PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Telamon Aeacuson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivanna Puff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aeacuson comes to the cage accompanied by "Cloud Connected" by In Flames. Ivanna Puff is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Aeacuson
vs
Puff

180 cm
22
198 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Telamon Aeacuson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivanna Puff!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aeacuson instigates a clinch.
Puff missing with knees to the body.
Aeacuson prevents Puff from breaking the clinch.
Puff is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aeacuson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aeacuson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puff tries to break the clinch but Aeacuson is controlling the position.
Aeacuson keeps control of Puff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aeacuson lands a shoulder strike.
Puff can't break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Aeacuson as the two fighters clinch.
Puff takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ivanna Puff has been cut.
A body shot lands from Aeacuson.
Aeacuson crunches a lovely knee into Puff's ribcage.
Puff looks gassed!

Puff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aeacuson is looking to clinch.

Aeacuson pushes Puff up against the cage in a clinch.
Puff misses with a body punch.
Aeacuson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aeacuson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Puff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aeacuson lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aeacuson cracks Puff with a nice body shot.
Aeacuson is stalling here.
A knee to the head by Aeacuson.
Aeacuson lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aeacuson lands a damaging elbow.
Aeacuson avoiding damage.
Aeacuson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aeacuson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Aeacuson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Puff or not.
Puff managing to block the knees to the body from Aeacuson.
Puff lands with a left to the head.
Puff avoiding damage as Aeacuson throws knees to the body.
Aeacuson blocks an elbow strike from Puff.
Aeacuson keeps control of Puff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Puff tries to break the clinch but Aeacuson is controlling the position.
Puff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Puff.
Aeacuson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puff is keeping busy.
Puff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aeacuson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Puff manages to break the clinch.
Puff lands with an overhand left.
Puff tries to clinch but Aeacuson moves away

and Aeacuson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Puff tries to pull guard but Aeacuson holds him up against the cage and eventually Puff drops back down to his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, Puff throws an elbow but misses.
Puff pushes Aeacuson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Puff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Puff shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aeacuson as he jumps to the side.
Aeacuson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aeacuson wants to clinch

and Puff counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Aeacuson!
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!
Aeacuson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Puff raining down shots from the mount!
Aeacuson 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.
Puff postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Aeacuson looks a forlorn figure.

Aeacuson is rocked!
Puff pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Aeacuson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puff landing shots from mount.
Puff lands a heavy elbow.
Aeacuson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Puff throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puff wants to stand and escape but Aeacuson is having none of it.

Puff has his foot on Aeacuson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aeacuson works his way back into a safe position though.
Aeacuson is looking to work some ground and pound but Puff has wrist control.
Aeacuson seems to have got his legs back now.

Puff scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Puff shoots in for a takedown but Aeacuson shows good takedown defense.
Telamon Aeacuson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivanna Puff.
Aeacuson jabs Puff right on the nose. Puff blinks but takes it well.
Puff looks to land a combination. Aeacuson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Puff shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Aeacuson but Aeacuson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Aeacuson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Puff counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Aeacuson's guard now.
Puff sitting in guard here, content to control.
Puff must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Puff won't allow Aeacuson to sweep him here.
Puff passes into half guard.

Puff stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Aeacuson misses with a lunging right hand
and Puff counters with a one-two to the body.

Puff has closed the distance and engaged Aeacuson in a clinch.

Puff breaks the clinch.
Aeacuson swats away the attempt to clinch by Puff.
A combination from Puff does no damage.
Aeacuson stuffs the takedown.
Aeacuson wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Aeacuson misses.
Puff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Aeacuson throws a series of punches but Puff moves out of range.
Aeacuson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Puff clinches up with Aeacuson and pushes him back against the cage.
Puff fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puff prevents a body shot from Aeacuson.
Aeacuson scores a nice knee to the body.
Puff avoiding damage as Aeacuson throws knees to the body.
Aeacuson prevents Puff from breaking the clinch.
Puff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Puff.
Aeacuson lands a nice shot to the body.
Aeacuson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ivanna Puff will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ivanna Puff's cut.
That's time! Aeacuson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Puff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aeacuson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Puff shoots for a takedown but Aeacuson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Aeacuson closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Puff lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puff tries to pull guard but Aeacuson won't allow it.
Puff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aeacuson digs a right hand into Puff's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puff's gas tank.
Aeacuson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aeacuson avoiding damage.
Puff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aeacuson connects with a knee to the head.
Puff is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aeacuson scores with a knee to the head.
Aeacuson landing knees to the head.
Puff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Puff tries to pull guard but Aeacuson won't allow it.
Telamon Aeacuson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivanna Puff.
Aeacuson crunches a lovely knee into Puff's ribcage.
Aeacuson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Puff lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Aeacuson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aeacuson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Aeacuson.
Aeacuson prevents the takedown attempt.
Puff goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aeacuson prevents it.
Puff is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aeacuson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aeacuson lands a knee to the body.
Puff can't break the clinch.
Aeacuson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puff is keeping busy.
Puff is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aeacuson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Puff drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aeacuson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aeacuson tries to clinch but Puff moves away

