PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nick Demetriou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne LePierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demetriou comes to the cage accompanied by Ocean Avenue. This should be a great matchup!

Demetriou
vs
LePierre

170 cm
24
143 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

165 cm
20
146 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Demetriou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wayne LePierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demetriou misses with a double jab.
Demetriou scores with a jab. LePierre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
LePierre throws a head kick that misses.
Demetriou swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demetriou fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
LePierre ducks under a wild hook from Demetriou.
LePierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demetriou.
LePierre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Demetriou.
LePierre tries to clinch up but Demetriou circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Demetriou.
No joy there for Demetriou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Demetriou lands a head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for LePierre. That snapped Demetriou's head back.
Demetriou sizes up LePierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
LePierre misses with a double jab.
LePierre throws a one two combo.
Demetriou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demetriou just misses with a punch to the body.
LePierre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Demetriou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Demetriou paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
LePierre throws a leg kick but Demetriou checks it.
Nick Demetriou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demetriou looks to throw the jab but LePierre is out of range.

LePierre rushes Demetriou and presses him up against the cage.

LePierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demetriou misses with a hook. LePierre ducked under it nicely.
Demetriou misses with a combination
and LePierre counters with a left and a right that stings Demetriou.
Demetriou misses with a body punch
and LePierre counters with a solid body kick.
Demetriou lands a with a good body shot.
Demetriou scores with a hook to the body. LePierre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
LePierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
LePierre looks gassed!
LePierre slips a jab and a cross from Demetriou.
Demetriou bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of LePierre's head.
Demetriou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Demetriou lands a jab to LePierre's midsection.
Demetriou takes a swing at LePierre's ribcage but misses.
LePierre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demetriou takes a swing at LePierre's ribcage but misses.
Demetriou avoids the head kick by LePierre.
Demetriou swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LePierre moves out of range as Demetriou strikes.
Demetriou with a nice cross.
LePierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
LePierre walks into a straight right hand from Demetriou.
Demetriou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by LePierre.
Demetriou throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and LePierre counters with a left to the body.
LePierre lands an overhand right.
Demetriou misses the jab.
LePierre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
LePierre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by LePierre.
Demetriou falls off balance throwing a combination
and LePierre counters with a series of strikes. Demetriou will be more careful next time no doubt.
Demetriou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LePierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Demetriou.
LePierre throws a head kick but Demetriou moves out of range.
Demetriou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
LePierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Demetriou connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
LePierre dodges the punch combination from Demetriou.
Demetriou scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. LePierre doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
LePierre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Demetriou's calf.
LePierre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
LePierre avoids the body shot from Demetriou.
LePierre slips under a jab from Demetriou.
LePierre looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Demetriou takes a swing at LePierre's ribcage but misses.
LePierre throws a head kick but Demetriou moves out of range.
A big left from Demetriou misses.
Demetriou throws a hook but LePierre avoids it easily.
A big left from Demetriou misses.
LePierre throws a head kick that half lands.
Demetriou is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big right from Demetriou misses.
LePierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
LePierre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
LePierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
LePierre moves out of range as Demetriou strikes.
LePierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Demetriou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
LePierre misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou misses with a body punch
and LePierre counters with a nice leg kick.
LePierre misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from LePierre.
Demetriou misses with a double jab
and LePierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Demetriou blocks a leg kick.
LePierre misses with a body kick.
LePierre moves in looking to clinch but Demetriou pushes him off.
Demetriou slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
LePierre tries to land a leg kick but Demetriou saw it coming and moves away.
LePierre tries a head kick but it misses.
A left and a right from Demetriou both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Demetriou.
LePierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Demetriou.
LePierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

LePierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Demetriou.
Some wild striking there from Demetriou.
LePierre ducks right into an uppercut from Demetriou.
Demetriou throws a shot from downtown. LePierre moves away and avoids it.
LePierre throws a sloppy head kick and Demetriou moves out of range easily.
LePierre throws a head kick that misses.
LePierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Demetriou avoids a kick to the body.
Demetriou scores with a hook.
Demetriou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but LePierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nick Demetriou is winning the standup battle so far.
LePierre tries to land a leg kick but Demetriou saw it coming and moves away.
Demetriou darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Demetriou closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Demetriou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from LePierre.
Demetriou falls off balance throwing a combination
and LePierre makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Demetriou really felt that one!
Demetriou loads up on a big right hand but LePierre slips the punch.
LePierre ducks under a wild hook from Demetriou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LePierre is looking to clinch but Demetriou is avoiding it.
LePierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
LePierre is looking to clinch.
Demetriou falls off balance throwing a combination
and LePierre counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Demetriou misses with an uppercut.
Nick Demetriou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab lands there for Demetriou.
Demetriou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LePierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Demetriou.
LePierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demetriou.

LePierre drives through and clinches with Demetriou against the cage.
Demetriou leaning his opponent against the cage.
Demetriou is looking to break free of the clinch but LePierre has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LePierre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Demetriou keeps the fight in the clinch, despite LePierre's efforts to push away.
Demetriou keeps control of LePierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Demetriou wants to break free but LePierre has control.
LePierre is trying to break the clinch but Demetriou is controlling him.

Demetriou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demetriou scores with a shot to the body.
Demetriou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but LePierre manages to avoid it.
LePierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Demetriou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by LePierre.
Demetriou loads up on a big right hand but LePierre slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
LePierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
LePierre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
LePierre lands a head kick. Demetriou smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Demetriou scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
LePierre throws a head kick but Demetriou moves out of range.
Demetriou thows a body shot but no joy.
LePierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demetriou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demetriou misses with a looping left.
LePierre slips a jab from Demetriou.
Demetriou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demetriou thuds his right hand into LePierre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
LePierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
LePierre throws a sloppy head kick and Demetriou moves out of range easily.
Demetriou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
LePierre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
LePierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Demetriou lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Demetriou.

LePierre is rocked!
LePierre throws a head kick that misses.
LePierre is still on wobbly legs! Can Demetriou finish him?
LePierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
LePierre seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Demetriou lands a left and a right that send LePierre crashing to the mat, dazed. Demetriou thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Demetriou swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by LePierre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demetriou drops LePierre with a straight left! Oh this is bad for LePierre! Demetriou dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Demetriou!