliente cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lauzon is trying desperately to improve position.
Lauzon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Calliente. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calliente sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lauzon is in all sorts of trouble here.
Calliente raining down shots from the mount!
Lauzon is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lauzon takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Calliente punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lauzon is trying to escape the mount.
Calliente cracks Lauzon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calliente is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lauzon can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Calliente.
Lauzon is wriggling around trying to escape.
Calliente tries to control but Lauzon wriggling away.
Calliente prevents Lauzon from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calliente cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Calliente lands with some strikes.
Lauzon tries to lock up and control but Calliente gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Calliente breaks from Lauzon's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lauzon is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Calliente trying to control but Lauzon is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Calliente with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Calliente lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lauzon hang on?
Lauzon flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Calliente lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lauzon hang on?
Calliente landing strikes, looking to finish!
Calliente punishing his opponent with strikes.
Calliente putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Calliente raining down shots from the mount!
Lauzon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Calliente dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lauzon has his takedown stuffed

and Calliente counters by moving into the clinch.

Lauzon manages to pull guard.
Calliente trying to control the position from guard on top but Lauzon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calliente working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lauzon's head.
Calliente lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lauzon keeping moving, preventing Calliente from controlling successfully.
Calliente looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lauzon controls Calliente momentarily but Calliente frees himself.
Lauzon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Calliente is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lauzon is trying to control the position but Calliente postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Calliente moves into the clinch.
Calliente lands with a short punch from the clinch.

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

Calliente has managed to clinch.
Calliente gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lauzon.
Lauzon is working for takedown but Calliente is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vincenzo Calliente has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Lauzon.
Calliente pushes Lauzon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Calliente has clasped his hands together around Lauzon's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Lauzon stops Calliente from passing to mount.
Calliente lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lauzon down.
Calliente cracks Lauzon with a big right hand but Lauzon just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Calliente is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lauzon can do to turn this around?
Lauzon tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calliente is looking to take a break and control but Lauzon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Calliente is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lauzon has escaped the position, nice work there.

Calliente in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Lauzon is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vincenzo Calliente!