PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Philip Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Patty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Power
vs
Patty

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adrian Patty!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patty clinches with his opponent.
Patty has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Power avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Patty wants to break the clinch but can't.
Patty can't break the clinch.
Power controlling the action here for a moment.
Patty tries to pull guard but Power won't allow it.
Power fails to pull the fight into his guard.

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

Power gets the takedown into side control.
Patty is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Patty struggling a bit here.
Patty pushes Power away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Power gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patty is looking for a sweep.
Patty prevents Power from improving position.
Power wants to control but Patty is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Power scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Patty tries to clinch there but Power circles away.
Power is looking to clinch.

Patty bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Patty looks gassed!
Power is trying to improve his position.
Power misses with an elbow from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Power gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Power wants to improve his position but Patty is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power wants to control but Patty is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Patty seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Power does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Power is trying to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Power gets a clinch.
Patty goes for a takedown attempt but Power pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Philip Power has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Patty.
Power pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Power shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Power thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Patty's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power wants to take a breather but Patty is having none of it.
Patty is pressing down on Power's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Power postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Patty is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Power, into his guard.
Patty postures up.
Patty wants to stand and escape but instead Power has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Power content to stall in guard here.

Power gets to his feet. Patty looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Power shoots in and bounces Patty off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Power wants to control from the top but Patty keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power tries to free his leg and advance position but Patty is retaining full guard.

Patty looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Patty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Patty is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Patty thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Patty has control of Power's left arm, preventing Power from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Power closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Power dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Power throws a series of punches but Patty moves out of range.

Patty fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Power, pushing him back against the cage.
Power scores with a hook to the body.

Patty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Power closes the distance but Patty moves to the side

and Patty counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Power's guard now.
Power being controlled here, momentarily.

Power isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Patty stacks Power on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Patty!
Power is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Power manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Patty counters with a body kick.
Patty throws a leg kick which misses Power's front leg but catches the back leg as Power tries to avoid it.
Patty connects with a solid leg kick.
Patty fails with the takedown.

Power gets a clinch.

Power has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Patty is trying to keep an underhook but Power manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Patty is refusing to be controlled, as Power sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Power in particular looking to stall.
Patty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Power.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patty trying to hold on to Power's head to control him but Power postures up.
Power thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Patty is in trouble now - Power has advanced to mount!
Philip Power overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Patty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Patty stops Power from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Power with good strikes from the mount here!

Power is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Patty is surviving well by controlling Power's body position as best he can.
Power controlling the position easily from mount.

Power is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Patty is surviving well by controlling Power's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patty is trying desperately to improve position.
Power trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Patty tries to hold on but Power postures up.
Patty can't escape the position.
Patty tries to hold on but Power postures up.
The referee warns Patty that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Patty is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Patty is squirming around, avoiding Power's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Power avoids the attempt from Patty to control.
Patty is in all sorts of trouble here.
Patty wants to control but Power is having none of it.
Patty is in all sorts of trouble here.
Patty bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Patty sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Power throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Patty escapes and throws Power's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Patty decides to stand back up. Patty steps back and let's Power get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Patty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Patty swats away the attempt to clinch by Power.

Power gets caught flat footed, as Patty shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Power looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Patty lands a couple of digs.

Power looking for a guillotine here but Patty defends easily.
Power manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patty manages to get himself to full guard.
Patty wants to stand and escape but Power is having none of it.
Power postures up in Patty's guard and throws a big left but Patty blocks it.
Power has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Power wants to control from the top but Patty keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patty keeping full guard, as Power tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Patty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Power darts in trying to clinch

and Patty moves into the clinch.

Patty jumps guard.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Patty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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.
Patty trying to control the position.
Power tries to free his leg and advance position but Patty is retaining full guard.
Patty working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Power.
Power pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patty is keeping the position for now.

Power is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Patty doesn't manage to clinch there - Power circles away.
Patty keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Power doesn't manage to clinch there - Patty circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patty moves in looking to clinch but Power pushes him off.
Power throws a nice outside leg kick.
Power throws a left and a right that both miss

and Patty counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Patty passes Power's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Patty trying to control from half guard but Power is working away.

Patty postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Power to stand up.
A punch combination from Power misses.
Power stuffs the takedown.
Philip Power is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Power doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Patty counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patty is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Power is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Power wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Patty's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Patty's back!

Power working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Power tries to get the hooks in deep but Patty pushed the leg off.
Power not allowing Patty to control his hands.
Power doesn't have the hooks in and Patty manages to turn into his guard.
Power throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Patty preventing the sweep.

Patty gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Patty shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Patty was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Patty tries to control but Power wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Patty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Patty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Patty!