PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between michel jocolyn pierre peirre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). pierre peirre comes to the cage accompanied by Why Most I Cry. The crowd seem to be enjoying Washington's choice of entrance music: "Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Corey Washington was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

jocolyn pierre peirre
vs
Washington

190 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

186 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, michel jocolyn pierre peirre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corey Washington!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington scores with a jab. pierre peirre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Washington throws a nice inside leg kick.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but pierre peirre ducks down to avoid it.
pierre peirre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
pierre peirre thuds a left hand into Washington's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Washington.
Washington swats away the attempt to clinch by pierre peirre.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt.

Washington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with pierre peirre, pushing him back against the cage.
Washington unloads a knee to the mid-section. pierre peirre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
pierre peirre is looking to break free of the clinch but Washington has double underhooks.
Washington lands an elbow inside that pierre peirre shrugs off.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Washington.
Washington scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington scores a nice knee to the body.
pierre peirre is breathing heavily.
Washington landing knees to the body.
Washington manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Washington scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
pierre peirre letting Washington take a breather here.
Washington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Washington.
Washington unloads a knee to the mid-section. pierre peirre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped pierre peirre in his tracks for a moment.
Washington keeps control of pierre peirre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but pierre peirre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
pierre peirre wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.

pierre peirre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

pierre peirre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Washington, pushing him back against the cage.
Washington stalling the fight.
Washington tries to land a knee to the head but pierre peirre blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington prevents pierre peirre from breaking the clinch.
pierre peirre wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.
pierre peirre is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington taking a breather.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped pierre peirre in his tracks for a moment.

pierre peirre pulls guard effortlessly.
Washington sitting in guard here, content to control.
Washington is fighting to break pierre peirre's control of his arms but pierre peirre is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
pierre peirre working a defensive guard here.

Washington gets to his feet - pierre peirre follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington tests pierre peirre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Corey Washington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
pierre peirre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
pierre peirre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Washington scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
pierre peirre looks for a takedown but Washington sprawls well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Washington.
Good leg kick by Washington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Washington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Washington lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
pierre peirre throws a looping overhand right but Washington ducks down to avoid it.
Washington cracks the inside of pierre peirre's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington keeps the fight on the outside.
Washington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on pierre peirre. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Washington. That's going to slow pierre peirre down.
pierre peirre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for michel jocolyn pierre peirre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Washington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on pierre peirre. That did some damage!
Washington throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
pierre peirre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
pierre peirre looks to clinch
and Washington counters with a nice low kick that buckles pierre peirre's knee momentarily.
pierre peirre tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington counters with a good low kick that pierre peirre was not able to check.
Some wild striking there from pierre peirre.

Washington gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Washington pulls pierre peirre in to control the position.

pierre peirre decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Washington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Washington closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Washington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped pierre peirre in his tracks for a moment.
pierre peirre lands an uppercut.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but pierre peirre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Washington dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

pierre peirre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
pierre peirre shoots for a takedown but Washington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Washington misses with a looping right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

pierre peirre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Washington has his feet on pierre peirre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
pierre peirre does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
pierre peirre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
pierre peirre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for michel jocolyn pierre peirre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
pierre peirre shoots and misses
and Washington counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Washington buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Washington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on pierre peirre. That did some damage!
Jab by pierre peirre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
pierre peirre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Washington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A combination from pierre peirre does no damage.
pierre peirre looks for a takedown but Washington sprawls well.
pierre peirre jabs at Washington's body.

pierre peirre instigates a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Washington in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but pierre peirre blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pierre peirre has had enough of the clinch but Washington keeps him there for the moment.
Washington scores a nice knee to the body.
pierre peirre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
pierre peirre is looking to break free of the clinch but Washington has double underhooks.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but pierre peirre is blocking nicely.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Washington.

pierre peirre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
pierre peirre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
pierre peirre moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
michel jocolyn pierre peirre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Washington.
pierre peirre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
pierre peirre tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
pierre peirre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
pierre peirre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Washington buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as pierre peirre checks a leg kick.
pierre peirre wants to clinch up but Washington keeps it at a distance.
pierre peirre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Washington circles away.

