PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muhatma Gandhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho has chosen Moving in Stereo by The Cars as his entrance music. Muhatma Gandhi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Jericho's chin.

Gandhi
vs
Jericho

170 cm
23
168 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Behold The Beast

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Muhatma Gandhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Jericho!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Gandhi misses.
Gandhi wants to clinch up but Jericho keeps it at a distance.
Dan Jericho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jericho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gandhi is fending him off so far but Jericho persists. Nope, Gandhi circles away and we're back to standing.

Jericho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gandhi keeping moving, preventing Jericho from controlling successfully.
Jericho is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jericho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gandhi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho working some strikes from top position.
Gandhi wants to stand but Jericho is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jericho misses with a low kick.
Jericho swings for the body but Gandhi moves out of range.
Gandhi stuffs the takedown.
Gandhi lands a glancing blow to the side of Jericho's head.
Jericho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gandhi was well out of range. Poor timing from Jericho.
No luck for Gandhi with that takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jericho shoots in looking for a takedown. Gandhi tries to sprawl out of it but Jericho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Gandhi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Muhatma Gandhi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Jericho.
Jericho shoots and misses

and Gandhi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jericho's guard.
Jericho looks gassed!
Gandhi stands and throws Jericho's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gandhi working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gandhi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Gandhi's corner calls for a 1-2. Gandhi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Gandhi forces Jericho back against the ropes and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Gandhi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jericho fails to land the takedown.
Jericho fails with the takedown
enabling Gandhi to counter with a crisp jab.

Gandhi gets a clinch.

Gandhi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jericho circles away from the clinch attempt.

Gandhi gets the takedown into side control.
Gandhi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jericho is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Gandhi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho wants to get back to his feet.

Gandhi decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Jericho bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jericho working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gandhi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jericho connects with a decent elbow.
Jericho scoring with punches and elbows.
Gandhi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jericho's best efforts.
Jericho misses with a head shot. Gandhi uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jericho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho wants to control from the top but Gandhi keeps moving.
Jericho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Jericho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jericho passes Gandhi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muhatma Gandhi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Gandhi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jericho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gandhi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jericho tries for a takedown but Gandhi circles away easily

and Gandhi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jericho wants to improve his position but Gandhi is controlling well.
Muhatma Gandhi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Gandhi decides to return to a standing position.
Gandhi throws a series of punches but Jericho avoids them all with ease.

Jericho looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jericho passes Gandhi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gandhi kicks off Jericho and gets to his feet.

Jericho is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gandhi's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho uses his free foot to push down on Gandhi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gandhi.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jericho controlling the pace for now.
Jericho putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jericho is landing with some decent strikes but Gandhi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jericho lands with some strikes.
Gandhi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho trying to control but Gandhi is having none of it.
Jericho is stalling here but it's allowed Gandhi to get half guard.
Jericho stops Gandhi from getting back to his feet.
Jericho moves nicely into side control.
Gandhi is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands some shots froms side control.
Gandhi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jericho in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jericho working the ground and pound.
Jericho in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jericho connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gandhi some visible discomfort.
Gandhi is trying to get back to his feet.
Gandhi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jericho scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gandhi to see if he's OK.
Jericho working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho moves into full mount!
Gandhi is in a horrible position here. Jericho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jericho landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jericho breaks from Gandhi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jericho looking to control and managing it successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jericho breaks from Gandhi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Jericho 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!

Jericho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Muhatma Gandhi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gandhi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jericho.
Horrible takedown by Jericho or perhaps it was just good defense by Gandhi which made him look bad.
Gandhi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gandhi lands a lovely overhand right.

Gandhi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jericho!
Gandhi raining down shots from the mount!
Jericho is desperately trying to improve his position but Gandhi has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gandhi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jericho is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gandhi controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho is bucking up trying to escape but Gandhi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gandhi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jericho can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Jericho that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jericho is in a horrible position here. Gandhi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jericho sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Gandhi wants to stand but Jericho has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jericho can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jericho moves into full guard.
Jericho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gandhi wanted to stand there but Jericho had control of the position.
Gandhi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gandhi stopping the sweep attempt from Jericho.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gandhi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gandhi.
A punch combination from Gandhi misses.
Jericho shoots for a takedown but Gandhi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Muhatma Gandhi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Jericho.
Jericho thows a body shot but no joy.
Jericho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gandhi throws a nice looking combination but Jericho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gandhi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Jericho looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jericho looking to sit in guard and control but Gandhi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gandhi trying to control but Jericho is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gandhi would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gandhi tries to free his leg and advance position but Jericho is retaining full guard.
Gandhi thows a big elbow that misses.
Jericho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gandhi is one step ahead there.
Gandhi postures up.

Jericho scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jericho throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muhatma Gandhi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gandhi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muhatma Gandhi!