PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phillipe Courbois (ranked 5709 p4p, 0 weight class) and Test Two (ranked 5988 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Courbois
vs
Two

190 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
17
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phillipe Courbois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Test Two!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courbois throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Two counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Courbois lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Two looking to hit a scissor sweep but Courbois is one step ahead there.
Two looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Courbois puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Two is looking to improve his position.
Courbois controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Two wants to get back to full guard.
Courbois throwing shots but Two is blocking nicely.
Courbois thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Two's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Courbois throwing shots but Two is blocking nicely.
Courbois wants to take a breather but Two is having none of it.
Courbois is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Two is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Courbois throwing shots but Two is blocking nicely.
Courbois is keen to just control but Two is a slippery customer.

Two actively working from the bottom here.
Courbois wants to stand but Two has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Two is looking to improve his position.
Two is not content to let Courbois control the position.

That's two 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Two avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Two scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Two is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Courbois is trying to get back to full guard.
Courbois is trying to maintain the position but Two is very close to passing his half guard.
Two is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Courbois reverses the position - he's now on top in Two's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Two looking for subs off his back but Courbois has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Two tries to get to full guard but Courbois has control of the leg.
Two manages to get to full guard.
Two wants to improve his position but instead Courbois has moved into half guard.
Two tries to get to full guard but Courbois has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Courbois not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Two is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Courbois is trying to control the action in half guard but Two is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Two works his way to full guard. Good work.
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 Phillipe Courbois will probably get the nod.
That's time! Courbois's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Courbois pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Courbois tries to clinch there but Two circles away.
Two tries to counter by closing the distance.

Two gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Courbois to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Two keeping moving, preventing Courbois from controlling successfully.
Courbois advances to half guard.
Phillipe Courbois overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Two regains full guard. Nicely done.
Courbois is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Two can do to turn this around?

Two looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Courbois passes into side control.
Two manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Courbois is trying to get back to full guard.
Two wants to pass the guard but Courbois is defending well.

Two is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

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

Two wants to work for an arm triangle but Courbois is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Two tries to pass the half guard into mount. Courbois knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Courbois is trying to stand up here but Two is controlling him well.
Courbois is looking to control Two's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Courbois avoid being mounted?
Two tries to pass the half guard into mount. Courbois knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Two is still trying to improve position.

Two is working for a submission of some sort.
Two uses his free foot to push down on Courbois's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Courbois.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Two fails to take his opponent's back.
Courbois regains half guard.

Two is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Courbois defends it well.
Courbois wants to control but Two is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Two wants to work for an arm triangle but Courbois is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Two really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Courbois. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Two is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Courbois doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Two.
Courbois gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courbois is trying to control the position but Two postures up.
Two pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Courbois is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Two keeps trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Test Two showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Courbois dives in for a single leg takedown but Two sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Two is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Courbois rushes Two and presses him up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Two obliges.
Two lands a nice uppercut.
Two has Courbois pushed against the cage.
Courbois blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Two pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Two lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Two misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Two scores with a nice hook to the head.
Two lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Courbois is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Two pushes Courbois against the cage. Two is working some dirty boxing. Two pushes off with a quick right hook! Courbois goes down! Courbois tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Two moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Test Two!