PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rantis Gaumpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gaumpe's choice of entrance music: TRIBAL SEEDS- AWAY. Gaumpe has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Rantis Gaumpe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nelson
vs
Gaumpe

193 cm
26
258 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
217 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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PRIME DESIGNS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alistair Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rantis Gaumpe!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson lands with a slapping head kick.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gaumpe avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Gaumpe moves out of range easily.
Gaumpe lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson throws a push kick but Gaumpe slaps the foot to one side.
Gaumpe misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Gaumpe moves away and avoids it.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson throws a push kick but Gaumpe slaps the foot to one side.
Gaumpe lands a leg kick that knocks Nelson off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Gaumpe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaumpe looks gassed!
Nelson misses with a leg kick.
Gaumpe scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Alistair Nelson has been cut.
Gaumpe lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nelson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gaumpe - the referee stops the clock and Nelson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gaumpe. Nelson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A shot to the liver by Gaumpe. Beautiful body shot.
Gaumpe moves out of range as Nelson throws a body kick.
Nelson throws a nice looking combination but Gaumpe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Gaumpe.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nelson.
Nelson throws a head kick that Gaumpe semi-blocks.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Gaumpe moves out of range easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gaumpe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nelson will feel that in the morning.
Gaumpe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaumpe thuds his right hand into Nelson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gaumpe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Gaumpe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nelson throws a lazy head kick
enabling Gaumpe to counter with a crisp jab.
Nelson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gaumpe lands with a nice combination. Nelson backs away looking to recover.
Gaumpe moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gaumpe is out of range.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson throws a lazy uppercut
and Gaumpe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nelson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaumpe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gaumpe thuds a left hand into Nelson's body.
Gaumpe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nelson. Nelson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gaumpe avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Gaumpe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nelson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A cross from Gaumpe lands.
Nelson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gaumpe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nelson scrambles back to his feet.
Gaumpe dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Gaumpe lands a jab.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gaumpe moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gaumpe fakes the leg kick and cracks Nelson in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaumpe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nelson under the eye.
Gaumpe scores with a nice strike.
Gaumpe connects with a nice looking jab.
Nelson looks to land a body kick but Gaumpe moved away.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Gaumpe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nelson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nelson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Gaumpe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gaumpe to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Gaumpe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaumpe avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaumpe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rantis Gaumpe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Nelson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A slapping body kick lands there for Gaumpe.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gaumpe checks a leg kick.
Gaumpe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gaumpe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
Nelson connects with an inside leg kick.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nelson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Gaumpe throws a leg kick which misses Nelson's front leg but catches the back leg as Nelson tries to avoid it.
Gaumpe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nelson throws a leg kick
and Gaumpe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gaumpe avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gaumpe dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Gaumpe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nelson in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaumpe shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nelson eats them both and turns towards Gaumpe to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gaumpe lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick by Nelson misses
and Gaumpe counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Gaumpe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gaumpe lands with a good body shot.
Gaumpe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rantis Gaumpe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Nelson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Gaumpe feints and then cracks Nelson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nelson down.
Gaumpe cracks a nice hook into Nelson's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Gaumpe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gaumpe throws a leg kick but Nelson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Gaumpe moves out of range easily.
Gaumpe blocks a head kick by Nelson.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gaumpe.
Gaumpe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nelson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson avoids a kick to the body.
Nelson throws a hook to the side of Gaumpe's head but Gaumpe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaumpe misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gaumpe checks a leg kick.
Nelson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gaumpe throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Gaumpe moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Gaumpe checks it.
Gaumpe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gaumpe clobbers Nelson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gaumpe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gaumpe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaumpe was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Gaumpe blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gaumpe lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nelson takes a step back to recover.
Gaumpe throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
A big right from Nelson misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
Nelson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gaumpe.
Gaumpe lands a two punch combo.
Nelson throws a body kick that misses.
Nelson throws a low kick but Gaumpe avoids it.
Gaumpe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nelson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Gaumpe avoids them all with ease.
Nelson avoids a kick to the body.
Nelson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nelson throws a nice looking combination but Gaumpe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gaumpe scores with a sloppy right hand. Nelson should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nelson. That's going to slow Gaumpe down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson looks to land a combination but Gaumpe avoids it well.
Gaumpe lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rantis Gaumpe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alistair Nelson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nelson throws a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Gaumpe avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Gaumpe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nelson throws a push kick but Gaumpe slaps the foot to one side.
Gaumpe lands a jab to Nelson's midsection.
Gaumpe connects with a crisp jab.
Gaumpe scores with a jab.
Gaumpe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nelson motions for Gaumpe to come forward. Nelson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaumpe lands a two punch combo.
Nelson throws a head kick but Gaumpe moves out of range.
Good shot there by Gaumpe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left lands for Gaumpe.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gaumpe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Good exchange - Gaumpe coming out on top.
Nelson takes a swing at Gaumpe's ribcage but misses.
Gaumpe misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Alistair Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.
Gaumpe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nelson in his tracks.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Gaumpe as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaumpe misses the shot to the body.
Nelson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Gaumpe is looking to slow Nelson down with leg kicks.
Nelson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gaumpe checks it well.
Nelson avoids the head kick by Gaumpe.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gaumpe is able to avoid easily.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gaumpe with a jab.
Gaumpe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nelson at a distance.
A head kick by Nelson misses
and Gaumpe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Gaumpe moves out of range easily.
Gaumpe checks a leg kick.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gaumpe defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Gaumpe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nelson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gaumpe throws a shot to the body.
Nelson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaumpe misses with a body kick.
Nelson loads up on a big right hand but Gaumpe slips the punch.
Gaumpe takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gaumpe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaumpe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nelson's head.
Nelson misses with a leg kick.
Nelson motions for Gaumpe to come forward. Nelson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaumpe blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Gaumpe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alistair Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson is looking to score with low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rantis Gaumpe.
Well Gaumpe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rantis Gaumpe!
Rantis Gaumpe took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [GTI] Divine Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.