PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hutch Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caine has chosen All These Things as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gibson
vs
Caine

185 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hutch Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Caine!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson scores with a nice right hand.

Gibson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gibson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caine keeps working.
Caine throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Caine is looking for a sweep.
Gibson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Caine down.
Caine takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Gibson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Caine shoots in and bounces Gibson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gibson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gibson trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Gibson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gibson keeping moving, preventing Caine from controlling successfully.
Caine slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Caine wants to control from the top but Gibson keeps moving.
Caine throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two 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.

Gibson kicks Caine off and gets to his feet.

Gibson scores a takedown into full mount!
Caine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gibson won't let Caine get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gibson looking to finish Caine with some ground and pound. This is bad for Caine!
Gibson content just to control the position here.
Caine is trying to escape the mount.
Gibson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gibson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Caine keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gibson lands with some strikes.
Gibson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gibson with shots to the head and body - Caine looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gibson prevents Caine from getting the reversal.
Caine looks gassed!
Gibson wants to control the action but instead Caine gets a body lock and reverses into Gibson's guard! Nice work!
Caine with a nice head shot there.
Gibson 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gibson is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson throwing strikes but missing.
Gibson scoring with some ground and pound.
Caine is trying to keep Gibson in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gibson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gibson content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gibson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hutch Gibson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gibson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Caine at a distance.
Caine fails with the takedown
and Gibson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Caine misses with a takedown

and Gibson counters with a shoot takedown. Caine fights it but they end up in guard.
Gibson stands up over Caine, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gibson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caine wants to sweep here but Gibson controlling him for the moment.
Gibson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Caine's head.
Gibson passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Gibson decides to stand back up.
Caine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caine is breathing heavily.

Gibson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Caine defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gibson.
Gibson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gibson unloading with bombs!
Gibson scoring with strikes but Caine is staying in there.
Caine tries to reverse the position but Gibson maintains control.
Caine wants to control but Gibson is having none of it.
Gibson landing punches.
Caine takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson with a couple of short strikes.
Caine is in a horrible position here. Gibson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gibson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hutch Gibson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gibson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Caine wants to control but Gibson is having none of it.
Gibson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gibson working Caine over with strikes here.

Gibson looking to secure an arm triangle but Caine defends it well.
Gibson is landing with some decent strikes but Caine is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tries to control but Caine wriggling away.
Gibson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Caine?
A nice elbow there by Gibson.
Gibson with shots to the head and body - Caine looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gibson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gibson avoids the attempt from Caine to control.
Gibson with the ground and pound from mount.
Gibson raining down shots from the mount!
Gibson lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson with a couple of short strikes.
Gibson with the ground and pound from mount.
Gibson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Caine is trying to escape the mount.
Caine in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Caine taking shots to the head.
Gibson scoring with strikes but Caine is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gibson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Caine is rocked!
Gibson raining down shots from the mount!
Caine is still in real trouble! Can Gibson finish him?
Gibson controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hutch Gibson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A combination from Gibson does no damage.
Caine seems to have recovered his senses.

Caine throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gibson was covering up waiting for the punch and Caine finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gibson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gibson controlling Caine's posture.
Gibson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Caine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gibson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson trying to control the action but Caine is working from the bottom.
Gibson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Gibson has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Caine defend it? Gibson steps over the head and cranks it - Caine is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gibson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hutch Gibson!