PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Paul Lefleur (ranked 24878 p4p, 5704 weight class) and James Williams (ranked 773 p4p, 667 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lefleur
vs
Williams

185 cm
19
195
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Voodoo Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Paul Lefleur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Williams!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lefleur misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Williams's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
Lefleur fails with a takedown attempt.
Lefleur takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Lefleur sees coming a mile off.
Lefleur tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Paul Lefleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Lefleur with that takedown attempt.

Lefleur drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.

Lefleur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lefleur gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lefleur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams tries to break free but Lefleur pushes him back against the cage.
Lefleur is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Lefleur has double underhooks.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Lefleur has the dominant position.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Lefleur is controlling the position.

Lefleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Williams throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lefleur was covering up waiting for the punch and Williams finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lefleur is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lefleur in particular looking to stall.
Williams wants to improve his position but Lefleur is controlling well.
Lefleur controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams trying to control but Lefleur postures up.

Williams looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefleur stops Williams from getting back to his feet.

Lefleur is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Williams has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lefleur knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lefleur.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lefleur prevents Williams from standing back up.

Lefleur stands up from half guard.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.

Lefleur pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Lefleur goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Lefleur clinches up against the cage.
Lefleur has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Lefleur manages to pull guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lefleur has his hands on Williams's head, controlling the position.

Williams drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Williams jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jean Paul Lefleur will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Lefleur on that attempt.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Lefleur gets a clinch.

Lefleur decides to pull guard.
Lefleur is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Lefleur uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Williams throws the kick towards the body but Lefleur avoids it.
Williams delivers a nice body kick.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Lefleur half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lefleur shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Williams sprawls well. Williams wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lefleur gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Jean Paul Lefleur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Lefleur is out of range.
Williams fails with the takedown
and Lefleur counters with an inside leg kick.
Williams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lefleur.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Paul Lefleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams avoids the body shot from Lefleur.
Williams gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lefleur moves into the clinch.

Lefleur gets control of Williams's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lefleur will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lefleur wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jean Paul Lefleur overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Williams tries to stand but Lefleur is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefleur wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Lefleur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lefleur looking for a sweep. Not yet Lefleur, not yet.
Lefleur striking off his back but it's not causing Williams any problems.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lefleur is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lefleur stops Williams from getting back to his feet.
Williams wants to control but Lefleur is keeping busy.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lefleur.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to kick Lefleur off but Lefleur keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lefleur is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lefleur trying to pass the guard but Williams defending well.
Williams is trying to stand.
Lefleur controlling the pace.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
And Lefleur counters with a quick kick to the body but Williams blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lefleur or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams, which made it look bad.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.

Lefleur gets a clinch.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.

Lefleur closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lefleur jumps guard.
Lefleur is trying to keep Williams in close.

Williams drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lefleur dives on top into guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Paul Lefleur dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lefleur throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Lefleur tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Williams is looking to slow Lefleur down with leg kicks.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lefleur doesn't seem bothered though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lefleur.
Lefleur is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Lefleur with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Williams to score with a decent uppercut.
Lefleur is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Paul Lefleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams avoids the body shot from Lefleur.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Lefleur clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.
Williams is trying to push Lefleur away but Lefleur has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lefleur breaks from the clinch.
James Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lefleur avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lefleur appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lefleur doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lefleur fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Williams tests Lefleur's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Williams decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Williams seems to be looking for submissions.

Williams is trying to work for a kimura but Lefleur is defending well.
Lefleur is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Lefleur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lefleur is trying is best to control the position here.

Williams is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lefleur is just riding it out for now. Williams eventually gives up the hold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lefleur tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lefleur doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Williams.
Lefleur gets back to full guard.

Williams stands up from Lefleur's guard - Williams perhaps looking for a knockout.

Lefleur moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Lefleur.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Lefleur has the dominant position.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Lefleur breaks from the clinch.

Lefleur clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.
Williams being controlled against the cage.
Lefleur is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Williams to keep the fight standing.
Williams tries to circle away but Lefleur has him pinned against the cage.

Lefleur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lefleur is able to avoid easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lefleur is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Williams shoots for a double leg takedown but Lefleur sprawls well. He's pushed Williams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
James Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jean Paul Lefleur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lefleur has a takedown stuffed.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lefleur has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!