PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kuai Liang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liang comes into the arena with So Cold by Breaking Benjamin blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Liang
vs
Pound

160 cm
19
153 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

172 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Backyard Fighting
Happy Pills 159Q

Vitality
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kuai Liang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brad Pound!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pound stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liang.
Pound jabs Liang right on the nose. Liang blinks but takes it well.
Pound scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pound paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pound fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Liang clinches up with Pound and pushes him back against the cage.
Liang lands an elbow just above Pound 's eye.

It looks like Brad Pound has been cut.
Pound scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pound's elbow.
A short right from Pound.
Liang tries a body shot but Pound blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pound.
Liang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liang throws a punch but it's blocked by Pound.
A left hand lands to the body for Pound.
Liang has a couple of punches blocked by Pound.
Pound throws a head punch that misses.
Pound dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Liang fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Liang fails to land.
Pound blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pound is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pound.
A shot in the inside from Pound.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pound.
Pound has Liang pressed against the cage.
A short left from Pound.
Liang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maybe Liang would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Pound lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pound swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liang avoiding damage.
Liang throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Pound.
Pound pushes Liang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Liang throws a head punch that misses.
Pound pushes Liang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pound misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liang.
Liang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Liang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Liang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liang tries to work over Pound's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Liang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pound.
Pound leaning against his opponent.
Pound taking a breather.
Liang misses with a punch to the body.
Pound blocks the elbow strike.
Liang is looking to control Pound's arms but Pound gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liang has his back to the cage.
Pound lands a body punch.
Liang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Liang is trying to maintain a safe position but Pound gets an underhook and turns Liang into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pound wants to get back to striking at distance but Liang won't allow it.
Liang throws a head punch that misses.
Pound avoiding damage as Liang throws knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Liang.
Liang misses with a punch on the inside.
Liang is trying to maintain a safe position but Pound gets an underhook and turns Liang into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pound.
Pound lands a body shot.
Pound presses Liang against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Liang is breathing heavily.
Pound can't find room to land a body shot as Liang controls the action.
Pound is stalling here.
Liang can't find room to land a body shot as Pound controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pound as Liang tries to tie him up.
Pound lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pound blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liang takes a shot to the head.
Pound blocks a body shot from Liang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pound lands with a left to the head.
Pound dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pound lands with a short shot to the head.
Liang misses with an elbow strike.
Liang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liang struggles to land a body shot inside as Pound controls his hands.
Pound's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pound lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Liang tries to throw a body punch but Pound avoids it by throwing Liang back against the cage.
Pound lands a shot to the body.
Pound lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pound lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Pound dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Pound's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pound keeps the fight on the outside.
Liang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Liang.
Pound avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Pound blocks the leg kick.
Liang dodges the punch combination from Pound.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pound.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liang throws a hook but Pound avoids it easily.

Liang gets caught flat footed, as Pound shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pound is looking to work some ground and pound but Liang has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liang lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pound!
Liang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pound hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pound is desperately trying to improve his position but Liang has a good base and remains in mount.
Pound is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Liang throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pound is looking to improve his position but Liang isn't that keen on the idea.
Liang looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Liang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pound regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liang wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Pound uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Liang trying to control the position from guard on top but Pound is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pound wants to sweep but no luck.
Liang wants to control from the top but Pound keeps moving.
Liang being controlled here momentarily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pound can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pound working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liang has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pound is proving hard to escape from.
Liang 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.
Pound keeping moving, preventing Liang from controlling successfully.

Kuai Liang has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Liang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pound moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by Liang there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pound connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Liang's hands.
Pound checks a leg kick.
Liang walks into a left hand.
Pound lands with a good body shot.
Liang tries to clinch up but Pound circles away and keeps his distance.
Pound lands with a shot to the body.
Liang loads up on a big right hand but Pound slips the punch.
Liang takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pound finds it's way through Liang's defenses.
Liang tries to clinch but Pound is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pound. Liang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pound swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pound lands a nice shot to the body.
Pound misses with a looping right.

Liang darts in and clinches Pound up against the cage.
Liang misses with a punch on the inside.
Liang swings wildly with an uppercut but Pound uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liang misses with the head strike.
Pound has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pound is pushing Liang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pound lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pound scores with a shot to the side of Liang's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brad Pound will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brad Pound's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! 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.

No joy there for Pound, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Liang throws a chopping leg kick but Pound manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pound lands a really nice looking cross but Liang seems unphased.
Liang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pound is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pound keeps the fight on the outside.
Liang misses with a wild body shot.
Pound lands with a good body shot.
Liang ducks under a wild hook from Pound.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liang.
Pound throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liang misses with a low kick.
Pound swats away the attempt to clinch by Liang.
Liang avoids the body shot from Pound.
Pound lands a glancing blow to the side of Liang's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liang lands a leg kick that knocks Pound off balance momentarily.
Liang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pound.
Liang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pound.
Liang tries to clinch up.
Liang closes the distance looking to clinch

and Pound counters with a shoot takedown. Liang fights it but they end up in guard.
Pound missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pound scoring with some ground and pound.
Liang has momentary wrist control but Pound slips an elbow through the middle.
Brad Pound has got the better of the ground game so far.
Liang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Liang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pound throwing strikes from guard but Liang blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liang has his hands on Pound's head, controlling the position.
Pound trying to control the position from guard on top but Liang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Liang trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kuai Liang.
Pound misses with a body shot.
Pound scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liang doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liang. Pound does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liang shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Liang moves in looking to clinch but Pound pushes him off.

Pound closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Liang quickly recovers to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liang on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Liang tries to roll over but Pound keeps him under control.
Pound throws a strike but Liang avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pound is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pound tries to free his leg and advance position but Liang is retaining full guard.
Kuai Liang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liang might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Liang trying to control the position.
Pound scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pound missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brad Pound is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pound trying to control but Liang is working from the bottom.
Pound is pushing down on Liang's leg trying to pass to half guard. Liang is fighting to maintain full guard but Pound has managed to sneak the leg through.
Liang is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pound's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pound's back!
Pound controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pound just trying to survive but Liang is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pound is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Pound comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pound 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Pound!
A victorious Brad Pound thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.