PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derick Trotter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre's entrance music is Dirty House. A fine choice. Alex Louvierre could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derick Trotter's chin.

Louvierre
vs
Trotter

178 cm
29
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Derick Trotter!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trotter misses with a body shot
and Louvierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Trotter lands a slapping body shot.

Trotter clinches up with Louvierre and pushes him back against the cage.

Trotter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Trotter avoids them all with ease.

Trotter clinches up against the cage.

Trotter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Louvierre throws a combination that misses
and Trotter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Louvierre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louvierre looks to land a right hand but Trotter moved out of range.
Trotter lands with an overhand left.
Trotter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Alex Louvierre has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Trotter. Those never looked like landing.
Louvierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Louvierre scores with a nice strike.
Derick Trotter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Louvierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Trotter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trotter misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louvierre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Trotter but Trotter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Trotter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trotter throws a right and a left that Louvierre avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Louvierre.
Trotter with a hook.
Trotter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Louvierre on the side of the head.
Trotter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A right-left combo lands from Trotter.
Louvierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Louvierre takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotter fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by Trotter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trotter.
Louvierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trotter misses with a wild body shot.
Trotter is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Louvierre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Trotter moves out of range.
Louvierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trotter counters with a one-two to the body.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trotter throws a combination that misses
and Louvierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Trotter throws a series of punches but Louvierre avoids them all with ease.
Trotter fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Louvierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trotter fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Louvierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Trotter avoids nicely.
Louvierre scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trotter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Trotter lands an overhand right.
Trotter throws a right and a left that Louvierre avoids nicely.
Louvierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louvierre misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derick Trotter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Louvierre's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Horrible takedown by Louvierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Trotter which made him look bad.
Louvierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trotter circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Louvierre. Those never looked like landing.
Trotter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Louvierre takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Trotter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Louvierre takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotter throws a combination. Louvierre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trotter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louvierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Trotter clinches up against the cage.

Trotter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trotter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trotter lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Louvierre does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Trotter.
Trotter misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Trotter scores with a one two! Louvierre had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trotter throws a lazy uppercut
and Louvierre counters with a series of strikes. Trotter will be more careful next time no doubt.

Trotter has managed to clinch.
Trotter prevents a takedown attempt there.

Trotter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louvierre avoids the head kick by Trotter.
Trotter stuffs the takedown attempt from Louvierre. Louvierre gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Louvierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louvierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Louvierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Alex Louvierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotter scores with a three punch combo!

Alex Louvierre's cut is getting worse.
Trotter throws a series of punches but Louvierre avoids them all with ease.
Derick Trotter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trotter fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Louvierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Louvierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Trotter's waist but Trotter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Louvierre off to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trotter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louvierre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Trotter backs up against the cage.
Trotter connects with a body shot.
Louvierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Trotter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Louvierre doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louvierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Louvierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Trotter moves out of range.
Louvierre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Louvierre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Trotter doesn't manage to clinch there - Louvierre circles away.
A lazy left from Trotter finds it's target.

Louvierre is rocked!
Louvierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trotter.
Louvierre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trotter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louvierre.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Trotter avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derick Trotter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Louvierre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Trotter rushes Louvierre and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Trotter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louvierre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch combination from Trotter misses.
Trotter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trotter fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Louvierre. Those never looked like landing.
Trotter lands a jab to Louvierre's midsection.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trotter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Trotter breaks from the clinch.
Louvierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trotter missing with a left hand there. Louvierre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trotter throws a combination. Louvierre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Louvierre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A cross from Trotter lands.
Some wild striking there from Trotter.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Trotter wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louvierre is trying to control. Trotter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trotter wants to get back to his feet.

Trotter manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Trotter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louvierre.
Louvierre misses with a double jab
enabling Trotter to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotter throws a series of strikes that have Louvierre backpedaling.
Louvierre ducks right into an uppercut from Trotter.
Trotter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Trotter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Trotter moves into the clinch.
Trotter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trotter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Trotter breaks the clinch.
Louvierre misses with a double jab.

Trotter clinches up with Louvierre and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trotter working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Trotter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trotter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trotter misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louvierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Derick Trotter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trotter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Louvierre on the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Trotter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Louvierre.
Alex Louvierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Derick Trotter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Louvierre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Trotter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derick Trotter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Trotter 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derick Trotter!