PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jurdy Postman (ranked 4728 p4p, 6570 weight class) and Pat Poutine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Postman
vs
Poutine

184 cm
20
195
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
176
3 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jurdy Postman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 11 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pat Poutine!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Postman drops Poutine with a beautiful combination! Poutine stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Postman is looking for the KO!
Poutine looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Postman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poutine.
Postman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Postman rushes Poutine and presses him up against the cage.
Postman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Postman successfully pulls guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Postman managing to control the position.
Postman wants to get back to his feet but Poutine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Postman controls Poutine momentarily but Poutine frees himself.
Postman lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Postman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Poutine is keeping the position for now.
Postman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Postman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Poutine's guard.
Poutine wants to sweep here but Postman controlling him for the moment.
Postman sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Postman tries to free his leg and advance position but Poutine is retaining full guard.
Postman is in close to Poutine's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Postman looking to pass the guard.

Postman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Postman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Poutine counters with a series of strikes. Postman will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Postman wants to clinch.
Postman has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jurdy Postman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Postman misses with a takedown
and Poutine counters with a series of strikes. Postman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Postman goes for a double leg but Poutine avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Poutine continues to drive forward.
Postman is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Poutine to keep the fight standing.
Postman tries to break the clinch but Poutine is controlling the position.
Poutine can't get the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Postman successfully pulls guard.
Poutine won't allow Postman to get back to his feet.
Postman trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Postman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Poutine is aware though and is defending well.
Poutine sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Postman wants to sweep here but Poutine controlling him for the moment.
Poutine prevents Postman from getting back to his feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jurdy Postman 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.

Poutine with a poor takedown
and Postman counters with a series of strikes. Poutine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Postman tries to close the distance and clinch but Poutine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Postman tries for a takedown but Poutine sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Postman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Postman throws a nice looking combination but Poutine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Postman tries to clinch there but Poutine circles away.
Poutine is looking for the big counter here.
Postman lands a head shot.
Jurdy Postman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Postman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Postman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Poutine raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jurdy Postman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Postman clinches up with Poutine and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Postman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Poutine gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Postman tries to circle away but Poutine has him pinned against the cage.
Poutine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Postman is trying to pull guard but Poutine has him pressed against the cage.
Postman is trying to force a seperation but Poutine has the dominant position.
Postman trying to control the position but instead, Poutine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Postman into the cage.
Poutine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poutine's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Poutine's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Poutine is trying to pull guard but Postman has him pressed against the cage.
Postman tries to stall but Poutine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two 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.
Postman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poutine avoids it.
Postman is trying to stall.
Postman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Poutine fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Poutine closes the distance and clinches.
Postman is looking to take this one to the mat.
Postman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Postman effectively controlling the action here.
Postman jumps guard but Poutine stands there with Postman around his waist. Postman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Postman's efforts to push away.
Poutine has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Postman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Postman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poutine can do to turn this around?
Postman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poutine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Postman's face.

Postman ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Postman no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Postman throws his legs up looking for a submission but Poutine uses it to pass to side control.
Poutine staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Postman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Poutine wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Poutine has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Postman!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Pat Poutine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Postman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Poutine slips a jab and a cross from Postman.

Postman darts in and clinches Poutine up against the cage.
Postman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Poutine breaks from the clinch.
Poutine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Postman moves in looking to clinch but Poutine pushes him off.
Poutine is looking to clinch.
Postman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Postman misses with a body shot

and Poutine counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Poutine.
Postman wants to take the fight to the mat but Poutine manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Poutine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Postman tries to pull guard but Poutine won't allow it.
Poutine prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jurdy Postman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Poutine fails to pull guard.
Poutine prevents Postman from breaking the clinch.
Postman is trying to push Poutine away but Poutine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Poutine tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Postman just stands there and leans against the cage.

Postman manages to break the clinch.
Poutine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Postman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poutine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poutine slaps away a takedown attempt from Postman, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Postman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Poutine's waist but Poutine gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Postman off to one side.
Jurdy Postman is winning the standup battle so far.
Poutine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice sprawl there from Poutine as Postman shoots in.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Poutine.
Postman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Poutine stuffs the takedown attempt from Postman. Postman gets slowly back to his feet.
Poutine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Postman avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Postman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Poutine.
Postman throws a head kick but Poutine moves out of range.
Postman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Poutine defends well and Postman ends up having to push Poutine into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Postman jumps guard but Poutine stands there with Postman around his waist. Postman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Postman is working for takedown but Poutine is calmly controlling the position for now.
Postman being controlled against the cage.

Poutine has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Postman uses from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Postman trying to control but Poutine is working from the bottom.
Postman advances to half guard.
Jurdy Postman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Postman tries to stand and escape but Poutine is controlling the position.

Postman stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Postman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jurdy Postman.
I think Postman 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jurdy Postman!