PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Beauvais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CJ Longlee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Scott Beauvais has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Beauvais
vs
Longlee

175 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

174 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Beauvais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, CJ Longlee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beauvais tries to clinch up

and Longlee counters by moving into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Longlee avoiding damage.

Longlee successfully pulls guard.
Beauvais wants to control from the top but Longlee keeps moving.
Longlee controlling Beauvais's posture.
Beauvais wants to stand but Longlee is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longlee is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Longlee keeping moving, preventing Beauvais from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Scott Beauvais just wasn't active enough.
Longlee misses with a hook
and Beauvais counters with a stiff right hand.

Beauvais gets tackled into the cage by Longlee. Longlee maintains the clinch.

Longlee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beauvais doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Longlee counters with a shoot takedown. Beauvais fights it but they end up in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Longlee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beauvais keeping moving, preventing Longlee from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longlee wants to stand but Beauvais has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Longlee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beauvais is keeping the position for now.
Beauvais is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Longlee slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. CJ Longlee wasn't active enough on the ground.
Beauvais stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beauvais wants it to stay on the feet.
Beauvais throws out a leg kick but Longlee moves out of range and Beauvais only half commits.

Longlee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Longlee is controlling the pace.
Longlee prevents Beauvais from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Longlee decides to stand up.
Longlee moves in looking to clinch but Beauvais pushes him off.
Longlee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Beauvais.
Beauvais misses with a head kick.
Longlee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Beauvais shoots in looking for a takedown. Longlee tries to sprawl out of it but Beauvais keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Longlee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Beauvais. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Longlee drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Longlee 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.

Beauvais takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Beauvais scores with a body shot.

Longlee clinches up against the cage.
Longlee tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Longlee is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Longlee manages to break the clinch.
Longlee shoots in looking for a takedown but Beauvais manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Longlee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Scott Beauvais has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of CJ Longlee.
Longlee misses with a jab to the body
and Beauvais counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Beauvais is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Longlee shoots in for a double leg but Beauvais sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Longlee is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Beauvais. That snapped Longlee's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beauvais tries to close the distance and clinch but Longlee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beauvais tries for a takedown but Longlee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Beauvais closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Longlee did well to prevent Beauvais getting side control.
Longlee is looking to get back to is feet but Beauvais passes into side control.
Longlee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beauvais tries to stand but Longlee is controlling his head.
Longlee stops Beauvais from passing to mount.
Longlee manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beauvais wants to control but Longlee is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Beauvais looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Beauvais is trying to maintain the position but Longlee is very close to passing his half guard.

Longlee seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Beauvais has recovered full guard.
Longlee looking to sit in guard and control but Beauvais gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Beauvais decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Longlee, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beauvais throws a good cross that connects.
Longlee swats away the attempt to clinch by Beauvais.
Beauvais is looking to clinch.
Beauvais dives in and grabs Longlee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Longlee pushes down on Beauvais's head and hops out.
Longlee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Beauvais.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Longlee.
Beauvais lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beauvais throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beauvais tries to clinch up.
Danga de danga de dang - Beauvais scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Longlee shoots in for a double leg but Beauvais sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Beauvais tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Longlee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beauvais is looking to land body kicks.
Beauvais tries a head kick but it misses.
Beauvais lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beauvais misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beauvais shoots in looking for a takedown. Longlee tries to sprawl out of it but Beauvais keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Longlee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Beauvais with a poor takedown

and Longlee counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Beauvais!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Beauvais dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Longlee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beauvais as he jumps to the side.
Beauvais throws a sloppy head kick and Longlee moves out of range easily.
Beauvais tries to clinch up but Longlee circles away and keeps his distance.
Longlee throws a body punch but Beauvais moves out of range.
Longlee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Longlee decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Longlee controlling the pace.

Longlee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Longlee seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Beauvais does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Longlee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longlee missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Longlee seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Beauvais is defending against the submission attempts here by Longlee.
Beauvais wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longlee trying to control from Beauvais's half guard. Beauvais has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Beauvais is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Longlee is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longlee trying to control but Beauvais is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Beauvais is looking to stand up but Longlee isn't so interested in that idea.
Longlee tries to free his leg and advance position but Beauvais is retaining full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. CJ Longlee was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Beauvais lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beauvais lands a two punch combo.
Beauvais jabs Longlee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good exchange - Beauvais coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Beauvais.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beauvais wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beauvais tries to clinch up.
Beauvais feints a jab promting Longlee to slip. Beauvais then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Longlee slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Longlee swats away the attempt to clinch by Beauvais.
Beauvais tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Longlee keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beauvais pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Longlee moves out of range of the body kick from Beauvais.
Longlee is looking to clinch but Beauvais is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Beauvais showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beauvais has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Beauvais!
An out of breath and clearly excited Scott Beauvais thanked Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).