PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Homer Schimpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JoeSon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schimpson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jay-Z-Public Service Announcement. JoeSon Do is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Schimpson
vs
Do

177 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Homer Schimpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JoeSon Do!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schimpson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Do defends it nicely.
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Do throws the kick towards the body but Schimpson avoids it.
Do attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schimpson looks for a takedown but Do sprawls well.
Schimpson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Do as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Schimpson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schimpson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Do's waist but Do gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schimpson off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do throws a leg kick that misses.
Schimpson shoots for a double leg takedown but Do sprawls well. He's pushed Schimpson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Do is looking to chop away at Schimpson's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Do.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do tries a low kick but Schimpson avoids it.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
Schimpson avoids the head kick by Do.
JoeSon Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schimpson checks a low kick from Do.
JoeSon Do is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schimpson avoids the head kick by Do.
A head kick by Schimpson misses
and Do finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Schimpson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Do napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schimpson trying to control the position but Do is working away.
Do dodges the ground and pound from Schimpson.
Do is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Schimpson is controlling him well.
Do managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Schimpson.
Do is trying to buck Schimpson off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Do down.
Schimpson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Schimpson prevents Do from escaping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Schimpson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Schimpson lands in his opponent's guard.
Schimpson is breathing heavily.
Schimpson trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schimpson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do wants to stand but Schimpson is controlling the position.
Schimpson throwing strikes from guard but Do blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson throws a big right hand that misses.
Schimpson is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Do avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Schimpson throws a big right hand that misses.
Schimpson 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do misses with a body kick.
Do tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Do attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A bone on bone clash there as Schimpson blocks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Schimpson blocks the low kick.
Schimpson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A leg kick checked by Schimpson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Do throws a leg kick but Schimpson moved away.
Do misses with a low kick as Schimpson jumps back.
Do throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Schimpson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Do counters with an inside leg kick.
Schimpson moves out of range of the leg kick from Do.
Schimpson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Schimpson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Do counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schimpson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Do throws a leg kick but Schimpson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
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 Homer Schimpson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Do throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schimpson throws a chopping leg kick but Do manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Do tries to land a front kick but Schimpson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Do throws a chopping leg kick but Schimpson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Schimpson avoids a kick to the body.
Do fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schimpson checks it well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Schimpson is defended easily by Do.
Do throws a low kick but Schimpson avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schimpson scores a takedown into full mount!
Do blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schimpson with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like JoeSon Do has been cut.
Do suckers Schimpson into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Do is now in Schimpson's guard!
Schimpson is controlling Do's posture.

Do decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Schimpson, up you get!
Schimpson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Do counters with a nice kick to the body.
Do throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schimpson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do misses the jab.
Do misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Do connects with a high kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schimpson checks a leg kick.
No luck for Schimpson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Schimpson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schimpson tries for a takedown but Do circles away easily
and Do counters with a body kick that stops Schimpson in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Do dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Do misses with a low kick.
Schimpson checks a leg kick nicely.
Do misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson with a poor takedown
and Do counters with a thumping low kick.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Schimpson moves out of range easily.
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Do there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schimpson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Do counters with a leg kick.
Schimpson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Do.
Do throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Schimpson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Do throws a push kick but Schimpson slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Schimpson fails with the takedown.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schimpson at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Schimpson blocks the leg kick.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do lands a body shot.
Schimpson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Do counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Schimpson blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JoeSon Do showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on JoeSon Do's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Do throws out a leg kick but Schimpson moves out of range and Do only half commits.
Do lands a slapping body shot.
Do tries to land a leg kick but Schimpson saw it coming and moves away.
Schimpson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Schimpson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Do counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Do. Schimpson shrugs it off though.
Do attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do throws out a leg kick but Schimpson moves out of range and Do only half commits.
Schimpson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Do throws a solid leg kick but Schimpson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Do.
Schimpson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schimpson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Do counters with a nice low kick that buckles Schimpson's knee momentarily.
Do throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Schimpson checks a leg kick.
Do lands a slapping body shot.
Schimpson avoids the head kick by Do.
Do motions for Schimpson to come forward. Do throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Do throws and low kick but Schimpson moves out of range easily.
Do throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Do misses with a leg kick.
Do throws a push kick but Schimpson slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Do throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Schimpson throws a leg kick
and Do counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Do pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Do wants to land a leg kick but Schimpson is out of range.
Schimpson misses with a takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Schimpson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schimpson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Schimpson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Do counters with a nice leg kick.
Schimpson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Do avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Schimpson.
A head kick misses from Do.
Schimpson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Do counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schimpson tries for a takedown but Do circles away easily
and Do counters with a nice body shot.
Do throws a sloppy head kick and Schimpson moves out of range easily.
Schimpson fails with the takedown
and Do counters with a nice kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schimpson checks a leg kick.
Do tried to score with a low kick but Schimpson checks it.
Do pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Do dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Do tries a head kick but it misses.
Schimpson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Do tried to score with a low kick but Schimpson checks it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Schimpson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Do - the referee stops the clock and Schimpson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Do. Schimpson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Schimpson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Do counters with a nice body shot.
Do throws a leg kick but Schimpson moved away.

Schimpson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Do's guard.

Do kicks Schimpson off and gets to his feet.
Do is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schimpson rather than just go for the knockout.
An inside leg kick from Do misses.
Schimpson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Do counters with an outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
JoeSon Do comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Do 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JoeSon Do!