PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Gaudet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Futter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Gaudet
vs
Futter

200 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

The Drug Store
The Drug Store

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Gaudet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Buck Futter!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Futter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gaudet slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gaudet could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Gaudet has Futter up against the cage in a clinch.
Gaudet misses with a knee to the head.

Futter has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gaudet is trying to keep an underhook but Futter manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Futter wants to pass the guard but Gaudet is defending well.
Futter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Futter landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Gaudet is rocked!
Gaudet is looking for a sweep. Futter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Futter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gaudet wants to get back to his feet.
Futter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Futter throws a strike but Gaudet avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Futter wants to pass the guard but Gaudet is keeping the position.
Gaudet utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Futter thows a big elbow that misses.
Futter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Futter does no damage.
Futter shoots in looking for a takedown. Gaudet tries to sprawl out of it but Futter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gaudet manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Futter works over Gaudet's head and body with a nice combination.
Gaudet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gaudet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Futter staying out of range there.

Futter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Futter scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Futter looks gassed!
Futter takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Futter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gaudet wants to get back to his feet.
Gaudet on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gaudet tries to get out of the position.
Gaudet taking some punishment here, with Futter in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Futter there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaudet is controlling Futter's trapped leg to prevent Futter from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futter misses with a head shot. Gaudet uses the momentum to regain guard.
Futter keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gaudet's head.
Futter prevents Gaudet from getting back to his feet.
Gaudet keeping full guard, as Futter tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Futter won't allow Gaudet to get back to his feet.

Gaudet has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Futter off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Gaudet fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Futter checks a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gaudet lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Futter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Futter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Gaudet has Futter up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Gaudet.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gaudet tries a knee to the head but Futter blocks it.

Gaudet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Futter misses with a two punch combination.
Gaudet tries to bum rush Futter with a series of wild strikes but Futter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Gaudet has Futter up against the cage in a clinch.
Gaudet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Futter has him pressed against the cage.
Gaudet taking a breather.
Futter changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gaudet fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gaudet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Futter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaudet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Futter thuds a left hand into Gaudet's body.
Gaudet moves in looking to clinch but Futter pushes him off.

Gaudet looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaudet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gaudet prevents Futter from improving his position.
Futter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gaudet won't allow Futter to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Futter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buck Futter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gaudet is looking to clinch but Futter is avoiding it.
Futter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gaudet doesn't manage to clinch there - Futter circles away.
Futter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gaudet tries to clinch up but Futter circles away and keeps his distance.

Gaudet has managed to clinch.
Futter letting Gaudet take a breather here.

Futter manages to break the clinch.
Futter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gaudet throws a wild body kick that Futter sees coming a mile off.
Futter misses with a takedown attempt

and Gaudet counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Futter breaks from the clinch.
Futter fails with the takedown.
Pierre Gaudet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Futter fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gaudet sprawls well initially but Futter persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Futter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Futter working over Gaudet with some ground and pound. Gaudet looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gaudet moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Futter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Futter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gaudet might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaudet avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Futter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gaudet trying to control the position.
Futter works over Gaudet with some ground and pound from guard.

Gaudet kicks Futter off and gets to his feet.
Gaudet throws a series of punches but Futter avoids them all with ease.
Futter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Gaudet counters by clinching up.
Pierre Gaudet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck Futter.

Gaudet manages to break the clinch.
Futter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaudet.

Futter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Futter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Futter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Futter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Futter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Futter thows a big elbow that misses.
Futter thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futter throws a strike but Gaudet rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Gaudet stands up from Futter's guard - Gaudet perhaps looking for a knockout.

Futter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Futter wants a takedown but no success here.
Come on Futter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Gaudet breaks from the clinch.

Gaudet gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gaudet stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Gaudet tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Futter counters with a takedown into side control.
Gaudet is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gaudet tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Futter wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Futter creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gaudet sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gaudet throws Futter to one side and escapes!
Futter doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gaudet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gaudet wants to clinch but Futter slips to the side

and Futter counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Futter thows a big elbow that misses.
Futter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Buck Futter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Futter is looking to work some ground and pound but Gaudet has wrist control.
Futter throws a strike but Gaudet rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gaudet trying to control but Futter is working from the bottom.
Futter being controlled here, momentarily.
Futter trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futter throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Futter ducks under a wild hook from Gaudet.
Gaudet darts in trying to clinch

and Futter counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gaudet's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gaudet pushes Futter off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Gaudet throws a hook but Futter avoids it easily.
Gaudet throws a lazy right hand but Futter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Futter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Gaudet counters by clinching up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Futter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Futter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Futter scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gaudet wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Futter looks to land a strike but Gaudet avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Futter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Futter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gaudet utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buck Futter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Futter doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Gaudet counter with a right hand.

Futter is rocked!
Futter throws a right hand that Gaudet ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaudet also avoids with ease.
Futter is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaudet finish him?
Gaudet misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Futter.
Gaudet misses with a hook.
Gaudet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gaudet throws a jab but it's blocked by Futter.
Gaudet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Futter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Futter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaudet.
Gaudet throws out a loose jab but Futter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaudet throws a nice looking combination but Futter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Futter seems to have recovered his senses.
Futter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gaudet pinned against the cage. Gaudet gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Futter slips a straight right by Gaudet.
Gaudet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Futter.
Futter blocks the body kick.

Futter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Futter showed some decent athleticism there.
Futter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Futter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaudet wants to get back to his feet.
Gaudet trying to control from the bottom.

Gaudet pushes Futter off and gets back to his feet.
Futter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gaudet swings away with a body shot that misses

and Futter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gaudet is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Futter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Futter's back!
Futter wants to escape the position.
Gaudet doesn't have the hooks in and Futter manages to turn into his guard.
Futter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Futter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Futter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gaudet wants to stand but Futter is controlling the position.
Gaudet avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futter throws and elbow that misses. Gaudet uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Futter's guard. Nice move by Gaudet!
Gaudet stopping the sweep attempt from Futter.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Futter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gaudet is doing well to control the position and prevent Futter from advancing to side control.
Gaudet trying to control from the bottom.

Gaudet kicks off Futter and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaudet wants to clinch but Futter slips to the side

and Futter counters with a takedown into side control.
Futter with the ground and pound but Gaudet regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Futter throws a strike but Gaudet avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gaudet pulls Futter in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futter is working Gaudet over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Futter thows a big elbow that misses.
Futter throws a strike but Gaudet rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Futter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Futter has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gaudet has passed into side control.
Futter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Futter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Futter scores with a takedown into Gaudet's guard.
Gaudet trying to keep a closed guard but Futter is proving a slippery customer.
Gaudet has control of Futter's left arm, preventing Futter from doing any damage.
Pierre Gaudet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Futter trying to move into half guard but instead Gaudet has managed to sweep!
Gaudet won't allow Futter to sweep him here.

Gaudet stands and steps away. Futter gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Futter circles away from the clinch attempt

and Futter counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Futter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Futter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Futter lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buck Futter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Futter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buck Futter!