PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Desjardins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rock Wood will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Desjardins
vs
Wood

193 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois Desjardins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rock Wood!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desjardins walks into a jab.
Rock Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desjardins throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Wood.
Desjardins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Desjardins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wood throws a right and a left that Desjardins avoids nicely.
Wood slips a jab and a cross from Desjardins.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wood throws a series of punches but Desjardins avoids them all with ease.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Desjardins shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wood but Wood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Desjardins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Desjardins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wood's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desjardins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wood defending well though.
Desjardins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wood pushes Desjardins off looking to stand but Desjardins dives back in and keeps control.
Desjardins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Desjardins wants to control but Wood is keeping him busy.
Desjardins slows the pace down in half guard.
Wood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wood misses with the combination.
Wood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Desjardins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Wood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Desjardins backs up against the cage.
Wood needs to keep his hands up - Desjardins had a free shot at his head there.

Desjardins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Desjardins in particular looking to stall.

Desjardins is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wood has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wood scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Desjardins manages to mount him!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Desjardins landing strikes from the mount and Wood is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wood looks a forlorn figure.
Desjardins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Desjardins.
Desjardins throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The referee warns Wood that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Desjardins looking to control but Wood is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Desjardins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wood is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants to control but Desjardins is having none of it.
Desjardins scoring with strikes but Wood is staying in there.
Desjardins postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wood looks a forlorn figure.
Wood is in all sorts of trouble here.
Desjardins with a couple of short strikes.
Desjardins throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Desjardins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois Desjardins dominated that round.
That's time! Desjardins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Francois Desjardins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Desjardins throws a body punch but Wood moves out of range.
Desjardins misses with a looping left.
Nice body punch from Desjardins.
Desjardins misses with a jab to the body
and Wood counters with a right hand to the body.
Wood scores with a three punch combo!
Desjardins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wood sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Desjardins somewhat.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
Desjardins misses with a few strikes there.
Desjardins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Desjardins circles away quickly and effectively.
Desjardins scores with a hook to the body. Wood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wood misses with a combination
and Desjardins counters with a nice uppercut.
Wood is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Desjardins rather than just go for the knockout.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desjardins stuffs the takedown attempt from Wood. Wood gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Desjardins pushes him off.

Desjardins closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Desjardins taking a breather here.
Wood takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Desjardins tries for a kimura but Wood is defending well.
The strikes coming from Desjardins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Desjardins trying to control the action but Wood is working from the bottom.

Desjardins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Desjardins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sloppy strikes there by Desjardins.

Desjardins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Desjardins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wood sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Desjardins happy to just control the position for now.
Desjardins has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Desjardins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wood is in a horrible position here. Desjardins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins wants to control the pace but Wood is squirming around nicely.
Desjardins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wood's face.

Desjardins looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Desjardins with good strikes from the mount here!
Francois Desjardins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Desjardins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Desjardins looking to ground and pound but Wood is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois Desjardins dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Desjardins counters with a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Desjardins misses.

Desjardins shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wood's guard.
Desjardins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Desjardins prevents Wood from getting back to his feet.
Desjardins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Desjardins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Desjardins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Desjardins slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood taking some punishment here, with Desjardins in his half guard.

Desjardins is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Desjardins 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.
Desjardins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Desjardins trying to pass the guard but Wood defending well.
Wood is trying to stand up here but Desjardins is controlling him well.
Desjardins is keen to just control but Wood is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Desjardins is working for a kimura but Wood is defending it quite comfortably.

Desjardins is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wood defends it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Desjardins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Desjardins is trying for a kimura here. Wood looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Desjardins wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Francois Desjardins!