PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Chui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Poutine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Chui
vs
Poutine

174 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 Montreal, Jordan Chui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexi Poutine!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chui shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Poutine as he jumps to the side.
Poutine shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Chui counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Poutine throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Chui tries to free his leg and advance position but Poutine is retaining full guard.
Poutine is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Chui won't allow Poutine to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poutine 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 one minute gone in the round.
Poutine wants to pass the guard but Chui is defending well.
Chui wants to control but Poutine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Chui knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Poutine on the ground.
Poutine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chui is trying to get back to full guard.
Poutine trying to pass the guard but Chui defending well.
Chui is in trouble now - Poutine has advanced to mount!
Poutine breaks from Chui's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Poutine in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chui avoids a series of strikes thrown by Poutine.
Poutine looks gassed!
Poutine avoids the attempt from Chui to control.
Chui is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Poutine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chui is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poutine raining down shots from the mount!
Chui is desperately trying to improve his position but Poutine has a good base and remains in mount.
Poutine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chui tries to lock up and control but Poutine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Poutine with shots to the head and body - Chui looks very uncomfortable down there.
Poutine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chui looks a forlorn figure.
Poutine working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Chui that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chui could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine working Chui over with strikes here.
Poutine lands a heavy elbow.
Poutine landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Chui that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poutine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poutine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poutine with the ground and pound from mount.
Poutine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poutine scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chui?
Poutine working the ground and pound effectively.
Poutine with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poutine with good strikes from the mount here!
Poutine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poutine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poutine lands a heavy elbow.
Chui keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Poutine looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Poutine landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Chui that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poutine landing shots from mount.
Poutine lands a big elbow.
Poutine in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Poutine lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexi Poutine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Poutine with a lazy takedown attempt

and Chui counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Poutine drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chui gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Chui effectively controlling the action here.
Chui has Poutine pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Poutine manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chui is trying to drag Poutine to the mat but Poutine just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Chui jumps guard and drags Poutine to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Poutine landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poutine landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutine advances to half guard.
Poutine drops an elbow to the side of Chui's head.
Poutine tries to pass to full mount but Chui defends it.
Chui avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Poutine.
Poutine works his way into side control.
Poutine working the ground and pound.
Poutine lands a few punches from side control.
Poutine scoring with punches and elbows.
Poutine tries to advance to mount but Chui denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Poutine are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Chui prevents Poutine from improving position.
Poutine advances nicely into full mount.
Poutine with shots to the head and body - Chui looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chui tries to hold on but Poutine pushes him away.
Poutine looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Poutine unloading with bombs!
Poutine landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Poutine.
Poutine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chui's face.
Poutine landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine lands a heavy elbow.
Chui on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chui tries to get out of the position.
Poutine lands a big elbow.
Chui bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Poutine is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Poutine is working an open guard so Chui takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Chui connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Poutine's hands.

Poutine decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Poutine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Poutine trying to mount his opponent but Chui defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poutine is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Poutine uses his free foot to push down on Chui's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Chui.
Poutine scoring with strikes but Chui is staying in there.
Poutine is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Chui can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poutine landing punches.
Chui tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poutine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chui's face.
Poutine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chui's face.
Poutine with the ground and pound from mount.
Chui wants to hold on but Poutine pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexi Poutine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Poutine with a poor takedown
and Chui counters with a straight right hand.
Chui misses with a takedown

and Poutine counters with a shoot takedown. Chui fights it but they end up in guard.
Poutine stands and throws Chui's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Chui tries to bench press Poutine off him but Poutine keeps the position.
Poutine works to advance to full mount. Chui defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Chui takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Poutine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Poutine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chui looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Poutine.
Poutine landing strikes from the mount.
Poutine landing punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chui is trying to escape the mount.
Poutine landing shots from mount.
Poutine scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chui?
Chui tries to lock up and control but Poutine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chui is in all sorts of trouble here.
Poutine putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poutine is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Poutine connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Chui is trying desperately to improve position.
Poutine scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chui?
Poutine cracks Chui with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Poutine with good strikes from the mount here!
Chui taking shots to the head.
Poutine lands a big elbow.
Poutine breaks from Chui's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Poutine lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Poutine scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chui?
Poutine working Chui over with strikes here.
Chui in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Poutine working Chui over with strikes here.
Poutine punishing his opponent with strikes.
Poutine looking to finish Chui with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chui!
Chui tries to reverse the position but Poutine maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Poutine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine working the ground and pound effectively.
Poutine scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Poutine landing punches.
Poutine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poutine raining down shots from the mount!
Chui wants to control but Poutine is having none of it.
Poutine blocks Chui's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Chui can't escape the position.
Poutine lands a heavy elbow.
Poutine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

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.
Chui is bucking up trying to escape but Poutine cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Poutine landing punches.
Poutine landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Poutine.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Poutine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Poutine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chui hang on?
Poutine with a couple of short strikes.
Chui is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poutine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chui hang on?
Poutine with good strikes from the mount here!
Poutine is landing with some decent strikes but Chui is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Poutine breaks from Chui's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jordan Chui has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alexi Poutine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poutine controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexi Poutine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poutine winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexi Poutine!