PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olivier Levasseur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pott comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Flume - Smoke & Retribution (Ekali Remix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Levasseur
vs
Pott

176 cm
36
169 lbs
16 - 15 - 1

175 cm
24
164 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Olivier Levasseur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Pott!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pott tries to clinch

and Levasseur counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pott is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Levasseur stops Pott from standing up.
Levasseur trying to control the position from guard on top but Pott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Levasseur won't allow Pott to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Levasseur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Levasseur working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Levasseur throws a big elbow that misses.
Levasseur postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Levasseur cracks Pott with a solid left hand.
Levasseur is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Levasseur with a flurry of punches that miss.
Levasseur chips away with some ground and pound.

Pott pushes Levasseur off and scrambles back to his feet.
Levasseur darts in looking for a takedown but Pott gets double underhooks and turns Levasseur into the cage.
Pott swinging wildly here.
Pott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Levasseur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Levasseur drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pott sprawls and moves away.

Pott instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a punch on the inside.
Levasseur fails to pull guard.
Levasseur is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pott pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olivier Levasseur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pott lands a left hand.
Pott misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Pott breaks the clinch.
Pott looks for the body kick but Levasseur saw that one coming.
Levasseur appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Pott clinches up with Levasseur and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Levasseur has Pott pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pott manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pott missing with knees to the body.
Levasseur jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pott walks away with a smile on his face. Levasseur gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pott throws a head kick that misses.
Pott tries to clinch up

so Levasseur counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Levasseur is in close to Pott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Levasseur is looking to work some ground and pound but Pott has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur trying to control but Pott is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Levasseur's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pott working a defensive guard here.
Pott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Levasseur is one step ahead there.
Pott has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Levasseur has passed into side control.
Pott tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Levasseur grinds an elbow into Pott's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Pott will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A combination from Pott does no damage.

Levasseur closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Levasseur lands in his opponent's guard.
Levasseur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Levasseur is working Pott over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Levasseur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pott tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Levasseur is controlling him.
Pott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Levasseur is one step ahead there.
Levasseur won't allow Pott to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott tries to strike from the bottom.
Pott wants to sweep here but Levasseur controlling him for the moment.
Levasseur passes Pott's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Levasseur is looking to take a break and control but Pott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Levasseur is looking for a kimura here.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pott looks like he's trying to stand up.
Levasseur is thwarting Pott's attempts to control the position.
Levasseur is trying to control. Pott wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A lazy left from Pott finds it's target.

Levasseur shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pott is trying to defend but Levasseur finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Levasseur wants to work for an arm triangle but Pott is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Levasseur seems to be looking for submissions.
Pott is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Levasseur's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Levasseur's back!
Levasseur has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pott throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Levasseur trying to control but not successfully.
Pott lands shots from the back.
I really don't envy Levasseur right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Pott.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Levasseur is really stuck here.
Pott softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Pott throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Levasseur tries to escape the position.
Levasseur turns into Pott and is now in his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Levasseur prevents Pott from getting back to his feet.
Pott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Levasseur showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Pott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Pott.
Pott throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pott tries to bum rush Levasseur with a series of wild strikes but Levasseur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Levasseur drives through with a takedown into Pott's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Pott being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Levasseur connects with a couple of short punches.
Levasseur lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott looking for a sweep. Not yet Pott, not yet.
Pott is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Levasseur keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pott's head.
Pott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Levasseur is controlling him.
Levasseur works over Pott with some ground and pound from guard.
Levasseur prevents Pott from getting back to his feet.
Olivier Levasseur overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pott wants to sweep but no luck.
Pott wants to get back to his feet but Levasseur is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pott keeping full guard, as Levasseur tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Levasseur controls from within his opponent's guard.
Levasseur keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pott's head.
Levasseur distracts Pott with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Levasseur prevents Pott from getting back to his feet.
Levasseur postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Levasseur prevents Pott from getting back to his feet.
Levasseur scoring with some ground and pound.
Levasseur looking to sit in guard and control but Pott gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur keeping full guard, as Pott tries to pass.
Levasseur looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Levasseur seems keen to control Pott's posture.
Levasseur has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Levasseur keeping moving, preventing Pott from controlling successfully.
Pott won't allow Levasseur to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Levasseur working a defensive guard here.
Levasseur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pott is one step ahead there.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Olivier Levasseur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Levasseur drives through with a takedown into guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pott wants to get back to his feet but Levasseur is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Levasseur scoring with punches to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olivier Levasseur showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pott 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!