PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Ronbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty House. Alex Louvierre could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ronnie Ronbo's chin.

Louvierre
vs
Ronbo

178 cm
33
170 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

175 cm
39
176 lbs
22 - 27 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ronnie Ronbo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louvierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ronbo.
Ronbo lands with a thumping leg kick.

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

Ronbo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronbo throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ronbo!
A combination from Louvierre does no damage.
Ronbo feints and then cracks Louvierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Louvierre down.
A big right from Louvierre misses.
Ronbo misses with a double jab.
Louvierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Ronbo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Louvierre's head.

It looks like Alex Louvierre has been cut.
Ronbo cracks Louvierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
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 takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ronnie Ronbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronbo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Ronbo avoids nicely.
Louvierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Louvierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ronbo slips under a jab from Louvierre.
Ronbo pushes Louvierre away with a front kick.

Ronbo clinches up with Louvierre and pushes him back against the cage.
Louvierre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Louvierre is looking to control Ronbo's arms but Ronbo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Louvierre has his back to the cage.
Ronbo digs a right hand into Louvierre's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Louvierre's gas tank.
Louvierre throws a head punch that misses.
Louvierre tries to stall but Ronbo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ronbo missing with knees to the body.

Ronbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ronbo keeps Louvierre at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre slips a jab and a cross from Ronbo.
We've been hearing reports that Louvierre has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ronbo tries to bum rush Louvierre with a series of wild strikes but Louvierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ronbo connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronbo tries to clinch up but Louvierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Ronbo tries to clinch there but Louvierre circles away.
Ronbo throws a nice looking combination but Louvierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ronbo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Louvierre.
Louvierre misses with an uppercut.
Ronbo throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
Ronbo scores with a hook.
Louvierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Ronbo connects with a solid leg kick.
Louvierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ronbo darts in and clinches Louvierre up against the cage.

Ronbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronbo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Ronbo.

Ronbo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ronbo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronbo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Louvierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Louvierre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ronbo.
Louvierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronbo swinging wildly here.
Ronbo connects with a solid leg kick.
Ronbo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Louvierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ronbo.
Ronbo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ronbo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Louvierre's calf.
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!
Ronbo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronbo misses with a few strikes there.

Ronbo takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ronbo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Ronbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louvierre tries to bum rush Ronbo with a series of wild strikes but Ronbo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ronbo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Louvierre throws a shot from downtown. Ronbo moves away and avoids it.
Ronbo tries to clinch there but Louvierre circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ronbo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Louvierre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ronbo throws a right and a left that Louvierre avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Louvierre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Ronbo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Louvierre's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ronbo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louvierre.

Ronbo has closed the distance and engaged Louvierre in a clinch.
Ronbo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees to the body from Ronbo.
Ronbo is trying to push Louvierre away but Louvierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Ronbo breaks from the clinch.
Ronnie Ronbo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Louvierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ronbo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ronbo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louvierre misses with a wild combination.
Ronbo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Louvierre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ronbo wants to clinch up but Louvierre keeps it at a distance.
Louvierre misses with the combination.
Ronbo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronbo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louvierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louvierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alex Louvierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ronbo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Louvierre.
No joy there for Louvierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ronbo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louvierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louvierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ronbo.
Danga de danga de dang - Ronbo scores with a four punch combination!

Alex Louvierre's cut is getting worse.
Ronbo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ronbo lands a big head kick that sends Louvierre tumbling to the mat! Ronbo takes a step backwards and waves Louvierre back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Louvierre is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronbo throws a quick head kick that knocks Louvierre silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Ronbo is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ronnie Ronbo!
Our winner, Ronnie Ronbo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.