PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keller Holmes (ranked 5267 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucien Lachance (ranked 4923 p4p, 470 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Holmes
vs
Lachance

185 cm
22
171 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keller Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucien Lachance!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lachance ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Holmes lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lachance jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holmes lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lachance lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lachance keeps the fight on the outside.
Lachance throws out a counter right but Holmes avoids it with no problem.

Holmes pushes Lachance up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Holmes trying to land knees to the body.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Lachance blocks with his arms.
Lachance misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lachance pushes Holmes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lachance scores with a nice hook to the head.
Holmes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holmes throws an elbow but it misses.
Lachance avoids a wild elbow strike from Holmes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lachance tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing Lachance back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lachance digs a right hand underneath Holmes's ribcage. Holmes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Holmes is breathing heavily.
Lachance lands with a left to the head.
Lachance working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Lachance fails to land.
Lachance lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Holmes.
Lachance lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Lachance.
Lachance lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lachance scores with a shot to the side of Holmes's head.
Lachance swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lachance.
Still in the clinch, Lachance scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lachance doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holmes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lachance struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
Lachance makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lachance's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lachance lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lachance cracks Holmes with a nice body shot.
Lachance tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lachance creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lachance lands an uppercut.
Lachance lands a left hand.

Holmes is rocked!
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Oh Holmes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lachance creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lachance creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Holmes's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Holmes drops to his knees and Lachance pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Lachance!
A relieved looking Lucien Lachance thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.