PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randall Flagg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Couture has chosen Pride Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Flagg
vs
Couture

185 cm
30
200 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

182 cm
31
198 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randall Flagg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Couture!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flagg misses with a looping left.
Couture ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flagg misses with a shot to the body
and Couture counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Flagg moves into the clinch successfully.
Flagg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Flagg manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Couture on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Couture closes the distance and clinches.
Flagg is trying to force a seperation but Couture has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flagg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flagg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Couture misses with a knee to the head.
Flagg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Couture's elbow.

Flagg breaks the clinch.
Couture on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Couture ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Couture is looking to clinch.

Flagg instigates a clinch.
Flagg swings wildly with an uppercut but Couture uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flagg displaying some good clinch control by pressing Couture up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flagg blocks a body shot from Couture.
Flagg working hard to break the clinch.
Couture tries to land knees in the clinch but Flagg avoids the damage to the body.
Couture taking a breather.
Flagg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Flagg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Couture has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Flagg seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Couture can turn it around.
Flagg misses with the head strike.
Couture missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Flagg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flagg blocks an uppercut.

Flagg breaks the clinch.
Flagg keeps the fight on the outside.

Flagg closes the distance and clinches.
Couture stalling in the clinch.
Couture lands a shot to the body.
Flagg has a couple of punches blocked by Couture.
Flagg is trying to stall.
Flagg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flagg scores with a shot to the side of Couture's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flagg.
Flagg lands a body punch.
Couture working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flagg tries a body shot but Couture blocks it.
Flagg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Couture throws a knee to the head but misses.
Flagg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Couture stalling in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Flagg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Couture blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Couture's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Flagg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Flagg dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Couture walks into a jab.
Fedor Couture is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Couture looks to throw the jab but Flagg is out of range.

Couture moves into the clinch.
Couture tries a knee to the head but Flagg blocks it.
Couture taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Flagg fails to land.
Flagg misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Flagg breaks the clinch.
Couture throws a right hand that misses
and Flagg counters with a nice body shot.
Flagg throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flagg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Couture.
Couture throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flagg throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Couture on the side of the head.
Flagg blocks a head kick by Couture.
Couture tries to clinch
letting Flagg counter with a right hand.
Couture lands an overhand right.

Couture closes the distance and clinches.
Flagg avoiding damage as Couture throws knees to the body.
Randall Flagg has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture looking to stall.
Flagg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Couture can do to turn this around?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Couture.
Flagg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Couture prevents a body shot from Flagg.
Flagg blocks the elbow strike.
Flagg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Couture prevents Flagg from breaking the clinch.
Flagg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Flagg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Couture or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flagg tries to circle away but Couture has him pinned against the cage.
Flagg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flagg pushes Couture back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Flagg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Flagg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Couture is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flagg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Fedor Couture has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Couture throws a sloppy head kick and Flagg moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Flagg on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Flagg misses with an uppercut
and Couture counters with a three punch combo that has Flagg backing up. Flagg nods at Couture to acknowledge the strikes.
Flagg is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Flagg's corner calls for a 1-2. Flagg obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Couture tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flagg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Flagg misses the target.
Flagg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flagg backing away here, and Couture unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flagg works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Flagg throws a series of punches but Couture moves out of range.
Couture tries to move into range but Flagg moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Flagg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fedor Couture's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Flagg scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Couture throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Flagg tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flagg throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Couture releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Flagg swats away the attempt to clinch by Couture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flagg looks to throw the jab but Couture is out of range.
Flagg drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Couture tries to clinch up
and Flagg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Couture looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flagg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Flagg has Couture up against the cage in a clinch.
Flagg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Randall Flagg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
Couture blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Couture swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flagg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flagg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Flagg misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Couture tries to land knees in the clinch but Flagg avoids the damage to the body.
Flagg misses with a punch on the inside.
Couture misses with the head strike.
Flagg misses with some punches.

Flagg breaks the clinch.
Flagg connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Couture rushes Flagg and presses him up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Flagg.
Couture blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Couture on the inside.
Couture holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Flagg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flagg lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Flagg on the inside.
Knees to the body from Couture.

Flagg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fedor Couture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flagg lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Flagg has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Flagg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Couture blocks a body shot from Flagg.
Flagg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Flagg gets through Couture's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Couture as the two fighters clinch.

Flagg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flagg connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Couture. Flagg does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Flagg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flagg has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Flagg!