PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Labradoodle (ranked 1837 p4p, 1246 weight class) and Shane Lancaster (ranked 270 p4p, 181 weight class). Lancaster comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slipknot - I Am Hated kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Labradoodle
vs
Lancaster

198 cm
20
265
6 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
280
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Vegan Gains
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Labradoodle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Labradoodle tries to clinch but Lancaster is having none of it.
Labradoodle cracks a nice hook into Lancaster's ribs.
Labradoodle tries to clinch but Lancaster moves out of range.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Labradoodle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lancaster manages to circle out of the way.
Labradoodle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lancaster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lancaster tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Lancaster gets tackled into the cage by Labradoodle. Labradoodle maintains the clinch.
Labradoodle has a couple of punches blocked by Lancaster.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lancaster gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Labradoodle regains guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lancaster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lancaster scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lancaster is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Labradoodle can't keep his opponent in guard - Lancaster advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lancaster looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Labradoodle wants to control but Lancaster is keeping busy.
Labradoodle has hold of Lancaster's hands but Lancaster slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Labradoodle is looking to improve his position.
Lancaster lands strikes from half guard.
Lancaster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lancaster controlling the action here.
Labradoodle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lancaster working the head and body with strikes.
Lancaster scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lancaster slows the pace down in half guard.
Lancaster looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lancaster working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lancaster has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lancaster raining down hammerfists from mount.

It looks like Jimmy Labradoodle has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Lancaster connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Labradoodle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lancaster on the ground.
Lancaster lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Jimmy Labradoodle's cut is getting worse.
Labradoodle is working to get back to half guard.
Lancaster cracks Labradoodle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Labradoodle is rocked!

Jimmy Labradoodle's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lancaster is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Labradoodle goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Lancaster!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shane Lancaster!
After winning the bout, Shane Lancaster thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.