PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Psi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonaparte comes into the arena with An Epic Age blaring out of the sound system. Psi has chosen The Final Countdown - Europe as his entrance music. Napoleon Bonaparte has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bonaparte
vs
Psi

176 cm
32
158 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

165 cm
26
150 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Bonaparte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abraham Psi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte looks to clinch
and Psi counters with a three punch combo that has Bonaparte backing up. Bonaparte nods at Psi to acknowledge the strikes.

Psi gets tackled into the cage by Bonaparte. Bonaparte maintains the clinch.
Bonaparte prevents a body shot from Psi.
Psi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Psi fails to land.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but Psi blocks with his arms.
Bonaparte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bonaparte avoiding damage as Psi throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonaparte throws an elbow but misses.
Psi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Psi taking a breather.
Psi avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
Psi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Psi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Psi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonaparte lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonaparte misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psi tries a body shot but Bonaparte blocks it.
Knees to the body from Bonaparte.
A short left from Psi.
Bonaparte landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bonaparte missing with knees to the body.
Bonaparte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Psi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bonaparte seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Psi can turn it around.
Psi avoiding damage.
Psi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonaparte throws an elbow but misses.
Bonaparte lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Psi blocks the elbow strike.
Bonaparte has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Psi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonaparte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonaparte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Psi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bonaparte is leaning against Psi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaparte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Psi blocks a body shot from Bonaparte.
Psi avoids the elbow strike from Bonaparte, against the cage.
Psi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Psi stalling in the clinch but Bonaparte improves position.
Psi has Bonaparte pressed against the cage.
Bonaparte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Psi.
Bonaparte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Psi dodges an elbow strike from Bonaparte.
Psi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bonaparte misses with an elbow over the top.
Psi pushes off an throws an elbow but Bonaparte leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Psi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Psi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Psi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bonaparte pushes off an throws an elbow but Psi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Psi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonaparte's brow.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but Psi blocks with his arms.
Psi working aggressively here.
Psi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonaparte missing with knees to the body.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside.
Psi scores with a hook to the body.
Psi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Psi throws an elbow but misses.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.
Psi tries to stall but Bonaparte uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Psi avoids a wild elbow strike from Bonaparte.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Bonaparte.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Psi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Psi fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Psi.
A head punch on the inside from Psi fails to land.
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!
Bonaparte throws a head punch that misses.
Bonaparte missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Psi manages to break the clinch.

Psi clinches up with Bonaparte and pushes him back against the cage.
Psi is trying to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Psi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Napoleon Bonaparte will probably get the nod.
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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Psi. Bonaparte does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Psi.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Psi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonaparte is just out of range.

Bonaparte moves into range and clinches up with Psi.
Psi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Psi taking a breather.
Psi avoids a wild elbow strike from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte blocks an elbow strike.
Psi working aggressively here.
Psi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bonaparte scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonaparte working Psi over with knees to the body.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Psi.
Bonaparte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Psi is defending well for now.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but Psi blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands a shot to the body.
Bonaparte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Psi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonaparte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Psi blocks a body shot from Bonaparte.
Psi tries a body shot but Bonaparte blocks it.
Bonaparte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Psi throws an elbow but misses.
Napoleon Bonaparte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bonaparte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Psi is blocking nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Psi.
Psi throws an elbow that misses.
Psi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Psi has a couple of punches blocked by Bonaparte.
Psi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Psi has had enough of the clinch but Bonaparte keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Psi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonaparte's brow.
Psi blocks an elbow strike.
Psi pushes off an throws an elbow but Bonaparte leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bonaparte prevents a body shot from Psi.
Psi misses with a body punch.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Psi is blocking nicely.
Psi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Psi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Psi avoids a wild elbow strike from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Psi stalling in the clinch.
Psi stalling in the clinch but Bonaparte improves position.
Psi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonaparte's elbow.
Psi blocks the elbow strike.
Bonaparte misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Psi is blocking nicely.
Bonaparte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonaparte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonaparte.
Psi gets through Bonaparte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonaparte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow.
Bonaparte misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bonaparte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bonaparte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Psi blocks it with crossed arms.
Bonaparte blocks an uppercut.
Bonaparte blocking some punches.
Psi wants to stall.
Psi seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi tries to throw a body punch but Bonaparte avoids it by throwing Psi back against the cage.
Psi lands a nice shot to the body.
Bonaparte scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonaparte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonaparte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Psi missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Psi.
Bonaparte managing to block the knees to the body from Psi.
Bonaparte throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Psis head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Psi tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonaparte avoids the damage to the body.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bonaparte lands a hook that snaps the head of Psi backwards.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Bonaparte dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Psi darts in and clinches Bonaparte up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Psi.
Bonaparte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Psi.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonaparte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonaparte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Psi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonaparte creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Psi's defenses.
Bonaparte creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Psi's defenses.
Psi lands a body shot.
Bonaparte working Psi over with knees to the body.
Bonaparte lands an elbow that stopped Psi in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Psi gets through Bonaparte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Psi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bonaparte tries to land knees in the clinch but Psi avoids the damage to the body.
Psi dodges an elbow strike from Bonaparte.
A head punch on the inside from Psi fails to land.
Psi misses with an elbow strike.
Psi throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Psi.

It looks like Napoleon Bonaparte has been cut.
Psi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte can't find room to land a body shot as Psi controls the action.
Psi blocks an elbow strike.
Psi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow.
Psi trying to control the position but instead, Bonaparte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Psi into the cage.
Bonaparte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Napoleon Bonaparte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Psi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Psi avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
Psi tries a body shot but Bonaparte blocks it.
Psi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonaparte.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow.
Psi wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Psi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonaparte's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Psi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bonaparte letting Psi take a breather here.
Psi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bonaparte lands a left hand.
Bonaparte throws a punch but it's blocked by Psi.
A body shot lands from Psi.
Psi lands an elbow that stopped Bonaparte in his tracks for a moment.
Psi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Psi fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Psi.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Psi.
Bonaparte lands an elbow just above Psi 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside that Psi shrugs off.
Abraham Psi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Psi working aggressively here.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Psi avoids it.
Psi avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Psi stalling the fight.
Psi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonaparte.
Psi lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abraham Psi.
I think Bonaparte has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Napoleon Bonaparte!
A very excited looking Napoleon Bonaparte made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.