PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Puckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Trumps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trumps is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jay Z - Money, Cash, Hoes. 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.

Puckerman
vs
Trumps

184 cm
26
220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

186 cm
28
224 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Puckerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ian Trumps!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puckerman throws a shot from downtown. Trumps moves away and avoids it.
Puckerman lands a high kick!
Puckerman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trumps checks it well.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the body
and Trumps counters with a good low kick that Puckerman was not able to check.
Trumps throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trumps tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trumps avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Trumps forces Puckerman back against the cage and clinches.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puckerman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trumps lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Noah Puckerman has been cut.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trumps misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Trumps avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
Puckerman dodges an elbow strike from Trumps.
Trumps scores with a shoulder strike.
Puckerman is working Trumps over against the cage.
Puckerman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trumps looking to throw knees to the head but Puckerman is blocking nicely.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trumps's elbow.
Puckerman scores with a shot to the side of Trumps's head.
Puckerman lands an uppercut.
A short right from Puckerman on the inside.
Puckerman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Puckerman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trumps misses with a knee to the head.
Puckerman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trumps's elbow.
Trumps blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trumps lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puckerman lands with a left to the head.
Trumps works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trumps taking a breather.

Puckerman breaks the clinch.
Puckerman takes a kick to the side of the head.
Puckerman blocks a head kick by Trumps.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trumps throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Puckerman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Trumps doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Trumps. That's going to slow Puckerman down.
Puckerman takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Puckerman throws a leg kick which misses Trumps's front leg but catches the back leg as Trumps tries to avoid it.
Trumps on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Trumps tries a head kick but it misses.
Trumps moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trumps tries a low kick but Puckerman avoids it.
Puckerman scores with a body shot.
Puckerman throws a hook but Trumps avoids it easily.
Puckerman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trumps was well out of range. Poor timing from Puckerman.
Nice body punch from Puckerman.
Trumps finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Trumps with that takedown attempt.
Puckerman is looking to wear down Trumps with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trumps looks gassed!
Puckerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Trumps is just out of range.
Puckerman lands the left hand.
Puckerman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Trumps can pounce on him.
Puckerman throws a leg kick
and Trumps counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Trumps moves out of range of the strikes.
Trumps gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Puckerman.

Trumps has managed to clinch.
Trumps is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Puckerman is defending well.
Puckerman lands a hook that snaps the head of Trumps backwards.
Trumps trying to control the position but instead, Puckerman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trumps into the cage.
Puckerman lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trumps prevents a body shot from Puckerman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Puckerman.
Trumps missing with knees to the body.
Puckerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trumps's elbow.
Trumps is looking to take this one to the mat.
Noah Puckerman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian Trumps.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Puckerman as the two fighters clinch.
Trumps misses with a knee to the head.
Puckerman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puckerman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Puckerman - that landed with a thud.
Puckerman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Puckerman pushes Trumps back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman gets through Trumps's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Puckerman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puckerman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puckerman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Puckerman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Trumps throws a head kick but Puckerman moves out of range.
Trumps avoids the body shot from Puckerman.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Puckerman, right into the meat.
Puckerman misses the shot to the body.
Puckerman checks a leg kick.
Trumps with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trumps is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puckerman connects with a body shot.
Trumps avoids the body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Noah Puckerman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Puckerman misses
and Trumps makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Puckerman really felt that one!
Puckerman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Trumps counters with a nice body kick.
Trumps is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trumps takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trumps has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Puckerman.
Noah Puckerman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puckerman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Puckerman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Trumps avoids the body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trumps takes one to the side of the head.
Puckerman scores with a sloppy right hand. Trumps should have avoided that one.
Puckerman throws out a powerful jab.
Puckerman digs a good body shot into Trumps's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puckerman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Puckerman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Puckerman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Trumps in his tracks.
Puckerman cracks Trumps with a right hand to the side of the head.
Puckerman misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puckerman scores with a jab to the body.
Puckerman clobbers Trumps with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Decent striking displayed by Puckerman there.
A good leg kick by Puckerman.
Trumps chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puckerman can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Puckerman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trumps's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Puckerman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trumps scrambles back to his feet.
Puckerman fails to land with a series of punches.
Trumps takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puckerman stuns Trumps with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Puckerman swinging wildly here.
Puckerman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trumps can do to turn this around?
Puckerman cracks Trumps with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trumps moves away.
Trumps takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Puckerman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Trumps is rocked!
Puckerman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Trumps is still on wobbly legs! Can Puckerman finish him?

Trumps instigates a clinch.
A short left from Puckerman.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puckerman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trumps just misses with a elbow thrown towards Puckerman's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Puckerman breaks the clinch.
Trumps ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puckerman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trumps seems to have recovered his senses.
Puckerman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trumps takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trumps tries to clinch but Puckerman moves out of range.
Puckerman avoids the head kick by Trumps.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumps blocks a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trumps.

Trumps fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puckerman, pushing him back against the cage.
Puckerman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Puckerman on the inside.
Puckerman tries to work over Trumps's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trumps blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman pushes Trumps back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trumps can't find room to land a body shot as Puckerman controls the action.
Trumps tries a body shot but Puckerman blocks it.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puckerman lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trumps is working for takedown but Puckerman is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman scores with a hook to the body.
Puckerman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Puckerman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
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!

Nice uppercut lands for Puckerman. That snapped Trumps's head back.
Trumps misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puckerman. Trumps does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puckerman throws a shot to the body.
Puckerman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Puckerman.
Puckerman blocks a head kick by Trumps.
Puckerman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trumps momentarily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trumps.
Trumps tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trumps on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trumps takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Trumps takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Puckerman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Trumps avoids the head kick by Puckerman.
Puckerman scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puckerman connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Puckerman. Beautiful body shot.
Puckerman throws a shot to the body.
Noah Puckerman is winning the standup battle so far.
Puckerman throws a good cross that connects.
Puckerman scores with a jab to the body.
Puckerman throws a leg kick which misses Trumps's front leg but catches the back leg as Trumps tries to avoid it.
Puckerman lands with a right hand.
Puckerman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trumps misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Puckerman finds it's way through Trumps's defenses.
Puckerman lands the left hand.
Puckerman lands a leg kick that knocks Trumps off balance momentarily.
Puckerman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ian Trumps has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman cracks Trumps with a right hand to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puckerman.
A jab lands there for Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a nice shot to the body.
Puckerman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Trumps on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Puckerman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Puckerman misses with a wild body shot.
Trumps takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trumps moves in looking to clinch but Puckerman pushes him off.
Trumps is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trumps takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good leg kick by Trumps there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puckerman misses the jab.
Puckerman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Trumps.
Puckerman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trumps's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Trumps will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Puckerman scoring well with a low kick there.
Puckerman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trumps momentarily.
Trumps throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trumps moves out of range of the strikes.
Puckerman scores with a hook to the body. Trumps takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Puckerman misses with a straight right.
Puckerman throws a body punch but Trumps moves out of range.
Puckerman misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman lands an overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puckerman. Trumps does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puckerman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps throws a sloppy head kick and Puckerman moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puckerman throws a nice looking combination but Trumps bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trumps throws a lazy head kick
and Trumps takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puckerman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Puckerman loads up on a big right hand but Trumps slips the punch.
Trumps tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Puckerman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman lands a right hook to the body.
Trumps throws a low kick but Puckerman avoids it.
Puckerman blocks a head kick by Trumps.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Puckerman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Puckerman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Puckerman!
After the big win, Noah Puckerman made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors L.A. Elite Clothing Co and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.