PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walt Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Bakreek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes to the cage accompanied by Emalkay - When I Look At You. Walt Potter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Potter
vs
Bakreek

189 cm
32
219 lbs
19 - 8 - 2

188 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Walt Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Bakreek!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter shoots in looking for a takedown. Bakreek tries to sprawl out of it but Potter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bakreek manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bakreek misses with a series of wild punches.
Bakreek misses with a straight right.
Bakreek stuffs the takedown attempt from Potter. Potter gets slowly back to his feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Potter enables Bakreek to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Potter manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bakreek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bakreek throws a big elbow that misses.
Potter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bakreek is controlling him.
Bakreek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Potter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Potter keeping full guard, as Bakreek tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bakreek accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bakreek throws a big right hand that misses.
Bakreek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bakreek slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bakreek trying to control but Potter is working from the bottom.
Potter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bakreek throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bakreek throws a strike but Potter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bakreek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Potter looking to sit in guard and control but Bakreek gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bakreek scoring with some ground and pound.
Bakreek throws an elbow that misses. Potter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bakreek's guard. Nice move by Potter!
Potter stopping the sweep attempt from Bakreek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter won't allow Bakreek to get back to his feet.
Bakreek is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bakreek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bakreek pulls Potter in close to prevent any damage.
Potter throws a big right hand that misses.
Potter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Potter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bakreek managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jeff Bakreek.

Bakreek gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Potter trying to control the position from guard on top but Bakreek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Potter throwing strikes from guard but Bakreek blocks nicely.
Potter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bakreek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakreek keeping moving, preventing Potter from controlling successfully.
Potter 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.
Potter throwing strikes from guard but Bakreek blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bakreek is looking to stand up but Potter isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Bakreek 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.

Bakreek closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Potter stuffs the takedown.
Potter shoots for a takedown but Bakreek saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Potter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bakreek as he jumps to the side.
Potter throws an overhand right that lands on Bakreek's shoulder, as Bakreek tries to avoid the shot.
Walt Potter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bakreek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Bakreek. Those never looked like landing.
Potter throws a right hand that Bakreek ducks under and follows up with a left that Bakreek also avoids with ease.

Bakreek shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bakreek was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bakreek punching from mount but Potter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Potter bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakreek has Potter pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakreek wants to stand and escape but Potter is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potter postures up.
Potter throws an elbow that misses. Bakreek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Potter's guard. Nice move by Bakreek!
Jeff Bakreek has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bakreek trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bakreek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bakreek throwing strikes from guard but Potter blocks nicely.
Bakreek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Potter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Potter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bakreek is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakreek with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bakreek trying to control the position from guard on top but Potter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bakreek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Potter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bakreek lands a couple of elbows.
Bakreek is looking to work some ground and pound but Potter has wrist control.
Bakreek wants to control from the top but Potter keeps moving.
Potter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bakreek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakreek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bakreek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Potter keeping moving, preventing Bakreek from controlling successfully.

Potter is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Potter prevents the takedown attempt.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bakreek tries to bum rush Potter with a series of wild strikes but Potter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bakreek shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Potter as he avoids it easily.
Walt Potter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Bakreek.

Bakreek closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bakreek is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Potter is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bakreek's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakreek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bakreek throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Potter to regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Potter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bakreek distracts Potter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Bakreek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakreek.
Potter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Bakreek drives through with a takedown into Potter's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bakreek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bakreek throws a strike but Potter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Potter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bakreek working a defensive guard here.
Bakreek managing to control the position.
Bakreek wants to sweep here but Potter controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakreek is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Potter is controlling him.
Bakreek bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Potter's guard.
Potter wants to get back to his feet but Bakreek is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bakreek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Potter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bakreek lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bakreek throwing strikes from guard but Potter blocks nicely.
Bakreek with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakreek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bakreek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bakreek trying to control but Potter is working from the bottom.
Bakreek prevents Potter from getting back to his feet.
Bakreek throws a strike but Potter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bakreek is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bakreek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bakreek lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Potter!
Bakreek throws some wild stikes that Potter manages to avoid easily.
Bakreek throwing strikes but Potter recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Bakreek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakreek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Potter's head.
Bakreek thows a huge punch but Potter dodges it nicely.
Bakreek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bakreek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Bakreek is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Potter defends it well.
Walt Potter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Potter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bakreek.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Bakreek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bakreek 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Bakreek!
Jeff Bakreek thanked the fans post fight for their support.