PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francois La Poulet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Tompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francois La Poulet has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

La Poulet
vs
Tompson

186 cm
22
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francois La Poulet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Tompson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Poulet throws a sloppy head kick and Tompson moves out of range easily.

La Poulet takes the fight into the clinch.
La Poulet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tompson's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Poulet.

La Poulet breaks the clinch.

La Poulet closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tompson to the mat! Tompson manages to get full guard.
La Poulet won't allow Tompson to sweep him here.
La Poulet postures up in Tompson's guard and throws a big left but Tompson blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La Poulet throws a strike but Tompson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
La Poulet bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tompson's guard.

Tompson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. La Poulet is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tompson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take La Poulet's back instead.
La Poulet holding both Tompson 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tompson working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
La Poulet trying to control but not successfully.
La Poulet tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
La Poulet is trying to reverse the position but instead Tompson has taken his back - oops!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tompson is trying to stick to La Poulet's back but La Poulet is turning into Tompson. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tompson's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by La Poulet.
La Poulet throwing strikes but missing.
La Poulet trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
La Poulet thows a big elbow that misses.
La Poulet forces his way into half guard.
La Poulet not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet trying to control from half guard but Tompson is working away.
Tompson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tompson looks gassed!
La Poulet tries to free his leg and advance position but Tompson is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as La Poulet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
La Poulet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
La Poulet is pushing down on Tompson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tompson is fighting to maintain full guard but La Poulet has managed to sneak the leg through.
La Poulet passes to full mount!
La Poulet cracks Tompson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tompson is wriggling around trying to escape.
La Poulet with good strikes from the mount here!
La Poulet landing shots from mount.
La Poulet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

La Poulet moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tompson has worked his arm free - good work by Tompson!
La Poulet is trying to ground and pound but Tompson uses the momentary lack of control by La Poulet to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois La Poulet dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tompson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
La Poulet is desperately trying to improve his position but Tompson has a good base and remains in mount.
La Poulet is working hard here to advance position.
Tompson blocks La Poulet's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
La Poulet tries to get back to half guard but can't.
La Poulet swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Tompson is breathing heavily.
La Poulet manages to regain half guard. Good work.
La Poulet trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Poulet gets back to full guard.
La Poulet tries to land a sweep but no joy.
La Poulet striking from the bottom here.
La Poulet trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tompson stopping the sweep attempt from La Poulet.

La Poulet had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Tompson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. La Poulet Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Tompson's back instead.
La Poulet scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

La Poulet is looking for a choke. Tompson gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Tompson manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Tompson prevents La Poulet from getting back to his feet.
La Poulet looking for a sweep. Not yet La Poulet, not yet.
La Poulet lands a good elbow from the bottom.
La Poulet manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tompson manages to get himself to full guard.
La Poulet trying to control but Tompson is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Poulet wants to pass the guard but Tompson is keeping the position.
Tompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
La Poulet scoring with some ground and pound.

Tompson is looking for a triangle but La Poulet pushes his legs off easily.
La Poulet lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Tompson looking for a guillotine here but La Poulet defends easily.
Tompson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for La Poulet!
Tompson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as La Poulet is looking to escape.

Tompson stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sean Tompson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tompson misses with a takedown

and La Poulet counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
La Poulet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tompson is keeping the position for now.
La Poulet postures up in Tompson's guard and throws a big left but Tompson blocks it.
La Poulet content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
La Poulet won't allow Tompson to sweep him here.
La Poulet trying to control but Tompson is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
La Poulet has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tompson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

La Poulet shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. La Poulet showed some decent athleticism there.
Tompson won't allow La Poulet to pass to mount.
La Poulet drops an elbow to the side of Tompson's head.
Tompson tries to roll over but La Poulet keeps him under control.
Francois La Poulet overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tompson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from La Poulet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tompson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tompson looking to hit a scissor sweep but La Poulet is one step ahead there.
Tompson has momentary wrist control but La Poulet slips an elbow through the middle.
La Poulet is looking to work some ground and pound but Tompson has wrist control.
Tompson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tompson controlling La Poulet's posture.
La Poulet throwing strikes from guard but Tompson blocks nicely.

Tompson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes La Poulet off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Poulet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tompson with a lazy takedown attempt

and La Poulet counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tompson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tompson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Tompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but La Poulet can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
La Poulet preventing the sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francois La Poulet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La Poulet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francois La Poulet!