PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demein Colette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harley Royale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colette's entrance music is progenies of the great apocalypse. A fine choice. Royale has chosen Empire X by Dubtraction as his entrance music. 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.

Colette
vs
Royale

181 cm
25
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
183 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Demein Colette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley Royale!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Royale clinches.
Colette misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Royale.
Colette scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Harley Royale has been cut.
Colette scores with a knee to the head.
Colette tries to land a knee to the head but Royale blocks with his arms.
Colette landing knees to the body.

Royale has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Colette is trying to keep an underhook but Royale manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Colette is trying to stand back up but Royale is controlling him
Colette wants to get back to full guard.
Royale throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Colette wants to control but Royale is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Colette keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Royale is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Colette stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Colette wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royale looks for a takedown but Colette sprawls well.
Royale closes this distance looking for a takedown but Colette circles away.
Demein Colette has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harley Royale.
Royale looks gassed!

Royale closes the distance and clinches.
Colette landing knees to the body.
Colette connects with a knee to the head.
Royale tries to work over Colette's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Colette utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Colette lands a knee to the head.
Colette tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Royale avoids it.
Colette missing with knees to the body.
Colette lands a hook that snaps the head of Royale backwards.

Royale has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Colette clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Colette breaks Royale's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Colette has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Colette stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Colette connects with a right hand. Royale shakes it off.
Royale shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Colette pinned against the cage. Colette gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Colette lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Colette lands a high kick!
Royale takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royale slips a jab from Colette.
Royale takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Royale on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Colette misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Royale shoots in looking for a takedown. Colette tries to sprawl out of it but Royale keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Colette manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Colette dodges the punch combination from Royale.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Colette.
Royale shoots in for a takedown but Colette shows good takedown defense.
Royale fails to land the takedown.
Colette throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Colette fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Royale manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Royale tries to clinch but Colette is having none of it.
Colette throws a head kick but Royale moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demein Colette dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harley Royale's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Colette stuffs the takedown.
Colette throws a leg kick which misses Royale's front leg but catches the back leg as Royale tries to avoid it.
Royale blocks a head kick by Colette.
Colette misses with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Colette - just one landing.

That has opened up Harley Royale's cut even more.

Royale shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Colette lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Royale!
Colette wants to control the pace but Royale is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colette tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Royale keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royale wants to hold on but Colette pushes him away.
Colette controlling the pace for now.
Royale is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Colette can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Royale is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Royale tries to lock up and control but Colette gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Colette controlling the pace for now.
Royale really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Colette tries to control but Royale wriggling away.
Royale wants to control but Colette is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colette wants to control the pace but Royale is squirming around nicely.
Royale is trying desperately to improve position.
Royale wants to control but Colette is having none of it.
Colette trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Royale is looking to improve his position but Colette isn't that keen on the idea.
Colette wants to control the pace but Royale is squirming around nicely.
Royale manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Royale kicks off Colette and gets to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Colette throws a quick inside leg kick.
Colette tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Demein Colette will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harley Royale's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Colette lands a nice leg kick that just misses Royale's sensitive parts.
Colette misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Royale closes the distance but Colette moves to the side
and Colette counters with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Royale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Royale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Colette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colette throws a leg kick but Royale sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Royale shoots in for a double leg but Colette sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royale tries to clinch but Colette moves out of range.
Colette throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Demein Colette is winning the standup battle so far.
Royale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Colette throws the kick towards the body but Royale avoids it.
Colette throws a sloppy head kick and Royale moves out of range easily.
Colette throws a nice looking combination but Royale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Royale throws a right and a left that Colette avoids nicely.
Royale keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Colette.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Royale doesn't manage to clinch there - Colette circles away.
Royale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Royale shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Colette as he jumps to the side.
Royale tries to clinch up.
Harley Royale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Colette scoring well with a low kick there.
Colette tries to clinch but Royale is having none of it.

Royale has closed the distance and engaged Colette in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Royale lands a takedown into guard.
Royale stops Colette from standing up.
Royale controls from within his opponent's guard.
Colette wants to get back to his feet but Royale is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Royale showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Royale trying to control but Colette is working from the bottom.
Harley Royale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colette has Royale pulled in close to control his posture.
Royale trying to control but Colette is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colette 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.
Royale trying to control but Colette is working from the bottom.
Royale's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Colette looking to hit a scissor sweep but Royale is one step ahead there.
Colette is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Royale tries to clinch up.

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 Demein Colette.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Colette, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demein Colette!