PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Arrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Korter Poundre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arrington's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, You're Going Down. Poundre has chosen Did My Time as his entrance music. Korter Poundre acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Arrington
vs
Poundre

180 cm
23
200 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

186 cm
26
194 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lamar Arrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Korter Poundre!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arrington ducks under a wild hook from Poundre.
Poundre keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice cross by Poundre.
Poundre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Poundre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arrington.
Poundre throws a hook to the side of Arrington's head but Arrington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poundre scores with a nice strike.
Poundre dives in and grabs Arrington's left leg, looking for a takedown. Arrington pushes down on Poundre's head and hops out.
Poundre lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Poundre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arrington sprawls well. Arrington wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Poundre gets slowly back to his feet.
Lamar Arrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korter Poundre.
Arrington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poundre swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrington throws a hook to the side of Poundre's head but Poundre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poundre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poundre misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Arrington lands.
Arrington is looking to score with low kicks.
Poundre wants to clinch up but Arrington keeps it at a distance.

Arrington darts in and clinches Poundre up against the cage.
Arrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Poundre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arrington holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Arrington lands with a light punch inside.
Arrington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Arrington lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Arrington breaks the clinch.
Arrington defending well as Poundre loads up on a big left hand.
Poundre misses with a takedown attempt - Arrington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arrington misses with a hook. Poundre ducked under it nicely.
Lamar Arrington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arrington throws a hook but Poundre avoids it easily.
Poundre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Arrington misses with a series of wild punches.
Poundre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Poundre scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Arrington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arrington lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Arrington misses.
Arrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arrington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Poundre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arrington.
Arrington throws out a loose jab but Poundre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arrington connects with a solid leg kick.
Poundre misses with a straight right.
Arrington lands a head kick!

It looks like Korter Poundre has been cut.
Arrington lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrington tries to clinch there but Poundre circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Arrington misses the target.
Arrington throws a hook to the side of Poundre's head but Poundre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arrington connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Arrington finds it's target.
Arrington swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Poundre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Poundre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Arrington trying to hold on to Poundre's head to control him but Poundre postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poundre is looking to take a break and control but Arrington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Poundre throwing shots but Arrington is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamar Arrington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Korter Poundre's cut.
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.

Poundre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arrington sprawls well. Arrington wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Poundre gets slowly back to his feet.
Arrington misses with a hook.
Arrington cracks Poundre with a good jab.
Poundre throws a hook but Arrington avoids it easily.
Poundre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arrington swivels and escapes.
Poundre blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Poundre gets a takedown into half guard.
Poundre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arrington is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poundre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Poundre works his foot free and advances to mount.

Poundre goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Arrington is on top in guard.
Poundre is breathing heavily.

Poundre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Arrington is aware though and is defending well.
Poundre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arrington's guard.
Arrington keeping full guard, as Poundre tries to pass.
Poundre wants to control from the top but Arrington keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poundre throws a strike but Arrington rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Arrington stands and steps away. Poundre gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Poundre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Poundre pushes down on Arrington's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Poundre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrington is refusing to be controlled, as Poundre sits in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Poundre wants to free his trapped foot but Arrington is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Arrington keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Poundre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Poundre is looking to advance position but Arrington won't allow it.
Poundre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Arrington defending well though.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Poundre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arrington throws out the jab.
Korter Poundre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arrington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Poundre. That did some damage!
Poundre slips under a jab.
Poundre throws a series of punches but Arrington avoids them all with ease.
Arrington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poundre takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lamar Arrington is winning the standup battle so far.
Poundre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lamar Arrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korter Poundre.
Poundre ducks right into an uppercut from Arrington.
Jab by Arrington.
Arrington loads up on a big right hand but Poundre slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Korter Poundre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Korter Poundre's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Arrington misses with a hook. Poundre ducked under it nicely.
Arrington tests Poundre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arrington throws a hook but Poundre blocks it.
Poundre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arrington's waist but Arrington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Poundre off to one side.
Arrington is looking to clinch but Poundre is avoiding it.
Arrington takes a swing at Poundre's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Arrington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poundre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poundre scores with a nice right hand.
Poundre closes the distance and clinches up with Arrington, looking for a takedown. Poundre pushes Arrington against the cage but Arrington circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poundre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Poundre wants to clinch up but Arrington keeps it at a distance.
Poundre throws a jab but it's blocked by Arrington.
Arrington scores with a nice strike.
Poundre connects with the punch.
Poundre moves out of range as Arrington strikes.
Arrington throws a hook but Poundre avoids it easily.
Arrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Arrington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrington throws a big shot that misses.
Poundre tries to clinch up but Arrington circles away and keeps his distance.
Arrington throws a left and a right that both miss

and Poundre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Arrington's guard now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poundre throwing strikes from guard but Arrington blocks nicely.
Poundre trying to control the position from guard on top but Arrington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Poundre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Poundre throws a strike but Arrington rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Poundre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrington would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Poundre is working an open guard so Arrington takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Poundre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arrington throws out the jab.
Arrington wants to clinch but Poundre slips to the side

and Poundre counters by clinching up.
Poundre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Arrington prevents it.
Lamar Arrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korter Poundre.
Arrington working aggressively here.
Poundre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Arrington pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Poundre has Arrington pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Arrington manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Poundre has Arrington pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Arrington manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A bit of stalling here from Arrington.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poundre goes for a takedown attempt but Arrington pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Poundre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Arrington coming out on top.
Arrington misses with a low kick.
Poundre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arrington throws out the jab.
Arrington cracks Poundre with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good shot there by Poundre.
A punch combination from Arrington misses.
Poundre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arrington's waist but Arrington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Poundre off to one side.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Korter Poundre.
I think Poundre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Korter Poundre!