PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uncomfortable Positions - Keep Happening - (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Descharme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jean Descharme told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Positions - Keep Happening -
vs
Descharme

178 cm
34
178 lbs
35 - 13 - 0

186 cm
27
176 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Uncomfortable Positions - Keep Happening -!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Descharme!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Descharme, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Descharme swings away with a body shot that misses
and Positions - Keep Happening - counters with a one-two to the body.

Descharme closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Positions - Keep Happening -'s guard.
Descharme with a flurry of punches that miss.

Positions - Keep Happening - escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Descharme gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Descharme has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Descharme won't allow Positions - Keep Happening - to sweep him here.
Positions - Keep Happening - utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Descharme trying to control but Positions - Keep Happening - is working from the bottom.
Positions - Keep Happening - avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Positions - Keep Happening - tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Positions - Keep Happening - working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Descharme doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Descharme manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Positions - Keep Happening - looking for a sweep. Not yet Positions - Keep Happening -, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Descharme throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Descharme working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Descharme preventing the sweep.
Descharme loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Descharme throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Descharme cracks Positions - Keep Happening - with a solid left hand.
Descharme trying to control but Positions - Keep Happening - is working from the bottom.
Descharme landing some decent shots from guard.

Positions - Keep Happening - has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Descharme is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Positions - Keep Happening -.
Descharme lands a decent elbow from side control.
Positions - Keep Happening - manages to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Positions - Keep Happening - keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Descharme prevents Positions - Keep Happening - from improving his position.
Descharme winds up and cracks Positions - Keep Happening - with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Descharme tries to pass to full mount but Positions - Keep Happening - defends it.
Descharme 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Descharme lands a nice short elbow.
Descharme tries to pass the half guard into mount. Positions - Keep Happening - knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Positions - Keep Happening - blocking the ground and pound attempt from Descharme.
Positions - Keep Happening - is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Descharme scores with a couple of nice shots.
Descharme working Positions - Keep Happening - over with strikes.
Descharme lands with a punch from half guard.
Descharme working over Positions - Keep Happening - with some ground and pound. Positions - Keep Happening - looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Positions - Keep Happening - has hold of Descharme's hands but Descharme slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Descharme lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Positions - Keep Happening - avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Descharme.
Positions - Keep Happening - gets full guard.
Descharme trying to control the position from guard on top but Positions - Keep Happening - is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Positions - Keep Happening - controls Descharme momentarily but Descharme frees himself.
Descharme working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Positions - Keep Happening - wants to improve his position but instead Descharme has moved into half guard.
Positions - Keep Happening - tries to roll over but Descharme keeps him under control.
Descharme is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Descharme working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Descharme not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Descharme missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Descharme trying to pass the guard but Positions - Keep Happening - defending well.
Descharme seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Positions - Keep Happening - is trying to get back to full guard.
Descharme scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Positions - Keep Happening - is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Descharme throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Descharme working over Positions - Keep Happening - with some ground and pound. Positions - Keep Happening - looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Descharme dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Descharme throws a low kick but it's checked well by Positions - Keep Happening -.
Descharme throws a head kick but Positions - Keep Happening - moves out of range.
Descharme throws a low kick but Positions - Keep Happening - moves out of range easily.
Descharme throws a leg kick that misses.
Jean Descharme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Descharme lands with a good body shot.
Descharme shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Descharme misses the jab.

Descharme is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Positions - Keep Happening -'s half guard.
Positions - Keep Happening - avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Descharme.
Positions - Keep Happening - wants to control but Descharme is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Positions - Keep Happening - regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jean Descharme has got the better of the ground game so far.
Descharme throws a big elbow that misses.
Descharme throws a strike but Positions - Keep Happening - rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Descharme throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Descharme is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Positions - Keep Happening - content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Positions - Keep Happening - makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Positions - Keep Happening - works over Descharme with some ground and pound from guard.
Positions - Keep Happening - is working Descharme over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Descharme lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Positions - Keep Happening -!
Positions - Keep Happening - is in a horrible position here. Descharme smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Descharme raining down hammerfists from mount.
Descharme with good strikes from the mount here!
Positions - Keep Happening - tries to reverse the position but Descharme maintains control.
Descharme cracks Positions - Keep Happening - with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Descharme is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Positions - Keep Happening - regains half guard.
Descharme throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Positions - Keep Happening - is looking to improve his position.
Descharme working Positions - Keep Happening - over with strikes.
Descharme takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Descharme wants to pass to mount but Positions - Keep Happening - is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Descharme working over Positions - Keep Happening - with some ground and pound. Positions - Keep Happening - looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Descharme lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Positions - Keep Happening - has hold of Descharme's hands but Descharme slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Descharme scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Descharme scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Positions - Keep Happening - has hold of Descharme's hands but Descharme slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Descharme moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Positions - Keep Happening -.
Descharme is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Positions - Keep Happening - tries to improve position but can't.
Descharme moves into full mount!
Descharme fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Positions - Keep Happening - taking shots to the head.
Descharme lands a couple of good shots and Positions - Keep Happening - has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
You can see the frustration on Positions - Keep Happening -'s face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Descharme landing with strikes.
Positions - Keep Happening - rolls, trying to escape but Descharme keeps control of the position.
Descharme loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Positions - Keep Happening - hold on?

Positions - Keep Happening - is rocked!
Descharme is landing with strikes. Positions - Keep Happening - can't take much more of this.
Oh Positions - Keep Happening - is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Descharme lands strikes to the head.
Descharme scoring with big shots to the body. Positions - Keep Happening - is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Positions - Keep Happening - was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Descharme!
A relieved looking Jean Descharme thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.