PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gator Bait (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estie Langlaise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langlaise has chosen Pepe et sa guitare Le mangeux de bine as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bait
vs
Langlaise

186 cm
21
202 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
28
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Raptorz Inc.

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gator Bait!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Estie Langlaise!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langlaise tries to bum rush Bait with a series of wild strikes but Bait uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bait keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Langlaise.
Langlaise fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Langlaise uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bait walks into a stiff left hand from Langlaise.
Langlaise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Langlaise misses.
Langlaise throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bait sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Langlaise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bait.
Bait throws a series of punches but Langlaise avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langlaise throws a jab when Bait was well out of range.
Bait throws a series of punches but Langlaise moves out of range.
Bait steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Langlaise.
Bait throws a hook but Langlaise blocks it.
Bait slips under a jab.
Bait looks to land a body kick but Langlaise moved away.
Langlaise misses with a right hand
and Langlaise takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Langlaise misses with a hook.
Langlaise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bait avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Langlaise misses with a hook
and Bait counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Langlaise closes the distance and clinches.
Langlaise misses with a hook from the clinch.
Langlaise taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Bait pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Bait's head coaches at >TAPOUT ELITE< that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Langlaise fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bait walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bait keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langlaise's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bait under the eye.
Bait lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Langlaise circles away quickly and effectively.
Langlaise scores with a body shot.

Bait feints and as Langlaise raises his hands in defense, Bait changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Langlaise wants to sweep here but Bait controlling him for the moment.
Bait trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bait wants to control from the top but Langlaise keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langlaise lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bait!
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!
Bait regains half guard.
Langlaise trying to control the action but Bait is working from the bottom.
Langlaise throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bait tries to roll over but Langlaise keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estie Langlaise dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Langlaise missing with a left hand there. Bait was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Langlaise scores with a decent looking hook.

Bait shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bait showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bait landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Langlaise is looking to control Bait's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Langlaise avoid being mounted?
Langlaise wants to get back to full guard.
Langlaise controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Bait throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bait sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bait wants to control but Langlaise is keeping him busy.
Bait trying to control the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gator Bait.
Langlaise takes a swing at Bait's ribcage but misses.
Bait tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Langlaise was well out of range. Poor timing from Bait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langlaise throws an off balance right hand

and Bait moves into the clinch.
Langlaise working aggressively here.
Langlaise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Langlaise lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bait breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Langlaise throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bait sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Bait moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Langlaise.
Langlaise lands a hook that snaps the head of Bait backwards.
Langlaise misses with a punch to the body.
Langlaise tries to work over Bait's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Langlaise fails to land.
Langlaise misses with a punch to the body.

Bait's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Langlaise tries to close the distance and clinch but Bait swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Langlaise jabs Bait right on the nose. Bait blinks but takes it well.
Langlaise misses the body punch
and Bait counters with a three punch combo that has Langlaise backing up. Langlaise nods at Bait to acknowledge the strikes.
Bait misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Langlaise.
Langlaise connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bait's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bait. Langlaise does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bait scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Langlaise looks to throw the jab but Bait is out of range.
Langlaise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bait.
Langlaise lands a lovely overhand right.
Langlaise misses with a double jab.
Bait takes a body punch but keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Langlaise throws an off balance right hand
and Bait connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Langlaise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bait was well out of range. Poor timing from Langlaise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Estie Langlaise will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bait swats away the attempt to clinch by Langlaise.

Langlaise clinches with his opponent.
Langlaise swings wildly with an uppercut but Bait uses good head movement to avoid it.
Langlaise misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Langlaise.
Langlaise pressing his opponent against the cage.
Langlaise throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baits head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Langlaise takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Langlaise as Bait tries to tie him up.

Bait breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Langlaise pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bait lands with an overhand left.
Bait tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Langlaise was well out of range. Poor timing from Bait.
Bait avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Langlaise rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

so Bait counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bait wants to control from the top but Langlaise keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Langlaise avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bait is looking to work some ground and pound but Langlaise has wrist control.
Bait wants to control from the top but Langlaise keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Gator Bait wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Langlaise takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Langlaise, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Langlaise uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bait has time to react.
Bait misses the shot to the body.
Langlaise lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bait tries to move into range but Langlaise moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Langlaise moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Langlaise connects with a looping right hand.
Bait slips a jab from Langlaise.
Estie Langlaise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bait bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bait fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gator Bait is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bait scores with a takedown into Langlaise's guard.
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!
Bait lands a couple of decent looking shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Langlaise is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Our spies down at at Gentlemanly Scholars Fight Club Gym(4 Sprbt 4*+)(1 inform us that Langlaise has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Langlaise looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

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 Gator Bait.
I think Langlaise has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Estie Langlaise!