PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Lorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dana White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorenzo comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - Uppercut. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: Im The Boss. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Lorenzo
vs
White

183 cm
29
175 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

186 cm
25
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Namunamu Clothing
Pearson Specter Litt

Sun-Tzu
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Lorenzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dana White!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Lorenzo coming out on top.

White pushes Lorenzo up against the cage in a clinch.
White misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Lorenzo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Lorenzo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lorenzo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice elbow from White.
Lorenzo lands a nice uppercut.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lorenzo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lorenzo managing to block the knees to the body from White.
White gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lorenzo is struggling to control the position.
Lorenzo tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorenzo avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
I was talking to Lorenzo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Lorenzo tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
Lorenzo stalling the fight.
Lorenzo lands with a light punch inside.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lorenzo lands an uppercut.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lorenzo has White pressed against the cage.
Lorenzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo controlling the action here for a moment.
Lorenzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lorenzo leaning against his opponent.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lorenzo has White pushed against the cage.
White connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lorenzo managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Lorenzo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lorenzo blocking some punches.
White being controlled against the cage.
Lorenzo managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Lorenzo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lorenzo takes an elbow to the forehead.
White missing with knees to the body.
Lorenzo stalling against the cage.
Lorenzo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Lorenzo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Lorenzo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with an elbow strike.
White missing with knees to the body.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Lorenzo is blocking nicely.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lorenzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Lorenzo lands with a short shot to the head.
Lorenzo avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo blocks an elbow strike from White.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lorenzo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lorenzo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lorenzo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The referee calls for Lorenzo to work.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lorenzo lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Lorenzo.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lorenzo as White tries to tie him up.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Lorenzo.
White throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that White has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Lorenzo blocks with his arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of White backwards.
Lorenzo blocks the elbow strike.
Lorenzo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lorenzo's brow.
Lorenzo landing knees to the body.
Lorenzo leaning against his opponent.
Lorenzo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lorenzo controlling the action here for a moment.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws 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 Chuck Lorenzo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lorenzo works the jab nicely.

White closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
White being controlled against the cage.
Lorenzo controlling the action here for a moment.
Lorenzo dodges an elbow strike from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorenzo lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Lorenzo takes a knee to the side of the body.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
White looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorenzo lands a right hand.
Lorenzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
White misses with a knee strike.
Lorenzo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lorenzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lorenzo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lorenzo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lorenzo managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Lorenzo avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Lorenzo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lorenzo.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
Lorenzo slows down the pace here.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Lorenzo.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White being controlled against the cage.
Lorenzo lands a body shot.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo takes a knee right on the jaw!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lorenzo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lorenzo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lorenzo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lorenzo.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Lorenzo.

White clinches up against the cage.
Lorenzo lands a shoulder strike.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Lorenzo.
Lorenzo avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Lorenzo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
White lands a good knee to the midsection. Lorenzo won't want to take too many of those.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lorenzo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lorenzo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Lorenzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lorenzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lorenzo gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lorenzo just leaning against White, taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Lorenzo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lorenzo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
A short right from Lorenzo.
A shot in the inside from Lorenzo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lorenzo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Lorenzo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lorenzo stalling against the cage.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lorenzo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lorenzo effectively controlling the action here.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Lorenzo is blocking nicely.
Lorenzo avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Lorenzo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lorenzo blocks an elbow strike from White.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chuck Lorenzo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

White misses with a hook
and Lorenzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lorenzo, pushing him back against the cage.
Lorenzo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Come on Lorenzo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lorenzo leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Lorenzo.

White instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorenzo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning White up against the cage.
Lorenzo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorenzo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lorenzo trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo blocks an uppercut.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Lorenzo avoids the damage to the body.
Lorenzo managing to block the knees to the body from White.
White being controlled against the cage.
Chuck Lorenzo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lorenzo scores with a shot to the side of White's head.
White lands a knee to the body.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Lorenzo avoids the damage to the body.
Lorenzo lands an uppercut.
Lorenzo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lorenzo pushes White back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lorenzo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and White avoids it.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lorenzo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lorenzo lands a body shot in the clinch.
White missing with knees to the body.
Lorenzo stalling against the cage.
Lorenzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
White misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lorenzo.
White misses with some punches.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Lorenzo avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lorenzo slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lorenzo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lorenzo stalls.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lorenzo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lorenzo taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Lorenzo.

White closes the distance and clinches.
Dana White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lorenzo stalls.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lorenzo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lorenzo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lorenzo is defending well for now.
Lorenzo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
White misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Lorenzo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lorenzo 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Lorenzo!
An intense looking Chuck Lorenzo took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Great win for me. I hope I can keep winning and get another title shot.'.