PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Deangelo Queen (ranked 2168 p4p, 2115 weight class) and Pierre Ledoux (ranked 272 p4p, 268 weight class). Queen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Go Hard. Cyrus Deangelo Queen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pierre Ledoux's chin.

Queen
vs
Ledoux

189 cm
34
175
22 - 21 - 0

180 cm
31
182
15 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Wrestler Wayfare

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 22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cyrus Deangelo Queen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Ledoux!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ledoux changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Queen tries to avoid it but Ledoux manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Queen to the ground. Queen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Queen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Ledoux moves into the clinch.

Ledoux manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ledoux trying to keep a closed guard but Queen is proving a slippery customer.
Queen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Queen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ledoux is trying to control the position but Queen postures up.
Queen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Queen preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ledoux has momentary wrist control but Queen slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ledoux keeping moving, preventing Queen from controlling successfully.
Ledoux looking to hit a scissor sweep but Queen is one step ahead there.
Queen wants to control from the top but Ledoux keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledoux lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Queen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ledoux.
Ledoux landing some decent shots from guard.
Queen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Queen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ledoux is controlling him.
Ledoux is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux trying to control the position from guard on top but Queen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ledoux throwing strikes but missing.
Ledoux prevents Queen from getting back to his feet.
Queen is trying to keep Ledoux in close.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ledoux tries to free his leg and advance position but Queen is retaining full guard.
Queen is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Ledoux has managed to clinch.

Queen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ledoux moves into full guard.
Ledoux is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Queen stopping the sweep attempt from Ledoux.
Ledoux pulls Queen in to control the position.
Ledoux looking for a sweep. Not yet Ledoux, not yet.
Ledoux keeps trying to improve his position.
Ledoux has momentary wrist control but Queen slips an elbow through the middle.
Ledoux controls Queen momentarily but Queen frees himself.
Ledoux wants to hit a sweep here but Queen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ledoux there!
Queen trying to control but Ledoux is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Queen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ledoux is looking to escape.
Queen controlling his opponent.
Ledoux tries to hold on but Queen pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Queen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ledoux is desperately trying to improve his position but Queen has a good base and remains in mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cyrus Deangelo Queen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Queen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Queen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ledoux wants to control but Queen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Queen is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Queen trying to control from half guard but Ledoux is working away.
Ledoux tries to get to full guard but Queen has control of the leg.
Ledoux works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ledoux tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Queen postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ledoux tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Queen trying to control the position from guard on top but Ledoux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Queen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledoux throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Ledoux fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Queen to the ground. Ledoux is now in Queen's guard.
Ledoux preventing the sweep.
Ledoux throws a big elbow that misses.
Queen keeping moving, preventing Ledoux from controlling successfully.
Queen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ledoux works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ledoux is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Queen controlling the position for now.
Ground and pound from Ledoux.
Queen is trying to get back to full guard.
Queen is looking to control Ledoux's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Queen avoid being mounted?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ledoux in particular looking to stall.
Ledoux tries to pass the half guard into mount. Queen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Queen's head.
Nice strikes from Ledoux there.
Queen trying to control from the bottom.
Ledoux is trying to control. Queen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ledoux takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Queen wants to get back to his feet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Queen tries to get to full guard but Ledoux has control of the leg.
Ledoux missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ledoux is looking to advance position but Queen won't allow it.
Queen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Queen gets back to full guard.
Queen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Queen keeping moving, preventing Ledoux from controlling successfully.
Ledoux forces his way into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ground and pound from Ledoux.
Ledoux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Queen's head.
Queen is staying active underneath Ledoux, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Ledoux showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ledoux.

Queen forces Ledoux back against the cage and clinches.
Queen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ledoux avoids it.

Queen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ledoux feints and as Queen raises his hands in defense, Ledoux changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ledoux postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Queen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ledoux wants to pass the guard but Queen is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ledoux working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Queen's head.
Ledoux lands a couple of digs.
Ledoux makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ledoux passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen is looking for a sweep.
Ledoux scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Queen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ground and pound from Ledoux seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Queen is looking for a sweep.
Ledoux lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Queen down.
Ledoux landing a few strikes.
My spies in Gym inform me that Ledoux has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Queen struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux trying to control the position but Queen is working away.
Check out the look on Ledoux's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ledoux lands a few punches from side control.
Queen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ledoux's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ledoux is thwarting Queen's attempts to control the position.
Queen wants to get back to full guard.

Ledoux is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ledoux wants to free his trapped foot but Queen is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Ledoux there.
Ledoux works his way into full mount!
Pierre Ledoux has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ledoux looking to control but Queen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ledoux lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Queen hang on?
Queen's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ledoux lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ledoux is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ledoux cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ledoux wants to control the pace but Queen is squirming around nicely.

Ledoux has hold of Queen's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Queen manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ledoux putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ledoux takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Queen is in a horrible position here. Ledoux smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Queen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ledoux landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Ledoux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ledoux 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Ledoux!
After the fight, Pierre Ledoux was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.