PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Punani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Harry Punani enters the cage!

Trudeau
vs
Punani

188 cm
38
215 lbs
33 - 17 - 2

188 cm
39
215 lbs
41 - 21 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Pierre Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Punani!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punani misses with a head kick.
Trudeau tried to counter with a leg kick but Punani avoided it.
Trudeau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Punani throws a one two combo.
Trudeau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at aLion's MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Trudeau is looking to clinch but Punani is avoiding it.
Punani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Punani, as that shot connected.
Trudeau misses with a straight right.
Trudeau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trudeau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trudeau lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Punani has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Punani and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Punani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trudeau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Punani takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punani swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Trudeau instigates a clinch.
A short right from Punani.
Trudeau scores with a shot to the side of Punani's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Punani.
Trudeau gets underhooks to prevent Punani's takedown attempt.
Punani lands with a right to the head.
Punani lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Trudeau blocks a body shot from Punani.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Punani.
Trudeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Punani.
Punani tries a body shot but Trudeau blocks it.
Punani misses with a punch to the body.
Punani lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Punani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Punani working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Punani drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Trudeau gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Punani scores with a shoulder strike.
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Punani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punani can't find room to land a body shot as Trudeau controls the action.
Trudeau lands with a light punch inside.
Punani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trudeau's elbow.
Punani lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trudeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Punani backwards.
Punani lands a body shot.
Punani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punani misses with some punches.
Trudeau is trying to maintain a safe position but Punani gets an underhook and turns Trudeau into the cage.
Punani lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Punani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Punani lands a body punch.
Punani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trudeau's elbow.
Trudeau can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Punani.
Punani stalling in the clinch.
Punani scores with a nice hook to the head.
Punani lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punani throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Punani throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a head punch that misses.
Trudeau lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trudeau wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Trudeau prevents a body shot from Punani.
Punani pushes Trudeau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Punani lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Trudeau breaks from the clinch.

Punani gets tackled into the cage by Trudeau. Trudeau maintains the clinch.
Punani blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Punani misses with a body punch.
Trudeau tries to pull guard but Punani forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Trudeau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
Trudeau wants to stall.
Punani tries to work over Trudeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Punani blocks an uppercut.
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!
Trudeau misses with some punches.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau misses with some punches.
Punani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trudeau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Punani backwards.
Punani misses with a punch to the body.
Punani has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Trudeau seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Punani can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punani.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Punani.
Trudeau pushes Punani back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau blocking some punches.
Trudeau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Punani backwards.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau blocks a body shot from Punani.
A nice right hand lands inside from Punani.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Punani throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Trudeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Punani has Trudeau pressed against the cage.
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Harry Punani will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Trudeau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Punani.
Trudeau swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Punani counter with a right hand.

It looks like Pierre Trudeau has been cut.
Punani closes the distance looking to clinch
and Trudeau counters with a stiff right hand.
Trudeau scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Punani tries for a takedown but Trudeau sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Punani throws a low kick but Trudeau moves out of range easily.
Punani missing with a left hand there. Trudeau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Punani on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Trudeau. Trudeau obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punani scores with a kick to the body.
Trudeau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trudeau throws a jab when Punani was well out of range.
Trudeau ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Punani drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punani fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trudeau avoids it really well and circles away.
Trudeau scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harry Punani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punani slips a straight right by Trudeau.
Trudeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Punani.
Nice sprawl there from Trudeau as Punani shoots in.
Trudeau is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pierre Trudeau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Punani.
Punani misses the shot to the body.
Trudeau misses the jab.
Trudeau looks to land a right hand but Punani moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trudeau. Punani does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Punani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Punani looks to land a right hand but Trudeau moved out of range.
Good leg kick by Punani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trudeau throws a right hand that misses
and Punani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Punani slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Punani listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Trudeau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Punani scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Punani with the ground and pound but Trudeau regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Punani not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Punani seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Punani thows a huge punch but Trudeau dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punani seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Punani is nestled in close to Trudeau, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Punani wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trudeau keeps working.
Punani slips a nice elbow through Trudeau's hands, connecting with Trudeau's forehead.
Trudeau wants to get back to full guard.
Punani throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Punani is trying to control. Trudeau wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Punani stalling.
Punani thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trudeau's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Trudeau gets full guard.
Punani wants to control from the top but Trudeau keeps moving.
Trudeau is trying to control the position but Punani postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Punani working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Punani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Punani throws a head kick but Trudeau moves out of range.
Punani misses with a double jab.
Harry Punani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Punani throws a head kick that misses.
Trudeau seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Good leg kick by Punani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Punani manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Trudeau on his heels. He'll look to pass Trudeau's guard now, I'm sure.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Punani 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.

Harry Punani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau'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. This is the final round!

Punani throws a leg kick but Trudeau sees it coming and moves out of range.
Punani missing with a left hand there. Trudeau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Punani slips under a jab.
Punani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Trudeau throws a leg kick
and Punani counters with a straight right hand.
Trudeau uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Punani has time to react.
Punani misses with a low kick.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Punani throws a series of punches but Trudeau moves out of range.
Punani misses with a hook to the body
and Trudeau counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punani throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trudeau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trudeau walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Punani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trudeau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trudeau throws a body punch but Punani moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punani lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Punani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Punani lands with an uppercut that bounces Trudeau off the cage and back into range.
Trudeau on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Punani was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Punani appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Punani keeps the fight on the outside.
Trudeau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Trudeau connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Trudeau scores with a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Trudeau. No joy for Punani on that attempt.
Trudeau stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Punani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punani throws a nice looking combination but Trudeau bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trudeau half committed to a counter leg kick.
Punani swings for the body but Trudeau moves out of range.
Trudeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Punani throws a lazy head kick
and Trudeau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harry Punani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Punani throws a body punch but Trudeau moves out of range.
Crunch! Punani slams his shin into Trudeau's torso.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trudeau looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trudeau tries to clinch there but Punani circles away.
Trudeau misses with a hook. Punani ducked under it nicely.
Trudeau throws a body shot but no joy.
Trudeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Punani manages to avoid it.
Trudeau slips a jab from Punani.
Trudeau was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Trudeau stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Trudeau wants it to stay on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punani scores with a punch to the head.
Punani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Punani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Punani has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Trudeau finds it's way round the side to connect with Punani's head.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Punani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Punani connects with a high kick.
Punani throws a head kick but Trudeau moves out of range.
Trudeau appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Trudeau, as that shot connected.
Trudeau throws a lazy uppercut
and Punani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punani scores with a punch to the head.
Punani slips under a jab.
Trudeau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Punani moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trudeau takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau blocks a head kick by Punani.
Pierre Trudeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Punani misses with a head kick.
Trudeau works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Punani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Punani's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trudeau connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Punani scrambles back to his feet.
Trudeau connects with a right hand. Punani shakes it off.
Punani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trudeau swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trudeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Punani with a jab.
Punani shoots in for a double leg but Trudeau sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pierre Trudeau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Punani.
Trudeau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Punani takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Punani lands a high kick!
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harry Punani.
Well Punani 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Punani!
Harry Punani seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.