PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georges Bataille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrence Soliman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bataille comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Hall Days. Soliman has chosen detox as his entrance music. Lawrence Soliman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bataille
vs
Soliman

195 cm
23
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

197 cm
28
222 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Black Market Pharmacy and Laundromat

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Bataille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lawrence Soliman!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Bataille misses.
Bataille tries a head kick but it misses.
Bataille slips a jab and a cross from Soliman.
A head kick misses from Soliman.
Bataille throws a head kick but Soliman moves out of range.
Bataille blocks the body kick.
Bataille keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soliman.
Good work by Bataille as he checks the leg kick.
Soliman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bataille can pounce on him.
Bataille tries a head kick but it misses.
Soliman avoids the head kick by Bataille.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bataille lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Bataille there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bataille with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That kick from Bataille tenderised Soliman's leg. Soliman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Soliman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bataille slaps away a takedown attempt from Soliman, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Bataille rushes Soliman and presses him up against the cage.
Bataille lands a damaging elbow.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soliman looks gassed!
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille lands an elbow just above Soliman 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bataille lands a good knee to the midsection. Soliman won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
Bataille using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bataille leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bataille.
Soliman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bataille with a knee to the head.
Bataille landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bataille lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bataille.
Bataille lands a damaging elbow.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that Soliman shrugs off.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bataille.
Soliman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bataille putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soliman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille landing knees to the body.
Bataille with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bataille.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Soliman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille lands a good knee to the midsection. Soliman won't want to take too many of those.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Bataille lands a nice elbow.
Bataille misses with an elbow strike.
Bataille lands an elbow just above Soliman 's eye.
Soliman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
Bataille pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bataille lands a good knee to the midsection. Soliman won't want to take too many of those.
Bataille lands a nice elbow.
Bataille has Soliman pressed against the cage.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soliman presses Bataille against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bataille gets underhooks to prevent Soliman's takedown attempt.
Bataille dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soliman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bataille tries a knee to the head but Soliman blocks it.
Bataille has Soliman pressed against the cage, preventing Soliman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Bataille throws an elbow that misses.
Soliman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bataille just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soliman's brow.
Soliman dodges an elbow strike from Bataille.
Soliman blocks an elbow strike.
Soliman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bataille lands an elbow that stopped Soliman in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bataille.
Soliman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bataille is keeping busy.

Soliman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bataille throws a leg kick which misses Soliman's front leg but catches the back leg as Soliman tries to avoid it.
Soliman misses with a leg kick

and Bataille holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soliman wants to get back to striking at distance but Bataille won't allow it.
Bataille lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bataille prevents Soliman from breaking the clinch.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Soliman looking for a takedown.
Georges Bataille has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lawrence Soliman.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
Bataille lands a knee to the body.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that Soliman shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bataille.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that Soliman shrugs off.
Bataille creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soliman's defenses.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille is controlling him.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that Soliman shrugs off.
Bataille lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Soliman avoiding damage as Bataille throws knees to the body.
Bataille missing with knees to the body.
Soliman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Soliman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
Soliman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bataille gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Bataille dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Soliman misses with a body shot
and Bataille makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Soliman throws a good cross that connects.
Soliman throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Soliman shoots in but no luck this time.
Soliman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bataille - that will leave a mark!
Lawrence Soliman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soliman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bataille pushes Soliman away with a front kick.
Soliman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bataille fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Soliman.
Bataille lands a head kick!

Bataille gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
Soliman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bataille displaying some good clinch control by pressing Soliman up against the cage.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille lands an elbow just above Soliman 's eye.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bataille looking to slow down the pace here.
Soliman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bataille unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soliman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
Bataille landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
Soliman tries to break the clinch but Bataille is controlling the position.
Bataille landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bataille lands an elbow just above Soliman 's eye.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
Bataille scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bataille pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bataille tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soliman avoids it.
Bataille tries to land knees in the clinch but Soliman avoids the damage to the body.
Soliman misses with a body punch.
Soliman wants to break free but Bataille has control.
A frustrated look appears on Soliman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Soliman avoids the elbow strike from Bataille, against the cage.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille keeps control of Soliman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Soliman blocks the elbow strike.
Bataille is pushing Soliman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Soliman wants to break free but Bataille has control.
Bataille tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soliman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soliman is looking to break free of the clinch but Bataille has double underhooks.
Bataille landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bataille throws an elbow but it misses.
Soliman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bataille just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soliman's brow.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bataille utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soliman wants to get back to striking at distance but Bataille won't allow it.
Bataille misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soliman.

