PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyler Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Pete (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.

Kane
vs
Pete

190 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Solid chin

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, Kyler Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Pete!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane tries a head kick but it misses.
Kane shoots in for a double leg but Pete sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pete checks a leg kick.
Kane shoots in for a double leg but Pete sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kane shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyler Kane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pete keeps the fight on the outside.
Kane lands the left hand.
Kane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pete paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pete shoots in looking for a takedown. Kane tries to sprawl out of it but Pete keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kane manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kyler Kane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pete avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kane misses with a few strikes there.
Pete takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Happy Pete has been cut.
Kane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pete tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kane swivels and escapes.
Kane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Pete changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kane looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kane is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kane knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pete on the ground.
Kane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pete wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kane is not content to let Pete control the position.
Pete working the body and head with strikes.
Pete has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pete lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kane takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane can't do much from the bottom here.
Pete creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kane sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pete lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kane down.
Pete cracks Kane with a big elbow.
Kane is not content to let Pete control the position.
Pete looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Kane's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kane wants to get back to his feet.
Pete tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pete landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Pete are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pete throws a strike aimed at the side of Kane's head but Kane avoids it well.
Pete is putting a hurting on Kane here, landing some big shots from side control.

Pete is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kane knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pete working away.
Pete landing a few strikes.
Pete throws an elbow but Kane slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kane is trying to control Pete's posture but Pete avoids it.
Kane striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pete creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kane sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pete lands an elbow.
Pete misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kane moves in looking to clinch but Pete pushes him off.
Kane works over Pete's head and body with a nice combination.
Kane shoots and misses

and Pete counters with a shoot takedown. Kane fights it but they end up in guard.
Kane on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kane tries to get out of the position.
Pete stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kane swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pete accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pete in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pete throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Pete dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Happy Pete's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pete closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kane is trying to maintain the position but Pete is very close to passing his half guard.
Pete thows a huge punch but Kane dodges it nicely.
Pete missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pete seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pete working over Kane with some ground and pound. Kane looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pete working over Kane with some ground and pound. Kane looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pete wants to pass to mount but Kane is defending the position.
Kane wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pete landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pete not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kane keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pete thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kane's head.

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

Kane looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pete!
Kane looking to control but Pete is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pete swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Kane trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pete wants to control but Kane is having none of it.
Pete is looking to improve his position but Kane isn't that keen on the idea.
Pete is squirming around, avoiding Kane's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pete is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pete regains half guard.

Kane is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Pete keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kane prevents Pete from improving his position.
Pete punching from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kane working the head and body with strikes.
Kane working Pete over with strikes.
Pete wants to control but Kane is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pete landing strikes from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kane with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pete counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kane's guard now.
Pete throwing strikes but missing.
Pete connects with a couple of short punches.
Pete missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kane tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pete working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Pete showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Happy Pete's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pete paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kane cracks Pete with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kane wants to clinch up but Pete keeps it at a distance.
Pete misses with a takedown
and Kane counters with a left to the body.
Pete keeps the fight on the outside.
Kane shoots and misses

and Pete decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kane's guard.
Pete content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pete won't allow Kane to sweep him here.
Pete postures up and lands a big shot to Kane's brow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Pete drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kane dives on top into guard.
Kane stopping the sweep attempt from Pete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pete has Kane pulled in close to control his posture.
Kane stopping the sweep attempt from Pete.
Pete controls Kane momentarily but Kane frees himself.
Pete trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kane trying to control the position from guard on top but Pete is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kane thows a big elbow that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pete avoids the head kick by Kane.
Pete shoots in and drives through. Kane sprawls well.

Pete shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pete is working Kane over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Happy Pete has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pete's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pete throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pete trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kane not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pete postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kane has momentary wrist control but Pete slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pete scoring with some ground and pound.
Pete throws and elbow that misses. Kane uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pete's guard. Nice move by Kane!
Kane would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kane won't allow Pete to sweep him here.
Pete throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Pete trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Pete escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kane gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kane stopping the sweep attempt from Pete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Pete throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pete throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Happy Pete is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pete throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kane's waist but Kane gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pete off to one side.
Kyler Kane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Happy Pete.
Kane scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pete doesn't seem bothered though.
Kane gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pete counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Pete comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pete winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Pete!