PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amelie Poulain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelly Rhodes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Poulain
vs
Rhodes

193 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Amelie Poulain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelly Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Poulain closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Poulain drops an elbow to the side of Rhodes's head.
Poulain lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rhodes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Poulain scores with a couple of nice shots.
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!
Poulain is nestled in close to Rhodes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Poulain thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rhodes's head.
Poulain slows the pace down in half guard.
Poulain seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rhodes for as long as he can get away with.
Poulain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

It looks like Kelly Rhodes has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulain prevents Rhodes from improving his position.
Poulain is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Poulain sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Poulain not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Poulain 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.
Poulain 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.
Poulain lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Poulain in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poulain is nestled in close to Rhodes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Poulain in particular looking to stall.
Rhodes tries to get to full guard but Poulain has control of the leg.
Poulain takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poulain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Poulain not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Amelie Poulain has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jab from Poulain.
Poulain lands a really nice looking cross but Rhodes seems unphased.
Rhodes needs to keep his hands up - Poulain had a free shot at his head there.
Poulain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes doesn't manage to clinch there - Poulain circles away.
Rhodes ducks under a wild hook from Poulain.

Poulain fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rhodes sprawls well initially but Poulain persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhodes is trying to get back to full guard.
Poulain winds up and cracks Rhodes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That has opened up Kelly Rhodes's cut even more.
Poulain scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rhodes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Poulain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poulain is controlling the pace.
Poulain throwing shots but Rhodes is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amelie Poulain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelly Rhodes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A nice leg kick lands there from Poulain.
Poulain misses with a straight left.
Rhodes tries to clinch but Poulain moves away

and Poulain counters with a takedown into side control.
Poulain working the body and head with strikes.
Rhodes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhodes is looking to regain half guard here but Poulain keeps moving and retains side control.
Poulain working away.
Poulain working the ground and pound.
Poulain is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rhodes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Rhodes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Poulain connects with a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulain working the body and head with strikes.
Rhodes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

The cut above Kelly Rhodes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Poulain is working Rhodes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Poulain scores with punches from side control.

Kelly Rhodes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kelly Rhodes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Amelie Poulain!