PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Popov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Louzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Popov comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Sawyer - Rush. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Popov
vs
Louzon

175 cm
19
164 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Vitality

Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikhail Popov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Louzon!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louzon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Popov misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Louzon closes the distance and clinches.
Popov wants to get back to striking at distance but Louzon won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Popov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joe Louzon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Popov misses with a hook. Louzon ducked under it nicely.

Louzon scores with a takedown into Popov's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Louzon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Louzon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Popov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Louzon.
Popov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louzon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Louzon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Popov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Popov is rocked!
Louzon throws a right hand that misses
and Popov counters with a nice body shot.
Popov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louzon was well out of range. Poor timing from Popov.
Popov defending well as Louzon loads up on a big left hand.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louzon.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Louzon.

Louzon moves into the clinch.
Popov wants to get back to striking at distance but Louzon won't allow it.
Popov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Louzon has him pressed against the cage.
Popov works on Louzon's body with a couple of short punches.
Popov tries to break the clinch but Louzon is controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Louzon manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Louzon instigates a clinch.
Popov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Louzon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Popov throws a body punch but Louzon moves out of range.
Louzon throws a series of punches but Popov avoids them all with ease.
Popov blocks a head kick by Louzon.
Louzon fails with the takedown.
Louzon connects with the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Popov. Those never looked like landing.
Louzon wants to slow Popov down by chopping away at his legs.
Popov blocks a head kick by Louzon.
Popov misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Louzon.
Popov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louzon manages to avoid it.
Louzon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Louzon closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov swings wildly with an uppercut but Louzon uses good head movement to avoid it.

Louzon breaks the clinch.
Popov misses with a low kick.
Louzon scores with a punch to the head.
Louzon tries to clinch there but Popov circles away.
Louzon shoots in but no luck this time.
Mikhail Popov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Louzon.
Popov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Popov works over Louzon's head and body with a nice combination.
Louzon blocks a low kick nicely.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louzon.
Louzon is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Louzon clinches up against the cage.
Louzon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Louzon breaks the clinch.
Louzon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Louzon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louzon is taking a breather. Popov says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Let's hope that Louzon has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Louzon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Popov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Louzon throws a shot to the body.
Louzon cracks Popov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Popov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Louzon.
Popov throws a solid leg kick but Louzon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Popov.
Louzon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Popov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Louzon throws an off balance right hand
enabling Popov to counter with a crisp jab.
Popov misses with a double jab.
Louzon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Popov walks into a straight right hand from Louzon.
Popov misses with a wild body shot.
Popov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Popov thows a body shot but no joy.

Louzon rushes Popov and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louzon is working for takedown but Popov is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Louzon manages to break the clinch.
Popov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Louzon.
Popov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Popov misses with a low kick.
Popov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Louzon's head backwards.
Louzon misses with a hook.
Popov staying out of range there.

Louzon clinches up with Popov and pushes him back against the cage.

Louzon breaks from the clinch.
Mikhail Popov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louzon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Popov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Louzon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Popov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louzon tries to close the distance and clinch but Popov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louzon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Popov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louzon was well out of range. Poor timing from Popov.
Louzon lands with an uppercut that bounces Popov off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Louzon.
Louzon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Popov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Popov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louzon was well out of range. Poor timing from Popov.
Louzon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Popov looks to land a right hand but Louzon moved out of range.
Popov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Louzon.
Joe Louzon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Popov misses with a series of wild punches.
Popov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louzon.
Popov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Louzon.
Popov misses the jab.
Popov is looking to wear down Louzon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Popov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louzon.
Louzon throws a series of punches but Popov avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louzon lands with an uppercut that bounces Popov off the cage and back into range.
Popov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Louzon scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Louzon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Louzon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Louzon prevents Popov from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louzon controlling from mount.

Louzon get's back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louzon throws a shot to the body.

Louzon shoots in and gets a takedown into Popov's guard.
Popov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Louzon stands and steps away. Popov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Louzon clinches up with Popov and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Louzon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A left lands for Louzon.
Popov throws a shot from downtown. Louzon moves away and avoids it.

Louzon closes the distance and clinches.

Louzon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Popov throws a leg kick that misses.
No joy there for Popov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Popov takes one to the chin there.
Louzon throws a sloppy head kick and Popov moves out of range easily.
Louzon tries to clinch up but Popov circles away and keeps his distance.
Popov scores with a decent looking hook.
Popov connects with the punch.
Popov just misses with a punch to the body.
Popov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Popov works over Louzon's head and body with a nice combination.
Popov is looking to chop away at Louzon's legs.
Popov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louzon moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Louzon finds it's way round the side to connect with Popov's head.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louzon.
Jab, jab by Louzon - just one landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Popov misses with a double jab.

Louzon pushes Popov up against the cage in a clinch.
Popov tries to break free but Louzon pushes him back against the cage.
Popov is trying to push Louzon away but Louzon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Popov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Popov misses with a body punch.
Popov working hard to break the clinch.
Popov is trying to break the clinch but Louzon has him pressed against the cage.

Popov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Popov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Louzon closes the distance and pushes Popov back into the cage.

Louzon breaks from the clinch.
Popov misses with a wild combination.
Mikhail Popov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Louzon lunges at Popov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Popov's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Popov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Louzon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Popov scrambles back to his feet.
Popov tries to move into range but Louzon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oh Popov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Popov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louzon.
Louzon checks the leg kick nicely there.

Louzon scores a takedown into full mount!

Louzon stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Popov seems to have got his legs back now.
Popov throws a body kick that misses
and Louzon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Popov swings for the body but Louzon moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Popov. Louzon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louzon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Louzon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Popov tries a body shot but Louzon blocks it.

Louzon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Popov misses with a wild combination.
Louzon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Popov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Popov walks into a straight right hand from Louzon.
Popov chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Louzon bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Louzon decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nice shot by Louzon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louzon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Louzon jabs Popov right on the nose. Popov blinks but takes it well.
Popov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Popov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louzon circles away quickly and effectively.
Louzon scores with a jab.
Popov misses the shot to the body.
Mikhail Popov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louzon connects with an inside leg kick.
Louzon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Louzon fails to land with a series of punches.
Louzon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Louzon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Joe Louzon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Popov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Popov tries to buck Louzon off but Louzon is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Louzon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Louzon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Louzon!
A very excited looking Joe Louzon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.