PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Mott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bourque
vs
Mott

190 cm
25
220 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
27
225 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Bourque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Mott!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque cracks Mott with an open hand slap.
Bourque swats away the attempt to clinch by Mott.

Bourque takes the fight into the clinch.
Mott looking to throw knees to the head but Bourque is blocking nicely.
Bourque is struggling to control the position.
A shot in the inside from Bourque.
Bourque has a couple of punches blocked by Mott.
Bourque throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Mott.
Mott has a couple of punches blocked by Bourque.
Bourque misses with some punches.
I was talking to Bourque's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bourque being controlled against the cage.
Bourque misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mott misses with a body punch.
Bourque managing to block the knees to the body from Mott.
Mott stalls.
Bourque lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mott tries to land knees in the clinch but Bourque avoids the damage to the body.
Mott blocks an uppercut.
Bourque is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mott is keeping busy.
A short right from Bourque.
Bourque digs a right hand into Mott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mott's gas tank.
Bourque is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mott blocks an uppercut.
Mott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bourque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Bourque scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque misses with a body punch.
Bourque prevents a body shot from Mott.
Mott struggles to land a body shot inside as Bourque controls his hands.
Bourque lands with a left to the head.
Bourque is looking to control Mott's arms but Mott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bourque has his back to the cage.
Mott is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from Mott.
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!
Bourque scores with a hook to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bourque.
Mott misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mott misses with some punches.
Bourque stalling against the cage.
Mott scores with a hook to the body.
Bourque throws a punch but it's blocked by Mott.
Bourque is trying to maintain a safe position but Mott gets an underhook and turns Bourque into the cage.
Mott blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
Bourque lands with a light punch inside.
Bourque throws a head punch that misses.
Mott tries to work over Bourque's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bourque is trying to maintain a safe position but Mott gets an underhook and turns Bourque into the cage.
Mott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.
Bourque pushes Mott back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mott being controlled against the cage.
Bourque blocking some punches.
Bourque taking a breather.
Mott throws a head punch that misses.
Mott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bourque.
Bourque scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bourque lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Bourque manages to break the clinch.
Bourque scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Bourque.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourque fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mott manages to avoid it.
Mott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bourque was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mott misses with a hook. Bourque ducked under it nicely.
Bourque is looking to counter punch.
Mott takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bourque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mott lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A big right from Bourque misses.
Mott connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mott misses with a shot to the body
and Bourque counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mott misses with a hook to the body
and Bourque counters with a nice body shot.
Bourque throws a body kick that misses.
Bourque jabs Mott right on the nose. Mott blinks but takes it well.
Mott throws a hook to the side of Bourque's head but Bourque sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bourque throws a counter high kick but Mott was just alert enough to avoid it.
Bourque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Juan Mott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mott scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mott tries to bum rush Bourque with a series of wild strikes but Bourque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mott has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bourque finds it's way round the side to connect with Mott's head.
Adam Bourque is winning the standup battle so far.
Bourque throws a head kick but Mott moves out of range.
Mott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mott with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bourque misses with an uppercut.
Bourque fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bourque misses the jab.
Bourque tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bourque. Mott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mott misses with a two punch combination.
Mott throws an off balance right hand
and Bourque counters with a nice uppercut.
Bourque lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mott circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bourque connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mott scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Bourque.
Bourque connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourque throws a good cross that connects.
Mott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourque swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bourque throws a head kick but Mott moves out of range.
Juan Mott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mott scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mott fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Bourque moves into the clinch.
Bourque is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mott can do to turn this around?
Bourque looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mott blocks a body shot from Bourque.
Bourque doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourque misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mott landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bourque wants to stall.
Mott digs a right hand underneath Bourque's ribcage. Bourque let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mott misses with a knee strike.
Adam Bourque has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bourque is looking to control Mott's arms but Mott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bourque has his back to the cage.
Bourque taking a breather.
Bourque lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mott trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mott.
A left hand lands to the body for Mott.
Mott prevents a body shot from Bourque.
Mott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mott.
Mott tries a knee to the head but Bourque blocks it.
Mott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mott connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bourque's face.
Mott throws a head punch that misses.
Bourque wants to stall.
Mott swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bourque lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Bourque.
Mott tries to land knees in the clinch but Bourque avoids the damage to the body.
Bourque softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bourque working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Bourque dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bourque thuds his right hand into Mott's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bourque on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mott throws a hook but Bourque blocks it.
Nice body punch from Bourque.
Mott throws a shot to the body.
Bourque bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourque throws a body shot but no joy.
Mott swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
Mott needs to keep his hands up - Bourque had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque throws a series of punches but Mott avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Mott, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Bourque wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the liver by Mott. Beautiful body shot.
Mott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bourque pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque throws a right and a left that Mott avoids nicely.
Bourque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mott let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bourque displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mott throws out the jab.
A combination from Mott does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque lands a lovely overhand right.
Mott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bourque moves away.
A head kick misses from Bourque.
Mott misses with a combination
and Bourque counters with a nice uppercut.
Adam Bourque is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bourque throws out a loose jab but Mott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mott connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mott slips under a jab from Bourque.
Mott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Mott misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mott throws a leg kick
and Mott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Bourque closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bourque throws a punch but it's blocked by Mott.
A hook to the body from Bourque.
Mott blocking some punches.
Bourque lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mott or not.
Mott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bourque stalling in the clinch but Mott improves position.
Mott throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bourque.
Bourque leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bourque is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bourque misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mott tries to work over Bourque's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mott prevents a body shot from Bourque.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bourque tries to throw a body punch but Mott avoids it by throwing Bourque back against the cage.
Mott prevents a body shot from Bourque.
Mott misses with the head strike.
Mott throws a punch but it's blocked by Bourque.
Bourque taking a breather.
Mott misses with a punch on the inside.
Bourque misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
Bourque lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mott backwards.
Bourque blocks a body shot from Mott.
Bourque taking a breather.
Mott lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Bourque showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bourque 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Bourque!