PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jewel Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Whaley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whaley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drowning Pool - Tear Away kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Cote
vs
Whaley

177 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jewel Cote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Whaley!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whaley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Cote closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Cote tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

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

Cote looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whaley is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cote is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Whaley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Cote swings around for an armbar but Whaley sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cote's guard.
Whaley stops Cote from standing up.
Whaley trying to control the position from guard on top but Cote is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whaley postures up.
Cote is adopting a defensive guard.
Whaley wants to control from the top but Cote keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote is striking off his back. Whaley thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Whaley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Cote has one foot on Whaley's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Cote closes the distance and clinches.
Whaley is struggling to control the position.
Whaley effectively controlling the action here.
Whaley receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Whaley is stalling here.
A frustrated look appears on Cote's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whaley stalling in the clinch.

Cote breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cote drives through with a takedown into guard.

Whaley pushes Cote off and gets back to his feet.
Whaley looks winded!
Whaley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cote drops down looking for a counter takedown but Whaley sprawls and moves away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Cote enables Whaley to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cote manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Cote pushes Whaley off and scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cote shoots in for a takedown but Whaley shows good takedown defense.
Cote could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Cote rushes Whaley and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whaley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Cote jumps guard and drags Whaley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Cote striking from the bottom.
Whaley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cote throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Cote tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cote throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Cote throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Cote pulls Whaley in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cote working a defensive guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
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 Jewel Cote will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Whaley moves in looking to clinch but Cote pushes him off.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Cote enables Whaley to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cote manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Whaley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cote looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cote will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote keeping moving, preventing Whaley from controlling successfully.
Cote is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whaley trying to control the position from guard on top but Cote is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whaley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Whaley shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cote is trying to defend but Whaley finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Whaley is breathing heavily.
Cote trying to control here.
Whaley tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cote knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cote might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cote landing rabbit punches to the side of Whaley's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whaley is stalling here. Cote is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Whaley seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cote has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

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

Cote is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Whaley has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Cote working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Cote is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Whaley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Whaley struggling a bit here.

Cote decides to stand back up. Cote steps back and let's Whaley get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Whaley gets caught napping as Cote dives in and scores a takedown. Whaley manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jewel Cote dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Whaley closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cote did well to prevent Whaley getting side control.
Cote missing with punches from the bottom.
Cote landing small, sideways elbows.
Cote is trying to maintain the position but Whaley is very close to passing his half guard.
Cote has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cote tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cote is trying to maintain the position but Whaley is very close to passing his half guard.
Jewel Cote overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote wants to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Whaley drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Whaley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cote is trying to control Whaley's posture but Whaley avoids it.
Cote manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Cote wants to work for an arm triangle but Whaley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cote is trying to control. Whaley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whaley is defending against the submission attempts here by Cote.

Whaley actively working from the bottom here.
Cote is trying to control the action in half guard but Whaley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Cote is working for a submission of some sort.

Cote is working for a kimura but Whaley is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cote is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cote wants to take a breather but Whaley is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cote is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bobby Whaley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cote is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Whaley defends it well.
Cote trying to control the action but Whaley is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jewel Cote showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cote 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jewel Cote!