PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frenchie Le French (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Sincere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frenchie Le French looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Le French
vs
Sincere

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frenchie Le French!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Sincere!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sincere moves into the clinch successfully.
Sincere drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sincere is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Le French can't fight it off and eventually Sincere manages to take the fight to the floor. Le French looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Le French has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sincere can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Le French has momentary wrist control but Sincere slips an elbow through the middle.
Sincere stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Le French swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sincere stands up and waves to Le French to follow him.
Sincere shoots for a double leg takedown but Le French sprawls well. He's pushed Sincere's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jab by Sincere.
Le French scores with a hook to the body. Sincere takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sincere misses with a two punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Le French.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le French stuffs the takedown attempt from Sincere. Sincere gets slowly back to his feet.
Frenchie Le French has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sincere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sincere shoots for a double leg takedown but Le French sprawls well. He's pushed Sincere's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice sprawl there from Le French as Sincere shoots in.
Sincere looks gassed!
Sincere tries to close the distance and clinch but Le French swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sincere misses with a few strikes there.
Sincere misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Le French throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le French fails with the takedown.
Le French moves in looking to clinch but Sincere pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sincere.
Le French fails with a takedown attempt.
Sincere fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Le French. No joy for Sincere on that attempt.
Le French scores with a nice strike.
Le French swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le French is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sincere misses with a looping left.
Sincere shoots in and drives through. Le French sprawls well.
Le French connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sincere. Sincere circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sincere throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Le French connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sincere fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sincere looks to land a combination but Le French avoids it well.
Le French fails with a takedown attempt.
Sincere tries to bum rush Le French with a series of wild strikes but Le French uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jay Sincere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sincere tries to clinch there but Le French circles away.
Le French on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sincere tries to bum rush Le French with a series of wild strikes but Le French uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sincere has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Sincere has managed to clinch.

Sincere pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le French lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Le French.

Sincere looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Le French!
Le French tries to hold on but Sincere postures up.
Sincere connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sincere with a couple of short strikes.
Sincere with shots to the head and body - Le French looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sincere looking to ground and pound but Le French is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sincere unloading with bombs!
Sincere raining down shots from the mount!
Sincere cracks Le French with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Le French is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le French is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sincere cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sincere cracks Le French with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Le French tries to buck Sincere off but he can't manage it.
Sincere has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Le French working to try and regain half guard.
Sincere landing punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Sincere connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sincere connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sincere lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Sincere dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Le French throws a hook to the side of Sincere's head but Sincere sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sincere fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frenchie Le French is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sincere shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Le French as he jumps to the side.
Sincere shoots in but Le French avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Frenchie Le French has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sincere.
Le French with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Le French throws a combination. Sincere tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sincere drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sincere shoots for a takedown but Le French saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le French sizes up Sincere with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Sincere decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Le French on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Le French tries to get out of the position.
Le French taking some punishment here, with Sincere in his half guard.
Sincere moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sincere landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sincere scores with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Sincere's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sincere working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sincere scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Le French to see if he's OK.
Le French tries to escape but Sincere is in control.
Sincere cracks Le French with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Le French knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sincere on the ground.
Sincere looks up at the clock and then as Le French takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sincere smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sincere tries to advance to mount but Le French denies him.
Sincere grinds an elbow into Le French's temple.
Le French is pushing Sincere's head away, looking to escape. Sincere manages to hold on to the position though.
Sincere landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sincere scoring with punches and elbows.
Le French is trying to buck Sincere off.
Le French is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sincere looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Le French is fending him off so far but Sincere persists. Nope, Le French circles away and we're back to standing.
Le French stuffs the takedown attempt from Sincere. Sincere gets slowly back to his feet.
Sincere throws a combination that misses
and Le French counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sincere doesn't manage to clinch there - Le French circles away.
Sincere avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sincere shoots in for a double leg but Le French sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Le French lands a jab to Sincere's midsection.
Sincere shoots for a takedown but Le French saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le French shoots in but Sincere avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sincere scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sincere tries to close the distance and clinch but Le French swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le French moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sincere ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sincere swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Le French connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sincere throws a series of punches but Le French moves out of range.
Le French misses with a series of wild punches.
Sincere shoots for a double leg takedown but Le French sprawls well. He's pushed Sincere's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Le French throws a series of strikes that have Sincere backpedaling.
A nice combination there by Sincere.
Le French fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sincere!
Sincere has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Le French wants to clinch up but Sincere keeps it at a distance.
Le French will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sincere looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sincere landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jay Sincere has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le French looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sincere working over Le French with some ground and pound. Le French looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sincere looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Le French wants to get back to full guard but Sincere has passed into side control.
Sincere scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sincere fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sincere has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Le French's face.
Sincere raining down shots from the mount!
Le French tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Sincere showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Sincere closes the distance and clinches up with Le French, looking for a takedown. Sincere pushes Le French against the cage but Le French circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sincere slips a jab and a cross from Le French.
Le French stuffs the takedown attempt from Sincere. Sincere gets slowly back to his feet.
Sincere takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Le French scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Le French fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sincere fails with the takedown.
Frenchie Le French has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sincere.
No luck for Sincere with that takedown attempt.
Le French throws a series of punches but Sincere moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sincere moves into the clinch successfully.
Sincere tries to score a body lock takedown but Le French shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Le French wants a takedown but no success here.
Sincere changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Le French fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sincere misses with a combination

and Le French decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sincere's guard.

Le French drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Le French jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sincere has his feet on Le French's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sincere fails to land the takedown.
Le French tries to clinch there but Sincere circles away.
Le French throws a series of punches but Sincere moves out of range.
Sincere falls off balance throwing a combination
and Le French counters with a straight right hand.
Le French stuffs the takedown attempt from Sincere. Sincere gets slowly back to his feet.
Le French goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Sincere scores with a takedown into Le French's guard.
Le French is looking to stand up but Sincere isn't so interested in that idea.
Sincere working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sincere tries to free his leg and advance position but Le French is retaining full guard.
Sincere pushes down on Le French's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Le French taking some punishment here, with Sincere in his half guard.
Sincere landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sincere thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Le French's head.
Sincere drops an elbow to the side of Le French's head.
Le French wants to stand back up but Sincere manages to pass into side control.
Sincere scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Le French to see if he's OK.
Sincere is working Le French over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sincere working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sincere lands a nice forearm strike.
Le French takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sincere landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sincere working the body and head with strikes.
Sincere lands a nice forearm strike.
Sincere scoring with punches and elbows.

Sincere stands up.
Sincere doesn't manage to clinch there - Le French circles away.
Sincere throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Le French counters with a left and a right that stings Sincere.
Sincere shoots in for a takedown but Le French shows good takedown defense.
Sincere ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le French moves away.
Le French lands with a shot to the body.
Le French smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sincere looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Le French!
Sincere lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sincere with shots to the head and body - Le French looks very uncomfortable down there.
Le French in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sincere punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sincere with good strikes from the mount here!
Le French tries to hold on but Sincere postures up.
Sincere is landing with some decent strikes but Le French is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sincere scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sincere postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Le French looks a forlorn figure.
Frenchie Le French has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jay Sincere is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le French swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Sincere comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sincere winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Sincere!