PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Lancer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lancer
vs
Damon

199 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Lancer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dirk Damon!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Damon tries to clinch up.
Lancer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lancer lands with a straight right. Damon didn't see that one coming.
Lancer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lancer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Damon's hands.
Damon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Damon tries to clinch up but Lancer circles away and keeps his distance.
Damon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lancer misses with the combination.
Damon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice body punch from Lancer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lancer. Damon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lancer scores with a decent looking hook.
Lancer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Dirk Damon has been cut.
Lancer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brian Lancer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lancer swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
Lancer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Damon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lancer cracks Damon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Damon forces Lancer back against the cage and clinches.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Damon lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancer is trying to break free.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancer is defending well for now.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Lancer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Damon has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Lancer managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancer managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon keeps control of Lancer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lancer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Damon prevents Lancer from breaking the clinch.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancer is looking to break free of the clinch but Damon has double underhooks.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon lands a good knee to the midsection. Lancer won't want to take too many of those.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Damon has Lancer pressed against the cage, preventing Lancer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Damon.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancer stalling in the clinch but Damon improves position.
Damon has Lancer pressed against the cage, preventing Lancer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Lancer managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancer is trying to push Damon away but Damon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lancer's efforts to push away.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Lancer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Damon has him pressed against the cage.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Lancer is trying to stall.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancer is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Lancer is trying to push Damon away but Damon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brian Lancer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Damon's cut.
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.

Lancer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Damon wants to clinch up but Lancer keeps it at a distance.
Lancer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lancer scores with a three punch combo!
The fight stays on the outside here - Damon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damon tries to clinch there but Lancer circles away.
Damon moves in looking to clinch but Lancer pushes him off.
Lancer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancer misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Lancer.
Damon tries to clinch but Lancer is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Lancer. Those never looked like landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Damon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice straight punches there by Lancer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lancer.
Lancer connects with a body shot that sends Damon's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancer swinging wildly here.
Lancer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Damon is looking to clinch but Lancer is avoiding it.
Lancer closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Damon closes the distance and pushes Lancer back into the cage.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Lancer is trying to break the clinch but Damon is controlling him.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Lancer is trying to break the clinch but Damon is controlling him.
Lancer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Lancer stalling in the clinch but Damon improves position.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Damon as Lancer tries to tie him up.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lancer's efforts to push away.
Damon landing knees to the body.
Lancer managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Lancer has Damon pressed against the cage.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Lancer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Damon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lancer tries to break free but Damon pushes him back against the cage.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancer is defending well for now.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon is breathing heavily.
Lancer stalling the fight.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lancer avoids the damage to the body.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lancer is defending well for now.
Lancer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lancer avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Lancer managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Lancer slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancer can't break the clinch.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Lancer is looking to break free of the clinch but Damon has double underhooks.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lancer avoids it.
Lancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancer looking to stall.
Lancer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lancer has had enough of the clinch but Damon keeps him there for the moment.
Lancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lancer is trying to force a seperation but Damon has the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lancer's efforts to push away.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Lancer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Damon's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Lancer swats away the attempt to clinch by Damon.
Damon slips a jab and a cross from Lancer.
Lancer tests Damon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Lancer does it's job there.
Damon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lancer misses with the combination.
Damon drops his hands momentarily and Lancer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lancer throws a nice looking combination but Damon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lancer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That has opened up Dirk Damon's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancer dips to his left and cracks Damon with an uppercut!
Brian Lancer is winning the standup battle so far.
Lancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon is looking to clinch.
Lancer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Damon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lancer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Damon scrambles back to his feet.

Damon is rocked!
Damon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Damon is still on wobbly legs! Can Lancer finish him?
Lancer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Damon. Damon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Damon loses concentration momentarily and Lancer pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Damon crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Lancer finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brian Lancer!