PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micky Kirby (ranked 3284 p4p, 338 weight class) and Alfred Touchard (ranked 4746 p4p, 474 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kirby
vs
Touchard

188 cm
19
230 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Micky Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alfred Touchard!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kirby closes the distance and clinches.
Touchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Touchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Touchard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirby's elbow.
Touchard gets underhooks to prevent Kirby's takedown attempt.
Touchard'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.
Touchard tries to stall but Kirby uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kirby wants a takedown.
Touchard misses with a punch to the body.
Touchard prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Micky Kirby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Touchard stops a takedown attempt from Kirby.
Kirby wants a takedown but no success here.
Touchard misses with a punch to the body.

Touchard lands a takedown into guard.
Kirby keeping moving, preventing Touchard from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touchard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kirby is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Touchard stopping the sweep attempt from Kirby.
Kirby throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Touchard throws a big elbow that misses.
Kirby keeping moving, preventing Touchard from controlling successfully.
Touchard works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Touchard sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kirby defending well though.
Touchard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kirby is holding on to half guard well.
Kirby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touchard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kirby is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Red Tri-Angle Gym., so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Touchard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Touchard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Touchard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Touchard seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kirby has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Touchard is working away from the top position though.
Touchard is looking to take a break and control but Kirby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Touchard not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Touchard seems to be working for a kimura but Kirby defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touchard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kirby's head.
Kirby on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kirby tries to get out of the position.
Touchard is thwarting Kirby's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Touchard stalling.

Touchard is working for a submission of some sort.
Kirby moves into full guard.
Kirby looking for a sweep. Not yet Kirby, not yet.

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.
Kirby looking to control.
Touchard tries to free his leg and advance position but Kirby is retaining full guard.
Kirby preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kirby keeping moving, preventing Touchard from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Touchard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Touchard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kirby swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Touchard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kirby works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Touchard looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Touchard is defended easily by Kirby.
Kirby feinted with a counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kirby dives in and grabs Touchard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Touchard pushes down on Kirby's head and hops out.
Touchard fails with a takedown attempt.

Touchard drives through with a takedown into Kirby's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Touchard forces his way into half guard.
Touchard works his way into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kirby blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touchard trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Touchard throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kirby is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Touchard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Touchard throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Touchard sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kirby avoids a series of strikes thrown by Touchard.
Touchard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kirby is looking to escape.
Touchard thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kirby wants to control but Touchard is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touchard wants to control the pace but Kirby is squirming around nicely.
Touchard thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kirby flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Touchard throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Touchard controlling from the full mount.
Kirby is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Touchard wants to control the pace but Kirby is squirming around nicely.
Kirby tries to hold on but Touchard pushes him away.

Touchard looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touchard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kirby is looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Touchard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kirby is squirming around, avoiding Touchard's attempts to control the action.
Kirby tries to hold on but Touchard pushes him away.
Kirby throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Touchard prevents Kirby from getting the reversal.
Touchard throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Touchard unloads with some shots from mount but Kirby bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Touchard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Touchard looking for a guillotine from mount but Kirby is having none of it.
Touchard blocks Kirby's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Touchard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Alfred Touchard has got the better of the ground game so far.
Touchard unloads with some shots from mount but Kirby bucks and avoids them well.
Kirby tries to hold on but Touchard pushes him away.
Kirby sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kirby trying to control from the bottom.
Kirby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Touchard.
Kirby won't allow Touchard to pass to mount.
Touchard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Touchard trying to pass the guard but Kirby defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Touchard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Touchard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfred Touchard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kirby shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Touchard but Touchard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Touchard shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirby manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Touchard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kirby walks into a left hand.
Kirby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Touchard swings widly with a right hand

and Kirby counters with a nice double leg into side control. Touchard won't be happy with that.
Touchard tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Kirby presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kirby is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Touchard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Touchard tries to lock up and control but Kirby gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Touchard is in a horrible position here. Kirby smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirby dominating with strikes here.
Kirby avoids the attempt from Touchard to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby cracks Touchard with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Touchard is rocked!
Kirby postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Touchard out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Kirby goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Micky Kirby!