PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Grand Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Louis
vs
Grand Jacques

185 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilbert Grand Jacques!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Louis throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Grand Jacques tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Louis is in Grand Jacques's guard.
Grand Jacques working a defensive guard here.
Louis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Louis wants to control from the top but Grand Jacques keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Louis gets tackled into the cage by Grand Jacques. Grand Jacques maintains the clinch.

Grand Jacques breaks the clinch.
Grand Jacques tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louis shoots in but Grand Jacques avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grand Jacques is looking to clinch but Louis is avoiding it.

Louis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Louis lands in his opponent's guard.
Louis prevents Grand Jacques from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grand Jacques can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Louis controls the pace.
Louis wants to pass the guard but Grand Jacques is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Louis trying to control but Grand Jacques is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ray Louis.

Louis shoots in and bounces Grand Jacques off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Louis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis works over Grand Jacques with some ground and pound from guard.
Louis looking to pass the guard.
Louisis looking to pass into half guard but Grand Jacques pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Grand Jacques is in guard.
Grand Jacques wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Louis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Louis content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Louis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Louis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Grand Jacques has hold of Louis's hands but Louis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Louis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Grand Jacques regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Louis.
Louis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grand Jacques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Louis is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Louis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Louis advances position into side control!
Grand Jacques looks gassed!
Check out the look on Louis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Louis controlling from side mount.

Louis decides to stand up, so the ref orders Grand Jacques to his feet.

Louis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Grand Jacques was covering up waiting for the punch and Louis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Louis dominated that round.
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.

Grand Jacques blocks a head kick by Louis.

Louis shoots in and gets a takedown into Grand Jacques's guard.
Louis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Grand Jacques is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Louis is controlling him.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
Louis wants to control from the top but Grand Jacques keeps moving.
Grand Jacques is breathing heavily.
Louis controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Ray Louis has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Louis gets a takedown into half guard.
Louis takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Louis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Louis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ray Louis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Louis controlling the action here.
Louis throwing shots but Grand Jacques is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis is nestled in close to Grand Jacques, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Louis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Grand Jacques missing with punches from the bottom.
Louis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Louis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Louis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Louis stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louis lands a nice short elbow.
Louis controlling the pace.
Louis's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Louis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Well, if Louis 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.
Louis working over Grand Jacques with some ground and pound. Grand Jacques looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Louis 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Louis working over Grand Jacques with some ground and pound. Grand Jacques looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Louis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Louis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Louis controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Louis dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Louis throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Grand Jacques tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Louis is in Grand Jacques's guard.
Louis controlling from the top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Louis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Louis controlling from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ray Louis wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Louis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Grand Jacques is trying to defend but Louis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Grand Jacques takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grand Jacques wants to get back to full guard.
Louis controlling the pace.
Louis working the head and body with strikes.

Louis gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Ray Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Louis moves into the clinch.

Louis gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Louis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grand Jacques can do to turn this around?
Louis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Louis not doing much here.
Louis passes to side control.
Grand Jacques taking a bit of punishment here - Louis scoring with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Gilbert Grand Jacques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Louis happy to just control the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ray Louis wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Grand Jacques throws a sloppy head kick and Louis moves out of range easily.

Louis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grand Jacques's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Louis stands up from half guard.

Louis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Louis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Louis with the ground and pound from mount.
Louis controlling from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis lands a big shot there that rocks Grand Jacques but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Louis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:25
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Louis!