PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barristan The Bold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Pelletier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sylvain Pelletier will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

The Bold
vs
Pelletier

183 cm
23
184 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Untouchable Fight Nutrition(Laundry)

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barristan The Bold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sylvain Pelletier!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bold has a takedown stuffed.
The Bold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Bold looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barristan The Bold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Bold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pelletier sprawls well. Pelletier wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Bold gets slowly back to his feet.
The Bold throws a big shot that misses.
The Bold fails with a takedown attempt.
Barristan The Bold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from The Bold. No joy for Pelletier on that attempt.
Pelletier throws a right hand that The Bold ducks under and follows up with a left that The Bold also avoids with ease.
The Bold looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pelletier is fending him off so far but The Bold persists. Nope, Pelletier circles away and we're back to standing.
The Bold slips a jab and a cross from Pelletier.
The Bold tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pelletier swivels and escapes.
Pelletier misses with a double jab.
The Bold closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pelletier circles away.
The Bold is breathing heavily.
Pelletier keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelletier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Bold stuffs the takedown.
Pelletier misses with a takedown attempt - The Bold sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from The Bold misses.
Pelletier misses with a series of wild punches.
Pelletier throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelletier shoots in and drives through. The Bold sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Bold.
Pelletier has a takedown stuffed.
Pelletier tries for a takedown but The Bold sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

The Bold shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pelletier napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bold is looking to take a break and control but Pelletier is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pelletier is looking to reverse the position.
The Bold wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pelletier keeps working.
The Bold tries to score with some ground and pound. Pelletier controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Bold advances nicely into full mount.
The Bold scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The Bold trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The Bold unloading with bombs!
The Bold landing strikes from the mount and Pelletier is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bold avoids the attempt from Pelletier to control.
The Bold looking to control but Pelletier is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pelletier is bucking up trying to escape but The Bold cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

The Bold is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pelletier can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The Bold tries to control but Pelletier wriggling away.
Pelletier taking shots to the head.

Pelletier is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! The Bold connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pelletier is still in real trouble! Can The Bold finish him?
The Bold drops a big elbow. That's hurt Pelletier! More shots from The Bold and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barristan The Bold!