PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Le Bard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Lucien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucien has chosen Kiss - All Hell's Breaking Loose as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bard
vs
Lucien

177 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Le Bard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dante Lucien!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bard slips under a jab from Lucien.
Bard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lucien misses with a straight right.
Bard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bard connects with a high kick.
Bard throws a body kick that misses.
Bard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Le Bard has been cut.
Bard dodges the punch combination from Lucien.
Bard ducks under a wild hook from Lucien.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bard - the referee stops the clock and Lucien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bard. Lucien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucien throws a hook to the side of Bard's head but Bard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lucien rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lucien misses the jab.
Lucien on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lucien looks gassed!
Bard lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lucien will feel that in the morning.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Lucien moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lucien.
Lucien takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bard thumps Lucien with a low kick.
Le Bard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bard throws a leg kick which misses Lucien's front leg but catches the back leg as Lucien tries to avoid it.
Bard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Bard forces Lucien back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bard lands an elbow that stopped Lucien in his tracks for a moment.
Lucien jumps guard but Bard stands there with Lucien around his waist. Lucien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lucien takes an elbow to the temple.
Bard lands an elbow inside.
Lucien fails to pull guard.

Bard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body kick there by Bard.
Bard misses with a wild combination.
Bard feints and then cracks Lucien's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lucien down.
Lucien stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bard.
Bard scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters circling a little - Bard finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bard keeps Lucien at a distance using the push kick.
A punch combination from Bard misses.
Bard lands a nice looking body shot.
Lucien just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bard.
Nice body punch from Bard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bard scores with a sloppy right hand. Lucien should have avoided that one.

Bard has managed to clinch.
Lucien tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le Bard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Lucien.
Bard scores with a knee to the head.

Bard breaks the clinch.
Bard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lucien loads up on a big right hand but Bard slips the punch.
Bard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lucien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bard.
Bard lands a slapping body shot.
Bard lands a head kick. Lucien smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Good leg kick by Bard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bard pushes Lucien away with a front kick.
Lucien's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lucien takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Bard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Some wild striking there from Bard.
Lucien throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bard counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bard with a nice cross.
Lucien takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Bard.
Bard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lucien throws a lazy right hand but Bard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Bard.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bard - the referee stops the clock and Lucien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bard. Lucien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lucien misses with a looping right.
Bard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lucien misses the shot to the body.
Bard cracks a nice hook into Lucien's ribs.
Lucien takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lucien stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bard.
Bard throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lucien.
Bard scores with a head kick.
Lucien has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bard.
Lucien takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bard has closed the distance and engaged Lucien in a clinch.

Bard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lucien misses with a two punch combination.
Bard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lucien misses the shot to the body.
Bard scores with a three punch combo!
Bard with a hook.
Bard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Bard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucien fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bard with a knee to the head.

Bard breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lucien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Lucien.

Bard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lucien, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bard breaks from the clinch.
Bard misses with a two punch combination.
Lucien looks to throw the jab but Bard is out of range.
Bard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Le Bard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Le Bard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lucien 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.
Bard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Bard.
No joy there for Lucien, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lucien throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bard.
Bard misses with a series of wild punches.
Lucien lunges at Bard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bard's hand.
Bard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lucien takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lucien throws a hook to the side of Bard's head but Bard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bard with a hook.
Lucien takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lucien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bard.
Lucien might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bard scoring well with a low kick there.
Bard scores with a jab to the body.
Bard lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bard throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bard thumps Lucien with a low kick.
Lucien drops his hands momentarily and Bard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lucien takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bard thows a body kick. Lucien tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bard scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lucien can do to turn this around?
Bard is looking to slow Lucien down with leg kicks.
Bard lands with a kick to the temple. Lucien shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice shot lands for Bard.
Bard throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucien. Bard does a little dance to reset his feet.

Bard closes the distance and pushes Lucien back into the cage.
Bard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lucien's face.
Bard scores with a knee to the head.
Lucien jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bard walks away with a smile on his face. Lucien gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A big right from Bard misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bard - the referee stops the clock and Lucien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bard. Lucien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lucien connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bard momentarily.
Bard throws a nice head kick!
Danga de danga de dang - Lucien scores with a four punch combination!
Bard throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucien.

