PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobcat Gremlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duane McBride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duane McBride is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gremlin
vs
McBride

170 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
165 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobcat Gremlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Duane McBride!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gremlin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McBride is working for takedown but Gremlin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.
A right hand to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin working McBride over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped McBride in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
Gremlin with a knee to the head.
McBride looks winded!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
McBride takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped McBride in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. McBride lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McBride's defenses.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gremlin lands with a right to the head.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Gremlin.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to McBride's face.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped McBride in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. McBride won't want to take too many of those.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. McBride lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McBride in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gremlin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McBride.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands an elbow just above McBride 's eye.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
McBride wants to take the fight to the mat but Gremlin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bobcat Gremlin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane McBride.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
Gremlin landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBride takes a knee right on the jaw!
McBride takes an elbow to the temple.
A shot in the inside from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that McBride shrugs off.
Gremlin lands a nice knee to the body.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
Gremlin digs a right hand into McBride's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McBride's gas tank.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gremlin landing knees to the head.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped McBride in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobcat Gremlin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McBride is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McBride takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Gremlin.
Gremlin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gremlin misses the shot to the body.
Gremlin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McBride can do to turn this around?
Gremlin pushes McBride away with a front kick.

McBride scores with a takedown into Gremlin's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McBride throws a big elbow that misses.
McBride postures up in Gremlin's guard and throws a big left but Gremlin blocks it.
McBride with a flurry of punches that miss.
McBride stopping the sweep attempt from Gremlin.
Gremlin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gremlin tries to get out of the position.
Gremlin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gremlin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McBride on the ground.
McBride is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gremlin keeping full guard, as McBride tries to pass.
McBride looking to sit in guard and control but Gremlin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
McBride has Gremlin pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bobcat Gremlin.

McBride gets tackled into the cage by Gremlin. Gremlin maintains the clinch.
Gremlin misses with a knee to the head.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McBride's defenses.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that McBride shrugs off.
Gremlin landing knees to the head.
Gremlin lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
Gremlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gremlin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gremlin lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. McBride lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a knee to the head.
McBride is working for takedown but Gremlin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gremlin lands a shot to the body.
Gremlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
McBride's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gremlin with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a body shot.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McBride's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. McBride won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gremlin lands a nice knee to the body.
Gremlin lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin working McBride over with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McBride takes an elbow to the temple.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped McBride in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBride has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobcat Gremlin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from McBride is defended easily by Gremlin.
McBride misses with an attempted mid kick.
McBride shoots in looking for a takedown. Gremlin tries to sprawl out of it but McBride keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gremlin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Gremlin moves into range and clinches up with McBride.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
McBride takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to McBride's face.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin lands a right hand that snaps the head of McBride backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gremlin landing knees to the head.
McBride takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McBride takes an elbow to the temple.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to McBride's face.
Gremlin with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
Gremlin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bobcat Gremlin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane McBride.
McBride takes an elbow to the temple.
Gremlin lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gremlin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that McBride shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.
McBride tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gremlin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a nice knee to the body.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to McBride's face.
McBride has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Gremlin after a bit of a struggle.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin is working McBride over against the cage.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
Bobcat Gremlin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McBride's defenses.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin lands an elbow just above McBride 's eye.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin working McBride over with knees to the body.
Gremlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McBride in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A left hand lands to the body for Gremlin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobcat Gremlin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gremlin, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobcat Gremlin!
In his post fight interview, Bobcat Gremlin gave a big smile as he said 'Pum wirr pochleupp axarr zeso he chaxact din vupp waxaupp, WhA, WhA, WhA.'.