PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Del Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois La Poulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by Gin and Juice by Snoop Dog. La Poulet has chosen "chicken dance" song as his entrance music. Francois La Poulet acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Thompson
vs
La Poulet

175 cm
24
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

186 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Del Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois La Poulet!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Poulet throws a nice head kick!
Thompson is looking to clinch but La Poulet is avoiding it.

Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Francois La Poulet has been cut.
La Poulet throws a knee to the head but misses.
La Poulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
La Poulet tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
La Poulet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
La Poulet misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on La Poulet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
La Poulet looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Thompson to work.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Thompson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Thompson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thompson won't allow La Poulet to sweep him here.
Thompson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La Poulet looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Poulet keeping full guard, as Thompson tries to pass.
Thompson sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Thompson gets to his feet. La Poulet looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Thompson blocks a head kick by La Poulet.
La Poulet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson tries to clinch but La Poulet moves out of range.
Thompson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from La Poulet.
La Poulet is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thompson.
Thompson clobbers La Poulet with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La Poulet misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La Poulet takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has La Poulet in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La Poulet takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Francois La Poulet's cut even more.
Thompson lands an elbow just above La Poulet 's eye.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.

Thompson pulls La Poulet into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thompson is on top in guard.
La Poulet 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.
Thompson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Thompson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Thompson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on La Poulet, up you get!
Thompson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
La Poulet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Thompson pushes La Poulet up against the cage in a clinch.
La Poulet blocks an elbow strike.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Poulet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
La Poulet misses with an elbow strike.
La Poulet tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

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

Thompson scores a takedown into full mount!
La Poulet is wriggling around trying to escape.
Thompson controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down La Poulet for as long as he can get away with.
Thompson wants to control the pace but La Poulet is squirming around nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Poulet is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Del Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Francois La Poulet's cut.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thompson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
La Poulet cracks Thompson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
La Poulet throws a lazy head kick

and Thompson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Del Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Poulet takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
La Poulet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Thompson.

The cut above Francois La Poulet's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Poulet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Thompson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, La Poulet regains guard.

La Poulet working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Thompson has passed into half guard!

Thompson stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson tries to clinch but La Poulet is having none of it.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Poulet can do to turn this around?
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but La Poulet pushes him off.
Thompson wants to clinch up but La Poulet keeps it at a distance.
La Poulet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from La Poulet in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Poulet.
La Poulet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Francois La Poulet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thompson with a nice cross.
La Poulet throws a sloppy head kick
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thompson connects with a high kick.

Francois La Poulet's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Poulet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La Poulet.
Thompson is looking to clinch but La Poulet is avoiding it.
Del Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson shoots in for a double leg but La Poulet sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Thompson moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped La Poulet in his tracks for a moment.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Francois La Poulet's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Del Thompson!