PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephane Ouellet (ranked 4788 p4p, 4943 weight class) and John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ouellet
vs
Doe

180 cm
20
178
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stephane Ouellet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ouellet paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ouellet changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Doe.
Ouellet fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Doe moves into range and clinches up with Ouellet.
Doe taking a breather.
A right handed body shot lands from Ouellet.
Ouellet jumps guard but Doe stands there with Ouellet around his waist. Ouellet gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Doe tries to pull guard but Ouellet holds him up against the cage and eventually Doe drops back down to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouellet wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephane Ouellet. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Doe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ouellet tries to avoid it but Doe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ouellet to the ground. Ouellet escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A head kick misses from Ouellet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouellet changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Doe tries to avoid it but Ouellet manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Doe to the ground. Doe escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ouellet misses with the combination.

Ouellet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Doe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ouellet tries to pull guard but Doe won't allow it.
Ouellet jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Doe walks away with a smile on his face. Ouellet gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ouellet displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Doe.

Doe gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouellet working hard to break the clinch.
Doe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ouellet tries to break the clinch but Doe is controlling the position.
Doe gets underhooks to prevent Ouellet's takedown attempt.
Doe jumps guard but Ouellet turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ouellet is looking to break free of the clinch but Doe has double underhooks.
Doe wants to stall.
Ouellet is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Doe pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Doe breaks the clinch.
Ouellet lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Doe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouellet shoots in for a takedown but Doe shows good takedown defense.
Nice sprawl there from Doe as Ouellet shoots in.

Doe tries to keep at a distance but Ouellet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Doe jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ouellet walks away with a smile on his face. Doe gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ouellet shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ouellet is breathing heavily.

Doe tries to keep at a distance but Ouellet has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Ouellet's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Ouellet jumps into guard, dragging Doe to the mat.
Doe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Doe being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ouellet. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ouellet thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Doe is looking to advance position but Ouellet has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Doe is looking to improve his position but Ouellet isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ouellet working Doe over with strikes here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stephane Ouellet dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ouellet rushes Doe and presses him up against the cage.
Doe wants a takedown but no success here.
Doe is trying to break free.
Ouellet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ouellet has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Doe avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Doe tries to work over Ouellet's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ouellet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doe can do to turn this around?
Doe prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ouellet keeps control of Doe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Doe tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ouellet just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ouellet lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouellet taking a breather.

Doe breaks the clinch.
Ouellet shoots in looking for a takedown. Doe tries to sprawl out of it but Ouellet keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Doe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As Ouellet backs off Doe throws a huge counter combo but Ouellet manages to avoid it all.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephane Ouellet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouellet shoots in for a takedown but Doe shows good takedown defense.
Stephane Ouellet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ouellet pushes Doe up against the cage in a clinch.
Ouellet tries for a takedown but Doe manages to get underhooks.
Ouellet tries to pull guard but Doe won't allow it.
Doe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Doe blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouellet taking a breather.
Doe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ouellet is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Doe wants to stall.
Ouellet is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ouellet lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Doe jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ouellet walks away with a smile on his face. Doe gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Doe tries to clinch there but Ouellet circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe fails with a takedown attempt.
Doe is breathing heavily.
Doe blocks a head kick by Ouellet.
Doe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Doe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ouellet defends well and Doe ends up having to push Ouellet into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ouellet misses with a two punch combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Doe.
Ouellet throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Doe's waist but Doe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ouellet off to one side.
Ouellet shoots in looking for a takedown. Doe tries to sprawl out of it but Ouellet keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Doe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Doe shoots in for a takedown but Ouellet shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouellet shoots for a takedown but Doe saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Ouellet darts in and clinches Doe up against the cage.
Stephane Ouellet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Doe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Doe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ouellet's efforts to push away.
Ouellet prevents the takedown attempt.

Ouellet pulls guard successfully.
Ouellet lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ouellet slips nicely into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stephane Ouellet dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Doe slaps away a takedown attempt from Ouellet, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ouellet stuffs the takedown.
Doe shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ouellet counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ouellet.
Ouellet is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ouellet is trying to pull guard but Doe turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephane Ouellet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouellet prevents Doe from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ouellet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Doe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ouellet gets underhooks to prevent Doe's takedown attempt.
Ouellet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouellet is pressed up against the cage. Doe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ouellet down to the mat. Ouellet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ouellet fails to land the takedown.
Doe wants to clinch.
Doe throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Ouellet moves into the clinch.

Ouellet jumps guard.
Ouellet wants to sweep here but Doe controlling him for the moment.
Ouellet seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Doe is fighting to break Ouellet's control of his arms but Ouellet is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ouellet wants to sweep but no luck.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Ouellet forces Doe back against the cage and clinches.
Ouellet jumps guard but Doe stands there with Ouellet around his waist. Ouellet gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouellet wants a takedown.
Doe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ouellet gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ouellet gets control of Doe's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ouellet will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Ouellet has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Doe has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Ouellet throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Ouellet manages to pull guard.

Ouellet looking for a guillotine here but Doe defends easily.
Ouellet has a closed guard, preventing Doe from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ouellet working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Doe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Doe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Doe wants to control from the top but Ouellet keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Ouellet working for a triangle but Doe defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephane Ouellet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ouellet 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Stephane Ouellet!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Stephane Ouellet!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Stephane Ouellet!

Stephane Ouellet wins by unanimous decision!