PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonh Goulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshia Denton (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.

Goulet
vs
Denton

180 cm
24
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonh Goulet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yoshia Denton!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goulet pushes Denton up against the cage in a clinch.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Denton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Goulet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Goulet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Denton blocks it with crossed arms.
Denton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Denton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Goulet.
Goulet landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Goulet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Denton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Denton wants to get back to striking at distance but Goulet won't allow it.
Denton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Goulet.
Denton is trying to break free.
Goulet keeps control of Denton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Goulet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Denton looks gassed!
Goulet misses with a knee to the head.
Denton takes an elbow to the temple.

Denton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denton throws a looping overhand right but Goulet ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goulet connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Denton's hands.
Denton looks to throw the jab but Goulet is out of range.
Jonh Goulet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goulet moves in looking to clinch but Denton pushes him off.
Goulet doesn't manage to clinch there - Denton circles away.
Goulet throws a nice head kick!
Goulet throws a head kick that half lands.
Goulet doesn't manage to clinch there - Denton circles away.
Goulet throws a jab when Denton was well out of range.
Goulet tries to clinch but Denton moves out of range.
Goulet lands a with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Goulet slips a jab and a cross from Denton.
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denton paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Goulet closes the distance and clinches.
Goulet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Goulet obliges.
Goulet lands with a short shot to the head.
Goulet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Denton avoids a wild elbow strike from Goulet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goulet missing with knees to the body.
Goulet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denton is defending well for now.
Goulet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Denton is trying to force a seperation but Goulet has the dominant position.
Denton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goulet tries to land knees in the clinch but Denton avoids the damage to the body.
Goulet misses with a knee to the head.
Denton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Denton avoiding damage as Goulet throws knees to the body.
Goulet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Denton blocks it with crossed arms.
Goulet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Goulet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denton is defending well for now.
Goulet lands a damaging elbow.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denton avoids it.
A hook to the body from Goulet.
Denton wants to break free but Goulet has control.
Denton managing to block the knees to the body from Goulet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goulet has him pressed against the cage.
Denton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but Denton blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Denton managing to block the knees to the body from Goulet.
Denton wants to break free but Goulet has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Goulet.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denton avoids it.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denton avoids it.
Goulet missing with knees to the body.

Denton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Denton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goulet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch but Denton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Denton misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Denton misses.
Goulet avoids the body shot from Denton.
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denton swats him away and circles back towards the center.

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.
Denton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goulet is looking to clinch but Denton is avoiding it.
Denton keeps the fight on the outside.
Denton throws out a loose jab but Goulet uses good head movement to avoid it.

Goulet clinches.
A shot in the inside from Goulet.
Goulet lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Goulet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Denton's efforts to push away.
Denton is trying to break the clinch but Goulet is controlling him.
Goulet lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Goulet.
Goulet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Goulet obliges.
Goulet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Denton's defenses.
Denton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Denton avoiding damage as Goulet throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonh Goulet dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Denton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goulet cracks Denton with a good jab.
Denton jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Goulet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Goulet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Denton's defenses.
Denton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goulet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Denton wants to get back to striking at distance but Goulet won't allow it.
Goulet landing knees to the head.
Goulet looking to throw knees to the head but Denton is blocking nicely.
Goulet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denton is defending well for now.
Goulet misses with an elbow strike.
Goulet lands with a right to the head.
Goulet misses with a knee strike.
Goulet looking to throw knees to the head but Denton is blocking nicely.
Goulet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goulet backwards.
Goulet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Denton blocks the elbow strike.
Denton stalling in the clinch but Goulet improves position.
Goulet can't find room to land a body shot as Denton controls the action.
Goulet lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Denton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Goulet throws an elbow that misses.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Goulet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Goulet has a couple of punches blocked by Denton.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Goulet tries to land knees in the clinch but Denton avoids the damage to the body.
Denton can't break the clinch.
Goulet lands an elbow inside that Denton shrugs off.
Denton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goulet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Goulet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two 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.
Denton avoiding damage as Goulet throws knees to the body.
Goulet misses with a knee to the head.
Denton avoiding damage as Goulet throws knees to the body.
Denton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goulet has him pressed against the cage.
Goulet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goulet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Denton blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Goulet.
Goulet keeps control of Denton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Denton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Denton blocks an elbow strike.
Goulet looking to throw knees to the head but Denton is blocking nicely.
Goulet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goulet throws an elbow that misses.
Goulet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goulet looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Goulet with a knee to the head.
Denton is trying to break free.
Denton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goulet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jonh Goulet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Goulet throws an elbow but misses.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but Denton blocks it.
Goulet pushes Denton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goulet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goulet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denton is defending well for now.
Denton wants to get back to striking at distance but Goulet won't allow it.
Denton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Denton avoiding damage as Goulet throws knees to the body.

