PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Plude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Fernando Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Plude
vs
Fernando Gonzalez

177 cm
21
176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Plude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luiz Fernando Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez has a takedown stuffed.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gonzalez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gonzalez with a flurry of punches that miss.

Plude looking for a guillotine here but Gonzalez defends easily.
Gonzalez stopping the sweep attempt from Plude.
Gonzalez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez lands a couple of digs.
Plude throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gonzalez 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.
Gonzalez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gonzalez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez stopping the sweep attempt from Plude.
Gonzalez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Plude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez 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.
Plude looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plude is trying to control the position but Gonzalez postures up.
Plude keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
Gonzalez won't allow Plude to sweep him here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gonzalez misses with a kick to the body.
Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from Plude.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but Plude circles away and keeps his distance.
Plude tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzalez swivels and escapes.
Gonzalez throws a push kick but Plude slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Plude sizes up Gonzalez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A head kick misses from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plude avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Plude avoids them all with ease.
Plude lands with a right hand.
Gonzalez cracks Plude with a right hand to the side of the head.
Plude throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Plude moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez throws a solid leg kick but Plude takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gonzalez.
Plude fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looks to land a combination but Plude avoids it well.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the side of Plude's head but Plude sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plude fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Gonzalez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Plude regains half guard.
Plude tries to get to full guard but Gonzalez has control of the leg.
Gonzalez lands with a punch from half guard.
Plude blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gonzalez.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Plude works his way to full guard. Good work.
Plude wants to sweep here but Gonzalez controlling him for the moment.
Plude is breathing heavily.
Plude keeping full guard, as Gonzalez tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a big right hand that misses.
Plude avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gonzalez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gonzalez is fighting to break Plude's control of his arms but Plude is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gonzalez stops Plude from standing up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that Plude ducks under and follows up with a left that Plude also avoids with ease.
Plude throws a right hand that Gonzalez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gonzalez also avoids with ease.
Plude throws a head kick that misses.
Plude shoots in and drives through. Gonzalez sprawls well.
Gonzalez shoots in and drives through. Plude sprawls well.
Daniel Plude has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luiz Fernando Gonzalez.
Plude closes the distance and clinches up with Gonzalez, looking for a takedown. Plude pushes Gonzalez against the cage but Gonzalez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Plude looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Fernando Gonzalez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gonzalez scores a takedown into full mount!
Gonzalez is landing with some decent strikes but Plude is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gonzalez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gonzalez with good strikes from the mount here!
Plude bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gonzalez striking off his back but it's not causing Plude any problems.
Gonzalez pulls Plude in to control the position.
Plude stopping the sweep attempt from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looking to control.
Gonzalez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Plude!
Plude is bucking up trying to escape but Gonzalez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Plude is wriggling around trying to escape.
Plude is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gonzalez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gonzalez looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gonzalez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gonzalez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Plude taking shots to the head.
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gonzalez with the ground and pound from mount.
Plude keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez cracks Plude with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gonzalez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Plude looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Plude tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gonzalez controlling the position easily from mount.
Gonzalez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gonzalez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez lands a heavy elbow.
Gonzalez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gonzalez raining down shots from the mount!
Luiz Fernando Gonzalez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gonzalez lands a heavy elbow.

Plude is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez controlling from the full mount.
Plude's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gonzalez looking to finish Plude with some ground and pound. This is bad for Plude!
Plude keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez is landing with some decent strikes but Plude is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Plude is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gonzalez unloading with bombs!
Gonzalez prevents Plude from getting the reversal.
Plude seems to have got his legs back now.
Gonzalez wants to control the pace but Plude is squirming around nicely.
Plude tries to hold on but Gonzalez postures up.
Gonzalez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plude is squirming around, avoiding Gonzalez's attempts to control the action.
Plude is working to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gonzalez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gonzalez avoids the attempt from Plude to control.
Gonzalez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gonzalez with good strikes from the mount here!
Gonzalez dominating with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plude is desperately trying to improve his position but Gonzalez has a good base and remains in mount.
Plude is in a horrible position here. Gonzalez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez trying to control but Plude is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Fernando Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gonzalez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Plude is out of range and Gonzalez settles back down.
Gonzalez with a poor takedown

and Plude counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gonzalez won't be happy with that.
Plude in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gonzalez struggling a bit here.
Gonzalez holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
You can see the frustration on Gonzalez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gonzalez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Plude kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Plude tries to move to mount but Gonzalez blocks the move with his legs.
Gonzalez can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to improve position but can't.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Plude goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Luiz Fernando Gonzalez has been cut.
Plude fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daniel Plude is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Plude fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez fails with the takedown.

Plude has managed to clinch.
Plude gets through Gonzalez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Plude looking to stall.
A short right from Plude on the inside.
Plude lands a damaging elbow.
Plude misses with some punches.

Plude manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Plude explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plude throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
Plude tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Plude throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Plude gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Plude waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gonzalez.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
Plude misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from Plude.
Gonzalez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez throws a nice looking combination but Plude bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Plude stuffs the takedown attempt from Gonzalez. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet.
Daniel Plude has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luiz Fernando Gonzalez.
Plude misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gonzalez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that misses.
Gonzalez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Plude misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gonzalez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Plude is staying active underneath Gonzalez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gonzalez controlling the action here.
Gonzalez wants to control but Plude is keeping him busy.
Gonzalez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Gonzalez seems content to control.
Plude tries to roll over but Gonzalez keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gonzalez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gonzalez connects with a nice short shot to Plude's temple.
Daniel Plude has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzalez controlling the action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plude manages to get to full guard.

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 Daniel Plude.
I think Gonzalez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 27:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luiz Fernando Gonzalez!