PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien Brisebois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Bujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brisebois
vs
Bujo

174 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

168 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damien Brisebois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Bujo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bujo misses with a wild body shot.
Bujo slips a jab and a cross from Brisebois.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bujo.

It looks like Damien Brisebois has been cut.

Brisebois drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bujo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Brisebois is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Brisebois takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brisebois fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brisebois won't let Bujo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Brisebois tries to control but Bujo wriggling away.
Bujo working to try and regain half guard.
Brisebois trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bujo is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bujo tries to lock up and control but Brisebois gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bujo is trying desperately to improve position.
Brisebois sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Brisebois prevents Bujo from getting the reversal.
Bujo reaches up and holds on to Brisebois to control the position.
Bujo is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Brisebois cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bujo is desperately trying to improve his position but Brisebois has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brisebois throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brisebois misses with a head shot.
Brisebois controlling the pace for now.
Brisebois lands a heavy elbow.
Bujo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brisebois trying to control but Bujo is having none of it.
Brisebois sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bujo wants to hold on but Brisebois pushes him away.
Brisebois wants to control the pace but Bujo is squirming around nicely.
Brisebois avoids the attempt from Bujo to control.
Bujo tries to reverse the position but Brisebois maintains control.
Brisebois thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bujo is squirming around, avoiding Brisebois's attempts to control the action.
Brisebois has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brisebois is really struggling to control Bujo but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bujo wants to control but Brisebois is having none of it.
Brisebois with a couple of short strikes.
Bujo can't escape the position.
Brisebois in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brisebois can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bujo is looking to escape.
Brisebois content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Brisebois dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Brisebois's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brisebois bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bujo lands a jab-cross combination.
Bujo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brisebois counters with a low kick, right behind Bujo 's knee.
Bujo misses with a double jab
and Brisebois counters with a big head kick but Bujo shrugs it off.

Brisebois has Bujo up against the cage in a clinch.
Brisebois tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bujo working hard to break the clinch.

Brisebois jumps guard.
Brisebois manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bujo manages to get himself to full guard.
Brisebois wants to control from the top but Bujo keeps moving.
Brisebois slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brisebois trying to move into half guard but instead Bujo has managed to sweep!
Bujo throws and elbow that misses. Brisebois uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bujo's guard. Nice move by Brisebois!
Bujo keeping moving, preventing Brisebois from controlling successfully.
Bujo has a closed guard, preventing Brisebois from standing up.
Brisebois trying to control but Bujo is working from the bottom.
Brisebois stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bujo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bujo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Brisebois stands up and waves to Bujo to follow him.
Bujo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brisebois counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brisebois throws a right hand that Bujo ducks under and follows up with a left that Bujo also avoids with ease.
Bujo throws a combination that misses

and Brisebois counters by clinching up.
Bujo is breathing heavily.
Brisebois throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brisebois jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bujo walks away with a smile on his face. Brisebois gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Brisebois decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bujo trying to control here.
Brisebois is looking to take a break and control but Bujo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bujo is in trouble now - Brisebois has advanced to mount!
Brisebois putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bujo is looking to get to half guard.
Brisebois controlling from the full mount.
Brisebois landing strikes from the mount.
Brisebois takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bujo is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brisebois unloading with bombs!
Bujo is looking to improve his position but Brisebois isn't that keen on the idea.
Brisebois working the ground and pound effectively.
Brisebois tries to control but Bujo wriggling away.
Brisebois sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bujo is squirming around, avoiding Brisebois's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Brisebois dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damien Brisebois's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bujo misses with a combination

and Brisebois counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Brisebois is thwarting Bujo's attempts to control the position.
Brisebois slows the pace down in half guard.
Brisebois winds up and cracks Bujo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Damien Brisebois overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bujo is refusing to be controlled, as Brisebois sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Damien Brisebois just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Bujo misses with a straight right.
Bujo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brisebois counters with an outside leg kick.
Bujo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Brisebois closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brisebois trying to control the pace.
Brisebois is trying to control the action in half guard but Bujo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brisebois is controlling the pace.
Brisebois has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Damien Brisebois just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Brisebois moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Brisebois cracks Bujo with an open hand slap.
Brisebois ducks under a wild hook from Bujo.
Brisebois has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brisebois shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bujo sprawls well. Bujo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brisebois gets slowly back to his feet.
Bujo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brisebois counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bujo misses with a jab to the body
and Brisebois counters with a two punch combo.
Brisebois plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Brisebois moves into range and clinches up with Bujo.
Bujo is pressed up against the cage. Brisebois has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bujo down to the mat. Bujo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bujo throws a hook to the side of Brisebois's head but Brisebois sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bujo throws a combination that misses

and Brisebois counters by moving into the clinch.

Brisebois's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brisebois looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bujo!
Brisebois controlling from the full mount.
Brisebois scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bujo?
Brisebois tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brisebois can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bujo is looking to escape.
Brisebois looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brisebois can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bujo is looking to escape.
Brisebois takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Damien Brisebois is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bujo is looking to improve his position but Brisebois isn't that keen on the idea.
Frank Bujo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bujo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Brisebois showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brisebois 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Brisebois!