PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chet Lamare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell comes to the cage accompanied by Joe Jackson- I'm the Man. Lamare is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Opeth. Chet Lamare has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mitchell
vs
Lamare

185 cm
26
184 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

175 cm
28
172 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malcolm Mitchell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chet Lamare!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell takes a swing at Lamare's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mitchell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lamare throws a body shot but no joy.
Mitchell appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Malcolm Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamare throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitchell.
Mitchell moves out of range of the leg kick from Lamare.
Mitchell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mitchell fails with a takedown attempt.
Lamare misses with a body kick.
Nice cross by Mitchell.
Mitchell jabs at Lamare's body.
Mitchell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lamare buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lamare ducks under a wild hook from Mitchell.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitchell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lamare lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mitchell takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitchell.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut. Lamare saw that one coming.

Lamare closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mitchell tries a body shot but Lamare blocks it.
Mitchell is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lamare gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mitchell blocks an elbow strike.
We've been informed that Lamare has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice left hand lands by Mitchell.
Lamare missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mitchell.
Mitchell wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malcolm Mitchell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lamare tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamare works on Mitchell's body with a couple of short punches.
I was talking to Mitchell's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lamare presses Mitchell against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mitchell lands with a short shot to the head.
Mitchell missing with knees to the body.
Lamare working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Mitchell can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lamare.
Mitchell wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamare digs a right hand into Mitchell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mitchell's gas tank.
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!
Lamare blocking some punches.
Mitchell misses with the head strike.
Mitchell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lamare lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
Mitchell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mitchell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lamare works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Lamare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mitchell misses with a shot to the body
and Lamare counters with a one-two to the body.

Lamare moves into the clinch successfully.
Lamare lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lamare putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lamare digs a right hand underneath Mitchell's ribcage. Mitchell let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Mitchell has picked Lamare up - he's going for a ride! Mitchell dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Lamare kicks off Mitchell and gets to his feet.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
Lamare moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mitchell looks to land a body kick but Lamare moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell digs a good hook to Lamare's body.
Lamare explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mitchell doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Lamare counters by moving into the clinch.
Lamare scores with a hook to the body.
Lamare missing with knees to the body.
Lamare tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamare comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lamare throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lamare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mitchell has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lamare is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lamare with a knee to the head.
Mitchell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamare working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Lamare misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lamare pushes Mitchell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Lamare pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamare looks to land a body kick but Mitchell moved away.
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!
Lamare buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mitchell is looking to wear down Lamare with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lamare thuds his shin into the meat of Mitchell's side.
Lamare paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mitchell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mitchell has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lamare.
Lamare throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Mitchell colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Lamare as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Mitchell is left battered and dazed whilst Lamare and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chet Lamare!
Chet Lamare thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Malcolm Mitchell was interviewed post fight and said 'Gettin sick of these counter striking pussies, grow a dick!'.