PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Puckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Trumps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trumps has chosen Jay Z - Money, Cash, Hoes as his entrance music. Noah Puckerman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ian Trumps's chin.

Puckerman
vs
Trumps

184 cm
25
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

186 cm
27
224 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

L.A. Elite Clothing Co

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Puckerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ian Trumps!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trumps keeps Puckerman at a distance using the push kick.
Puckerman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Puckerman throws a leg kick which misses Trumps's front leg but catches the back leg as Trumps tries to avoid it.
Puckerman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trumps manages to avoid it.
Trumps's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Puckerman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trumps scrambles back to his feet.
Trumps tries for a takedown but Puckerman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Puckerman connects with a looping right hand.
Puckerman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puckerman checks a leg kick.
Puckerman blocks the body kick.
Puckerman moves out of range of the body kick.
Trumps misses with a head kick.
Puckerman checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trumps keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trumps pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trumps doesn't manage to clinch there - Puckerman circles away.
Puckerman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Puckerman. That snapped Trumps's head back.
Puckerman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trumps lands with a slapping head kick.
Noah Puckerman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trumps looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Puckerman misses with a looping left.
Puckerman misses the shot to the body.
Puckerman blocks a head kick by Trumps.
Trumps throws a head kick that misses.
Puckerman tries to clinch up.
Trumps lands a head kick!
Trumps takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Noah Puckerman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puckerman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trumps manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trumps tries a head kick but it misses.
Trumps dives in and grabs Puckerman's left leg, looking for a takedown. Puckerman pushes down on Trumps's head and hops out.
Puckerman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puckerman tries to land a leg kick but Trumps saw it coming and moves away.
Puckerman misses with a body punch
and Trumps counters with a low kick, right behind Puckerman 's knee.
Puckerman throws a leg kick but Trumps moved away.
Puckerman misses the shot to the body.
Trumps fails with a takedown attempt.
Noah Puckerman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian Trumps.
Puckerman avoids the head kick by Trumps.
Puckerman tries to land a leg kick but Trumps saw it coming and moves away.
Trumps tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps throws a head kick but Puckerman moves out of range.
Puckerman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Trumps checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Trumps avoids the body shot from Puckerman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trumps takes a jab right on the kisser.
Puckerman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trumps uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puckerman.
Puckerman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Trumps throws a sloppy head kick and Puckerman moves out of range easily.
Puckerman lands a nice looking body shot.
Puckerman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Trumps tries a head kick but it misses.
Puckerman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Puckerman lands a jab to Trumps's midsection.
Puckerman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Trumps throws a head kick but Puckerman moves out of range.
Puckerman is looking to wear down Trumps with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Puckerman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trumps on the side of the head.
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 fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Trumps avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Trumps avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trumps blocking some punches.
Puckerman tries a body shot but Trumps blocks it.
Puckerman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trumps throws an elbow but it misses.
Trumps trying to land knees to the body.
Puckerman misses with the head strike.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trumps.
A head punch on the inside from Puckerman fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Trumps looking for a takedown.
Trumps is trying desperately to land a takedown but Puckerman is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Trumps.
Trumps tries to land knees in the clinch but Puckerman avoids the damage to the body.
Trumps is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Puckerman is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Puckerman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puckerman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Puckerman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Puckerman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trumps throws a head kick that misses.
Puckerman looks to land a combination but Trumps avoids it well.
Noah Puckerman is winning the standup battle so far.
Puckerman looks to land a left hand but Trumps moved out of range nicely.
Puckerman throws a head kick that misses.
Puckerman misses with an uppercut.
Puckerman throws a leg kick which misses Trumps's front leg but catches the back leg as Trumps tries to avoid it.
Puckerman misses with a low kick.
Trumps blocks a low kick nicely.
Puckerman throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trumps.
Puckerman avoids the head kick by Trumps.
Puckerman misses with a left hand
and Trumps counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trumps pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trumps uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puckerman.
Puckerman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Noah Puckerman has been cut.
Puckerman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trumps's sensitive parts.
Trumps uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puckerman.
Puckerman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trumps throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Puckerman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trumps.
Puckerman throws a lazy right hand but Trumps sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Puckerman.
Puckerman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trumps takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puckerman thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman just misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Puckerman throws a leg kick
and Trumps counters with a nice body kick.
Puckerman misses with a low kick.
Puckerman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trumps lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puckerman's sensitive parts.
Trumps throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Trumps moves out of range of the leg kick from Puckerman.
Puckerman cracks the inside of Trumps's front leg.
Trumps takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trumps tried to score with a low kick but Puckerman checks it.
Good shot there by Puckerman.
Puckerman avoids the head kick by Trumps.
Trumps throws a low kick but it's checked well by Puckerman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Trumps is breathing heavily.
Puckerman connects with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Puckerman.
Puckerman throws a series of punches but Trumps avoids them all with ease.
Trumps's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Puckerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Trumps is just out of range.
Trumps slips under a jab.
Trumps throws a sloppy head kick and Puckerman moves out of range easily.
Puckerman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Puckerman looks to land a combination but Trumps avoids it well.
Puckerman connects with a body shot that sends Trumps's belly button to the back.
Puckerman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trumps on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trumps scores with a leg kick.
Puckerman lands a right hook to the body.
Puckerman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trumps checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumps stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Puckerman.
Good leg kick by Puckerman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puckerman scores with a shot to the body.
Trumps takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trumps takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Puckerman scores with a leg kick.
Puckerman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trumps's head.
Puckerman throws a chopping leg kick but Trumps manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Puckerman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Puckerman cracks Trumps with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puckerman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A bone on bone clash there as Puckerman blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Trumps needs to keep his hands up - Puckerman had a free shot at his head there.
Puckerman misses with the combination.
Puckerman lands a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Puckerman.

Puckerman rushes Trumps and presses him up against the cage.
Trumps throws an elbow that misses.
Trumps throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Puckerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Puckerman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puckerman swings wildly with an uppercut but Trumps uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trumps trying to land knees to the body.
Puckerman misses with a punch on the inside.
Puckerman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trumps blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Trumps stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puckerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trumps takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Puckerman lands with a short shot to the head.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Trumps controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Puckerman.
Trumps throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Puckerman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trumps prevents a body shot from Puckerman.
Trumps stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Puckerman tries to work over Trumps's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trumps can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puckerman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trumps's elbow.
Ian Trumps has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman avoiding damage as Trumps throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Puckerman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Puckerman.
A shot in the inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman throws a head punch that misses.
Trumps prevents a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Trumps looking to throw knees to the head but Puckerman is blocking nicely.
Puckerman lands a body shot.
Puckerman lands a hook that snaps the head of Trumps backwards.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Puckerman scores with a shot to the side of Trumps's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Puckerman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trumps can do to turn this around?
A right hook to the body lands for Puckerman.
Nice body punch from Puckerman - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Trumps controls the action.
Puckerman lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Puckerman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Puckerman lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Puckerman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Puckerman lands a right hand.
Puckerman lands a body shot.
Puckerman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Noah Puckerman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puckerman pushes Trumps back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Puckerman lands a nice uppercut.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Trumps controls the action.
Puckerman gets through Trumps's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puckerman scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Puckerman.
Nice body punch from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman presses Trumps against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trumps blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Puckerman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puckerman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trumps prevents a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trumps has Puckerman pushed against the cage.
Trumps throws a knee to the head but misses.
Puckerman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puckerman lands a shoulder strike.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Trumps avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trumps wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Puckerman has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Puckerman.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Puckerman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Puckerman 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Puckerman!
After the big win, Noah Puckerman made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors L.A. Elite Clothing Co and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.