PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between derek Sherinian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rene Descartes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sherinian
vs
Descartes

153 cm
24
134 lbs
3 - 4 - 1

165 cm
23
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, derek Sherinian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rene Descartes!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Descartes tries a head kick but it misses.
Descartes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sherinian fails to land the takedown.
Sherinian shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Descartes as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for derek Sherinian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sherinian fails with the takedown.
Sherinian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Descartes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Descartes manages to break the clinch.
Sherinian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Descartes circles away.

Descartes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sherinian can't get the takedown.
Sherinian goes for a takedown in the clinch but Descartes prevents it.
Descartes prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherinian wants a takedown.
Descartes prevents the takedown attempt.
Sherinian tries for a takedown but Descartes manages to get underhooks.
Sherinian is breathing heavily.
Sherinian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Descartes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rene Descartes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sherinian fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Descartes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sherinian throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Descartes is in close to Sherinian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sherinian can't keep his opponent in guard - Descartes advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Descartes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Descartes has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Descartes lands a big shot there that rocks Sherinian but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Descartes looking to secure an arm triangle but Sherinian defends it well.
Sherinian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sherinian wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Descartes biding his time, controlling Sherinian.
Sherinian manages to reverse the position and now he's in Descartes's guard. Nice work there by Sherinian.

Descartes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sherinian defends it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Descartes pulls Sherinian in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sherinian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Descartes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sherinian.
Sherinian is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sherinian postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Descartes wants to stand and escape but Sherinian is having none of it.
Descartes is pulling down on Sherinian's head to control his posture.
Sherinian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sherinian tries to free his leg and advance position but Descartes is retaining full guard.
Sherinian lands a couple of digs.
Descartes wants to sweep here but Sherinian controlling him for the moment.
Sherinian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sherinian preventing the sweep.
Sherinian throws a strike but Descartes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Descartes stopping the sweep attempt from Sherinian.
Sherinian trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sherinian tries for a takedown but Descartes circles away easily

and Descartes counters by clinching up.
Sherinian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Descartes pulls his leg out and moves away.

Descartes moves into the clinch.
Descartes gets underhooks to prevent Sherinian's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for derek Sherinian. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Descartes manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sherinian landing some decent shots from guard.
Sherinian won't allow Descartes to get back to his feet.
Sherinian throws a strike but Descartes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Descartes trying to control but Sherinian is working from the bottom.
Sherinian striking off his back but it's not causing Descartes any problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Descartes postures up.
Descartes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Descartes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Sherinian looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Descartes passes Sherinian's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sherinian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Descartes on the ground.
Descartes moves into full mount! Sherinian won't be happy about that!
Sherinian tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Descartes stands up from mount. Strange move.
Descartes with a poor takedown

and Sherinian counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Descartes!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Descartes wants to control but Sherinian is having none of it.
Sherinian throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
A nice elbow there by Sherinian.
Descartes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sherinian throws a sloppy strike and Descartes uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Descartes has ended up in Sherinian's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sherinian keeping moving, preventing Descartes from controlling successfully.

Sherinian looking for subs off his back but Descartes has passed one foot through into half guard.
Descartes working over Sherinian with some ground and pound. Sherinian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sherinian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sherinian tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherinian misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sherinian is trying to control but Descartes passes into side control!
Descartes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sherinian keeps working.

Descartes has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Descartes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Descartes clinches.
Sherinian is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Descartes pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Descartes has hold of one of Sherinian's legs. Sherinian is fighting the takedown attempt but Descartes gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Descartes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sherinian's guard.
Descartes seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sherinian wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherinian wants to control but Descartes is keeping busy.
Sherinian is trying to get back to full guard.
Descartes working Sherinian over with strikes.
Descartes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sherinian landing a few short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Descartes trying to control from half guard but Sherinian is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rene Descartes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Descartes closes the distance and pushes Sherinian back into the cage.

Sherinian gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Sherinian looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Descartes regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sherinian.
Descartes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Descartes lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sherinian!
Descartes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherinian throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.
Descartes is landing with strikes from the back.
Sherinian is covering up but some of the strikes from Descartes are getting through and doing damage.
Sherinian wants to control his opponent's hands but Descartes gets his hands free.
Descartes controlling well, preventing Sherinian from escaping the position.
A lull in the action here.
Sherinian tries to roll but Descartes sticks to his back.
Sherinian trying to control the hands but Descartes won't let him.
Sherinian wants to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Descartes lands strikes to the head.
Descartes trying to control momentarily.
Sherinian is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Descartes gets his hands free as Sherinian looks to control.
Sherinian rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Descartes is looking to take a break and control but Sherinian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sherinian scores with a few weak punches.
Descartes controlling the action here.
Sherinian throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Descartes is looking to advance position but Sherinian won't allow it.

Descartes decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Descartes lands a head kick!
Sherinian tries for a takedown but Descartes circles away easily

and Descartes counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rene Descartes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Descartes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sherinian's head.
Descartes advances position into side control!
Sherinian can't do much from the bottom here.

Descartes decides to stand back up. Descartes steps back and let's Sherinian get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherinian shoots and misses

and Descartes decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sherinian's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sherinian is looking to sweep but instead, Descartes has passed into half guard.
Descartes passes into side control, despite Sherinian's attempt to control the position.
Descartes blocks the strikes from Sherinian.
Descartes taking a breather here.
Sherinian is trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Descartes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sherinian knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
derek Sherinian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rene Descartes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Descartes avoids the strikes from the bottom by Sherinian.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rene Descartes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Descartes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rene Descartes!