PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pierre La Plante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacque Francois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plante comes into the arena with MegaDeth- This Day We FIGHT! blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Pierre La Plante has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

La Plante
vs
Francois

176 cm
27
165 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Army of One

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre La Plante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacque Francois!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francois misses with a takedown
and La Plante counters with a nice uppercut.
Jacque Francois seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Plante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Francois misses with a takedown attempt
and La Plante counters with a nice uppercut.
Francois blocks a head kick by La Plante.
Francois tries for a takedown but La Plante circles away easily
and La Plante cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pierre La Plante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacque Francois.
La Plante fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Francois on the side of the head.
Francois shoots and misses
and La Plante counters with a low kick, right behind Francois 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francois misses with a takedown attempt
and La Plante counters with a right hand to the body.
Francois looks gassed!

La Plante waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Francois. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Francois to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Francois is rocked!
La Plante works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Francois is still in real trouble! Can La Plante finish him?
Francois tries to roll over but La Plante keeps him under control.

La Plante is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Francois doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time La Plante.
La Plante passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plante scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Francois to see if he's OK.
Francois seems to have recovered his senses.
Francois is trying to control La Plante's posture but La Plante avoids it.
Francois is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but La Plante is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
La Plante cracks Francois with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
La Plante looking to finish Francois with some ground and pound. This is bad for Francois!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Plante looking to finish Francois with some ground and pound. This is bad for Francois!
Francois working to try and regain half guard.
La Plante 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plante with shots to the head and body - Francois looks very uncomfortable down there.
Francois is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BOOM! La Plante connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Francois takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
La Plante unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Francois wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! La Plante celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre La Plante!