and Puff counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Puff letting Aeacuson take a breather here.
Puff is trying to stall.
Aeacuson looking to throw knees to the head but Puff is blocking nicely.
Aeacuson prevents Puff from breaking the clinch.
Aeacuson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Telamon Aeacuson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aeacuson keeps control of Puff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Puff.
Aeacuson is trying to stall.
Aeacuson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aeacuson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Puff has had enough of the clinch but Aeacuson keeps him there for the moment.
Aeacuson is working Puff over against the cage.
Aeacuson stalls.
Aeacuson managing to block the knees to the body from Puff.
Aeacuson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puff.
Aeacuson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aeacuson scores a nice knee to the body.
Aeacuson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Puff looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Puff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aeacuson misses with a right hand

and Puff counters with a takedown into side control.
Aeacuson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Aeacuson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puff moves into full guard.
Aeacuson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aeacuson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Aeacuson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Aeacuson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Aeacuson stands and steps away. Puff gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Puff drops his hands momentarily and Aeacuson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Aeacuson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Puff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Aeacuson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puff wants to control the pace but Aeacuson is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aeacuson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Puff working for a submission but Aeacuson is keeping him at bay.
Aeacuson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Puff pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Puff is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aeacuson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Aeacuson wants to hold on but Puff pushes him away.
Puff lands a big shot there that rocks Aeacuson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like Telamon Aeacuson has been cut.
Aeacuson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Puff lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aeacuson hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puff throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Aeacuson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Aeacuson gets back to half guard.
Aeacuson regains full guard. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puff scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puff postures up.
Aeacuson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Aeacuson decides to stand up.
Aeacuson tries to clinch up but Puff circles away and keeps his distance.
Aeacuson wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puff tries to clinch up but Aeacuson circles away and keeps his distance.
Aeacuson misses with a lunging right hand

and Puff counters by moving into the clinch.
Puff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Telamon Aeacuson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Aeacuson is looking to clinch but Puff is avoiding it.

Aeacuson has Puff up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aeacuson.
Puff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Aeacuson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Puff avoiding damage as Aeacuson throws knees to the body.

Puff breaks the clinch.
Aeacuson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Puff.
Puff closes the distance but Aeacuson moves to the side

and Aeacuson moves into the clinch.
Aeacuson controlling the action here for a moment.
Aeacuson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aeacuson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Puff is trying to break the clinch but Aeacuson has him pressed against the cage.

Puff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Puff shoots for a takedown but Aeacuson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aeacuson tries to clinch but Puff moves out of range.
Aeacuson wants to clinch
and Puff counters with a good low kick that Aeacuson was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Puff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Puff tries to land a knee to the head but Aeacuson blocks with his arms.
Puff fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Telamon Aeacuson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivanna Puff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aeacuson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Puff blocks it with crossed arms.
Aeacuson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aeacuson leaning against his opponent.
Puff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aeacuson scores a nice knee to the body.
Aeacuson prevents Puff from breaking the clinch.
Aeacuson is working Puff over against the cage.
Aeacuson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aeacuson trying to stall but Puff improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Puff scores with a nice short uppercut.

Puff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aeacuson tries to clinch up

and Puff counters with a takedown into side control.
Puff lands an elbow.
Aeacuson is looking for a sweep.
Aeacuson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Aeacuson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Aeacuson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Puff blocks the strikes from Aeacuson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aeacuson wants to sweep but Puff has passed to side control!
Aeacuson struggling a bit here.
Ivanna Puff has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aeacuson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Puff off and has taken his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puff tries to break free.
Puff tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Aeacuson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Puff looks a forlorn figure.
Aeacuson wants to control the pace but Puff is squirming around nicely.
Puff is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Aeacuson working Puff over with strikes here.

That has opened up Ivanna Puff's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puff is desperately trying to improve his position but Aeacuson has a good base and remains in mount.
Aeacuson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Puff looks a forlorn figure.

The cut above Ivanna Puff's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Telamon Aeacuson!