PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Cola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Cola has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gerald Lowe's chin.

Lowe
vs
Cola

172 cm
25
134 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

180 cm
18
137 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greg Cola!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowe misses with a jab to the body
enabling Cola to counter with a crisp jab.
Cola is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lowe stuffs the takedown.

Lowe throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cola tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lowe is in Cola's guard.
Lowe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cola is keeping the position for now.
Lowe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lowe stands up over Cola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lowe thows a big elbow that misses.
Lowe is looking to work some ground and pound but Cola has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lowe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lowe stands up over Cola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cola is trying to keep Lowe in close.
Lowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cola avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cola looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lowe 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lowe landing some decent shots from guard.
Cola wants to sweep here but Lowe controlling him for the moment.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Cola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lowe cracks Cola with a solid left hand.
Cola trying to control the position.
Cola looks gassed!
Cola preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cola is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lowe with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe distracts Cola with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lowe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe works over Cola with some ground and pound from guard.
Lowe cracks Cola with a solid left hand.
Lowe landing with the ground and pound.
Lowe connects with a couple of short punches.
Lowe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cola is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lowe is controlling him.
Lowe works over Cola with some ground and pound from guard.
Lowe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lowe working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe works over Cola with some ground and pound from guard.
Lowe stands up over Cola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lowe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Cola has momentary wrist control but Lowe slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lowe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lowe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lowe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Lowe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lowe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lowe is working Cola over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cola looking for a sweep. Not yet Cola, not yet.
Lowe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lowe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lowe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lowe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lowe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lowe stands up over Cola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lowe is working Cola over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cola is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lowe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Lowe 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.

Lowe tries to close the distance and clinch but Cola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gerald Lowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cola tries to clinch but Lowe is having none of it.

Lowe scores with a takedown into Cola's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lowe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lowe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lowe postures up in Cola's guard and throws a big left but Cola blocks it.
Cola wants to stand and escape but Lowe is having none of it.
Lowe pushing down on Cola's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lowe slips a nice elbow through Cola's hands, connecting with Cola's forehead.
Lowe drops an elbow to the side of Cola's head.
Lowe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cola with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cola taking some punishment here, with Lowe in his half guard.
Lowe working over Cola with some ground and pound. Cola looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe is thwarting Cola's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lowe winds up and cracks Cola with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lowe lands strikes from half guard.
Cola trying to control from the bottom.
Lowe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lowe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cola gets back to full guard.
Lowe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lowe is in close to Cola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lowe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lowe is working Cola over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Lowe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cola is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lowe won't allow Cola to sweep him here.
Lowe cracks Cola with a solid left hand.
Cola looking to control.
Lowe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lowe chips away with some ground and pound.
Lowe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lowe postures up and lands a big shot to Cola's brow.
Cola wants to sweep but no luck.

Cola looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cola is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lowe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lowe is working Cola over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lowe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cola's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cola is on top in guard.
Cola being controlled here momentarily.
Cola wants to get up but he can't break Lowe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lowe pushes Cola off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lowe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cola avoids it really well and circles away.

Lowe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lowe showed some decent athleticism there.
Gerald Lowe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lowe working over Cola with some ground and pound. Cola looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lowe throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cola taking some punishment here, with Lowe in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Lowe dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lowe fails with the takedown

and Cola counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lowe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lowe is staying active underneath Cola, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lowe is looking to improve his position.
Lowe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cola is working away from the top position though.
Lowe is not content to let Cola control the position.
Lowe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lowe tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lowe shoots in but Cola avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cola lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lowe wants to clinch up but Cola keeps it at a distance.
Cola is looking to clinch but Lowe is avoiding it.
Cola fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lowe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerald Lowe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lowe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lowe shoots in for a takedown but Cola shows good takedown defense.
Cola is looking to clinch.
Cola tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lowe paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two 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.

Lowe shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cola napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cola takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lowe landing a few strikes.
Cola takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cola is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lowe's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Cola regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lowe throwing strikes but missing.

Cola has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lowe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lowe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe stands up over Cola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cola avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lowe landing with the ground and pound.
Lowe is in close to Cola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lowe postures up and lands a big shot to Cola's brow.
Lowe chips away with some ground and pound.
Lowe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lowe postures up in Cola's guard and throws a big left but Cola blocks it.
Cola is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lowe is controlling him.
Lowe cracks Cola with a solid left hand.
Lowe lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cola trying to control the position.
Lowe working some strikes from top position.
Lowe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cola trying to control the position.
Lowe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Cola looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cola wants to stand and escape but Lowe is having none of it.
Lowe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lowe connects with a couple of short punches.
Greg Cola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lowe working some strikes from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gerald Lowe.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lowe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Lowe!