PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Lauzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Demented (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lauzon
vs
Demented

178 cm
23
164 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
31
166 lbs
27 - 20 - 1

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite 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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Lauzon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Demented!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauzon looks to score with a jab to the body but Demented is just out of range.
Demented connects with a leg kick. Lauzon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lauzon throws an overhand right that lands on Demented's shoulder, as Demented tries to avoid the shot.
Demented throws a series of strikes that have Lauzon backpedaling.
Demented throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the liver by Lauzon. Beautiful body shot.
Demented moves out of range of the strikes.
Demented bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demented scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lauzon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demented manages to avoid it.
Lauzon throws a lazy uppercut
and Demented counters with a leg kick.
Lauzon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Good exchange - Lauzon coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lauzon misses with a looping left.
Demented lands with a shot to the body.
Demented walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lauzon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lauzon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Demented.
Demented keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Demented tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lauzon was well out of range. Poor timing from Demented.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauzon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Lauzon blocks the leg kick.
Lauzon catches Demented with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Damien Demented is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Demented misses with a hook to the body
letting Lauzon counter with a right hand.
Demented takes one on the button.
Demented throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lauzon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lauzon lands with an overhand left.
Lauzon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lauzon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Demented needs to keep his hands up - Lauzon had a free shot at his head there.
Lauzon connects with a single shot there.
Demented fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lauzon throws a poor cross that misses
and Demented finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Demented throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Lauzon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lauzon.
Lauzon looks to land a left hand but Demented moved out of range nicely.
Demented connects with a solid leg kick.
Lauzon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Demented was well out of range. Poor timing from Lauzon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demented misses with a wild body shot.
Demented swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lauzon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Demented takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A combination from Demented does no damage.
Lauzon throws a poor cross that misses
and Demented counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lauzon lands with a cross.
Lauzon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some wild striking there from Demented.
Demented looks gassed!
Lauzon swings for the body but Demented moves out of range.
Demented misses with a wild body shot.
Lauzon throws a lazy right hand but Demented sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Demented just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Lauzon blocks the low kick.
Lauzon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jab from Lauzon.
Lauzon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon's corner calls for a 1-2. Lauzon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Demented ducks under a wild hook from Lauzon.
Lauzon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lauzon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lauzon blocks the body kick.
Demented looks to score with a jab to the body but Lauzon is just out of range.
Lauzon catches Demented with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lauzon connects with a body shot that sends Demented's belly button to the back.
Demented takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lauzon scores with a nice right hand.
Lauzon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Demented is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lauzon rather than just go for the knockout.
Demented throws a right and a left that Lauzon avoids nicely.
Lauzon lands with an overhand left.
Lauzon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Demented doesn't seem bothered though.
Lauzon lands a nice looking body shot.
Lauzon cracks Demented with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Lauzon.
Lauzon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon scores with a nice right hand.
A cross from Lauzon lands.
A jab from Lauzon does it's job there.
Lauzon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lauzon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Demented misses with a body kick.
Lauzon scores with a jab.
Lauzon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lauzon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lauzon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lauzon's corner calls for a 1-2. Lauzon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Demented staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lauzon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Demented on the side of the head.
Demented swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lauzon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lauzon stuns Demented with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lauzon lands with a hook. Demented tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Lauzon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Demented keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lauzon.
Lauzon tests Demented's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Demented thows a body shot but no joy.
Lauzon misses the jab.
Good shot there by Lauzon.
Nice jab there from Lauzon.
Lauzon scores with a punch to the head.
Demented on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lauzon throws a looping overhand right but Demented ducks down to avoid it.
Lauzon missing with a left hand there. Demented was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joe Lauzon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demented. Lauzon does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Lauzon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lauzon looks to land a combination but Demented avoids it well.
Lauzon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Demented swinging wildly here.
Lauzon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauzon misses with a double jab.
Lauzon connects with a looping right hand.
Demented has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lauzon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lauzon misses with a looping right.
Lauzon scores with a punch to the head.
Demented tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demented is breathing heavily.
Demented uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lauzon.
Lauzon lands a two punch combo.
Lauzon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lauzon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Demented with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lauzon to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab from Lauzon.
Lauzon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Joe Lauzon is winning the standup battle so far.
Demented misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lauzon.
Demented throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Demented misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lauzon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lauzon misses.
Lauzon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Demented on the side of the head.

Lauzon shoots in and gets a takedown into Demented's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lauzon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Demented 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.
Lauzon trying to control but Demented is working from the bottom.
Demented utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lauzon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lauzon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demented has Lauzon pulled in close to control his posture.
Lauzon scoring with punches to the head and body.
Demented can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lauzon controls the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Demented gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lauzon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lauzon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Demented momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Lauzon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lauzon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lauzon cracks Demented with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lauzon looks to land a left hand but Demented moved out of range nicely.
Demented takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Demented will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Demented throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Demented misses the body punch
and Lauzon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demented bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demented ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lauzon moves away.
Lauzon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lauzon.
Lauzon missing with a left hand there. Demented was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lauzon closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lauzon lands in his opponent's guard.
Lauzon is in close to Demented's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Lauzon dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Demented slips a jab from Lauzon.
Lauzon lands a jab.
Demented throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demented takes a swing at Lauzon's ribcage but misses.
Lauzon scores with a three punch combo!
Damien Demented is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Demented misses with a body kick.
Lauzon throws a one two combo.
Demented swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lauzon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Demented on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lauzon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Demented bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demented. Lauzon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Demented fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lauzon is out of range.
Demented takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Demented slips under a jab from Lauzon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demented. Lauzon does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demented lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Good shot there by Lauzon.
Demented needs to keep his hands up - Lauzon had a free shot at his head there.
Lauzon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lauzon lands with a shot to the body.

Lauzon closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lauzon trying to control from half guard but Demented is working away.
Demented keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lauzon in particular looking to stall.
Demented is refusing to be controlled, as Lauzon sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon is nestled in close to Demented, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lauzon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lauzon 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lauzon misses with some ground and pound and Demented recovers position to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Lauzon seems content to control.
Demented keeping hold of Lauzon's head, controlling as best he can.
Lauzon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Demented really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lauzon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Demented is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lauzon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lauzon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lauzon throwing shots but Demented is blocking nicely.
Lauzon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Demented knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lauzon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lauzon looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Demented defending well though.
Lauzon is looking to stall here but Demented recovers full guard.
Lauzon throws a strike but Demented rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demented won't allow Lauzon to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Lauzon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lauzon 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Lauzon!