PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andro Juricic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaijah Louiseau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andro Juricic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Juricic
vs
Louiseau

185 cm
21
218 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
218 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 Rio de Janeiro, Andro Juricic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Isaijah Louiseau!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juricic throws the left hand but Louiseau avoids the punch easily.
Louiseau tries to land a front kick but Juricic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Louiseau throws a head kick that misses

and Juricic decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Louiseau's guard.
Juricic prevents Louiseau from getting back to his feet.
Juricic scoring with some ground and pound.
Juricic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Juricic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Juricic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Juricic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Juricic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Louiseau can do anything to dispel that myth.
Louiseau is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Juricic is controlling him.
Juricic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Louiseau avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Juricic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Juricic postures up and lands a big shot to Louiseau's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Louiseau has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Juricic is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Louiseau is trying to stall.
Louiseau tries to work over Juricic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Juricic as Louiseau tries to tie him up.
Louiseau is trying to maintain a safe position but Juricic gets an underhook and turns Louiseau into the cage.

Juricic manages to pull guard.
Louiseau tries to stand but Juricic is controlling from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Juricic is on top in guard.

Juricic trying to control the position from guard on top but Louiseau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Juricic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louiseau working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Juricic.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Juricic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Juricic throwing strikes but missing.

Louiseau has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Juricic off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Juricic is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Louiseau misses with the combination.
Juricic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Isaijah Louiseau has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Juricic fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Louiseau to the ground. Juricic is now in Louiseau's guard.
Juricic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Juricic trying to control but Louiseau is working from the bottom.
Juricic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juricic distracts Louiseau with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Juricic won't allow Louiseau to get back to his feet.
Juricic forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Juricic lands a nice short elbow.
Louiseau wants to get back to his feet.
Juricic is trying to control the action in half guard but Louiseau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Juricic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Juricic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Juricic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juricic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Juricic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louiseau defending well though.
Juricic slips a nice elbow through Louiseau's hands, connecting with Louiseau's forehead.
Louiseau blocking the ground and pound attempt from Juricic.
Juricic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Louiseau is trying to stand.
Juricic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louiseau defending well though.
Juricic is nestled in close to Louiseau, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Juricic lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louiseau has hold of Juricic's hands but Juricic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andro Juricic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Isaijah Louiseau's cut.
That's time! Juricic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Louiseau is looking to clinch but Juricic is avoiding it.
Louiseau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Juricic keeps the fight on the outside.
Louiseau throws a head kick that Juricic semi-blocks.
Louiseau takes one to the side of the head.

Juricic cracks Louiseau with a big right hand and Louiseau goes down!

Louiseau is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juricic loads up on a big left hand. Louiseau felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Juricic looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Louiseau can't hide his disappointment, as Juricic celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andro Juricic!