PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Porter (ranked 6471 p4p, 559 weight class) and Jean Lucroy (ranked 5211 p4p, 508 weight class). Porter's entrance music is Cambodia. A fine choice. Emilio Porter had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Emilio Porter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Porter
vs
Lucroy

201 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Emilio Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jean Lucroy!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucroy swings for the body but Porter moves out of range.
Porter looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Lucroy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lucroy wants to take a breather but Porter is having none of it.

Porter is defending against the submission attempts here by Lucroy.
Porter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lucroy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lucroy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lucroy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lucroy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lucroy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Porter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lucroy scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucroy trying to control from half guard but Porter is working away.
Lucroy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lucroy working over Porter with some ground and pound. Porter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Porter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lucroy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lucroy slips a nice elbow through Porter's hands, connecting with Porter's forehead.
Lucroy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lucroy is pressing down on Porter's thigh, looking to free his foot. Porter is holding on for now.
Lucroy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lucroy drops an elbow to the side of Porter's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucroy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lucroy winds up and cracks Porter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Porter is rocked!
Ground and pound from Lucroy.
Oh Porter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Porter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lucroy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lucroy lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Porter quite badly. Porter pulls Lucroy in close trying to recover. Lucroy postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Porter on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Porter doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Lucroy!