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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 1202 p4p, 167 weight class) and Troy Lancaster (ranked 1571 p4p, 222 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
25 - 15 - 0 |
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185 lbs
30 - 21 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Troy Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Prime.
Lancaster is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Prime crashes against the mat.
Lancaster avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Prime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prime working away.
Prime misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Prime in side control, throwing shots but Lancaster defends.
Prime postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Prime lands some shots froms side control.
Prime trying to control the action but Lancaster is working from the bottom.
Prime tries to score with some ground and pound. Lancaster controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Prime grinds an elbow into Lancaster's temple.
Lancaster tries to improve position but can't.
Prime creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lancaster sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Prime 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prime misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Prime throwing shots but Lancaster is blocking nicely.
Prime scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Prime not doing much here.
Lancaster wants to get back to full guard.
Prime throwing shots but Lancaster is blocking nicely.
Lancaster is trying to maintain the position but Prime is very close to passing his half guard.
Prime throwing shots but Lancaster is blocking nicely.
Lancaster moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Prime wants to control from the top but Lancaster keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lancaster is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Prime is not content to let Lancaster control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Prime looking for a sweep. Not yet Prime, not yet.
Lancaster is working Prime over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lancaster lands a couple of elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Prime is on top in guard.
Prime sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lancaster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Lancaster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Prime's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prime lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Prime throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lancaster works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster keeping moving, preventing Prime from controlling successfully.
Lancaster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Prime postures up in Lancaster's guard and throws a big left but Lancaster blocks it.
Prime throws a big elbow that misses.
Prime stands up over Lancaster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Prime throwing strikes from guard but Lancaster blocks nicely.
Prime trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Prime is working hard here to advance position.
Lancaster has Prime pulled in close to control his posture.
Prime trying to control the position from guard on top but Lancaster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lancaster controlling Prime's posture.
Prime working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Prime manages to get himself to full guard.
My spies in Jitsu Jim inform me that Lancaster has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Lancaster is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lancaster connects with a couple of short punches.
Prime looking for a guillotine here but Lancaster defends easily.
Lancaster throws a big right hand that misses.
Lancaster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lancaster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Prime wants to sweep here but Lancaster controlling him for the moment.
Prime trying to keep a closed guard but Lancaster is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Optimus Prime dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lancaster throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lancaster tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Lancaster.
No joy there for Prime, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lancaster throws a hook but Prime blocks it.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime misses with a double jab
and Lancaster counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Prime is trying to get back to full guard.
Lancaster working the head and body with strikes.
Prime is looking for a sweep. Lancaster is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Prime moves into full guard.
Lancaster slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime striking off his back.
Prime is trying to control the position but Lancaster postures up.
Lancaster with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lancaster preventing the sweep.
Prime has momentary wrist control but Lancaster slips an elbow through the middle.
Lancaster lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lancaster works over Prime with some ground and pound from guard.
Prime looking for a sweep. Not yet Prime, not yet.
Prime isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lancaster stacks Prime on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lancaster!
Prime taking a bit of punishment here - Lancaster scoring with strikes.
Prime tries to bench press Lancaster off him but Lancaster keeps the position.
Prime is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Prime's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lancaster cracks Prime with a big right hand but Prime just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lancaster is chipping away with strikes.
Lancaster taking a breather here.
Lancaster working the ground and pound.
Lancaster landing strikes.
Prime throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Prime takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lancaster cracks Prime with a big right hand but Prime just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lancaster cracks Prime with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Prime tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster cracks Prime with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Prime is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Prime tries to buck Lancaster off but Lancaster is having none of it.
Lancaster is chipping away with strikes.
Prime tries to bench press Lancaster off him but Lancaster keeps the position.
Lancaster trying to control the position but Prime is working away.
Lancaster lands some shots froms side control.
Lancaster lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prime down.
Prime takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Prime on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Prime tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lancaster wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lancaster connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Prime some visible discomfort.
Lancaster is putting a hurting on Prime here, landing some big shots from side control.
Prime is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime is not content to let Lancaster control the position.
Oh Prime is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lancaster landing a few strikes.
Prime takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Troy Lancaster has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lancaster working the body and head with strikes.
A big shot lands for Lancaster! That's hurt Prime! Will he recover? Lancaster fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Lancaster!
Troy Lancaster really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FORCEE logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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