PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clams Casino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurent Tesser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Casino
vs
Tesser

175 cm
22
158 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

MERKIN FIGHTWEAR
Warrior Wear

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clams Casino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laurent Tesser!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tesser wants to clinch
and Casino counters with a straight right hand.
Tesser tries to clinch but Casino is having none of it.
Tesser swinging wildly here.
Tesser tries to bum rush Casino with a series of wild strikes but Casino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Casino looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tesser dodges the punch combination from Casino.
Casino misses with a straight left.
Casino lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tesser tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tesser moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Tesser is looking to clinch.
Tesser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tesser is looking to clinch.
Tesser tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tesser throws a nice looking combination but Casino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tesser throws a combination that misses
and Casino counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Casino lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesser misses with a two punch combination.
Tesser wants to clinch but Casino slips to the side
and Casino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Casino comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Casino digs a good hook to Tesser's body.
Casino misses with a straight left.
Casino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laurent Tesser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tesser wants to clinch.

Tesser closes the distance and clinches.

Casino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tesser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Casino circles away quickly and effectively.
Tesser misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tesser throws a right hand that Casino ducks under and follows up with a left that Casino also avoids with ease.
Tesser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Casino moves out of range of the strikes.
Casino ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Casino thumps Tesser with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tesser tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Casino counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tesser swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Casino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Casino throws a hook but Tesser blocks it.
Tesser moves to clinch but Casino breaks away
and Casino counters with a right hand to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Tesser. Those never looked like landing.
Casino misses with a double jab.
Casino moves away from the strike by Tesser.
Casino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Casino slips a jab and a cross from Tesser.
Nice shot by Casino.
Tesser throws a left and a right that both miss
and Casino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Casino looks to land a combination but Tesser avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesser swinging wildly here.
Casino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tesser throws a left and a right that both miss
and Casino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tesser thinking.
Tesser looks gassed!
Tesser on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tesser tries to close the distance and clinch but Casino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Casino misses with a low kick.
Casino scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tesser doesn't seem bothered though.
Casino scores with a hook.
Tesser tries to clinch but Casino is having none of it.

Tesser rushes Casino and presses him up against the cage.

Casino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casino.
Tesser wants to clinch.
Casino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casino keeps the fight on the outside.
Casino takes a swing at Tesser's ribcage but misses.
Casino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Casino, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Casino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tesser fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tesser's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tesser duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Casino throws a series of strikes that have Tesser backpedaling.
Casino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tesser.
Tesser tries to clinch up but Casino circles away and keeps his distance.
Tesser throws a series of punches but Casino avoids them all with ease.
Casino misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tesser closes the distance and pushes Casino back into the cage.
Casino gets through Tesser's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Casino breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Laurent Tesser will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Casino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Casino throws a series of punches but Tesser avoids them all with ease.
Casino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tesser looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tesser connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Casino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Casino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Tesser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Tesser! Casino is backing up but he can't get away as Tesser lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Casino and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Laurent Tesser!
Laurent Tesser really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.