PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Lancaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lancaster is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bed Intruder. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barone
vs
Lancaster

205 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
26
211 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruno Barone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lancaster has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barone lands a jab.
Lancaster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Lancaster gets tackled into the cage by Barone. Barone maintains the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barone.
Barone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards.
Barone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lancaster takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Malcolm Lancaster has been cut.
Barone trying to land knees to the body.
Barone lands a right hand.
Barone lands an elbow just above Lancaster 's eye.
Lancaster tries to pull guard but Barone holds him up against the cage and eventually Lancaster drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster wants a takedown.
Barone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lancaster's elbow.
Barone gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lancaster.
Bruno Barone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malcolm Lancaster.
Barone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lancaster fails to pull guard.
Lancaster fails to pull guard.
Barone scores a nice knee to the body.
Barone misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone lands a body shot.
Barone lands an uppercut.
Barone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancaster.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barone throws an elbow but misses.
Barone has a couple of punches blocked by Lancaster.
Barone missing with knees to the body.
Barone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lancaster tries to pull guard but Barone holds him up against the cage and eventually Lancaster drops back down to his feet.
Barone lands a damaging elbow.
Barone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster avoids the elbow strike from Barone, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barone lands an elbow that stopped Lancaster in his tracks for a moment.
Barone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancaster is defending well for now.
Barone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lancaster has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lancaster blocks an elbow strike from Barone.
Barone lands a hook that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards.
Lancaster tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barone smiles and moves away.
Barone digs a good body shot into Lancaster's ribs.
Lancaster attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lancaster misses with a two punch combination.
Barone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lancaster chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barone can pounce on him.
Lancaster moves forwards but Barone connects with a nice, crisp 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!
Barone blocks a jab.
Barone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lancaster stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barone.
Lancaster looks gassed!

Barone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lancaster takes an elbow to the temple.
Barone landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barone.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lancaster drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barone pulls his leg out and moves away.

Barone moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Barone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malcolm Lancaster's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lancaster. That did some damage!
Barone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lancaster lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barone backs up against the cage.
Lancaster throws the left hand but Barone avoids the punch easily.
Lancaster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Lancaster closes the distance and clinches up with Barone, looking for a takedown. Lancaster pushes Barone against the cage but Barone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barone throws a leg kick which misses Lancaster's front leg but catches the back leg as Lancaster tries to avoid it.
Lancaster stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barone.
Lancaster is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lancaster's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lancaster. That did some damage!

Barone instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Barone.
A short right from Barone.
Lancaster is breathing heavily.
Lancaster takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster tries to pull guard but Barone won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barone.
Barone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barone crunches a lovely knee into Lancaster's ribcage.
Lancaster managing to block the knees to the body from Barone.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barone.
Barone lands an elbow inside that Lancaster shrugs off.
Barone misses with a punch to the body.
Barone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lancaster is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Barone pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bruno Barone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malcolm Lancaster.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barone scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lancaster's brow.
Bruno Barone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barone.
Barone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lancaster has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lancaster jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barone walks away with a smile on his face. Lancaster gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lancaster falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barone counters with a two punch combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barone.

Barone lands a big uppercut and Lancaster crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lancaster looks OK. Barone waves Lancaster back to his feet!

Lancaster is rocked!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barone. Lancaster shrugs it off though.
Lancaster is still on wobbly legs! Can Barone finish him?
Lancaster leaves his chin hanging out and Barone seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Lancaster crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bruno Barone!