PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois La Poulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Poulet has chosen "chicken dance" song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brigante
vs
La Poulet

182 cm
27
197 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
29
192 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois La Poulet!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Poulet throws a lazy head kick

so Brigante counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Brigante preventing the sweep.
La Poulet is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brigante landing some decent shots from guard.
La Poulet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brigante.
Brigante won't allow La Poulet to sweep him here.
Brigante pushes down on La Poulet's leg and manages to get into half guard.
La Poulet manages to get to full guard.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
La Poulet trying to keep a closed guard but Brigante is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante distracts La Poulet with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brigante stands up over La Poulet, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Brigante scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brigante tries to free his leg and advance position but La Poulet is retaining full guard.
Brigante slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brigante lands a nice short elbow.
Brigante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brigante looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brigante tries to pass to full mount but La Poulet defends it.
Brigante drops an elbow to the side of La Poulet's head.
Brigante is stalling here. La Poulet is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Brigante seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and La Poulet has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
La Poulet wants to control but Brigante is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante throws up a few punches.
Brigante is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brigante gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
La Poulet looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
La Poulet wants to get back to his feet.
La Poulet tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brigante knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brigante gets back to full guard.

Brigante has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. La Poulet is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Brigante.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante is looking to regain half guard here but La Poulet keeps moving and retains side control.
Brigante is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked La Poulet off and has taken his back!

Brigante tightening his grip on La Poulet, looking for the choke.

Brigante is persistently looking for the submission but La Poulet is defending it well.
You can see the frustration on La Poulet's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
La Poulet punching from the bottom.
La Poulet regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Brigante.
Brigante won't allow La Poulet to sweep him here.
La Poulet avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brigante passes La Poulet's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Brigante is working for a kimura but La Poulet is defending it quite comfortably.
Brigante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Brigante dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

La Poulet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick by Brigante misses
and La Poulet counters with an inside leg kick.
La Poulet throws a nice looking combination but Brigante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Poulet thows a body shot but no joy.
La Poulet throws a lazy head kick
and Brigante counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps La Poulet thinking.

Brigante throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. La Poulet was covering up waiting for the punch and Brigante finishes the takedown easily into guard.
La Poulet is trying to control the position but Brigante postures up.
Brigante with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
La Poulet working a defensive guard here.
La Poulet wants to stand up but Brigante is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
La Poulet tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brigante postures up and lands a big shot to La Poulet's brow.
Brigante postures up in La Poulet's guard and throws a big left but La Poulet blocks it.
Charles Brigante overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brigante slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brigante working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
La Poulet taking some punishment here, with Brigante in his half guard.
La Poulet has a hand on Brigante's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Brigante takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
La Poulet takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
La Poulet is breathing heavily.
Brigante cracks La Poulet with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Francois La Poulet has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brigante landing strikes, looking to finish!

La Poulet is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Brigante's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Brigante!