PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lacasa (ranked 2850 p4p, 5352 weight class) and Carlos Pereira (ranked 159 p4p, 219 weight class). Lacasa comes to the cage accompanied by Hooligang - Joey Valence & Brae. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lacasa
vs
Pereira

172 cm
19
139
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
140
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers -160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Lacasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Lacasa misses.
Lacasa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pereira needs to keep his hands up - Lacasa had a free shot at his head there.
A bone on bone clash there as Lacasa blocks the leg kick.
Lacasa cracks Pereira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pereira lands a nice looking body shot.
Lacasa misses with an uppercut. Pereira saw that one coming.
Pereira misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pereira plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pereira throws the left hand but Lacasa avoids the punch easily.
Lacasa works the jab nicely.
Diego Lacasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lacasa lands a right hook to the body.
Lacasa cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira tries to bum rush Lacasa with a series of wild strikes but Lacasa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from Lacasa both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Lacasa.
Pereira looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pereira tries to move into range but Lacasa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Lacasa as he connects with a hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pereira. That's going to slow Lacasa down.
Pereira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lacasa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lacasa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lacasa scores with a jab.
Lacasa looks to land a right hand but Pereira moved out of range.
Lacasa moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromPereira.
Pereira throws a leg kick but Lacasa moved away.
Pereira moves out of range as Lacasa strikes.
Lacasa lands a nice shot to the body.
Lacasa moves out of range of the body kick.
Lacasa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pereira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lacasa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira takes one to the chin there.
Lacasa cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Pereira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pereira there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lacasa lands a nice shot that snaps Pereira's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Lacasa misses.
Lacasa scores with a jab to the body.
Pereira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lacasa.
Lacasa moves out of range as Pereira strikes.
Pereira is looking to land body kicks.
Lacasa cracks Pereira with an open hand slap.
Pereira is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pereira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lacasa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lacasa blocks a low kick nicely.
Pereira scores with a one two! Lacasa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pereira slips a straight right by Lacasa.
A little jabbing left from Pereira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lacasa scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Lacasa as he connects with a hook.
Lacasa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pereira's head backwards.
Pereira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lacasa.
Pereira misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Pereira as he connects with a hook.
Pereira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lacasa.
Lacasa stalks Pereira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pereira's face. Pereira staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice defenses there by Pereira.
Lacasa lands with a good body shot.
Lacasa blocks a jab.
It looked like Lacasa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lacasa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A big left from Pereira misses.
Pereira takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lacasa misses with a looping left.
Pereira flicks out a counter leg kick but Lacasa steps away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lacasa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pereira has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lacasa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pereira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pereira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lacasa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lacasa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pereira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lacasa manages to avoid it.
Pereira takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pereira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lacasa.
Lacasa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pereira doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira loads up on a big right hand but Lacasa slips the punch.
Lacasa lands with a straight right. Pereira didn't see that one coming.
Lacasa connects with a body shot.
Pereira slips a jab and a cross from Lacasa.
Pereira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pereira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lacasa's head backwards.
Pereira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Lacasa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lacasa.
Lacasa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lacasa lands a slapping body shot.
Pereira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pereira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Pereira.
Lacasa scores with a decent looking hook.
Lacasa connects with a body shot that sends Pereira's belly button to the back.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.
Pereira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Lacasa finds it's target.
Pereira scores with a shot to the body.
Lacasa ducks under a wild hook from Pereira.
Lacasa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pereira takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lacasa cracks Pereira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Pereira is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lacasa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pereira is still on wobbly legs! Can Lacasa finish him?
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lacasa circles away quickly and effectively.
Pereira throws an overhand right that lands on Lacasa's shoulder, as Lacasa tries to avoid the shot.
Pereira seems to have recovered his senses.
Lacasa lands a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Lacasa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lacasa scores with a nice right hand.
Pereira throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lacasa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A combination from Lacasa does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Pereira misses the target.
Lacasa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pereira can do to turn this around?
A left and a right from Lacasa both land. Nice combination.
Lacasa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pereira manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pereira! But no joy.
We've been informed that Pereira has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lacasa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pereira on the side of the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Pereira might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lacasa has got the better of the exchanges.
A cross from Lacasa lands.
Lacasa throws a hook to the side of Pereira's head but Pereira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lacasa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pereira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Pereira looks to move away, Lacasa throws a big counter combo but Pereira just gets out of the way.
Lacasa lands a jab to the head.
Lacasa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pereira's head backwards.
Jab, jab by Lacasa - just one landing.
Lacasa lunges at Pereira with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pereira's hand.
Pereira's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lacasa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pereira scrambles back to his feet.
Pereira misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lacasa avoids the head kick by Pereira.
Lacasa went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Good shot there by Lacasa.
A cross from Lacasa lands.
A shot to the liver by Lacasa. Beautiful body shot.
Lacasa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Lacasa.
Pereira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pereira misses with the combination.
Lacasa jabs at Pereira's body.
Lacasa looks to land a left hand but Pereira moved out of range nicely.
A nice combination there by Lacasa.
Lacasa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira misses with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Pereira misses.
Lacasa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pereira's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lacasa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pereira scrambles back to his feet.
Lacasa cracks Pereira with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lacasa lands a jab.
Pereira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lacasa lands a body shot.
Lacasa lands with an uppercut that bounces Pereira off the cage and back into range.
A jab lands there for Lacasa.
Lacasa misses with a hook. Pereira ducked under it nicely.
Pereira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Lacasa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lacasa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
Lacasa digs a good hook to Pereira's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lacasa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lacasa connects with a single shot there.
Lacasa throws a jab but it's blocked by Pereira.
Pereira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pereira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lacasa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lacasa scores with a body shot.
Lacasa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lacasa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Lacasa.
Pereira scores with a head kick. Lacasa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A big left from Pereira misses.
Lacasa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A left lands for Lacasa.
Danga de danga de dang - Lacasa scores with a four punch combination!
Diego Lacasa is winning the standup battle so far.
Lacasa cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Pereira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lacasa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lacasa is looking to counter punch.
Pereira is breathing heavily.
Pereira swings for the body but Lacasa moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a wild body shot.
Lacasa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lacasa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lacasa tests Pereira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pereira throws a hook to the side of Lacasa's head but Lacasa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pereira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lacasa connects with the punch.
Lacasa lands a glancing blow to the side of Pereira's head.
Lacasa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pereira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheers as Lacasa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pereira doesn't seem phased though.
Lacasa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pereira walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pereira throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lacasa lands with a cross.
Pereira takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lacasa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lacasa throws an overhand right that drops Pereira like a sack of potatoes! Lacasa dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Lacasa!
During a confident post fight interview, Diego Lacasa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.