PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Lambert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmund Dorrance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lambert's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Disturbed - Stricken. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Lambert
vs
Dorrance

178 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
220 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Lambert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edmund Dorrance!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lambert shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dorrance as he jumps to the side.
Joe Lambert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dorrance.
Dorrance throws a head kick but Lambert moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Dorrance there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dorrance.
Dorrance changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Dorrance pushes Lambert up against the ropes in a clinch.
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Lambert throws a head punch that misses.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dorrance lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Joe Lambert has been cut.
Lambert throws a punch but it's blocked by Dorrance.
Lambert scores with a shot to the side of Dorrance's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dorrance unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lambert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lambert struggles to land a body shot inside as Dorrance controls his hands.
Lambert misses with a punch on the inside.
Dorrance misses with a knee strike.
Lambert lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Lambert lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lambert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lambert misses with some punches.
Lambert tries for a takedown but Dorrance manages to get underhooks.
Dorrance misses with a knee to the head.
Dorrance lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lambert taking a breather.
Dorrance lands an elbow that stopped Lambert in his tracks for a moment.
Lambert takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dorrance is trying to stall.
Lambert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dorrance trying to land knees to the body.
Lambert wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Lambert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dorrance misses with a knee strike.
Dorrance prevents a body shot from Lambert.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lambert takes an elbow to the temple.
Dorrance with a knee to the head.
Lambert lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dorrance backwards.
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dorrance tries a knee to the head but Lambert blocks it.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dorrance trying to land knees to the body.
Lambert fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dorrance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lambert.
Lambert tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dorrance's elbow.
Lambert trying to control the position but instead, Dorrance has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lambert into the ropes.
Dorrance gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lambert.
Dorrance lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dorrance - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lambert has a couple of punches blocked by Dorrance.
Dorrance lands an elbow inside that Lambert shrugs off.
Dorrance lands an elbow that stopped Lambert in his tracks for a moment.
Dorrance working Lambert over with knees to the body.
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lambert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dorrance comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lambert is breathing heavily.
Lambert lands with a short shot to the head.
Lambert takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dorrance obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lambert is working for takedown but Dorrance is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dorrance with a knee to the head.
Dorrance lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorrance lands an elbow just above Lambert 's eye.
Lambert has a couple of punches blocked by Dorrance.
Dorrance stalling.
Dorrance lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dorrance landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Dorrance.
Lambert takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dorrance gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dorrance unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dorrance connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lambert's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dorrance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dorrance lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Still in the clinch, Lambert scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lambert is trying to maintain a safe position but Dorrance gets an underhook and turns Lambert into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Dorrance dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Lambert's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lambert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dorrance moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Dorrance clinches up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lambert.
Lambert takes an elbow to the temple.
Lambert is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dorrance is keeping busy.
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Dorrance landing knees to the head.
Lambert trying to control the position but instead, Dorrance has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lambert into the ropes.
Dorrance lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dorrance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lambert is defending well for now.
Lambert blocks an elbow strike from Dorrance.
Dorrance looking to throw knees to the head but Lambert is blocking nicely.
Lambert looking to slow down the pace here.
Lambert throws a punch but it's blocked by Dorrance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrance tries to land knees in the clinch but Lambert avoids the damage to the body.
Lambert looking to stall.
Lambert lands with a right to the head.
Lambert looking to stall.
Dorrance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lambert.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lambert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dorrance lands an elbow just above Lambert 's eye.
Lambert avoids the elbow strike from Dorrance, against the ropes.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lambert wants to stall.
Dorrance creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lambert's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorrance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lambert avoids it.
Dorrance throws an elbow that misses.
Dorrance missing with knees to the body.
Lambert tries to stall but Dorrance uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dorrance lands a damaging elbow.
Lambert lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dorrance lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Dorrance throws an elbow but misses.
Dorrance lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dorrance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dorrance is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lambert.
Dorrance is trying to stall.
Edmund Dorrance seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lambert swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dorrance tries to land knees in the clinch but Lambert avoids the damage to the body.
Lambert wants a takedown.
Dorrance stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dorrance obliges.
Dorrance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lambert is trying to maintain a safe position but Dorrance gets an underhook and turns Lambert into the ropes.
Lambert looking for a takedown.
Lambert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dorrance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dorrance lands a knee to the body.
Lambert taking a breather.
Lambert scores with a hook to the body.
Lambert wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Lambert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dorrance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lambert.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dorrance looking to throw knees to the head but Lambert is blocking nicely.
Dorrance lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Dorrance lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Dorrance is looking to control Lambert's arms but Lambert gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dorrance has his back to the ropes.
Lambert lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lambert misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorrance is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lambert is keeping busy.
Lambert is looking to control Dorrance's arms but Dorrance gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lambert has his back to the ropes.
Dorrance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dorrance creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dorrance lands a knee to the head.
Dorrance trying to land knees to the body.
Dorrance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lambert is defending well for now.
Lambert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Dorrance showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Lambert's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lambert throws a combination. Dorrance tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Edmund Dorrance has been cut.
Lambert throws a combination that misses
and Dorrance counters with a head kick.
Edmund Dorrance is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lambert blocks a head kick by Dorrance.
Dorrance throws a low kick but Lambert avoids it.
Lambert tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dorrance swivels and escapes.

Dorrance closes the distance and clinches.
Dorrance crunches a lovely knee into Lambert's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Dorrance.
Dorrance creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lambert's defenses.
Dorrance lands an elbow inside.
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Dorrance.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dorrance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrance comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dorrance lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dorrance missing with knees to the body.
Dorrance lands an elbow just above Lambert 's eye.
Dorrance is trying to stall.
Dorrance stalling against the ropes.
Dorrance blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lambert looking to stall.
Dorrance blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lambert lands a right hand.
Dorrance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lambert wants a takedown but no success here.
Dorrance gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambert is trying to maintain a safe position but Dorrance gets an underhook and turns Lambert into the ropes.
Lambert managing to block the knees to the body from Dorrance.
Dorrance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lambert blocks it with crossed arms.
Dorrance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dorrance tries to land knees in the clinch but Lambert avoids the damage to the body.
Dorrance throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lambert takes an elbow to the temple.
Dorrance tries a knee to the head but Lambert blocks it.
Dorrance missing with knees to the body.
Lambert lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dorrance backwards.
Lambert tries for a takedown but Dorrance manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Lambert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorrance unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lambert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dorrance connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lambert's face.
Lambert works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lambert.
Dorrance blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lambert.
Lambert trying to control the position but instead, Dorrance has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lambert into the ropes.
Lambert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dorrance wants to stall.
Lambert avoids a wild elbow strike from Dorrance.
Dorrance connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lambert's face.
Dorrance using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lambert tries a body shot but Dorrance blocks it.
Dorrance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dorrance has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lambert swings wildly with an uppercut but Dorrance uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorrance trying to land knees to the body.
Dorrance wants to stall.
Lambert lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dorrance backwards.
Lambert dodges an elbow strike from Dorrance.
Dorrance misses with a knee to the head.
Dorrance prevents the takedown attempt.
Edmund Dorrance is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dorrance is pressed up against the ropes. Lambert has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dorrance down to the mat. Dorrance avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Dorrance. No joy for Lambert on that attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lambert steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dorrance. That one must have hurt.
Dorrance shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lambert eats them both and turns towards Dorrance to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lambert shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lambert was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lambert can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dorrance is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edmund Dorrance comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dorrance winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edmund Dorrance!