PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lyon Du (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony D Amico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Du kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Du Hast. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Du
vs
D Amico

180 cm
24
181 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

172 cm
19
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lyon Du!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony D Amico!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du just misses with a punch to the body.
D Amico misses with an uppercut.
D Amico slips under a jab from Du.
Du thows a body shot but no joy.
Du looks to land a left hand but D Amico moved out of range nicely.
Du walks into a jab.
Du lands a left and a right that sends D Amico crashing to the canvas! Du dives into mount looking to finish!

It looks like Anthony D Amico has been cut.

Du looking for a guillotine from mount but D Amico is having none of it.
D Amico is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Du is going olschool here, as he tries to force D Amico to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so D Amico shrugs it off.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if D Amico can do anything to dispel that myth.
D Amico tries to reverse the position but Du maintains control.
D Amico swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Du is landing with some decent strikes but D Amico is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico can't escape the position.
Du putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Du blocks D Amico's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
D Amico gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Du not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
D Amico really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Du. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
D Amico wants to get back to full guard.
Du sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. D Amico defending well though.
D Amico is not content to let Du control the position.
Du prevents D Amico from improving his position.
D Amico missing with punches from the bottom.

Du is looking for a kimura but D Amico is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Du to get the leverage.
D Amico tries to roll over but Du keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Du lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but D Amico circles away quickly and effectively.
D Amico pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du lunges at D Amico with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by D Amico's hand.
Du fails with an attempt to clinch.
Du misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from D Amico finds it's target.
Du looks to land a combination but D Amico avoids it well.
D Amico throws a half hearted mid kick.
Du lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but D Amico circles away quickly and effectively.
D Amico throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Du misses with the combination.
Du connects with a body shot.
Du misses with a straight right.
Du misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du throws a big shot that misses.
Du keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
D Amico swings for the body but Du moves out of range.
D Amico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Du missing with a left hand there. D Amico was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Du fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Du wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Du misses.
Du misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Du misses the jab.
Du looks to land a right hand but D Amico moved out of range.
D Amico staying out of range there.
Du misses with a looping left.
Du looks to throw the jab but D Amico is out of range.
Du throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Du is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by D Amico.
D Amico keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Du throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Du tries for a takedown but D Amico sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
D Amico lands a slapping body shot.
Du throws a lazy right hand but D Amico sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
D Amico swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
D Amico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Du dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony D Amico's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Du with a hook.
Du throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Du.
D Amico ducks under a wild hook from Du.

D Amico shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. D Amico showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
D Amico blocks the strikes from Du.
D Amico lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Du manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Du throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Du throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
D Amico working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Du is on top in guard.
Du postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico tries to land a sweep but no joy.
D Amico is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
D Amico tries to strike from the bottom.
Du works over D Amico with some ground and pound from guard.
D Amico throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
D Amico is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

D Amico working for a triangle but Du defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
D Amico is breathing heavily.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Du throws a body punch but D Amico moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Du.
Du throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
D Amico just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Du has his takedown stuffed
and D Amico counters with a stiff right hand.
D Amico showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Du.
Du swings and misses with a hook to the body.
D Amico scores with a hook.
Du swings away with a body shot that misses
and D Amico counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lyon Du seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
D Amico misses with a low kick.
D Amico has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
D Amico bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Du throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and D Amico counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by D Amico.
D Amico scoring with punches to the head and body.
D Amico throws a big right hand that misses.
D Amico sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Du's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du taking some punishment here, with D Amico in his half guard.
Du is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of D Amico's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take D Amico's back!
D Amico breaks Du's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Du throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
D Amico must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to Du's brow.
D Amico pushing down on Du's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Du tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Du manages to get to full guard.
D Amico throwing strikes but missing.

Du is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. D Amico is aware though and is defending well.
Du looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
D Amico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
D Amico scoring with punches to the head and body.
Du utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
D Amico looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Du looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Du has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Du throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
D Amico lands a nice shot to the body.
Du misses the body punch

and D Amico counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Du tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
D Amico landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
D Amico is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Du is looking to improve his position.
D Amico scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Du has hold of D Amico's hands but D Amico slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Du taking some punishment here, with D Amico in his half guard.
Du is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
D Amico wants to take a breather but Du is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

D Amico lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Du swings away with a body shot that misses

and D Amico counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Du manages to get to full guard.
Du trying to keep a closed guard but D Amico is proving a slippery customer.
D Amico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Du has momentary wrist control but D Amico slips an elbow through the middle.

