PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guillaume Veilleux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Ding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veilleux comes to the cage accompanied by Pou Lari A.. Ding is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mortal Kombat. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Veilleux
vs
Ding

199 cm
28
284 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

212 cm
27
270 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Guillaume Veilleux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Ding!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ding throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Veilleux stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ding takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Veilleux ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ding moves away.

Ding has closed the distance and engaged Veilleux in a clinch.
Veilleux working aggressively here.
Ding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ding has Veilleux pushed against the cage.
Ding is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Veilleux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Veilleux can't break the clinch.
Ding missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ding.

Ding breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Ding misses.
Veilleux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Veilleux looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veilleux's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Veilleux duly obliges.

It looks like Dick Ding has been cut.

Veilleux drops Ding with a beautiful combination! Ding stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Veilleux is looking for the KO!

Ding is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ding closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ding lands in his opponent's guard.
Ding is still in real trouble! Can Veilleux finish him?
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ding controls from within his opponent's guard.
Veilleux controls Ding momentarily but Ding frees himself.
Ding seems to have recovered his senses.
Ding lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Veilleux is proving hard to escape from.
Ding throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Veilleux works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Veilleux tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ding wants to stand and escape but instead Veilleux has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Veilleux is fighting to break Ding's control of his arms but Ding is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Veilleux trying to control the position from guard on top but Ding is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ding controls Veilleux momentarily but Veilleux frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ding is pulling down on Veilleux's head. It's preventing any offense from Veilleux, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dick Ding.
Veilleux throws a right hand that misses

and Ding counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Veilleux's guard now.
Ding is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ding tries to stand but Veilleux is controlling from the bottom.
Ding postures up in Veilleux's guard and throws a big left but Veilleux blocks it.
Veilleux keeping moving, preventing Ding from controlling successfully.
Veilleux is trying to control the position but Ding postures up.

Ding stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ding wants to clinch
and Veilleux counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ding thinking.
Ding tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Veilleux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Veilleux swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ding counters with a left to the body.
Ding tries to close the distance and clinch but Veilleux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veilleux misses with a body punch

and Ding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Veilleux misses with a punch on the inside.
Veilleux has a couple of punches blocked by Ding.
Veilleux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ding lands an elbow that stopped Veilleux in his tracks for a moment.
Veilleux cracks Ding with a nice body shot.

Ding escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Veilleux fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ding is out of range.
Veilleux misses with a hook to the body

and Ding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Veilleux connects with a knee to the head.
Veilleux throws a punch but it's blocked by Ding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Guillaume Veilleux will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dick Ding's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Veilleux throws a body punch but Ding moves out of range.
Veilleux throws out a loose jab but Ding uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ding looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ding sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Veilleux tries to get to full guard but Ding has control of the leg.
Ding tries to stand and escape but Veilleux is controlling the position.

Ding wants to work for an arm triangle but Veilleux is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Ding wants to work for an arm triangle but Veilleux is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ding looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ding lands with a punch from half guard.

Ding is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Veilleux has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dick Ding has got the better of the ground game so far.
Veilleux wants to improve his position but Ding is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding is controlling the pace.
Ding has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ding seems to be looking for submissions.

Ding looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ding wants to take a breather but Veilleux is having none of it.

Ding is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Veilleux taking some punishment here, with Ding in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veilleux tries to get to full guard but Ding has control of the leg.
Ding looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ding trying to control the action but Veilleux is working from the bottom.

Ding is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Veilleux is staying active underneath Ding, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Ding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dick Ding's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Veilleux thows a body shot but no joy.
Veilleux swats away the attempt to clinch by Ding.
Veilleux swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Veilleux drops his hands momentarily and Ding takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Ding looking to score a takedown here. Veilleux is defending well but Ding drives through and ends up in Veilleux's guard.
Ding with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Ding postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Veilleux is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ding, into his guard.
Veilleux pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ding is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ding throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veilleux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ding swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ding seems keen to control Veilleux's posture.
Veilleux postures up.
Ding wants to sweep here but Veilleux controlling him for the moment.
Veilleux might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ding pulls Veilleux in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dick Ding.
Veilleux cracks a nice hook into Ding's ribs.
Ding on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Veilleux. Veilleux obviously looking to wear him down.
Guillaume Veilleux is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Veilleux misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ding looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veilleux misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ding.
Veilleux misses with an uppercut
and Ding counters with a stiff right hand.
Ding chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Veilleux looks to score with a jab to the body but Ding is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veilleux dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good shot there by Veilleux.
A big right from Veilleux misses.
Veilleux misses with a wild body shot.
Ding tries to clinch there but Veilleux circles away.
Veilleux misses with a wild combination.

Veilleux clinches up with Ding and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Veilleux.
Veilleux scores with a shot to the side of Ding's head.
Guillaume Veilleux has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Veilleux fails to land.
Veilleux lands a right hand.
Ding is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Veilleux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Veilleux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Veilleux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veilleux looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Ding breaks from the clinch.
Ding tries to close the distance and clinch but Veilleux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veilleux is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ding's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Veilleux cracks Ding with a right hand to the side of the head.
Veilleux chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Veilleux swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Veilleux throws a body punch but Ding moves out of range.

Ding shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ding showed some decent athleticism there.
Ding takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ding missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ding is stalling here. Veilleux is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ding seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Veilleux has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ding manages to get back to half guard.
Ding is not content to let Veilleux control the position.
Veilleux wants to pass to mount but Ding is defending the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Veilleux takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Ding kicks Veilleux off and gets back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Guillaume Veilleux.
I think Veilleux 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!