PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Lachance (ranked 163 p4p, 125 weight class) and Ademaro Dos Anjos (ranked 23 p4p, 15 weight class). Lachance comes to the cage accompanied by Scarecrow. Dos Anjos has chosen VOU DESAFIAR VOCÊ as his entrance music. Ademaro Dos Anjos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lucien Lachance's chin.

Lachance
vs
Dos Anjos

187 cm
25
175
12 - 5 - 0

182 cm
25
170
15 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Hardcore Alchemy

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucien Lachance!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ademaro Dos Anjos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lachance bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lachance checks the leg kick.
Dos Anjos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lachance swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dos Anjos with the inside leg kick.
Lachance blocks a leg kick.
Ademaro Dos Anjos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lachance tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dos Anjos looks to land a left hand but Lachance moved out of range nicely.
Dos Anjos misses with a leg kick
and Lachance counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Anjos throws out a loose jab but Lachance uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Lachance misses the target.
Dos Anjos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Dos Anjos instigates a clinch.
Lachance lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Anjos connects with a knee to the head.
Lachance tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lachance avoiding damage as Dos Anjos throws knees to the body.
Lachance throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Anjos.
Lachance wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dos Anjos has him pressed against the cage.
Lachance tries a body shot but Dos Anjos blocks it.
Dos Anjos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lachance scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lachance misses with some punches.
Lachance lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dos Anjos or not.
Lachance avoiding damage as Dos Anjos throws knees to the body.
Lachance tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Anjos.
Lachance misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dos Anjos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lachance blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Anjos tries to land a knee to the head but Lachance blocks with his arms.
Dos Anjos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lachance throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
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!
Lachance is trying to break the clinch but Dos Anjos is controlling him.
Dos Anjos tries to land knees in the clinch but Lachance avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Anjos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lachance tries to work over Dos Anjos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dos Anjos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dos Anjos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lachance blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Anjos tries to land a knee to the head but Lachance blocks with his arms.

Lachance escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick
and Lachance counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dos Anjos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lachance has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lachance avoids a kick to the body.
As Dos Anjos backs away, Lachance returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dos Anjos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dos Anjos throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Dos Anjos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lachance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lachance was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dos Anjos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lachance looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick
and Lachance counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Ademaro Dos Anjos has been cut.
Dos Anjos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lachance counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick
and Lachance counters with a left to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Lachance blocks the leg kick.
Dos Anjos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dos Anjos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Anjos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lachance staying out of range there.
Lachance went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Dos Anjos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Anjos lands with a straight right. Lachance didn't see that one coming.
Dos Anjos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lachance.
Lachance stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Lachance on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ademaro Dos Anjos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A low kick from Dos Anjos misses
and Lachance counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Anjos is looking to score with low kicks.
Dos Anjos tries to clinch up but Lachance circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Lachance wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dos Anjos throws a good cross that connects.
Dos Anjos looks to throw a body kick
letting Lachance counter with a right hand.
Dos Anjos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dos Anjos throws the left hand but Lachance avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Lachance on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Anjos lands with a thumping leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dos Anjos in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dos Anjos throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lachance counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lachance tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dos Anjos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lachance checks the leg kick nicely there.
An attempted straight right counter from Lachance misses the target.
Dos Anjos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lachance tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dos Anjos lands a leg kick that knocks Lachance off balance momentarily.

