PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demers Cloutier Joey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JD Stylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Cloutier Joey
vs
Stylo

173 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Demers Cloutier Joey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JD Stylo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stylo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Joey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stylo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stylo can't break the clinch.
Joey leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stylo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stylo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stylo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stylo wants to break free but Joey has control.
Joey looking to stall.
Joey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stylo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stylo working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Stylo.
Stylo has had enough of the clinch but Joey keeps him there for the moment.
Stylo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joey has him pressed against the cage.

Joey breaks the clinch.
Stylo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Joey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stylo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Joey closes the distance and clinches.
Joey lands a nice shot to the body.
Joey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stylo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joey has him pressed against the cage.

Joey manages to break the clinch.

Joey feints and as Stylo raises his hands in defense, Joey changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stylo is pulling down on Joey's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stylo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Joey wants to control from the top but Stylo keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joey would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stylo wants to stand but Joey is controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Joey avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Stylo misses.
Joey lands a nice looking body kick.
JD Stylo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joey explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stylo looks to land a combination but Joey avoids it well.
Stylo looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stylo.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Joey.
Joey trying to control the action but Stylo is working from the bottom.

Joey decides to stand back up.
Joey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stylo as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demers Cloutier Joey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Joey clinches up against the cage.

Joey breaks from the clinch.
Joey fails to land the takedown.
Stylo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stylo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Stylo throws a nice looking combination but Joey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stylo looks to land a combination but Joey avoids it well.

Joey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Stylo wriggles free and stands up.
Joey throws a sloppy head kick and Stylo moves out of range easily.
Stylo fails to land with a series of punches.
Stylo throws a series of punches but Joey moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stylo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stylo throws a nice looking combination but Joey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stylo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joey.
Joey has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from Joey. No joy for Stylo on that attempt.

Joey feints and as Stylo raises his hands in defense, Joey changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joey looking to sit in guard and control but Stylo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demers Cloutier Joey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Joey looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Joey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stylo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stylo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Joey looking to stall.

Stylo manages to break the clinch.
Stylo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Stylo takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Stylo scores with a takedown into Joey's guard.

Joey throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stylo preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stylo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joey wants to sweep here but Stylo controlling him for the moment.
Joey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Joey throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Joey wants to get back to his feet but Stylo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Joey is trying to control the position but Stylo postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stylo fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Joey or perhaps it was just good defense by Stylo which made him look bad.
Stylo wants to clinch up but Joey keeps it at a distance.

Joey shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Joey showed some decent athleticism there.
Joey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Joey working Stylo over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stylo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Joey.
Joey thows a huge punch but Stylo dodges it nicely.

Joey stands up out of the half guard.
Stylo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Joey counters with a one-two to the body.
Joey throws a head kick that half lands.

Stylo is rocked!

It looks like JD Stylo has been cut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Joey.
Joey trying to control the position but Stylo is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joey working away.

Stylo sneaks out the side door and pushes Joey away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Stylo misses.

Joey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Joey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Demers Cloutier Joey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joey is stalling here but it's allowed Stylo to get half guard.
Joey trying to control from half guard but Stylo is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Stylo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demers Cloutier Joey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JD Stylo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Stylo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Joey counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stylo won't be happy with that.
Joey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stylo keeps working.

Joey goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Stylo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Joey's guard! Nice work there by Stylo!
Joey controls Stylo momentarily but Stylo frees himself.

Stylo gets to his feet - Joey follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Stylo drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joey working a defensive guard here.
Joey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stylo's guard.
Joey trying to control but Stylo is working from the bottom.
Joey tries to free his leg and advance position but Stylo is retaining full guard.
Joey is working hard here to advance position.
Stylo wants to sweep here but Joey controlling him for the moment.
Joey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stylo is keeping the position for now.
JD Stylo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Joey trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Stylo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Joey wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Stylo manages to pass to side control.
Joey makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Joey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Joey looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Joey wants to hit a switch here but Stylo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Joey there!
Stylo controlling the position easily from mount.
Stylo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Joey hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Joey wants to hold on but Stylo pushes him away.
Joey is trying desperately to improve position.

Stylo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Joey manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Joey struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to JD Stylo.
Well Joey 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demers Cloutier Joey!