PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucian Bute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Terror (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Terror has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bute
vs
Terror

175 cm
26
163 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
160 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucian Bute!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonny Terror!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bute ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Terror moves away.
Nice defenses there by Bute.
Bute throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bute wants to clinch.

Terror gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Terror preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bute 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.
Terror is trying to keep Bute in close.
Terror controlling the position.
Terror keeping moving, preventing Bute from controlling successfully.
Terror controlling Bute's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bute trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jonny Terror wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bute misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Terror walks into a straight right hand from Bute.
Bute throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terror misses the jab.
Bute misses with a wild body shot.

Bute scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Terror trying to control but Bute postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bute seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Terror does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Terror tries to get to full guard but Bute has control of the leg.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Terror can do anything to dispel that myth.
Terror keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bute is trying to control the action in half guard but Terror is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Lucian Bute has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bute misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bute scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Terror is pressing down on Bute's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bute stopping the sweep attempt from Terror.
Terror lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bute!
Bute is in a horrible position here. Terror smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Terror looking to land elbow strikes but Bute uses the position to regain half guard.
Terror lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bute wants to control but Terror is keeping busy.
Well, if Terror is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Bute tries to roll over but Terror keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Terror is keen to just control but Bute is a slippery customer.
Bute is trying to get back to full guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Terror scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bute avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Terror.
Terror thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bute's head.
Bute trying to hold on to Terror's head to control him but Terror postures up.
Terror is looking to stall here but Bute recovers full guard.
Terror trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Bute dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Terror shoots and misses

and Bute counters with a takedown into side control.
Terror misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Terror is trying to control Bute's posture but Bute avoids it.

Bute tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bute has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Terror is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Terror is staying active underneath Bute, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Bute is working for a submission of some sort.
Terror keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Bute is trying to control. Terror wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terror landing rabbit punches to the side of Bute's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Bute trying to pass the guard but Terror defending well.
Terror keeping hold of Bute's head, controlling as best he can.
Bute sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Terror defending well though.
Terror is looking for a sweep. Bute is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Terror is trying to control but can't.

Bute is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bute missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two 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.
Terror gets back to full guard.
Terror is controlling Bute's posture.
Bute looking to pass the guard.
Lucian Bute overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bute trying to control but Terror is working from the bottom.
Terror wants to sweep but no luck.

We're going to have a standup here because Lucian Bute wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bute misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bute throws a jab but it's blocked by Terror.
Bute connects with the punch.
Bute throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terror misses with a looping right.
Terror tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bute looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Terror.
Terror misses with a takedown attempt - Bute sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bute throws a hook to the side of Terror's head but Terror sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Terror throws a looping overhand right but Bute ducks down to avoid it.
Bute looks to score with a jab to the body but Terror is just out of range.
Terror cracks Bute with a good jab.
Lucian Bute seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Bute throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Terror misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bute lands a slapping body shot.
Terror tries to clinch there but Bute circles away.
Bute looks to throw the jab but Terror is out of range.
A jab lands there for Bute.
Terror doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Bute counters with a nice double leg into side control. Terror won't be happy with that.
Lucian Bute has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Terror.
Bute wants to control but Terror is keeping him busy.
Terror is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Bute dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Terror tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bute counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Terror!
Bute looking to control but Terror is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Terror is working to get back to half guard.
Terror is squirming around, avoiding Bute's attempts to control the action.

Bute is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Terror has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Terror tries to hold on but Bute postures up.
Bute scoring with strikes but Terror is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terror tries to reverse the position but Bute maintains control.
Bute avoids the attempt from Terror to control.
Bute takes Terror's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.

Bute is persistently looking for the submission but Terror is defending it well.

Bute working for a choke but Terror is defending well.
Bute somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Terror tries to escape the position.
Terror just trying to survive but Bute is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Lucian Bute is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bute doesn't have the hooks in and Terror manages to turn into his guard.
Bute avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Terror loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Terror trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Terror pushes down on Bute's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bute is trying to stand back up but Terror is controlling him
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Terror seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bute does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bute pushes Terror off looking to stand but Terror dives back in and keeps control.
Terror with the ground and pound but Bute uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terror trying to control the position from guard on top but Bute is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Terror throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Terror throws and elbow that misses. Bute uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Terror's guard. Nice move by Bute!
Terror lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bute!
Terror with the ground and pound from mount.
Terror raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Terror cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bute is squirming around, avoiding Terror's attempts to control the action.
Terror thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
A nice elbow there by Terror.
Terror landing strikes, looking to finish!
Terror unloads with some shots from mount but Bute bucks and avoids them well.
Terror trying to control but Bute is having none of it.
Terror scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Terror comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bute 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucian Bute!