PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dawid Rafal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adelard Desormeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Desormeaux's choice of entrance music: Ça va venir découragez-vous pas ♫ . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rafal
vs
Desormeaux

187 cm
25
177 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

165 cm
29
186 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class 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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawid Rafal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adelard Desormeaux!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Desormeaux manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Rafal on his heels. He'll look to pass Rafal's guard now, I'm sure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rafal pulls Desormeaux in close to his closed guard and prevents Desormeaux from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rafal'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.
Rafal keeping moving, preventing Desormeaux from controlling successfully.
Rafal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rafal seems keen to control Desormeaux's posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Dawid Rafal wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Desormeaux scores with a jab to the body.
Rafal scores with the left hand. Desormeaux knows he should have avoided that one.
Desormeaux connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Desormeaux throws out a leg kick but Rafal moves out of range and Desormeaux only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Rafal blocks the low kick.
Desormeaux rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rafal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Desormeaux misses with a body shot.
Desormeaux throws a right hand that Rafal ducks under and follows up with a left that Rafal also avoids with ease.
Desormeaux tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rafal is able to avoid easily.

Rafal gets caught flat footed, as Desormeaux shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desormeaux throwing strikes but missing.
Rafal is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Desormeaux has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rafal keeping moving, preventing Desormeaux from controlling successfully.
Rafal controlling the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Dawid Rafal wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Desormeaux throws a head kick that misses.
Desormeaux scoring well with a low kick there.
Rafal lands with a thumping leg kick.

Rafal has Desormeaux up against the cage in a clinch.
Rafal scores with a shot to the side of Desormeaux's head.
A short right from Rafal.
Rafal lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rafal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal tries to work over Desormeaux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Desormeaux has Rafal pressed against the cage, preventing Rafal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rafal pushes Desormeaux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Desormeaux is trying to force a seperation but Rafal has the dominant position.
Desormeaux blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rafal.

Rafal breaks from the clinch.
Rafal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Desormeaux shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rafal but Rafal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sloppy strikes from Rafal. Those never looked like landing.
Nice cross by Rafal.
Desormeaux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Desormeaux lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rafal takes a step back to recover.
Desormeaux throws a series of punches but Rafal moves out of range.
Adelard Desormeaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desormeaux throws a head kick that misses.
Rafal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rafal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Desormeaux.
Rafal tries to score with a low kick but Desormeaux moves his leg out of the way.
Desormeaux throws a right and a left that Rafal avoids nicely.
Rafal works the jab nicely.
Rafal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Desormeaux throws the kick towards the body but Rafal avoids it.
Rafal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Desormeaux takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Desormeaux moves out of range of the body kick from Rafal.

Rafal moves into the clinch successfully.
Desormeaux is trying to pull guard but Rafal has him pressed against the cage.
Rafal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Desormeaux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rafal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Desormeaux backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Rafal.
Rafal lands a hook that snaps the head of Desormeaux backwards.

Rafal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rafal lands with an uppercut that bounces Desormeaux off the cage and back into range.
Dawid Rafal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick from Desormeaux.
Desormeaux looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rafal tries to clinch but Desormeaux moves away

and Desormeaux counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rafal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Desormeaux's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rafal wants to sweep here but Desormeaux controlling him for the moment.
Rafal has his hands on Desormeaux's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rafal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Desormeaux is fighting to break Rafal's control of his arms but Rafal is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
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 Dawid Rafal will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rafal lands with a cross.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Desormeaux throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafal throws out a leg kick but Desormeaux moves out of range and Rafal only half commits.
Desormeaux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Desormeaux shoots in and drives through. Rafal sprawls well.
Desormeaux lands a front kick.
Rafal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rafal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rafal wants to land a leg kick but Desormeaux is out of range.
Desormeaux misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rafal.
Rafal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Desormeaux.
Desormeaux dives in for a single leg takedown but Rafal sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rafal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rafal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Desormeaux or not.
Desormeaux is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Rafal.
Rafal looking to throw knees to the head but Desormeaux is blocking nicely.
Rafal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rafal scores with a knee to the head.
Rafal scores with a shoulder strike.
Rafal connects with a nasty looking knee right to Desormeaux's face.
Rafal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Rafal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rafal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Desormeaux takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rafal lands a knee to the body.
Rafal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rafal putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Desormeaux in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rafal tries to land a knee to the head but Desormeaux blocks with his arms.
Rafal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rafal.
Rafal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Desormeaux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Desormeaux tries to pull guard but Rafal won't allow it.
Dawid Rafal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adelard Desormeaux.
Desormeaux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rafal lands an uppercut.
Desormeaux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafal's elbow.
Desormeaux fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rafal can't find room to land a body shot as Desormeaux controls the action.
Rafal using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Rafal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rafal pushes Desormeaux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Desormeaux is rocked!
Rafal is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rafal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Desormeaux is still on wobbly legs! Can Rafal finish him?
A shot in the inside from Rafal.
Rafal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rafal lands a big right hand that drops Desormeaux! The killer instinct kicks in and Rafal finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Rafal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dawid Rafal!
A very excited looking Dawid Rafal made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.