PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Baggins
vs
Gabriel

150 cm
25
135 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

160 cm
24
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frodo Baggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eli Gabriel!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Baggins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gabriel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baggins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gabriel circles away quickly and effectively.
Eli Gabriel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baggins misses with an uppercut. Gabriel saw that one coming.
Baggins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Baggins.

It looks like Eli Gabriel has been cut.
Baggins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gabriel tests Baggins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baggins fails to land with a series of punches.
Baggins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gabriel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baggins's head backwards.
Baggins checks a leg kick nicely.
Baggins blocks a head kick by Gabriel.
Baggins closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Gabriel rushes Baggins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baggins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gabriel tries to pull guard but Baggins holds him up against the cage and eventually Gabriel drops back down to his feet.
Nice elbow from Baggins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabriel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baggins avoids it.
Baggins is looking to control Gabriel's arms but Gabriel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baggins has his back to the cage.
Baggins is looking to break free of the clinch but Gabriel has double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baggins.
Gabriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Gabriel.
Baggins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabriel tries to land knees in the clinch but Baggins avoids the damage to the body.
Gabriel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Baggins lands with a right to the head.
Gabriel misses with a knee to the head.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baggins lands an elbow that stopped Gabriel in his tracks for a moment.
Baggins misses with a punch on the inside.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but Gabriel blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gabriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Baggins's brow.
Baggins taking a breather.
Baggins scores with a knee to the head.

Baggins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

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.
Gabriel scores with a nice right hand.
Gabriel tries to clinch but Baggins is having none of it.
Baggins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gabriel dodges the punch combination from Baggins.
Gabriel fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Baggins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baggins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gabriel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baggins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gabriel tries to close the distance and clinch but Baggins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Gabriel shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Gabriel looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gabriel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Baggins knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baggins defending well though.

Gabriel seems to be working for a kimura but Baggins defends the submission attempt.
Baggins is trying to stand back up but Gabriel is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gabriel tries to control but Baggins wriggling away.
Baggins is trying to escape the mount.
Baggins stops Gabriel from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gabriel controlling his opponent.

Gabriel jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Baggins is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Baggins and Gabriel has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Gabriel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eli Gabriel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Baggins throws a wild body kick that Gabriel sees coming a mile off.
Baggins doesn't manage to clinch there - Gabriel circles away.
A big left from Gabriel misses.
Baggins misses with a two punch combination.
Gabriel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gabriel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baggins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gabriel checks a leg kick.
Baggins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gabriel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baggins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabriel looks to land a right hand but Baggins moved out of range.
Baggins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baggins counters with a low kick, right behind Gabriel 's knee.
Baggins swats away the attempt to clinch by Gabriel.
Gabriel tries to clinch up

and Baggins counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Baggins.
A head punch on the inside from Baggins fails to land.

Gabriel pulls Baggins into guard.
Gabriel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Poor strikes thrown by Gabriel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins tries to buck Gabriel off but Gabriel is having none of it.
Gabriel is looking to take a break and control but Baggins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gabriel is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Baggins has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gabriel prevents Baggins from escaping the position.
Baggins prevents Gabriel from moving into mount.
Gabriel tries to score with some ground and pound. Baggins controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Gabriel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gabriel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gabriel is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Good exchange - Baggins coming out on top.
Baggins misses with a double jab.
Baggins lands a high kick!
Gabriel wants to clinch but Baggins slips to the side
and Baggins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Gabriel.
Gabriel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baggins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gabriel tries to clinch up.
Baggins lands with a slapping head kick.
Baggins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Frodo Baggins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baggins fails to land with a series of punches.

Gabriel moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabriel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gabriel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baggins backwards.
Baggins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baggins misses with an elbow over the top.
Gabriel lands with a light punch inside.
Gabriel tries a body shot but Baggins blocks it.
Baggins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Gabriel jumps guard and drags Baggins to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Baggins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Baggins stands up from Gabriel's guard - Baggins perhaps looking for a knockout.
Baggins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baggins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frodo Baggins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eli Gabriel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gabriel punishes Baggins's body with a nice straight punch.
Baggins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baggins misses with a head kick.
Baggins misses with a hook to the body
and Gabriel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gabriel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Baggins moves into the clinch.

Baggins breaks from the clinch.
Baggins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baggins throws a jab but it's blocked by Gabriel.
Baggins throws a sloppy head kick and Gabriel moves out of range easily.
Gabriel shoots and misses
and Baggins counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabriel looks to land a left hand but Baggins moved out of range nicely.
Baggins is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gabriel defending well as Baggins loads up on a big left hand.
Baggins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gabriel closes the distance but Baggins moves to the side
and Baggins counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel closes the distance and clinches up with Baggins, looking for a takedown. Gabriel pushes Baggins against the cage but Baggins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Frodo Baggins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eli Gabriel.
Gabriel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Baggins counters with a series of strikes. Gabriel will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baggins keeps the fight on the outside.
Baggins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baggins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gabriel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baggins swats away the attempt to clinch by Gabriel.
No joy there for Baggins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baggins throws a right hand that Gabriel ducks under and follows up with a left that Gabriel also avoids with ease.
Gabriel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gabriel lands the left hand.
Baggins throws a sloppy head kick and Gabriel moves out of range easily.
Gabriel tries to clinch up but Baggins circles away and keeps his distance.
Gabriel moves out of range of the leg kick from Baggins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gabriel clinches up with Baggins and pushes him back against the cage.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but Gabriel blocks it.
Gabriel tries to pull guard but Baggins won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Baggins.
Baggins wants to break free but Gabriel has control.
Gabriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baggins is defending well for now.
Baggins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the head but Gabriel blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baggins.
Gabriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gabriel blocks an elbow strike from Baggins.
Baggins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gabriel's face.
Gabriel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bagginss head.
Gabriel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bagginss head.
A shot in the inside from Gabriel.
Baggins leaning against his opponent.
Gabriel avoiding damage as Baggins throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Baggins smiles and moves away.
Baggins throws a left and a right that both miss

so Gabriel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Baggins keeping full guard, as Gabriel tries to pass.
Gabriel prevents Baggins from getting back to his feet.
Gabriel postures up in Baggins's guard and throws a big left but Baggins blocks it.
Gabriel slips nicely into half guard.

Gabriel is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Baggins doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gabriel.
Gabriel trying to pass the guard but Baggins defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel trying to control from half guard but Baggins is working away.
Gabriel looks to land a strike but Baggins avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Baggins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gabriel stopping the sweep attempt from Baggins.
Baggins wants to stand and escape but Gabriel is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eli Gabriel.
I think Gabriel 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eli Gabriel!