pierre peirre has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but pierre peirre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Washington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Washington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington crunches a lovely knee into pierre peirre's ribcage.
Washington lands a nice knee to the body.
pierre peirre wants to break the clinch but can't.
Washington taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Washington crunches a lovely knee into pierre peirre's ribcage.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Washington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington lands an elbow inside that pierre peirre shrugs off.
Washington lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Washington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but pierre peirre avoids the damage to the body.
pierre peirre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington is trying to maintain a safe position but pierre peirre gets an underhook and turns Washington into the cage.
pierre peirre is trying to break the clinch but Washington has him pressed against the cage.
Washington has pierre peirre pushed against the cage.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
pierre peirre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
pierre peirre lands with a short shot to the head.
Corey Washington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Washington.
Washington is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but pierre peirre is keeping busy.
pierre peirre blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
pierre peirre lands a left hand.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but pierre peirre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Washington keeps control of pierre peirre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Washington has pierre peirre pushed against the cage.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but pierre peirre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but pierre peirre blocks it with crossed arms.
pierre peirre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
pierre peirre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

pierre peirre breaks from the clinch.
Washington misses with a double jab.
pierre peirre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Washington is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
pierre peirre throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Washington lands with an uppercut that bounces pierre peirre off the cage and back into rage.
Washington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on pierre peirre. That did some damage!
Washington takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

pierre peirre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Corey Washington will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Washington works pierre peirre's body with a nice hook.
pierre peirre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Washington is fending him off so far but pierre peirre persists. Nope, Washington circles away and we're back to standing.
Washington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot lands for pierre peirre.
pierre peirre shoots in for a double leg but Washington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
pierre peirre checks the leg kick nicely there.
pierre peirre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
pierre peirre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.

pierre peirre drives through with a takedown into guard.
pierre peirre lands a couple of digs.
pierre peirre tries to free his leg and advance position but Washington is retaining full guard.
Washington is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst pierre peirre is controlling him.
Washington keeping moving, preventing pierre peirre from controlling successfully.
Washington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Washington pushes pierre peirre off and scrambles back to his feet.
Washington moves out of range of the leg kick from pierre peirre.
pierre peirre tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Corey Washington seems to be getting the better of the standup.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but pierre peirre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Washington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
pierre peirre wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for michel jocolyn pierre peirre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington unloads a knee to the mid-section. pierre peirre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washington with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
pierre peirre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Washington pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Washington avoiding damage.
Washington unloads a knee to the mid-section. pierre peirre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washington leaning his opponent against the cage.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washington prevents pierre peirre from breaking the clinch.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Washington keeps control of pierre peirre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington connects with a nasty looking knee right to pierre peirre's face.
Washington crunches a lovely knee into pierre peirre's ribcage.
Washington stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington throws a knee to the head but misses.
pierre peirre is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Washington.
Washington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Washington connects with a nasty looking knee right to pierre peirre's face.
The referee calls for Washington to work.
pierre peirre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but pierre peirre avoids the damage to the body.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but pierre peirre blocks it with crossed arms.
pierre peirre avoiding damage as Washington throws knees to the body.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but pierre peirre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
pierre peirre can't break the clinch.
Washington connects with a nasty looking knee right to pierre peirre's face.
Washington is trying to stall.
Washington tries to land a knee to the head but pierre peirre blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington is looking to control pierre peirre's arms but pierre peirre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Washington has his back to the cage.
Washington throws an elbow that misses.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
pierre peirre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Washington has him pressed against the cage.
pierre peirre tries for a takedown but Washington manages to get underhooks.
pierre peirre digs a right hand into Washington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Washington's gas tank.
pierre peirre wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.
Washington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Washington lands a knee to the head.
pierre peirre can't break the clinch.
Washington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
michel jocolyn pierre peirre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
pierre peirre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees to the body from Washington.
Washington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Washington.
pierre peirre lands an uppercut.
pierre peirre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Washington.
pierre peirre has had enough of the clinch but Washington keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Washington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Washington 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Washington!