PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Lauzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dirty House kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alex Louvierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lauzon
vs
Louvierre

174 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Lauzon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauzon throws a head kick but Louvierre moves out of range.

Lauzon scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lauzon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Louvierre keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Louvierre makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Lauzon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Louvierre.
Louvierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lauzon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lauzon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Louvierre.
Lauzon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lauzon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lauzon wants it to stay on the feet.
Matt Lauzon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Louvierre.
Louvierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lauzon throws a wild body kick that Louvierre sees coming a mile off.
Lauzon lands a nice shot that snaps Louvierre's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre shoots in for a takedown but Lauzon shows good takedown defense.
Louvierre looks winded!
Lauzon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louvierre.
Lauzon feints a jab promting Louvierre to slip. Lauzon then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Louvierre slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Alex Louvierre has been cut.
No joy there for Lauzon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lauzon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louvierre takes a jab right on the kisser.

Louvierre looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lauzon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louvierre thows a huge punch but Lauzon dodges it nicely.
Lauzon is trying to stand back up but Louvierre is controlling him
Lauzon is refusing to be controlled, as Louvierre sits in half guard.
Lauzon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lauzon tries to get out of the position.
Lauzon looks like he's trying to stand up.
Louvierre working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauzon is looking to improve his position.
Lauzon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lauzon is looking to get back to full guard here but Louvierre has managed to pass to side control instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louvierre grinds an elbow into Lauzon's temple.
Louvierre landing a few strikes.
Check out the look on Louvierre's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Louvierre working away.
Louvierre working the head with strikes.
Lauzon is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Louvierre asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lauzon tries to bench press Louvierre off him but Louvierre keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre cracks Lauzon with a big right hand but Lauzon just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lauzon taking punishment in the form of punches.
Louvierre in side control lands a decent elbow.
Louvierre trying to control the action but Lauzon is working from the bottom.
Louvierre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lauzon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lauzon taking punishment in the form of punches.

Lauzon is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louvierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh Lauzon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Louvierre cracks Lauzon with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lauzon pushes Louvierre away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Louvierre gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
A big shot lands for Louvierre! That's hurt Lauzon! Will he recover? Louvierre fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Louvierre!
Alex Louvierre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.