PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrice Desbiens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and YB Sol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sol comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SFIV - Theme of Ryu 2 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Desbiens
vs
Sol

192 cm
18
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Swiss Systems Fight School
Blaze Ronin Street Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrice Desbiens!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, YB Sol!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desbiens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Desbiens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Desbiens misses with a few strikes there.
Sol fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Desbiens looks to land a right hand but Sol moved out of range.
Desbiens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sol moves in looking to clinch but Desbiens pushes him off.
Sol throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Desbiens on the side of the head.
Sol misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Desbiens keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Desbiens does no damage.
Sol displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Desbiens throws out the jab.
Patrice Desbiens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desbiens misses with a double jab.
Desbiens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Sol counters by clinching up.
Sol tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Desbiens just stands there and leans against the cage.
Patrice Desbiens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of YB Sol.
Sol fails to pull guard.

Desbiens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Desbiens misses with a left hand
and Sol counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Desbiens throws a poor cross that misses

and Sol counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Desbiens's guard now.

Sol drops back looking for a leg! Desbiens is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Desbiens manages to kick Sol off! Sol jumps back into Desbiens's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol looking to pass the guard.

Sol postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Desbiens is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sol, into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Desbiens trying to control but Sol is working from the bottom.
Desbiens postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Desbiens avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sol controlling Desbiens's posture.
Sol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Desbiens drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Desbiens jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sol not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sol is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Desbiens would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Sol looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sol working for a triangle but Desbiens defends it easily.
Desbiens tries to free his leg and advance position but Sol is retaining full guard.
Desbiens knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sol on the ground.
Sol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Desbiens's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Desbiens looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Desbiens is trying to control the position but Sol postures up.

Sol 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 now. Sol seems to have locked his on tight now - Desbiens screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sol, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). YB Sol!
YB Sol is the new light heavyweight champion!