PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Woodhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Couture is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Fedor Couture has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Couture
vs
Woodhouse

200 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fedor Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert Woodhouse!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Woodhouse gets a takedown into half guard.
Couture is breathing heavily.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Woodhouse is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Woodhouse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Woodhouse wants to lay and pray for a moment but Couture keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Couture taking some punishment here, with Woodhouse in his half guard.
Couture taking some punishment here, with Woodhouse in his half guard.

Couture actively working from the bottom here.
Woodhouse passes to side control.
Couture might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woodhouse scores with punches from side control.
Woodhouse looks up at the clock and then as Couture takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Woodhouse smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Woodhouse is putting a hurting on Couture here, landing some big shots from side control.
Couture could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Woodhouse tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Woodhouse controls the position.
Woodhouse lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture is looking for a sweep.

Woodhouse looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Woodhouse grinds an elbow into Couture's temple.
Couture taking a bit of punishment here - Woodhouse scoring with strikes.
Woodhouse lands a decent elbow from side control.
Woodhouse happy to just control the position for now.
Woodhouse working the head and body with strikes.
Woodhouse scores with a couple of short elbows.
Woodhouse cracks Couture with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Woodhouse tries for a kimura but Couture is defending well.
Couture taking a bit of punishment here - Woodhouse scoring with strikes.
Couture is not content to let Woodhouse control the position.
Woodhouse is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse is looking to take a break and control but Couture is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Woodhouse is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Couture has escaped the position, nice work there.
Woodhouse working the ground and pound.
Woodhouse advances to mount.
Couture is wriggling around trying to escape.
Woodhouse fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Woodhouse postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Couture looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Couture that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Couture sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Woodhouse there.
Woodhouse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Woodhouse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Woodhouse 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.
Woodhouse working Couture over with strikes.

Woodhouse is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Couture sees it coming and defends easily.

Couture looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Woodhouse winds up and cracks Couture with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Woodhouse landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Woodhouse wants to take a breather but Couture is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Couture gets back to full guard.
Woodhouse with a nice head shot there.
Woodhouse trying to control the position from guard on top but Couture is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Woodhouse's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Woodhouse wanted to stand there but Couture had control of the position.

Couture is working an open guard so Woodhouse takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Couture gets a takedown into half guard.

Woodhouse makes his way to full guard, as Couture worked for a kimura.
Woodhouse trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Woodhouse wriggles free and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Woodhouse shoots in and gets a takedown into Couture's guard.
Woodhouse passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Woodhouse in side control lands a decent elbow.
Woodhouse working the ground and pound from side control.
Woodhouse working the ground and pound.
Woodhouse working the ground and pound.
Woodhouse trying to control the action but Couture is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Woodhouse landing strikes.
Woodhouse passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Couture!
Woodhouse in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Woodhouse has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Woodhouse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Woodhouse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Couture is looking to escape.
Couture tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodhouse dominating with strikes here.
Woodhouse unloading with bombs!
Couture is in all sorts of trouble here.
Woodhouse connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Robert Woodhouse has got the better of the ground game so far.
Woodhouse lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Woodhouse.
Couture in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Woodhouse trying to control but Couture is having none of it.
Woodhouse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Woodhouse is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Couture can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Woodhouse is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Couture can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Woodhouse cracks Couture with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Couture is in a horrible position here. Woodhouse smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Woodhouse landing strikes from the mount and Couture is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture working to try and regain half guard.
Woodhouse has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Couture's face.
Woodhouse lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Couture hang on?
Woodhouse is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Couture can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Couture is squirming around, avoiding Woodhouse's attempts to control the action.
Couture taking shots to the head.
Woodhouse lands a heavy elbow.
Woodhouse raining down shots from the mount!
Couture is desperately trying to improve his position but Woodhouse has a good base and remains in mount.
Couture is squirming around, avoiding Woodhouse's attempts to control the action.
Couture really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Woodhouse is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Couture can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Woodhouse takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Woodhouse looking to finish Couture with some ground and pound. This is bad for Couture!
Couture can't escape the position.
Woodhouse lands a big elbow.
Couture tries to reverse the position but Woodhouse maintains control.
Couture is working hard here to advance position.
Couture regains half guard.

Woodhouse is working for a kimura but Couture is defending it quite comfortably.

Woodhouse is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Couture has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Couture looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Woodhouse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Couture looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Woodhouse seems to be working for a kimura but Couture defends the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woodhouse scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Couture is staying active underneath Woodhouse, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Woodhouse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Woodhouse drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Couture is trying to improve his position.
Couture is working to avoid the ground and pound but Woodhouse connects with a decent elbow.
Woodhouse working the head and body with strikes.

Woodhouse working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Woodhouse scores with punches from side control.
Couture is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Couture takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Woodhouse lands a nice forearm strike.
Woodhouse just content to control the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Couture tries to bench press Woodhouse off him but Woodhouse keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A lull in the action here as Woodhouse stalls from top position.
Woodhouse is chipping away with strikes.
Couture tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Woodhouse connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Couture some visible discomfort.
Woodhouse landing a few strikes.

Woodhouse stands up.

Woodhouse gets a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Couture looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Couture pushes Woodhouse off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Woodhouse shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Couture actively working from the bottom here.
Couture is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woodhouse scores with a couple of nice shots.

Couture actively working from the bottom here.
Woodhouse seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Couture does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Couture looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Woodhouse trying to control from half guard but Couture is working away.

Couture looking for submissions off his back.
Couture has hold of Woodhouse's hands but Woodhouse slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Couture wants to improve his position but Woodhouse is controlling well.

Couture looking for submissions off his back.
Woodhouse 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.
Woodhouse landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Woodhouse stands up out of the half guard.

Woodhouse shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Woodhouse showed some decent athleticism there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woodhouse is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Woodhouse looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Woodhouse controlling the pace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Woodhouse thows a huge punch but Couture dodges it nicely.

Couture looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Woodhouse wants to control but Couture is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Woodhouse works his way into full mount!
Fedor Couture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robert Woodhouse is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Woodhouse lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Woodhouse comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Woodhouse has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Woodhouse!
Robert Woodhouse decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.