PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gaspard Noulin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Swagg Mean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swagg Mean will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Noulin
vs
Mean

159 cm
20
136 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaspard Noulin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Swagg Mean!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noulin is looking to clinch.
Mean looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Noulin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mean to the mat! Mean manages to get full guard.
Noulin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Noulin stands up over Mean, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Noulin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Noulin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mean can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Noulin controls the pace.
Noulin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Noulin connects with a couple of short punches.
Noulin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Noulin stands up over Mean, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Noulin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Noulin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mean for as long as he can get away with.
Noulin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Noulin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mean wants to stand up but Noulin is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noulin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noulin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Noulin stays in close to Mean's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noulin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Noulin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gaspard Noulin.

Noulin shoots in and bounces Mean off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Noulin stays in close to Mean's body and controls the position.
Noulin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noulin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mean on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gaspard Noulin.

Noulin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mean is trying to buck Noulin off.
Mean takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Noulin working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noulin cracks Mean with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Noulin taking a breather here.
Noulin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Noulin working the body and head with strikes.
Mean is not content to let Noulin control the position.
Mean is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Noulin is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Noulin landing strikes.
Mean pushes Noulin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Noulin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Noulin scoring with punches and elbows.
Mean is trying to get back to his feet.
Noulin taking a breather here.
Mean wants to get back to his feet.
Noulin is working Mean over with some ground and pound from side control.
Noulin working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mean scores with a three punch combo!

Mean tries to sprawl but Noulin drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Noulin is taking a breather. Mean says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Noulin winds up and cracks Mean with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Noulin in particular looking to stall.
Noulin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mean knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mean is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Noulin controlling the action here.
Mean is trying to stand up here but Noulin is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noulin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Noulin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mean with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mean wants to get back to his feet.
Noulin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Mean kicks Noulin off and gets back to his feet.
Mean throws a right and a left that Noulin avoids nicely.

Noulin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Noulin stops Mean from standing up.
Mean is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Noulin stands up over Mean, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noulin content to stall in guard here.
Noulin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mean's head.
Mean wants to stand but Noulin is controlling the position.
Noulin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Noulin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noulin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mean is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Noulin is controlling him.
Noulin trying to control the position from guard on top but Mean is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mean is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Noulin landing with the ground and pound.
Noulin is in close to Mean's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Noulin tries to free his leg and advance position but Mean is retaining full guard.
Noulin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

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.
Mean wants to stand but Noulin is controlling the position.
Noulin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gaspard Noulin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mean wants to stand up but Noulin is controlling him.
Noulin postures up and lands a big shot to Mean's brow.
Noulin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mean's head.
Noulin stops Mean from standing up.
Noulin looking to pass the guard.

Mean is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Mean is working for takedown but Noulin is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaspard Noulin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mean moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Noulin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mean taking some punishment here, with Noulin in his half guard.
Mean is trying to stand.
Mean has hold of Noulin's hands but Noulin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mean pushes Noulin off looking to stand but Noulin dives back in and keeps control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Noulin connects with a nice short shot to Mean's temple.
Noulin prevents Mean from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Noulin lands a nice short elbow.
Mean looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noulin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Noulin lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noulin wants to take a breather but Mean is having none of it.
Mean taking some punishment here, with Noulin in his half guard.
Noulin stops Mean from getting back to his feet.
Noulin content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Noulin prevents Mean from standing back up.
Noulin trying to control the action but Mean is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Noulin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Noulin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Swagg Mean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Noulin prevents Mean from standing back up.
Noulin lands strikes from half guard.
Mean is trying to stand back up but Noulin is controlling him
Noulin lands with a punch from half guard.
Mean is trying to stand up here but Noulin is controlling him well.
Still in half guard, Noulin seems content to control.
Mean is trying to stand back up but Noulin is controlling him
Noulin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mean won't allow Noulin to pass to mount.
Mean is trying to stand back up but Noulin is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mean is not content to let Noulin control the position.
Mean is trying to stand.
Noulin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mean!
Mean is trying to stand.
Noulin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Noulin tries to control but Mean wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Mean really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Noulin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Noulin lands a heavy elbow.
Mean is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Noulin controlling from mount.
Mean is bucking up trying to escape but Noulin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Noulin controlling from mount.
Mean tries to buck Noulin off but he can't manage it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Noulin controlling from the full mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaspard Noulin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noulin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaspard Noulin!