PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Lancaster (ranked 981 p4p, 1381 weight class) and Travis Copeland (ranked 149 p4p, 210 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lancaster
vs
Copeland

183 cm
28
185
15 - 8 - 0

175 cm
28
165
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Core Combat

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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Lancaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Copeland!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lancaster.

Copeland moves into the clinch.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Lancaster gets through Copeland's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Copeland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Copeland.
A body shot lands from Copeland.
Lancaster avoids a wild elbow strike from Copeland.
A shot in the inside from Lancaster.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Copeland tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lancaster slowing the pace effectively.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lancaster scores with a shot to the side of Copeland's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Copeland connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lancaster's face.

Lancaster breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Copeland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Lancaster gets tackled into the cage by Copeland. Copeland maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lancaster blocks an elbow strike.
Copeland pushes off an throws an elbow but Lancaster leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Copeland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Copeland blocks an uppercut.
Copeland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Copeland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Lancaster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Copeland backwards.
Lancaster has a couple of punches blocked by Copeland.

Lancaster breaks from the clinch.
Lancaster throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Copeland on the side of the head.

It looks like Travis Copeland has been cut.
Travis Copeland is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Copeland gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Lancaster gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Copeland is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Lancaster!
Henry Lancaster bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Travis Copeland had this to say: 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.