PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pierce Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PierreLuc Beaulieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beaulieu is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Disturbed, Indestructible. The key to victory for Pierce Russell has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Russell
vs
Beaulieu

176 cm
19
167 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
162 lbs
3 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierce Russell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, PierreLuc Beaulieu!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell misses with a jab, cross combination.

Russell gets tackled into the ropes by Beaulieu. Beaulieu maintains the clinch.
Beaulieu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beaulieu throws an elbow that misses.
Beaulieu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Russell on the inside.
Beaulieu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beaulieu misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Russell.
Russell takes an elbow to the temple.

Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Russell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beaulieu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Russell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Russell.
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
Russell throws a nice looking combination but Beaulieu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but Russell moves out of range.
Russell lands a really nice looking cross but Beaulieu seems unphased.
A shot to the liver by Russell. Beautiful body shot.
Russell keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell feints a jab promting Beaulieu to slip. Russell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Beaulieu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but Russell is having none of it.
Beaulieu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Russell.
Beaulieu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Russell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up but Russell circles away and keeps his distance.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up.
Beaulieu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Russell lands with a hook. Beaulieu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Russell throws a nice looking combination but Beaulieu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Russell throws a nice looking combination but Beaulieu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beaulieu wants to clinch up but Russell keeps it at a distance.
Beaulieu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Russell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell connects with a nice looking jab.
Decent striking displayed by Russell there.
Russell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beaulieu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Russell misses with a few strikes there.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Russell sizes up Beaulieu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beaulieu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beaulieu is looking to clinch but Russell is avoiding it.
Russell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beaulieu in his tracks.
Beaulieu throws a right and a left that Russell avoids nicely.
Beaulieu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Russell.
Russell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Russell both land. Nice combination.
Russell just misses with a punch to the body.
Russell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Beaulieu drops his hands momentarily and Russell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Russell throws a shot to the body.
Beaulieu slips a jab and a cross from Russell.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Russell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Russell lands.
Russell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Russell throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Beaulieu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Russell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Russell pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Beaulieu back to the ropes. Russell follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Russell misses with a two punch combination.
Beaulieu wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Russell cracks Beaulieu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Russell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Beaulieu darts in and clinches Russell up against the ropes.
Beaulieu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Beaulieu is trying to stall.
Russell avoids the elbow strike from Beaulieu, against the ropes.
Russell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Russell presses Beaulieu against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Russell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beaulieu backwards.
Beaulieu takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Beaulieu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Russell's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beaulieu.
Russell lands a left hand.
Beaulieu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Russell.
Russell lands with a left to the head.
Russell lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierce Russell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A lazy left from Russell finds it's target.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up but Russell circles away and keeps his distance.
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu dodges the punch combination from Russell.
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
Good standup being displayed there by Russell as he connects with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Russell.

Beaulieu rushes Russell and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Beaulieu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Russell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beaulieu or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell lands with a right to the head.
Beaulieu will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Russell up against the ropes.
Beaulieu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beaulieu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Russell avoids the elbow strike from Beaulieu, against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Beaulieu pushes off an throws an elbow but Russell leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but Russell is having none of it.
Beaulieu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beaulieu tries to close the distance and clinch but Russell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Russell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Russell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Russell lands a jab to Beaulieu's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Russell.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beaulieu is breathing heavily.
Russell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beaulieu's hands.
Russell lands a jab to the nose.
Russell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beaulieu.
Russell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beaulieu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Russell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beaulieu's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beaulieu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Russell jabs at Beaulieu's body.
Beaulieu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Beaulieu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Russell scores with a hook.
Russell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pierce Russell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beaulieu's hands.
Russell looks to land a combination but Beaulieu avoids it well.
Beaulieu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice shot by Russell.
A lazy left from Russell finds it's target.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Russell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beaulieu wants to clinch.
Russell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beaulieu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Russell looks to land a combination. Beaulieu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Beaulieu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A lazy left from Russell finds it's target.
Russell throws a series of punches but Beaulieu avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell throws a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Russell.
Beaulieu needs to keep his hands up - Russell had a free shot at his head there.
A lazy left from Russell finds it's target.
Beaulieu walks into a stiff left hand from Russell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beaulieu wants to clinch up but Russell keeps it at a distance.
Russell closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Russell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russell.
Beaulieu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pierce Russell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Russell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beaulieu.
Russell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulieu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierce Russell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Russell connects with a right hand. Beaulieu shakes it off.
Russell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beaulieu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Russell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beaulieu. Beaulieu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beaulieu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Russell.
Beaulieu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beaulieu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Russell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beaulieu scrambles back to his feet.
Russell misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Russell.
Russell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Beaulieu defending well as Russell loads up on a big left hand.
Beaulieu is looking to clinch.
Russell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Russell is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell misses with a series of wild punches.
Russell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Russell scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from Russell misses.
Russell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beaulieu can do to turn this around?
Russell lands with a shot to the body.
Russell scores with a body shot.
Beaulieu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Russell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Russell lands.
Beaulieu tries to clinch but Russell moves out of range.
Russell scores with a nice head shot.
Russell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Beaulieu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beaulieu doesn't manage to clinch there - Russell circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu is looking to clinch but Russell is avoiding it.
Russell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Russell misses with a double jab

and Beaulieu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Beaulieu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Russell on the inside.
Beaulieu lands an elbow inside.
Beaulieu throws an elbow that misses.
Russell misses with the head strike.
Russell is trying to force a seperation but Beaulieu has the dominant position.
Beaulieu misses with a knee to the head.
Beaulieu tries a knee to the head but Russell blocks it.
Beaulieu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beaulieu takes a shot to the head.
Russell swings wildly with an uppercut but Beaulieu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beaulieu is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Beaulieu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Russell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Russell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Beaulieu throws an elbow but misses.
Russell misses with the head strike.
PierreLuc Beaulieu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell digs a right hand into Beaulieu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beaulieu's gas tank.

Russell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Russell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Beaulieu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Russell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beaulieu at a distance.
Russell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Russell digs a good hook to Beaulieu's body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Russell.
Russell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Beaulieu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Russell lands a lovely overhand right.
Russell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Russell's corner calls for a 1-2. Russell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Russell pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Beaulieu back to the ropes. Russell follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Russell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beaulieu's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russell jabs Beaulieu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Russell catches Beaulieu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beaulieu walks into a straight right hand from Russell.
Beaulieu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pierce Russell is winning the standup battle so far.
Beaulieu tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Russell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Russell.
Beaulieu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Russell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beaulieu misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Russell scores with a nice strike.
A jab lands there for Russell.
Pierce Russell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot to the liver by Russell. Beautiful body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierce Russell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Russell 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 Alec Ball scores the fight for Pierce Russell!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Pierce Russell!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Pierce Russell!

Pierce Russell wins by unanimous decision!