PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emilie Lamont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Plude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emilie Lamont could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Plude's chin.

Lamont
vs
Plude

180 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Emilie Lamont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Plude!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lamont shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lamont showed some decent athleticism there.
Plude trying to control but Lamont postures up.
Lamont sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Plude defending well though.
Plude tries to get to full guard but Lamont has control of the leg.
Lamont trying to control the pace.
Plude wants to control but Lamont is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Still in half guard, Lamont seems content to control.
Plude wants to get back to full guard.
Plude is trying to stand back up but Lamont is controlling him

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lamont throws a nice looking combination but Plude bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lamont uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plude.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plude tries to clinch there but Lamont circles away.

Lamont rushes Plude and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Plude lands a right hand.
Plude wants to break free but Lamont has control.
Plude makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Plude is trying to break the clinch but Lamont has him pressed against the cage.
Plude looking to slow down the pace here.
Plude swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Plude wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Plude is looking to break free of the clinch but Lamont has double underhooks.
Plude is trying to break free.
Plude fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plude prevents the takedown attempt.
Plude tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Plude wants to get back to striking at distance but Lamont won't allow it.
Plude gets underhooks to prevent Lamont's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A short uppercut from Plude.
Lamont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plude tries to break the clinch but Lamont is controlling the position.
Plude stalling in the clinch but Lamont improves position.
Plude doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lamont lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Plude.
Lamont pressing his opponent against the cage.
Plude is trying to maintain a safe position but Lamont gets an underhook and turns Plude into the cage.

Lamont pulls Plude into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Plude is fighting to break Lamont's control of his arms but Lamont is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lamont has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plude advances to half guard.
Lamont controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Lamont has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Plude is working away from the top position though.
Plude missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Plude wants to pass to mount but Lamont is defending the position.
Lamont on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lamont tries to get out of the position.
Plude wants to take a breather but Lamont is having none of it.
Lamont is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

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.
Plude is looking to take a break and control but Lamont is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Plude looks gassed!
Lamont keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Plude wants to clinch but Lamont slips to the side

and Lamont counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lamont controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Plude wants to improve his position but instead Lamont has moved into half guard.
Plude wants to sweep but Lamont has passed to side control!
You can see the frustration on Plude's face as Lamont controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lamont moves into the clinch successfully.
Lamont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamont prevents Plude from breaking the clinch.
Plude is trying to break free.

Lamont breaks the clinch.

Plude drives through with a takedown into guard.
Plude in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Plude wants to control from the top but Lamont keeps moving.
Lamont controlling the position.
Lamont 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.
Plude trying to control but Lamont is working from the bottom.
Plude is breathing heavily.
Lamont controls Plude momentarily but Plude frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plude throws a strike but Lamont rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lamont won't allow Plude to sweep him here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lamont shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Plude as he avoids it easily.
Plude closes the distance looking to clinch

and Lamont counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lamont in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plude wants to get back to full guard.
Plude is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamont perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Plude won't allow Lamont to pass to mount.
Plude tries to kick Lamont off but Lamont keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lamont content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lamont'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.
Lamont blocks the strikes from Plude.
Plude is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Plude is trying to control but Lamont passes into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plude tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Plude's face as Lamont controls the position.
Lamont has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Lamont looking to control and managing it successfully.

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.
Lamont tries to control but Plude wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Emilie Lamont just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Lamont scores with a takedown into Plude's guard.
Lamont sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lamont trying to control but Plude is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emilie Lamont dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Plude moves into the clinch successfully.
Plude content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Plude stops a takedown attempt from Lamont.
Lamont stalling against the cage.
Lamont can't get the takedown.
Lamont is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Plude is keeping busy.
Plude wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamont prevents Plude from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Plude.
Plude swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamont stalling in the clinch but Plude improves position.
Plude wants to get back to striking at distance but Lamont won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plude misses with a punch on the inside.
Plude doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Plude escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Plude keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emilie Lamont. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lamont shoots in looking for a takedown. Plude tries to sprawl out of it but Lamont keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Plude manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lamont has a takedown stuffed.
Plude throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lamont.
Plude will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Plude fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lamont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emilie Lamont is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Plude throws the kick towards the body but Lamont avoids it.

That's two 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.

Lamont shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lamont showed some decent athleticism there.
Plude makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Plude.
Plude trying to keep a closed guard but Lamont is proving a slippery customer.
Plude keeping moving, preventing Lamont from controlling successfully.
Plude bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lamont's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plude throws a big right hand that misses.
Lamont bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Plude's guard.
Plude is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Plude is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Plude thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Plude is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Plude lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lamont!
Plude landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamont wants to control but Plude is having none of it.
Lamont takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lamont takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Plude is landing with some decent strikes but Lamont is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Lamont is rocked!
Plude dominating with strikes here.
Daniel Plude has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oh Lamont is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Lamont that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Plude is landing with some decent strikes but Lamont is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Plude putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Plude connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Plude scoring with strikes but Lamont is staying in there.
Plude lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Plude comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lamont has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emilie Lamont!