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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrice Pothier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Jukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pothier comes to the cage accompanied by Numb. On his way into the cage it seems that Patrice Pothier has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Patrice Pothier seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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25
239 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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206 cm
24
254 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrice Pothier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antero Jukka!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jukka slaps away a takedown attempt from Pothier, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pothier looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pothier shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jukka but Jukka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A little jabbing left from Jukka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jukka gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pothier to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jukka wants to improve his position but instead Pothier has moved into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pothier blocks the strikes from Jukka.
Jukka misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jukka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pothier. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jukka is trying to control but can't.
Jukka pushes Pothier off but Pothier dives into side control.
Pothier in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pothier tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pothier has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pothier connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jukka some visible discomfort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukka is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pothier connects with a decent elbow.
Pothier works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pothier scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jukka to see if he's OK.
Jukka wants to get back to his feet but Pothier drags him back down.
Pothier lands some shots froms side control.
Jukka pushes Pothier away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pothier gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Pothier lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jukka tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Jukka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pothier connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jukka some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jukka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pothier looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jukka taking a bit of punishment here - Pothier scoring with strikes.
Jukka taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pothier lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jukka is looking to regain half guard here but Pothier keeps moving and retains side control.
Pothier creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pothier scoring with punches from side control.
Jukka gets back to half guard.
Jukka looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pothier is looking for a kimura but Jukka is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pothier to get the leverage.
Pothier tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Jukka is looking to improve his position.
Pothier lands strikes from half guard.
Pothier is nestled in close to Jukka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jukka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jukka wants to control but Pothier passes into side.
Jukka takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pothier connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jukka some visible discomfort.
Pothier lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pothier is putting a hurting on Jukka here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pothier lands a nice forearm strike.
Pothier scoring with punches and elbows.
Pothier is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jukka is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jukka wants to get back to his feet.
Pothier is working Jukka over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pothier grinds an elbow into Jukka's temple.
Pothier wants to control but Jukka is keeping him busy.
Pothier working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrice Pothier dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pothier looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jukka!
Pothier lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jukka can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pothier is working Jukka over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jukka is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Pothier is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Pothier landing shots from mount.
Jukka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jukka is in a horrible position here. Pothier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pothier dominating with strikes here.
Pothier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jukka can do to turn this around?
Jukka is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pothier with a couple of short strikes.
Jukka squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pothier with shots to the head and body - Jukka looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jukka is bucking up trying to escape but Pothier cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jukka is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pothier cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jukka is still in real trouble! Can Pothier finish him?
A big strike lands for Pothier! That's really hurt Jukka and he's turned his back - Pothier keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Pothier jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrice Pothier!
Patrice Pothier thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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