PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mac Fry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Fry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fry
vs
Couture

180 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mac Fry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Couture!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fry is looking to clinch but Couture is avoiding it.
Fry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fry tries to clinch there but Couture circles away.
Fry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Couture looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fry tries to close the distance and clinch but Couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Fry. No joy for Couture on that attempt.
Mac Fry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Couture.
Couture on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fry tries to clinch but Couture moves out of range.
Fry doesn't manage to clinch there - Couture circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Fry as Couture shoots in.

Fry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fry looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Couture wants to get back to full guard.

Fry is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Couture has managed to free his arm - good work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fry lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fry stops Couture from getting back to his feet.
Couture strikes from the bottom but Fry passes into mount!
Fry wants to control the pace but Couture is squirming around nicely.
Couture regains half guard.

Fry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fry trying to pass the guard but Couture defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fry wants to get back to his feet.
Fry is keen to just control but Couture is a slippery customer.
Couture wants to improve his position but Fry is controlling well.
Couture is refusing to be controlled, as Fry sits in half guard.
Couture wants to control but Fry is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fry tries to clinch up.
Fry tries to clinch up but Couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Fry is breathing heavily.
Fry tries to close the distance and clinch but Couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fry closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Couture can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fry is chipping away with strikes.
Fry misses with the ground and pound.
Couture is trying to get back to half guard.
Couture really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fry trying to control the position but Couture is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Couture is looking for a sweep.
Fry is looking to take a break and control but Couture is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Couture drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Couture trying to control the position from guard on top but Fry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Couture tries to stand but Fry is controlling from the bottom.
Fry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Fry dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fry gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fry keeping moving, preventing Couture from controlling successfully.
Fry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Couture is staying active underneath Fry, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fry wants to stand up but Couture is controlling the position.
Fry is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Couture manages to get to full guard.
Couture bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fry's guard.
Couture throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fry trying to keep a closed guard but Couture is proving a slippery customer.
Couture is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Couture cracks Fry with a solid left hand.
Couture trying to control the position from guard on top but Fry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Couture cracks Fry with a solid left hand.
Couture must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Couture scoring with some ground and pound.
Couture controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Couture is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Couture postures up and lands a big shot to Fry's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Couture controls the pace.
Couture throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fry keeping moving, preventing Couture from controlling successfully.
Couture working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Couture is stalling in the full guard.

Fry is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Couture has his hands clasped together but Fry extends an breaks Couture's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Fry.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mac Fry!