Bard closes the distance and clinches.
Bard lands a good knee to the midsection. Lucien won't want to take too many of those.
Bard lands a damaging elbow.
Lucien fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bard.
Lucien fails to pull guard.
Le Bard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Lucien.
Lucien takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Bard holds him up against the cage and eventually Lucien drops back down to his feet.

Bard breaks the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bard - the referee stops the clock and Lucien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bard. Lucien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lucien takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lucien misses with a straight left.
Bard lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucien. Bard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Bard does it's job there.
Lucien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bard.

Bard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lucien, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucien tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bard smiles and moves away.
Lucien avoids the head kick by Bard.
Lucien bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bard's head backwards.
Bard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lucien moves away.
Bard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lucien's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bard. That's going to slow Lucien down.
Lucien throws out a loose jab but Bard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bard lands a head kick. Lucien smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lucien takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lucien throws a looping overhand right but Bard ducks down to avoid it.
Bard throws the kick towards the body but Lucien avoids it.
Lucien misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lucien throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lucien takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Bard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lucien throws out the jab.

Bard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lucien tries to pull guard but Bard won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Bard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bard throws out a loose jab but Lucien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lucien slips a straight right by Bard.
Bard takes a swing at Lucien's ribcage but misses.
Lucien takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lucien uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bard.
Bard misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucien. Bard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucien lands a two punch combo.

Bard forces Lucien back against the cage and clinches.
Bard lands an elbow that stopped Lucien in his tracks for a moment.
Lucien jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bard walks away with a smile on his face. Lucien gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lucien chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bard can pounce on him.
Bard slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bard sizes up Lucien with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lucien takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lucien avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bard misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Le Bard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Le Bard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lucien missing with a left hand there. Bard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lucien fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bard checks it well.
Nice straight punches there by Bard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bard.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Bard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bard ducks under a wild hook from Lucien.
Lucien avoids the body shot from Bard.
Bard scores with the left hand. Lucien knows he should have avoided that one.
Lucien thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lucien misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Bard.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Bard connects with a single shot there.
Bard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bard!
Lucien takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bard misses with a few strikes there.
Lucien misses with a combination
and Bard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bard scores with a push kick.
Bard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bard, right into the meat.
Bard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bard connects with a high kick.
Bard throws a head kick that half lands.
Lucien throws a jab but it's blocked by Bard.
Bard throws a head kick that half lands.
Bard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lucien ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bard.
Bard dips to his left and cracks Lucien with an uppercut!
Bard needs to keep his hands up - Lucien had a free shot at his head there.
Lucien thows a body shot but no joy.

Bard rushes Lucien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Bard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bard - the referee stops the clock and Lucien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bard. Lucien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucien. Bard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucien misses with a straight left.
Lucien slips a jab and a cross from Bard.
Bard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bard. That's going to slow Lucien down.
Bard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lucien lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lucien.
Lucien has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lucien throws out a loose jab but Bard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le Bard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left lands for Bard.
Bard throws a right and a left that Lucien avoids nicely.
Bard throws a nice looking combination but Lucien bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch lands to the side of Bard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bard throws a hook but Lucien avoids it easily.
Bard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lucien.
Lucien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lucien on the side of the head.
Lucien slips a jab from Bard.
Bard misses with a head kick.
Lucien stalks Bard and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bard's face. Bard staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bard plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bard lands a slapping body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bard. Lucien shrugs it off though.
Lucien looks to land a right hand but Bard moved out of range.
Bard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lucien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lucien looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bard throws a good cross that connects.
Bard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bard throws a body punch but Lucien moves out of range.
Bard misses the shot to the body.
Lucien blocks a head kick by Bard.
Lucien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bard.
Lucien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lucien blocks a head kick by Bard.
Le Bard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucien dips to his left and cracks Bard with an uppercut!
Lucien throws out a loose jab but Bard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bard throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lucien's head.
Lucien takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bard throws a series of punches but Lucien avoids them all with ease.

Bard closes the distance and clinches.
Bard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lucien's defenses.

Bard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucien misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Bard does no damage.
Lucien misses with a low kick.
Bard cracks Lucien with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lucien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bard moves away.
Dante Lucien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters circle momentarily. Bard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A good leg kick by Bard.
Lucien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lucien takes a shot right to the bread basket.

And that's the end of the fight!
Le Bard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Le Bard!