Dos Anjos clinches with his opponent.
Lachance tries to work over Dos Anjos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Lachance manages to break the clinch.
Nice cross by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dos Anjos throws out a leg kick but Lachance moves out of range and Dos Anjos only half commits.
A counter left hand to the body from Lachance misses its target.
Dos Anjos missing with a left hand there. Lachance was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Lachance misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos misses with a hook. Lachance ducked under it nicely.
Lachance appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dos Anjos throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lachance counters with a nice uppercut.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick which misses Lachance's front leg but catches the back leg as Lachance tries to avoid it.
Dos Anjos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dos Anjos throws a chopping leg kick but Lachance manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lachance looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Dos Anjos scores with a jab. Lachance acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Dos Anjos coming out on top.
Dos Anjos lands a leg kick that knocks Lachance off balance momentarily.
Dos Anjos cracks Lachance with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A nice leg kick from Dos Anjos, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lachance is looking to counter punch.
Dos Anjos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lachance checks a low kick from Dos Anjos.
Lachance swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dos Anjos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Lachance was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dos Anjos throws out a loose jab but Lachance uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dos Anjos throws a low kick but Lachance avoids it.
Dos Anjos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dos Anjos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lachance. That did some damage!
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick
and Dos Anjos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut even more.
Dos Anjos cracks Lachance with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lachance tried to counter with a leg kick but Dos Anjos avoided it.
Dos Anjos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lachance throwing a counter right hand but Dos Anjos manages to avoid it.
Lachance staying out of range there.
Lachance appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dos Anjos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dos Anjos tried to score with a low kick but Lachance checks it.
Dos Anjos throws an off balance right hand
and Lachance counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
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!
Dos Anjos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Dos Anjos
and Lachance counters with a left to the body.
Lachance on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dos Anjos. Dos Anjos obviously looking to wear him down.
Lachance blocks a low kick nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ademaro Dos Anjos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lachance 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.
Dos Anjos wants to clinch but Lachance slips to the side
enabling Lachance to counter with a crisp jab.
Lachance tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dos Anjos tries to land a leg kick but Lachance saw it coming and moves away.
Lachance swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dos Anjos!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dos Anjos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dos Anjos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Anjos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lachance.
Lachance scores with a shoulder strike.
Lachance lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dos Anjos backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lachance misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lachance.
Dos Anjos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lachance is trying to break free.
Dos Anjos blocks a body shot from Lachance.
Lachance tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lachance avoiding damage as Dos Anjos throws knees to the body.
Lachance misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lachance creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lachance misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Anjos missing with knees to the body.
Lachance is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Lachance breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Anjos throws a chopping leg kick but Lachance manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lachance throwing a counter right hand but Dos Anjos manages to avoid it.
Dos Anjos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Lachance on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos tries to work over Lachance's front leg with a kick but Lachance checks it.
Lachance is looking to counter punch.
Lachance chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dos Anjos can pounce on him.
The crowd cheers as Dos Anjos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lachance doesn't seem phased though.
Dos Anjos is looking to land body kicks.
Lachance takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ademaro Dos Anjos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos tries to work over Lachance's front leg with a kick but Lachance checks it.
Lachance is looking to counter punch.
Lachance checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lachance looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dos Anjos lands with a straight right. Lachance didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Anjos misses with a kick to the body
and Lachance counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Dos Anjos
and Lachance counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The cut above Ademaro Dos Anjos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lachance walks into a left hand.
Dos Anjos throws a solid leg kick but Lachance takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dos Anjos.
A big left from Dos Anjos misses.
Dos Anjos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lachance checks a low kick from Dos Anjos.
Some bone on bone action there as Lachance checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dos Anjos scores with a kick to the body.
Dos Anjos tries to clinch up.
Lachance is looking to counter punch.
Dos Anjos misses with a looping right.
Lachance swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dos Anjos throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos connects with a leg kick.

Dos Anjos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dos Anjos lands a good knee to the midsection. Lachance won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Lachance.
Dos Anjos misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Anjos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lachance.

Lachance escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Anjos throws a hook but Lachance blocks it.
Dos Anjos thows a leg kick but Lachance checks it
and Lachance counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dos Anjos connects with a leg kick.
Dos Anjos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Anjos throws a lazy body kick
and Lachance counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ademaro Dos Anjos really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
That's time! Lachance's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dos Anjos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Anjos tries to bum rush Lachance with a series of wild strikes but Lachance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dos Anjos lands a nice looking body kick.
Lachance moves out of range as Dos Anjos throws a body kick.
Lachance is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dos Anjos misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dos Anjos moves in looking to clinch but Lachance pushes him off.

Dos Anjos closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dos Anjos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lachance has a couple of punches blocked by Dos Anjos.
Lachance fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dos Anjos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Anjos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lachance swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ademaro Dos Anjos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Lachance fails to land.
Dos Anjos tries to land a knee to the head but Lachance blocks with his arms.

Lachance breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Anjos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dos Anjos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lachance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dos Anjos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Anjos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lachance slips a jab from Dos Anjos.
Lachance was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dos Anjos thumps Lachance with a low kick.
Dos Anjos tries to clinch but Lachance is having none of it.
Lachance is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Dos Anjos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dos Anjos. That's going to slow Lachance down.
Lachance is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dos Anjos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Lachance wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dos Anjos misses with a hook
and Lachance connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dos Anjos is looking to score with low kicks.
Dos Anjos wants to slow Lachance down by chopping away at his legs.
Lachance moves out of range as Dos Anjos strikes.
Lachance throwing a counter right hand but Dos Anjos manages to avoid it.
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!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lachance crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dos Anjos - the referee stops the clock and Lachance gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dos Anjos. Lachance manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dos Anjos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick lands for Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos misses with a leg kick

and Lachance counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dos Anjos! Lachance lets Dos Anjos back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Dos Anjos is rocked!

Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lucien Lachance!
Lucien Lachance retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Lucien Lachance, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.