PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baby Dragonfly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adelard Desormeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adelard Desormeaux has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dragonfly
vs
Desormeaux

189 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

165 cm
19
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baby Dragonfly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adelard Desormeaux!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragonfly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dragonfly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Desormeaux shoots in looking for a takedown. Dragonfly tries to sprawl out of it but Desormeaux keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dragonfly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dragonfly closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dragonfly throwing shots but Desormeaux is blocking nicely.
Dragonfly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dragonfly is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Desormeaux sees it coming and defends easily.
Dragonfly passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Desormeaux!
Dragonfly content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dragonfly working for a guillotine from mount but Desormeaux is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dragonfly goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Desormeaux is on top in guard.
Dragonfly 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.
Desormeaux's corner is telling him to maintain position.

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.
Desormeaux has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dragonfly is proving hard to escape from.
Dragonfly controls Desormeaux momentarily but Desormeaux frees himself.
Desormeaux slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dragonfly is breathing heavily.
Desormeaux wants to stand but Dragonfly has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Desormeaux fails with the takedown

and Dragonfly counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Desormeaux's guard now.

Dragonfly decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Desormeaux, up you get!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Desormeaux.

It looks like Baby Dragonfly has been cut.
Desormeaux throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Desormeaux rushes Dragonfly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dragonfly working aggressively here.

Desormeaux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dragonfly is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Desormeaux Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Dragonfly is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Adelard Desormeaux!