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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Parfait PrudHomme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chase Gooden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chase Gooden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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164 cm
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187 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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201 lbs
3 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Parfait PrudHomme! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Chase Gooden! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gooden throws a series of punches but PrudHomme moves out of range. PrudHomme clinches up with Gooden and pushes him back against the cage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gooden just misses with a elbow thrown towards PrudHomme's brow. PrudHomme wants the takedown. Gooden is fighting it off but PrudHomme persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Gooden's guard against the cage. We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake. Gooden is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. Gooden manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gooden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gooden gets in close and instigates a clinch. Gooden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. PrudHomme drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gooden gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gooden stops a takedown attempt from PrudHomme.
Gooden takes an elbow to the forehead. PrudHomme jumps guard and drags Gooden to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Gooden throws a big right hand that misses. PrudHomme has his hands on Gooden's head, controlling the position. PrudHomme wants to get back to his feet but Gooden is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round. PrudHomme is trying to control the position but Gooden postures up. If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Parfait PrudHomme. PrudHomme slips a jab from Gooden. Good shot there by Gooden. Gooden thows a left - swing and a miss! Chase Gooden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. PrudHomme looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gooden is fending him off so far but PrudHomme persists. Nope, Gooden circles away and we're back to standing. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Parfait PrudHomme. That's going to take a lot out of him. Gooden throws a shot from downtown. PrudHomme moves away and avoids it. Gooden stuffs the takedown attempt from PrudHomme. PrudHomme gets slowly back to his feet. PrudHomme blocks a jab. Gooden scores with a hook to the body. PrudHomme takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. PrudHomme is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gooden fails with the takedown and PrudHomme counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gooden! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gooden wants to get back to his feet.
Gooden wants to hold on but PrudHomme pushes him away. PrudHomme looking to finish Gooden with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gooden! Gooden sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Gooden makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gooden. PrudHomme scoring with punches to the head and body. Gooden controls PrudHomme momentarily but PrudHomme frees himself. Gooden looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round. PrudHomme makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Gooden keeping moving, preventing PrudHomme from controlling successfully. PrudHomme prevents Gooden from getting back to his feet. PrudHomme postures up in Gooden's guard and throws a big left but Gooden blocks it. PrudHomme throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gooden works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Gooden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Gooden scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gooden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Gooden throws a lazy uppercut
and PrudHomme counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Gooden kicks off PrudHomme and gets to his feet. A swing and a miss from Gooden.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gooden thows a body shot but no joy. Gooden misses with a hook. PrudHomme ducked under it nicely. Gooden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with PrudHomme, pushing him back against the cage. Gooden gets underhooks to prevent PrudHomme's takedown attempt.
Gooden goes for a takedown attempt but PrudHomme pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gooden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and PrudHomme moves into the clinch. PrudHomme lands an elbow inside. PrudHomme lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ground and pound from PrudHomme. PrudHomme throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Gooden wants to control but PrudHomme is keeping busy and won't allow it. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Gooden gets full guard. Gooden bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in PrudHomme's guard. PrudHomme pulls Gooden in close to his closed guard and prevents Gooden from doing any damage or advancing position. Gooden drops back looking for a leg! PrudHomme is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and PrudHomme manages to kick Gooden off! Gooden jumps back into PrudHomme's guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Parfait PrudHomme will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gooden throws a lazy right hand but PrudHomme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. PrudHomme staying out of range there. Gooden throws a poor cross that misses
and PrudHomme counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by PrudHomme. Gooden kicks PrudHomme off and gets to his feet. PrudHomme moves out of range of the body kick from Gooden.
Gooden lands a jab. Gooden throws a right and a left that PrudHomme avoids nicely. Gooden is breathing heavily. Gooden throws a nice looking combination but PrudHomme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. PrudHomme shoots in and gets a takedown into Gooden's guard. Parfait PrudHomme overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. PrudHomme throwing strikes from guard but Gooden blocks nicely. Gooden is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. PrudHomme is aware though and is defending well. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gooden wants to stand but PrudHomme is controlling the position. PrudHomme has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gooden is proving hard to escape from. PrudHomme loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. PrudHomme with a flurry of punches that miss. PrudHomme scoring with some ground and pound. Gooden is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. PrudHomme is aware though and is defending well. Gooden being controlled here, momentarily. PrudHomme might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Gooden trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. PrudHomme preventing the sweep. Gooden keeping moving, preventing PrudHomme from controlling successfully. Gooden looking to control.
PrudHomme is working Gooden over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. PrudHomme has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Gooden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Gooden manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. PrudHomme manages to get himself to full guard.
PrudHomme knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gooden on the ground. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gooden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. PrudHomme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. PrudHomme is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Gooden won't allow PrudHomme to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. PrudHomme avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gooden's corner. There ya go! There ya go! A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gooden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. PrudHomme keeping full guard, as Gooden tries to pass. PrudHomme working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gooden. Gooden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Gooden lands a couple of decent looking shots. Gooden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gooden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Gooden throwing strikes but missing. PrudHomme avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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. PrudHomme working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gooden. PrudHomme is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Gooden is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Gooden postures up in PrudHomme's guard and throws a big left but PrudHomme blocks it. Gooden loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Gooden lands a couple of decent looking shots. Gooden is looking to work some ground and pound but PrudHomme has wrist control. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gooden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Gooden throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as PrudHomme works some decent striking defense from the bottom. PrudHomme on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if PrudHomme tries to get out of the position. Gooden drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gooden seems to have locked his on tight now - PrudHomme screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gooden, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Chase Gooden!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
54% |
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