PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Lancaster (ranked 1328 p4p, 184 weight class) and Marvin Vettori (ranked 799 p4p, 115 weight class). Vettori has chosen Police On My Back- The Rocketz as his entrance music. Cedric Lancaster could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marvin Vettori's chin.

Lancaster
vs
Vettori

180 cm
31
186 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

183 cm
31
183 lbs
15 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cedric Lancaster !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marvin Vettori!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancaster with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vettori to score with a decent uppercut.

Vettori moves into the clinch.
Vettori misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lancaster .
Vettori throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster .
Vettori working aggressively here.
Vettori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lancaster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster lands an uppercut.
Lancaster lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lancaster is working Vettori over against the cage.
Vettori looks winded!
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
Vettori goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lancaster prevents it.
Lancaster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster prevents a body shot from Vettori.
A nice left hand lands by Lancaster .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vettori.
Vettori scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster blocks an uppercut.
Vettori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vettori prevents a body shot from Lancaster .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vettori tries to pull guard but Lancaster holds him up against the cage and eventually Vettori drops back down to his feet.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vettori has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lancaster seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vettori can turn it around.
A right handed body shot lands from Lancaster .
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Lancaster .
Lancaster lands a left hand.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vettori throws an elbow but misses.
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori blocks an uppercut.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vettori's elbow.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster misses with a body punch.
Vettori blocking some punches.
Vettori misses with some punches.
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lancaster pushes Vettori back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vettori scores with a shoulder strike.
Lancaster works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vettori misses with a punch on the inside.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vettori throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
Vettori lands with a short shot to the head.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Vettori avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Lancaster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vettori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Vettori.
Vettori blocks a body shot from Lancaster .
Lancaster goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lancaster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lancaster throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lancaster tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vettori avoids it.
Vettori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vettori lands an uppercut.
Vettori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Vettori.
Lancaster takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Cedric Lancaster has been cut.
Vettori misses with the head strike.
Lancaster blocks an uppercut.
Vettori swings wildly with an uppercut but Lancaster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lancaster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lancaster .
Vettori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lancaster is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vettori misses with some punches.
A short right from Lancaster .
Lancaster throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori tries for a takedown but Lancaster manages to get underhooks.
Cedric Lancaster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Vettori.
Lancaster misses with a body punch.
Vettori is looking for a takedown.
A short right from Vettori.
Vettori working aggressively here.
Vettori missing with knees to the body.
Lancaster lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Lancaster .
Lancaster avoids the elbow strike from Vettori, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Lancaster .
Lancaster makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lancaster lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lancaster lands a knee to the head.

Vettori is rocked!

It looks like Marvin Vettori has been cut.
Vettori prevents a body shot from Lancaster .
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vettori is still on wobbly legs! Can Lancaster finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Vettori seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Vettori fails to land.
Lancaster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Vettori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Lancaster dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lancaster displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vettori throws out the jab.
Lancaster appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Vettori throws a low kick but Lancaster moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Vettori misses its intended target.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Lancaster drops Vettori with a beautiful combination! Vettori stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lancaster is looking for the KO!
Lancaster throws a push kick but Vettori slaps the foot to one side.
A jab lands there for Vettori.
Lancaster jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Vettori on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lancaster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vettori can do to turn this around?
Lancaster takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Lancaster .
Lancaster dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vettori tries to close the distance and clinch but Lancaster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vettori throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cedric Lancaster is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Lancaster finds it's way through Vettori's defenses.
Lancaster swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vettori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lancaster .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Lancaster .
Lancaster lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lancaster swings for the body but Vettori moves out of range.
Lancaster moves away from the strike by Vettori.
Vettori takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vettori throws a right hand that Lancaster ducks under and follows up with a left that Lancaster also avoids with ease.
Vettori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vettori slips a jab from Lancaster .
The fight stays on the outside here - Vettori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lancaster cracks Vettori with an open hand slap.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vettori looks to throw the jab but Lancaster is out of range.
Vettori loads up on a big right hand but Lancaster slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vettori momentarily.
Vettori misses with a hook. Lancaster ducked under it nicely.
Vettori misses the jab.
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!
Vettori moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lancaster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vettori was well out of range. Poor timing from Lancaster .
Vettori throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vettori misses with a straight right.
Lancaster misses with a low kick.
Vettori has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vettori there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lancaster !
Lancaster walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vettori tries to clinch but Lancaster moves out of range.
It looked like Lancaster wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lancaster fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lancaster scores with a nice right hand.
Vettori checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster lands the left hand.
Vettori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marvin Vettori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vettori tries to land a front kick but Lancaster steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fighters circling - Vettori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vettori swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vettori lands a really nice looking cross but Lancaster seems unphased.
Vettori scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lancaster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lancaster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lancaster takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Lancaster is rocked!
Vettori throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Lancaster tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh Lancaster is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A jab from Vettori misses.
Lancaster seems to have got his legs back now.
Vettori throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Lancaster counter with a right hand.
Vettori looks to land a left hand but Lancaster moved out of range nicely.
Lancaster lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vettori looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cedric Lancaster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vettori tries to clinch there but Lancaster circles away.
Vettori lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lancaster looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lancaster dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lancaster lands a leg kick that knocks Vettori off balance momentarily.
Vettori rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lancaster counters with a straight right hand.
Lancaster listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lancaster stuffs the takedown.
Vettori is breathing heavily.
Lancaster lands a head shot.
Vettori misses with a hook
and Lancaster counters with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Vettori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lancaster wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lancaster scores with a nice right hand.
Lancaster slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Lancaster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Lancaster dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Vettori looks up at the clock. Bad move! Lancaster lands a right hand from hell, dropping Vettori. Lancaster pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cedric Lancaster !
Cedric Lancaster was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.