D Amico got a little sloppy there for a moment and Du has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, D Amico has managed to get both his arms back between Du's legs - danger averted.
D Amico connects with a couple of short punches.
D Amico won't allow Du to sweep him here.
Du has momentary wrist control but D Amico slips an elbow through the middle.
D Amico sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Du's guard.
Anthony D Amico has got the better of the ground game so far.
D Amico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
D Amico slips a nice elbow through Du's hands, connecting with Du's forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico working Du over with strikes.
D Amico thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Du's head.
Du is pressing down on D Amico's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
D Amico working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
D Amico pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Du is keeping the position for now.
D Amico missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
D Amico in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Du is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
D Amico wants to get back to full guard.
Du is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Du lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
D Amico misses with some strikes from the bottom.
D Amico is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du thows a huge punch but D Amico dodges it nicely.
D Amico is looking for a sweep. Du is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
D Amico throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Du is looking to clinch.
Du with a lazy takedown attempt

and D Amico counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Du tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Du utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Du looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Du is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. D Amico is aware though and is defending well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells D Amico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
D Amico with a nice head shot there.

Du looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
D Amico is in close to Du's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amico content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Du has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but D Amico can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Du looking to hit a scissor sweep but D Amico is one step ahead there.
D Amico passes Du's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Du is trying to get back to full guard.
D Amico wants to free his trapped foot but Du is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Du actively working from the bottom here.
Du is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
D Amico takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
D Amico landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
D Amico seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Du wants to improve his position but D Amico is controlling well.
D Amico winds up and cracks Du with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
D Amico lands strikes from half guard.
D Amico lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Du wants to improve his position but D Amico is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are battling for position here. Du manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
D Amico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Du avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony D Amico really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony D Amico's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Du tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but D Amico swivels and escapes.
D Amico moves out of range as Du strikes.
Du tries for a takedown but D Amico circles away easily

and D Amico counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by D Amico.
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to Du's brow.
D Amico trying to control the position from guard on top but Du is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Du throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to Du's brow.
Du will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
D Amico is working Du over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
D Amico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
D Amico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Du trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
D Amico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Du wants to sweep but no luck.
D Amico cracks Du with a solid left hand.
D Amico lands a couple of digs.
D Amico landing with the ground and pound.
Du lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for D Amico!
Du is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Du is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. D Amico can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
D Amico is in all sorts of trouble here.
Du lands a heavy elbow.
Du putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
D Amico sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Du is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Amico punching from the bottom.
D Amico wants to improve his position but Du is controlling well.
D Amico missing with punches from the bottom.
D Amico wants to improve his position but Du is controlling well.
Du lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Du.
D Amico wants to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Du scores with the left hand. D Amico knows he should have avoided that one.
Du misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du connects with a right hand. D Amico shakes it off.
Du shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and D Amico counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by D Amico.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyon Du. That's going to take a lot out of him.
D Amico is in close to Du's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Du tries to strike from the bottom.
Du throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Du has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but D Amico can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Du looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
D Amico lands a couple of digs.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Du is on top in guard.
D Amico scores with a short punch from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico tries to land a sweep but no joy.
D Amico utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Du missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Du stands and throws D Amico's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Du looks up at the clock and then as D Amico takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Du smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
D Amico sneaks back into half guard.
D Amico slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Du wants to pass the guard but D Amico is keeping the position.
D Amico trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony D Amico dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Anthony D Amico's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

D Amico tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Du jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Du tries for a takedown but D Amico circles away easily

and D Amico counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Du is not content to let D Amico control the position.

Du looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
D Amico working over Du with some ground and pound. Du looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
D Amico lands strikes from half guard.
Du misses with some strikes from the bottom.
D Amico looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Du with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
D Amico lands strikes from half guard.
Du is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
D Amico seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Du does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico drops an elbow to the side of Du's head.
D Amico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Du misses with some strikes from the bottom.
D Amico is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Du is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of D Amico's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take D Amico's back!
Du has the hooks in. D Amico is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Du connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for D Amico to escape the position.
Du lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can D Amico hold on?!
Du is trying to stick to D Amico's back but D Amico is turning into Du. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Du's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by D Amico.
D Amico chips away with some ground and pound.
Du lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for D Amico!
Du in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Du postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. D Amico looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Amico sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
D Amico punching from the bottom.
D Amico flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Du wants to work for an arm triangle but D Amico is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
D Amico misses with some strikes from the bottom.
D Amico flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
D Amico wants to improve his position but Du is controlling well.
D Amico flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A punch combination from Du misses.
D Amico throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Du misses with a looping right.
D Amico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Du moves away.
Du misses with a telegraphed body shot

and D Amico counters with a single leg into guard. Du didn't expect that.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells D Amico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Du bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in D Amico's guard.
D Amico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
D Amico throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
D Amico looking to hit a scissor sweep but Du is one step ahead there.
D Amico trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du is looking to work some ground and pound but D Amico has wrist control.
Du landing with the ground and pound.
D Amico wants to sweep here but Du controlling him for the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Du looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Du throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and D Amico counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. D Amico lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. D Amico lands a nice short elbow.
Lyon Du has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Du has hold of D Amico's hands but D Amico slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Du missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Du makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Du.
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!
Du throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony D Amico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think D Amico has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 46:49
Judge William Peck scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony D Amico! Anthony D Amico retains his welterweight title!