Soliman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bataille throws a head kick but Soliman moves out of range.
Bataille ducks under a wild hook from Soliman.
Soliman throws a combination that misses
and Bataille counters with an inside leg kick.
Bataille scores with a head kick. Soliman tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lawrence Soliman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Soliman. Those never looked like landing.

Bataille rushes Soliman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille lands a knee to the body.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soliman tries to break the clinch but Bataille is controlling the position.
Bataille creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soliman's defenses.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Bataille creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soliman's defenses.
Soliman wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Soliman blocks an elbow strike.
Bataille trying to land knees to the body.
Bataille prevents Soliman from breaking the clinch.
Soliman wants to get back to striking at distance but Bataille won't allow it.
Soliman is trying to maintain a safe position but Bataille gets an underhook and turns Soliman into the cage.
Bataille slows down the pace here.
Bataille throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soliman blocks it with crossed arms.
Soliman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soliman has had enough of the clinch but Bataille keeps him there for the moment.
Soliman wants to get back to striking at distance but Bataille won't allow it.
Soliman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soliman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bataille misses with an elbow strike.
Soliman is trying to break free.
Soliman blocks an elbow strike from Bataille.
Bataille misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soliman.
Soliman tries to break the clinch but Bataille is controlling the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bataille just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soliman's brow.

Soliman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Bataille dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bataille throws a leg kick but Soliman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Bataille checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Soliman moves out of range of the body kick.
Soliman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bataille slips under a jab.
Soliman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Soliman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bataille counters with a leg kick.
Crunch! Bataille slams his shin into Soliman's torso.
Bataille is looking to slow Soliman down with leg kicks.
Soliman checks a low kick from Bataille.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bataille, right into the meat.
Soliman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bataille is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soliman can do to turn this around?

Bataille gets a clinch.
Bataille unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bataille lands a damaging elbow.
Bataille just leaning against Soliman, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soliman is trying to force a seperation but Bataille has the dominant position.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soliman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bataille landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soliman's defenses.
Bataille lands a good knee to the midsection. Soliman won't want to take too many of those.
Bataille lands an elbow just above Soliman 's eye.
Bataille blocking some punches.
Bataille's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bataille missing with knees to the body.

Soliman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soliman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick misses from Bataille.

Bataille has managed to clinch.
Bataille misses with an elbow over the top.
Bataille keeps control of Soliman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Soliman avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.
Bataille blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bataille misses with a knee to the head.
Bataille pushes off an throws an elbow but Soliman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Soliman is trying to force a seperation but Bataille has the dominant position.
Georges Bataille has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bataille prevents Soliman from breaking the clinch.
Bataille has Soliman pressed against the cage, preventing Soliman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Soliman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soliman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bataille walks away with a smile on his face. Soliman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Decent striking displayed by Bataille there.
Soliman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bataille throws a head kick that misses.
Bataille thumps Soliman with a low kick.
Soliman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Soliman missing with a left hand there. Bataille was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Soliman gets tackled into the cage by Bataille. Bataille maintains the clinch.
Soliman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bataille prevents Soliman from breaking the clinch.
Bataille just leaning against Soliman, taking a breather.
Soliman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille displaying some good clinch control by pressing Soliman up against the cage.
Bataille crunches a lovely knee into Soliman's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soliman takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bataille throws an elbow but misses.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
Bataille throws an elbow that misses.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Bataille stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bataille tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soliman avoids it.
Bataille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Soliman tries to throw a body punch but Bataille avoids it by throwing Soliman back against the cage.
Bataille trying to land knees to the body.
Soliman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bataille walks away with a smile on his face. Soliman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Soliman throws out a loose jab but Bataille uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Soliman or perhaps it was just good defense by Bataille which made him look bad.
Georges Bataille has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lawrence Soliman.
Nice jab there from Bataille.
Bataille slips a straight right by Soliman.
Soliman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bataille can pounce on him.

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.
Bataille throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Soliman's head.
Soliman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bataille counters with a slapping leg kick.

Bataille closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Bataille.
Soliman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bataille lands a nice elbow.
Bataille lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
Bataille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that Soliman shrugs off.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Soliman takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawrence Soliman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Soliman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bataille.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille has Soliman pressed against the cage.
Soliman is trying to break the clinch but Bataille is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Georges Bataille showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bataille has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges Bataille!