PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Dunlop (ranked 2457 p4p, 346 weight class) and George Lambton (ranked 1263 p4p, 200 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dunlop
vs
Lambton

196 cm
22
218 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

187 cm
21
218 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mick Dunlop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Lambton!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ben Watson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lambton moves into range and clinches up with Dunlop.
Dunlop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lambton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dunlop or not.
Lambton lands with a short punch from the clinch.

It looks like Mick Dunlop has been cut.
Dunlop is breathing heavily.
Lambton digs a right hand into Dunlop's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dunlop's gas tank.
Dunlop has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lambton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dunlop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lambton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Lambton.
Lambton misses with a body punch.
Lambton lands an uppercut.
Lambton pushes Dunlop back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dunlop blocks a body shot from Lambton.
Lambton scores with a shot to the side of Dunlop's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lambton digs a right hand into Dunlop's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dunlop's gas tank.
Lambton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lambton throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Lambton.
Lambton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lambton looking to throw knees to the head but Dunlop is blocking nicely.
Lambton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dunlop's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lambton lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunlop backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lambton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lambton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunlop blocks it with crossed arms.
Lambton has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dunlop seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lambton can turn it around.
Lambton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dunlop backwards.
Lambton lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunlop backwards.
Lambton missing with knees to the body.
Lambton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lambton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lambton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dunlop backwards.
Lambton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lambton throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunlop.
Dunlop blocks an elbow strike from Lambton.
Lambton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lambton.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lambton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lambton trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dunlop fails to land.
Lambton scores with a shot to the side of Dunlop's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Lambton.
Lambton pushes Dunlop back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dunlop swings wildly with an uppercut but Lambton uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lambton's elbow.
Lambton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lambton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Lambton.
Lambton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lambton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lambton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dunlop fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lambton tries to work over Dunlop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lambton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Lambton.
Lambton pushes Dunlop back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Lambton.
Dunlop managing to block the knees to the body from Lambton.
Lambton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lambton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lambton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lambton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Lambton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lambton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lambton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lambton lands with a light punch inside.

Dunlop is rocked!
Dunlop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Lambton drops Dunlop onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dunlop is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Dunlop is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lambton lands a body punch.
Dunlop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lambton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dunlop avoids it.
Lambton lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from Lambton.
A short uppercut from Lambton.
Dunlop managing to block the knees to the body from Lambton.
Lambton lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Dunlop to his knees! Lambton keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Lambton!
George Lambton tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.