PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between hi bye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Faucette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mike Faucette enters the cage!

bye
vs
Faucette

165 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
18
144 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, hi bye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Faucette!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Faucette gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, bye just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faucette's brow.
Faucette landing some nice looking knees to the body.
bye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faucette landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Faucette using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faucette lands a nice knee to the body.
bye is breathing heavily.
Faucette comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
bye throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
bye takes a knee right on the jaw!
Faucette on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Faucette.
Faucette tries to land knees in the clinch but bye avoids the damage to the body.
Faucette connects with a nasty looking knee right to bye's face.
Faucette unloads a knee to the mid-section. bye lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Knees to the body from Faucette.
Faucette effectively controlling the action here.
Faucette trying to land knees to the body.
Faucette lands a damaging elbow.
Faucette lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Faucette.
Faucette using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faucette with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Faucette.
A hook to the body from Faucette.
Faucette tries to land knees in the clinch but bye avoids the damage to the body.
Faucette using the Thai plumb to throw knees but bye has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Faucette lands on the inside with an uppercut.
bye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Faucette tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faucette lands a body shot.
Faucette throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but bye blocks it with crossed arms.
Faucette connects with a nasty looking knee right to bye's face.
bye looking to stall.
Faucette with a knee to the head.
bye lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Faucette.
Faucette blocks an elbow strike.
bye creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Faucette lands a knee to the body.
Faucette misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from bye.
bye throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Faucette.

Faucette has clasped his hands together around bye's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

bye explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
bye checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Faucette tries to clinch but bye is having none of it.
Faucette throws a leg kick but bye checks it.
bye closes the distance but Faucette moves to the side

and Faucette counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bye is trying to stand.
bye knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Faucette on the ground.
Faucette is tying to control. bye wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Faucette is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
bye blocking the ground and pound attempt from Faucette.
Faucette working the head and body with strikes.
bye tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Faucette manages to move to mount!

Faucette with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
bye is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faucette landing strikes from the mount and bye is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Faucette lands with some vicious ground and pound - can bye hang on?
Faucette landing strikes from the mount and bye is in trouble!
Faucette lands a big shot there that rocks bye but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Faucette scoring with strikes but bye is staying in there.
Faucette unloading with bombs!
Faucette unloading with bombs!
Faucette lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Faucette wants to control the pace but bye is squirming around nicely.
Faucette connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
bye is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Faucette punishing his opponent with strikes.
Faucette with a couple of short strikes.
Faucette scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish bye?
Faucette in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Faucette lands a nice shot to the head.
bye takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
bye is bucking up trying to escape but Faucette cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Faucette.
bye is trying to stand up.
Faucette punishing his opponent with strikes.
Faucette lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
bye in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Faucette has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of bye's face.
Faucette tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
You get the feeling that bye really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Faucette dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Faucette clinches up with bye and pushes him back against the cage.
Faucette has bye pressed against the cage.
bye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
bye has a couple of punches blocked by Faucette.
bye lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from bye fails to land.
bye missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from bye.

Faucette jumps guard and drags bye to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
bye wants to stand but Faucette has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
bye wants to stand and escape but instead Faucette has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Faucette postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Faucette controlling from the top position.
Faucette is working bye over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Faucette lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faucette trying to control the position from guard on top but bye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Faucette postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Faucette distracts bye with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Faucette with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faucette with a nice head shot there.
Faucette sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Faucette scoring with some ground and pound.
Faucette postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
bye closes the distance looking to clinch

and Faucette counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bye is looking to stand up but Faucette isn't so interested in that idea.
Faucette postures up and lands a big shot to bye's brow.
Faucette chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Faucette's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
bye keeping moving, preventing Faucette from controlling successfully.
Faucette landing with the ground and pound.
bye is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Faucette working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Faucette tries to close the distance and clinch but bye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
bye wants to clinch but Faucette slips to the side
and Faucette counters with a thumping low kick.
Faucette circles away from the clinch attempt
and Faucette counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faucette throws a quick inside leg kick.
bye tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Faucette counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Faucette missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Faucette postures up in bye's guard and throws a big left but bye blocks it.
Faucette lands a couple of decent looking shots.
bye wants to stand up but Faucette is controlling him.
Faucette trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Faucette cracks bye with a solid left hand.
bye is looking to stand up but Faucette isn't so interested in that idea.
bye can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Faucette controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Faucette throws a low kick but it's checked well by bye.
bye tries to clinch
and Faucette counters with a low kick, right behind bye 's knee.
bye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
bye checks a leg kick.
bye tries to clinch

and Faucette counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Faucette.
Faucette has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Faucette's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Faucette with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faucette connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
bye is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Faucette with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Faucette accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Faucette showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

bye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Faucette, pushing him back against the cage.
bye throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faucette blocks it with crossed arms.
Faucette scores a nice knee to the body.

Faucette works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
bye wants to stand and escape but Faucette is having none of it.
bye trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Faucette landing with the ground and pound.
Faucette landing some decent shots from guard.
Faucette postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
bye has momentary wrist control but Faucette slips an elbow through the middle.
Faucette has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
bye throws a leg kick which misses Faucette's front leg but catches the back leg as Faucette tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Faucette.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bye tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faucette counters with a low kick, right behind bye 's knee.

Faucette fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. bye sprawls well initially but Faucette persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Faucette drops an elbow to the side of bye's head.
Faucette seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
bye keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
bye is trying to stand back up but Faucette is controlling him
Faucette looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks bye with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Faucette seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

bye clinches up against the cage.
Faucette lands an elbow just above bye 's eye.
Faucette tries for a takedown but bye manages to get underhooks.
Faucette slows down the pace here.
bye scores with a shoulder strike.
bye lands an elbow that stopped Faucette in his tracks for a moment.

Faucette turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Faucette working the body and head with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Faucette trying to control the action but bye is working from the bottom.
Faucette working the ground and pound.
bye wants to get back to his feet.
Faucette wants to lay and pray for a moment but bye keeps working.

Faucette tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faucette in side control lands a decent elbow.
bye is pushing Faucette's head away, looking to escape. Faucette manages to hold on to the position though.
Faucette lands an elbow.
Faucette scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at bye to see if he's OK.
bye is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Faucette asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Faucette has knee on belly and moves into mount.
bye trying desperately to get to his feet.
Faucette looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
bye is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Faucette with shots to the head and body - bye looks very uncomfortable down there.
bye is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
hi bye has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
bye is bucking up trying to escape but Faucette cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Faucette putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
bye's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Faucette looking to secure an arm triangle but bye defends it well.
Faucette won't let bye get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Faucette tries to control but bye wriggling away.
Mike Faucette is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faucette lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
bye tries to buck Faucette off but he can't manage it.
bye flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Faucette comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Faucette has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 25:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 25:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Faucette!