Denton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Goulet backs up against the cage.

It looks like Jonh Goulet has been cut.
Goulet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Goulet tries to clinch up.
Denton scores with a body shot.
Denton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Denton throws a right and a left that Goulet avoids nicely.
Denton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Goulet.
Goulet swinging wilding here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goulet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Denton looks to land a combination. Goulet sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Denton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jonh Goulet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Goulet darts in and clinches Denton up against the cage.
Goulet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goulet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goulet misses with a knee to the head.
Denton leaning against his opponent.
Goulet misses with an elbow strike.
Goulet with a knee to the head.
Goulet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goulet looking to throw knees to the head but Denton is blocking nicely.
Denton can't break the clinch.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Goulet tries to land knees in the clinch but Denton avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshia Denton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jonh Goulet's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Denton lands with a nice combination. Goulet backs away looking to recover.
Goulet falls off balance throwing a combination
and Denton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Goulet misses with a straight right.
Denton swats away the attempt to clinch by Goulet.
Goulet clinches but Denton breaks the clinch
and Denton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Denton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Denton keeps the fight on the outside.
Denton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Goulet tries to clinch up
and Denton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Denton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goulet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Denton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Denton circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Denton misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goulet lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Goulet tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Denton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goulet throws a series of punches but Denton moves out of range.
Goulet moves in looking to clinch but Denton pushes him off.
Goulet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goulet misses with the combination.
Goulet tries to clinch but Denton is having none of it.
Denton misses with a double jab.
Goulet wants to clinch up but Denton keeps it at a distance.
Goulet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Goulet.
Denton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Denton there as he acknowledges the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the head but Denton blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goulet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Denton's face.
Goulet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goulet lands a shot to the body.
Denton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Goulet has Denton pressed against the cage, preventing Denton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Goulet on the inside.
Goulet tries a knee to the head but Denton blocks it.
A short left from Denton.
Denton managing to block the knees to the body from Goulet.
Denton lands with a left to the head.
Goulet connects with a knee to the head.
Denton avoids a wild elbow strike from Goulet.
Goulet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Denton's elbow.
Goulet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Denton blocks it with crossed arms.
Denton blocks an elbow strike.
Goulet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goulet missing with knees to the body.

Denton manages to break the clinch.
Goulet tries to close the distance and clinch but Denton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goulet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Denton misses with a double jab.
Denton tries to bum rush Goulet with a series of wild strikes but Goulet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Goulet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Denton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Denton throws out a loose jab but Goulet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goulet goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Denton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Denton throws the left hand but Goulet avoids the punch easily.
Denton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goulet wants to clinch.
Goulet throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Goulet closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Goulet.
Denton misses with some punches.
Goulet landing knees to the head.
Goulet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Denton managing to block the knees to the body from Goulet.
Denton avoids the elbow strike from Goulet, against the cage.
Goulet has a couple of punches blocked by Denton.
Goulet looking to throw knees to the head but Denton is blocking nicely.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the head but Denton blocks with his arms.
Goulet tries to land a knee to the head but Denton blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Denton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Goulet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denton is defending well for now.

Denton breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Denton misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jonh Goulet.
Well Goulet 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonh Goulet!