PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Lancaster (ranked 265 p4p, 34 weight class) and Guillermo Pato (ranked 523 p4p, 73 weight class). Guillermo Pato is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lancaster
vs
Pato

180 cm
24
195 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

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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 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cedric Lancaster !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guillermo Pato!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pato's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lancaster connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pato scrambles back to his feet.
Pato tries to clinch but Lancaster moves out of range.
Pato throws an overhand right that lands on Lancaster 's shoulder, as Lancaster tries to avoid the shot.
Lancaster scores with a nice right hand.
Pato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lancaster swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lancaster swings for the body but Pato moves out of range.
Lancaster slips under a jab from Pato.
Lancaster has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lancaster avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pato takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lancaster circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Pato gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pato blocks a body shot from Lancaster .
Lancaster can't find room to land a body shot as Pato controls the action.
Lancaster misses with some punches.
Lancaster lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pato misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pato.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Pato blocks it.
Pato misses with a punch on the inside.
Pato throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pato.
Lancaster misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Pato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pato misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Lancaster on the inside.
A short uppercut from Lancaster .
Pato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster .

Pato breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pato moves in looking to clinch but Lancaster pushes him off.
Pato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lancaster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lancaster throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pato on the side of the head.
Pato is looking to clinch.
Lancaster throws a body shot but no joy.
Pato swats away the attempt to clinch by Lancaster .
Pato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancaster swinging wildly here.
Lancaster misses with a looping left.

Lancaster has Pato up against the cage in a clinch.
Lancaster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pato misses with a punch on the inside.
Pato blocking some punches.
Pato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pato.
Pato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Pato fails to land.
Pato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lancaster lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pato working aggressively here.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Pato blocks it.
Pato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lancaster blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pato tries to throw a body punch but Lancaster avoids it by throwing Pato back against the cage.
Pato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lancaster .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Pato.
Still in the clinch, Pato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lancaster lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Lancaster .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lancaster .
Lancaster scores with a shoulder strike.
Pato trying to stall but Lancaster improves his position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lancaster .
Lancaster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lancaster lands a nice shot to the body.
Pato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster .
Pato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lancaster fails to land.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lancaster creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Lancaster dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lancaster lands a right hook to the body.

Pato clinches up against the cage.
Pato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster blocks an uppercut.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lancaster softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pato prevents a body shot from Lancaster .
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Pato avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Pato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lancaster blocking some punches.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster .
Pato manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lancaster .
Pato throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lancaster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pato backwards.
Cedric Lancaster has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lancaster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pato takes a shot to the head.
Pato misses with the head strike.
Lancaster softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pato is trying to stall.
A short left from Lancaster .
Lancaster struggles to land a body shot inside as Pato controls his hands.
Lancaster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pato can do to turn this around?
Lancaster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Lancaster .
Lancaster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Pato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lancaster 's elbow.
Lancaster misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster is working Pato over against the cage.
Lancaster presses Pato against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pato backwards.
Pato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Lancaster .
Pato is breathing heavily.
Lancaster scores with a hook to the body.
Lancaster lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lancaster .
Lancaster stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lancaster lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Lancaster .
A right hand to the body from Lancaster .
Pato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lancaster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lancaster lands a body shot.
Lancaster lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Pato blocks it.
A short right from Lancaster on the inside.
Lancaster lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Lancaster .
Lancaster gets through Pato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lancaster lands a nice shot to the body.
Lancaster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Pato is rocked!
Pato manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pato is still on wobbly legs! Can Lancaster finish him?
Lancaster lands with a light punch inside.
Lancaster works on Pato's body with a couple of short punches.
Pato seems to have recovered his senses.

Lancaster drops Pato onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Pato is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
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!
Lancaster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lancaster misses with a body punch.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Pato's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Pato drops to his knees and Lancaster pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cedric Lancaster !
After the fight, Cedric Lancaster was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.