PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunther Gesicht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gesicht is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Günther - tutti Frutti Summer Love. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blade
vs
Gesicht

185 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Blade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gunther Gesicht!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blade throws a right hand that Gesicht ducks under and follows up with a left that Gesicht also avoids with ease.
Blade checks the leg kick.
Gesicht scores with a jab. Blade acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gesicht.
Blade tries to clinch there but Gesicht circles away.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gesicht throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gesicht avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gesicht lands a body shot.
Gesicht blocks a low kick nicely.
Blade fails with the takedown.
Blade tries for a takedown but Gesicht sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gesicht throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Blade decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gesicht is trying to maintain the position but Blade is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gesicht looks like he's trying to stand up.

Blade is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade is tying to control. Gesicht wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blade not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blade throwing shots but Gesicht is blocking nicely.
Gesicht is staying active underneath Blade, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gesicht makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gesicht.
Gesicht has Blade pulled in close to control his posture.
Gesicht is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gesicht bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blade's guard.

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.
Blade wants to control the position but Gesicht says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Gesicht missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gesicht trying to control from half guard but Blade is working away.
Gesicht is pressing down on Blade's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blade is holding on for now.
Blade trying to hold on to Gesicht's head to control him but Gesicht postures up.
Blade is breathing heavily.
Gesicht wants to stand up but Blade is controlling the position.
Gesicht trying to mount his opponent but Blade defends it.
Blade works his way to full guard. Good work.

Blade has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gesicht off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gesicht tests Blade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blade shoots in but Gesicht avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Blade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gesicht avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gesicht scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice sprawl there from Blade as Gesicht shoots in.
Gunther Gesicht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blade looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Blade scores a takedown into full mount!
Gesicht is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Blade has taken his back.
Blade is riding his opponent, not letting Gesicht buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Gesicht trying to get back to his feet but Blade is in full control for now.
Gesicht staying busy and making it hard for Blade to control.

Blade working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Gesicht has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Blade is riding his opponent, not letting Gesicht buck him off.

Blade looking for the choke from the back.
Gesicht controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Gesicht looking very determined here, making life difficult for Blade.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Blade dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blade closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gesicht tries to roll over but Blade keeps him under control.
Gesicht is refusing to be controlled, as Blade sits in half guard.
Blade is stalling here. Gesicht is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Blade seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Gesicht has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Gesicht working the ground and pound.
Blade is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gesicht is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gesicht looking to control but Blade is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gesicht really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blade. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gesicht is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gesicht controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gesicht trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gesicht is breathing heavily.
Blade tries to reverse the position but Gesicht maintains control.
Blade is working hard here to advance position.
Gesicht tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blade sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

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.
Blade manages to get to full guard.
Gesicht is in close to Blade's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gesicht working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Blade has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gesicht can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gesicht distracts Blade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Gesicht stands up from Blade's guard - Gesicht perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gesicht throws a right hand that Blade ducks under and follows up with a left that Blade also avoids with ease.
Blade fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gesicht looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gesicht looks to land a combination but Blade avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gesicht scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gesicht wants to clinch up but Blade keeps it at a distance.
Gesicht lands a really nice looking cross but Blade seems unphased.
Blade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blade fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gesicht throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gesicht.
Gesicht throws a right and a left that Blade avoids nicely.
Blade is looking to clinch.

Blade scores a takedown into full mount!
Blade is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bobby Blade overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blade has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gesicht's face.

Gesicht is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blade is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gesicht is still in real trouble! Can Blade finish him?

Blade with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Blade looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Blade sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Blade trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Blade looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Blade thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Blade with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gesicht seems to have recovered his senses.
Blade misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gesicht tries to buck Blade off but he can't manage it.
Gesicht wants to hold on but Blade pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Blade dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Gesicht swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Gesicht lands a two punch combo.
Gesicht tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blade slips a jab and a cross from Gesicht.
Gesicht looks to land a combination but Blade avoids it well.
Gesicht circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gesicht swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blade wants to clinch
and Gesicht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gesicht darts in trying to clinch

and Blade counters by clinching up.
Blade is looking to control Gesicht's arms but Gesicht gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blade has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Gesicht avoids the damage to the body.

Blade breaks from the clinch.

Blade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gesicht, pushing him back against the cage.
Blade throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gesicht blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blade looking to stall.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gesicht counters with a body kick that stops Blade in his tracks momentarily.

Gesicht instigates a clinch.
Blade misses with a knee strike.
Gesicht wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blade has him pressed against the cage.
Gesicht wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blade has him pressed against the cage.

Gesicht breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gesicht tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blade swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gesicht lands a two punch combo.
Gesicht misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blade is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gesicht.

Blade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Blade decides to pull guard.

Gesicht is sitting in close to Blade's body. Blade has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Gesicht is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Gesicht is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Blade.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobby Blade!