PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes into the arena with All you need is love blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Potter
vs
Trudeau

188 cm
34
217 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

188 cm
32
215 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Pierre Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter loads up on a big right hand but Trudeau slips the punch.
Trudeau slips under a jab from Potter.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
Trudeau lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Potter.
Trudeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Trudeau slips a jab from Potter.
Trudeau cracks Potter with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trudeau ducks under a wild hook from Potter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Trudeau misses.
Potter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trudeau at a distance.
Potter throws a shot from downtown. Trudeau moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trudeau misses with a jab to the body
and Potter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Potter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Potter throws a hook but Trudeau avoids it easily.

Potter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trudeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trudeaus head.
Potter lands with a left to the head.
I was talking to Potter's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Trudeau misses with a punch to the body.
Trudeau pushes Potter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trudeau's elbow.
Trudeau working aggressively here.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Potter.
Trudeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trudeau wants a takedown.
Potter lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Potter blocks it.
Potter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Potter.
Potter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Potter blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Potter.
Trudeau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trudeau prevents Potter from breaking the clinch.
Trudeau scores with a hook to the body.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trudeau or not.
Potter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Potter is working Trudeau over against the cage.
Trudeau has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Trudeau misses.
Potter throws a hook but Trudeau blocks it.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and Trudeau counters with a leg kick.
Trudeau moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trudeau swings for the body but Potter moves out of range.
Potter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Potter misses with a hook.
Potter scores with a hook to the body. Trudeau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and Trudeau counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potter thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Potter is out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trudeau slips under a jab from Potter.
Trudeau fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Potter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Potter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trudeau.
Potter misses with a hook to the body
and Trudeau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trudeau defending well as Potter loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Potter.
Potter ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Potter moves into range and clinches up with Trudeau.
Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pierre Trudeau will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trudeau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Trudeau rushes Potter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trudeau.
Pierre Trudeau seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Potter blocks it.
Trudeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trudeau lands a body punch.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potter pushes Trudeau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Potter breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trudeau just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and Trudeau counters with a nice uppercut.
Potter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trudeau.
Trudeau missing with a left hand there. Potter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Potter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donk. Trudeau catches Potter right on the button with a cross.
Nice body punch from Trudeau.
Trudeau moves into range and connects with a jab.
Trudeau lands with an overhand left.
Trudeau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Potter.
Pierre Trudeau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trudeau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws an overhand right that lands on Trudeau's shoulder, as Trudeau tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trudeau cracks Potter with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Trudeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trudeau slips under a jab from Potter.
Trudeau keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Potter is rocked!
Trudeau fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Potter out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Pierre Trudeau!
Pierre Trudeau thanked the fans post fight for their support.