PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Evan Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stout
vs
Cote

164 cm
25
154 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

174 cm
20
151 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evan Stout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liam Cote!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote scores with a jab to the head.
Cote is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cote takes a swing at Stout's ribcage but misses.
Cote misses the shot to the body.
Cote misses with an uppercut. Stout saw that one coming.

Cote clinches up against the cage.
Stout trying to land knees to the body.
Stout tries to land knees in the clinch but Cote avoids the damage to the body.
Stout avoiding damage.
A frustrated look appears on Cote's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stout lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stout displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cote up against the cage.
Stout throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stout lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Liam Cote has been cut.
Cote takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stout lands an elbow inside that Cote shrugs off.
Cote blocks an elbow strike.
Stout tries to land knees in the clinch but Cote avoids the damage to the body.
Stout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cote avoiding damage as Stout throws knees to the body.
Stout slowing the pace effectively.
Stout throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cote blocks it with crossed arms.
Stout creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cote's defenses.
Cote blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cote wants to get back to striking at distance but Stout won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stout throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Cote's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stout pushes off an throws an elbow but Cote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cote is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cote takes an elbow to the temple.
Stout landing knees to the head.
Stout tries to land knees in the clinch but Cote avoids the damage to the body.
Stout connects with a knee to the head.
Stout tries a knee to the head but Cote blocks it.
Stout throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cote wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stout prevents Cote from breaking the clinch.
Stout lands a good knee to the midsection. Cote won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout leaning against his opponent.
Stout lands an elbow that stopped Cote in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Liam Cote's cut even more.
Stout misses with a knee strike.
Cote lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stout misses with a knee strike.
Stout is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cote blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stout throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cote is trying to break the clinch but Stout is controlling him.
Stout holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stout lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stout landing knees to the head.
Stout trying to stall but Cote improves his position.
Cote working hard to break the clinch.
Stout keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cote's efforts to push away.
Stout trying to land knees to the body.
Stout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cote on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stout misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cote.
Cote dodges an elbow strike from Stout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Stout dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Cote's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cote throws a series of punches but Stout avoids them all with ease.
Stout has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Stout moves forwards but Cote connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab from Cote misses.
Cote misses with a right hand
and Stout counters with a head kick. That will keep Cote thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Liam Cote seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cote swings for the body but Stout moves out of range.

Stout pushes Cote up against the cage in a clinch.
Stout lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stout using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stout missing with knees to the body.
Cote has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cote blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stout throws an elbow but it misses.
Stout lands an elbow inside.
Stout lands a damaging elbow.
Stout tries to land a knee to the head but Cote blocks with his arms.
Cote dodges an elbow strike from Stout.
Stout missing with knees to the body.
Cote can't break the clinch.
Stout misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cote.
Cote is trying to push Stout away but Stout has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stout pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stout with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stout misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cote.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stout just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cote's brow.
Cote blocks an elbow strike from Stout.
Cote blocks an elbow strike from Stout.
Cote dodges an elbow strike from Stout.

Cote manages to break the clinch.
Cote throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Cote tries to keep at a distance but Stout has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cote is looking to break free of the clinch but Stout has double underhooks.
Stout stalls.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cote as Stout tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Stout.
A bit of stalling here from Stout.
A frustrated look appears on Cote's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stout landing knees to the body.
Cote managing to block the knees to the body from Stout.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stout just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cote's brow.
Stout throws an elbow but it misses.
Stout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stout throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stout is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stout is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cote is defending well for now.
Stout taking a breather.

Cote pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stout takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cote misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stout wants to clinch.
Stout fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Stout dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Liam Cote's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cote throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stout avoids a punch combination nicely.

Stout clinches with his opponent.
Cote avoids a wild elbow strike from Stout.
Knees to the body from Stout.
Cote avoiding damage as Stout throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cote misses with a body punch.
Stout scores with a knee to the head.
Stout displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cote up against the cage.
Stout using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cote has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stout walks away with a smile on his face. Cote gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cote looks to score with a jab to the body but Stout is just out of range.
Stout is looking to clinch.
Cote misses with a looping left.
Stout takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cote connects with a right hand. Stout shakes it off.
Cote scores with a nice head shot.
Cote throws a nice looking combination but Stout bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stout misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stout.
Cote tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stout was well out of range. Poor timing from Cote.
Cote has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cote fails with the takedown.
Stout tries to clinch but Cote moves out of range.
Stout wants to clinch
and Cote counters with a nice uppercut.
Stout tries to clinch but Cote moves out of range.
Cote will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stout looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout tries to clinch but Cote is having none of it.
Cote scores with a jab to the head.
Cote lands a slapping body shot.
Stout lands a head kick!
Stout has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stout there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Cote does it's job there.
Stout throws a head kick but Cote moves out of range.
Cote misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stout on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cote lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Liam Cote is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stout slips under a jab from Cote.
Cote ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cote avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evan Stout is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Cote lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cote is defended easily by Stout.
Evan Stout has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Cote.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stout looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Evan Stout.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stout, 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28

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