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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Louis Freese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Deschain (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.
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185 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Louis Freese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roland Deschain!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freese thuds a left hand into Deschain's body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Deschain unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Freese tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Deschain scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Deschain drops Freese with a big knee straight up the middle! Freese is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
It looks like Louis Freese has been cut.
Freese is breathing heavily.
Deschain closes the distance and clinches.
Deschain landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Deschain'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.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Deschain obliges.
Deschain holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Freese takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freese being controlled against the cage.
Deschain pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Deschain.
Freese tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Deschain smiles and moves away.
Deschain clinches up with Freese and pushes him back against the cage.
Freese letting Deschain take a breather here.
Deschain with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deschain is pushing Freese up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Deschain with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freese tries to pull guard but Deschain won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Freese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deschain taking a breather.
Deschain lands a good knee to the midsection. Freese won't want to take too many of those.
Deschain has Freese pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Roland Deschain.
Freese misses with the combination.
Deschain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Deschain slows down the pace here.
Deschain connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschain connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Deschain.
Deschain avoiding damage.
Deschain lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deschain connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freese's face.
A knee to the head by Deschain.
Deschain lands a knee to the head.
Freese is rocked!
Deschain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Freese letting Deschain take a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deschain is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Deschain utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Deschain connects with a knee to the head.
Deschain with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deschain lands a knee to the head.
Deschain crunches a lovely knee into Freese's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Deschain.
Oh Freese is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Deschain pressing his opponent against the cage.
Freese seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deschain scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Deschain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Louis Freese's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Deschain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Freese misses with a wild body shot.
Deschain slips a jab and a cross from Freese.
Louis Freese is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deschain darts in and clinches Freese up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Deschain.
Deschain landing knees to the body.
Deschain slowing the pace effectively.
Freese takes an elbow to the temple.
Deschain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Deschain lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Deschain obliges.
Deschain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Freese up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freese takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freese takes a knee right on the jaw!
Deschain with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Freese tries to pull guard but Deschain won't allow it.
Deschain scores with a knee to the head.
Deschain slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Deschain.
Deschain connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freese's face.
Deschain connects with a knee to the head.
Freese jumps guard but Deschain stands there with Freese around his waist. Freese gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roland Deschain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Deschain scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deschain misses with an elbow over the top.
Freese tries to pull guard but Deschain holds him up against the cage and eventually Freese drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Freese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Deschain throws an elbow but misses.
Deschain stalling the fight.
Deschain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freese letting Deschain take a breather here.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deschain is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Freese jumps guard but Deschain stands there with Freese around his waist. Freese gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Deschain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting on Deschain's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Deschain - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Deschain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deschain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Deschain is struggling to control the position.
Freese fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Deschain throws an elbow but it misses.
Deschain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Freese avoids a wild elbow strike from Deschain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Deschain.
Freese blocks the elbow strike.
Freese tries to pull guard but Deschain won't allow it.
Freese fails to pull guard.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but Freese blocks with his arms.
Deschain throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Deschain landing knees to the body.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deschain stalling against the cage.
Deschain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freese jumps guard but Deschain stands there with Freese around his waist. Freese gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Deschain stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Deschain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Louis Freese's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Freese misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Freese catches Deschain right on the button with a cross.
Freese throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deschain.
Deschain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freese.
Freese looks to land a combination but Deschain avoids it well.
Deschain closes the distance and clinches.
Deschain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Freese tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Deschain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Deschain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Freese.
Deschain gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Deschain controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deschain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
With the fighters up against the cage, Deschain throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freese tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Deschain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Freese takes a knee right on the jaw!
Freese dodges an elbow strike from Deschain.
Deschain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Freese up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Deschain.
Deschain looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Deschain throws an elbow that misses.
Deschain just leaning against Freese, taking a breather.
Freese avoiding damage as Deschain throws knees to the body.
Deschain scores a nice knee to the body.
Deschain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Freese avoiding damage as Deschain throws knees to the body.
Roland Deschain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freese tries to pull guard but Deschain holds him up against the cage and eventually Freese drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Freese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freese blocks the elbow strike.
Deschain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Deschain trying to land knees to the body.
Deschain scores with a knee to the head.
Freese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschain is struggling to control the position.
Deschain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freese managing to block the knees to the body from Deschain.
Freese tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Deschain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Deschain with a knee to the head.
Deschain displaying some good clinch control by pressing Freese up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Deschain tries to land a knee to the head but Freese blocks with his arms.
Freese tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Deschain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Deschain with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Freese tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Deschain smiles and moves away.
No joy there for Freese, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roland Deschain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Deschain 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 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roland Deschain!
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FIGHT
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