|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gauthier Lambert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Gauthier Lambert enters the cage!
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
25
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
|
178 cm
26
189 lbs
8 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
|
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dean Lister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gauthier Lambert!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lambert stuffs the takedown attempt from Lister. Lister gets slowly back to his feet.
Lambert gets a double leg takedown into Lister's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lister trying to control the position here.
Lambert trying to control the position from guard on top but Lister is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lister looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lister not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Gauthier Lambert hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Lister takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lister looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lambert is fending him off so far but Lister persists. Nope, Lambert circles away and we're back to standing.
Lister looks to land a combination but Lambert avoids it well.
Lambert lands an overhand right.
Lister closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lambert circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Lister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lister tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lambert swivels and escapes.
Lister misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lambert takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lister pulls guard effortlessly.
Lister is breathing heavily.
Lambert trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lister's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lister keeping moving, preventing Lambert from controlling successfully.
Lambert wanted to stand there but Lister had control of the position.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
Lambert really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lister. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lister is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gauthier Lambert was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lambert scores with a takedown into Lister's guard.
Lambert must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
Lambert is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lister is trying to keep Lambert in close.
Lambert trying to control but Lister is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Gauthier Lambert hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Lambert closes the distance and clinches up with Lister, looking for a takedown. Lambert pushes Lister against the cage but Lister circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Lambert
and Lister counters with a one-two to the body.
Lister showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lambert.
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!
Lister tries to clinch but Lambert is having none of it.
Lambert lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lambert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lambert swats away the attempt to clinch by Lister.
Lambert fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lister leaves Lambert with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambert instigates a clinch.
Lambert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lister tries to clinch up but Lambert circles away and keeps his distance.
Gauthier Lambert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lambert closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lister to the mat! Lister manages to get full guard.
Lister kicks Lambert off and gets to his feet.
Lister scoring well with a low kick there.
Lambert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lister moves away.
Lambert misses with a few strikes there.
Lambert throws a series of punches but Lister avoids them all with ease.
Lister throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lister has closed the distance and engaged Lambert in a clinch.
Lambert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lister throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lister shoots in and gets a takedown into Lambert's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lister trying to move into half guard but instead Lambert has managed to sweep!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lister looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lambert would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lister wants to sweep but no luck.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
Lister is pulling down on Lambert's head. It's preventing any offense from Lambert, at least for the moment.
Lister keeping moving, preventing Lambert from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gauthier Lambert was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lister fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier Lambert dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lister fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lambert avoids it really well and circles away.
Lambert misses with a two punch combination.
Lambert scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lambert is looking to take a break and control but Lister is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lister bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Lambert throws a series of strikes that have Lister backpedaling.
Lambert throws a body kick that misses.
Lambert closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lister gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lambert prevents Lister from getting back to his feet.
Lambert is looking to stand up but Lister won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
Gauthier Lambert has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lister manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lambert manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lambert looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gauthier Lambert.
Lambert throws a right and a left that Lister avoids nicely.
Lambert swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lister scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lister shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lambert can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dean Lister wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lister is looking to clinch.
Lister lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lambert circles away quickly and effectively.
Lambert thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lambert lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lambert connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lambert throws a right hand that Lister ducks under and follows up with a left that Lister also avoids with ease.
Lambert throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gauthier Lambert seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lister closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lambert circles away.
Lambert clinches.
Lambert tries to pull guard but Lister forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lambert tries to score a body lock takedown but Lister shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lambert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lambert lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lister circles away quickly and effectively.
Lister fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Lister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lambert swats away the attempt to clinch by Lister.
Lister ducks under a wild hook from Lambert.
Lister shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lister controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lister sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lambert defending well though.
Lister is stalling here. Lambert is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Lister seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lambert has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Lister sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lister is refusing to be controlled, as Lambert sits in half guard.
Lister trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gauthier Lambert will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lambert with a nice cross.
Lister gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lambert to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lambert wants to control from the top but Lister keeps moving.
Lister tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lambert tries to stand but Lister is controlling from the bottom.
Lambert trying to control the position from guard on top but Lister is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lister is trying to keep Lambert in close.
Gauthier Lambert has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lister shoots in looking for a takedown but Lambert manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lister's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lambert misses with a two punch combination.
Lister misses with a takedown attempt - Lambert sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambert dives in and scores a takedown into Lister's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lambert trying to control the position from guard on top but Lister is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lister looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lister trying to control the position.
Lambert stopping the sweep attempt from Lister.
Lambert stands and steps away. Lister gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lister slips a jab and a cross from Lambert.
Lambert shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lister eats them both and turns towards Lambert to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A combination from Lambert does no damage.
Lambert lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambert displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lister.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Lister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lambert looks to land a combination. Lister sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lister shoots in and drives through. Lambert sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Lambert.
Lister throws a push kick but Lambert slaps the foot to one side.
Lambert scores a takedown into full mount!
Lambert wants to control the pace but Lister is squirming around nicely.
Lambert controlling the pace for now.
Lister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambert takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lister tries to hold on but Lambert pushes him away.
Lambert trying to control but Lister is having none of it.
Lambert looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lambert avoids the attempt from Lister to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lister is trying to escape the mount.
Lambert avoids the attempt from Lister to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lambert misses with a two punch combination.
Lambert dives in and scores a takedown into Lister's guard.
Lister is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lambert is controlling him.
Lister pulls Lambert in close to prevent any damage.
Lister is looking to stand up but Lambert isn't so interested in that idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lambert is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gauthier Lambert comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lambert has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gauthier Lambert!
Gauthier Lambert decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
