PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between JP Gill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Proteus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gill
vs
Proteus

186 cm
25
226 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
267 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, JP Gill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paul Proteus!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gill swats away the attempt to clinch by Proteus.

Gill moves into the clinch successfully.
Gill digs a right hand into Proteus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Proteus's gas tank.
Proteus managing to block the knees to the body from Gill.
Proteus keeps control of Gill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Proteus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Proteus slows down the pace here.
Proteus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Proteus wants to get back to striking at distance but Gill won't allow it.

Gill gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Proteus regains guard.
Gill sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Proteus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gill can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gill scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gill looking to pass the guard.
Proteus has momentary wrist control but Gill slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gill wants to control from the top but Proteus keeps moving.
Gill 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.
Gill is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gill stands up over Proteus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gill postures up and lands a big shot to Proteus's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gill pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Proteus is keeping the position for now.
Proteus wants to sweep but no luck.
Gill lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gill stands up from Proteus's guard - Gill perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gill jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Gill closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Proteus quickly recovers to half guard.
Well, if Gill is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Proteus is refusing to be controlled, as Gill sits in half guard.
Gill looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gill seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Proteus for as long as he can get away with.

JP Gill has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Gill moves into the clinch.
Proteus tries to land a knee to the head but Gill blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Proteus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gill is keeping busy.
Gill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Proteus pulls his leg out and moves away.

Proteus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gill tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Proteus avoids it.
Proteus is trying to break free.
Proteus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Proteus tries to break free but Gill pushes him back against the cage.
Proteus is trying to push Gill away but Gill has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Proteus manages to break the clinch.
Gill misses with a straight right.
Gill scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proteus throws a series of punches but Gill moves out of range.

Gill closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gill stalling.

Gill is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Proteus as he works his way to full guard.
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!
Gill is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Proteus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gill gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gill postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gill with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JP Gill dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Proteus circles away quickly and effectively.
Gill throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Gill misses.
Gill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gill clinches with his opponent.
Gill blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Gill works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Proteus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Gill decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Proteus slaps away a takedown attempt from Gill, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Proteus was well out of range. Poor timing from Gill.
The crowd cheers as Gill lands an impressive looking overhand right. Proteus doesn't seem phased though.
Sloppy strikes from Gill. Those never looked like landing.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gill here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gill.
The fight stays on the outside here - Proteus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Proteus fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gill lands a nice hook to Proteus's body. Proteus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gill displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Proteus throws out the jab.
Gill stuffs the takedown.
Proteus tries to clinch there but Gill circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Proteus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gill circles away from the clinch attempt

and Gill holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Proteus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Proteus gets tackled into the cage by Gill. Gill maintains the clinch.
Gill is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JP Gill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Proteus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gill has him pressed against the cage.

Proteus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Proteus wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proteus dives in for a single leg takedown but Gill sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Gill is trying to pull guard but Proteus turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Proteus is trying to break the clinch but Gill is controlling him.
Gill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Proteus gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Proteus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Proteus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gill avoids the damage to the body.
Proteus can't find room to land a body shot as Gill controls the action.

Gill has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Proteus regains guard immediately.
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!
Gill scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gill slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gill is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gill sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Proteus's guard.
Gill wants to control but Proteus is keeping him busy.
Gill scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Proteus trying to hold on to Gill's head to control him but Gill postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gill tries to pass to full mount but Proteus defends it.

Gill is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gill is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Proteus!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Proteus?

It looks like Paul Proteus has been cut.
Gill scoring with strikes but Proteus is staying in there.

That has opened up Paul Proteus's cut even more.
Gill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Proteus can do to turn this around?
Proteus squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gill controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Proteus is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JP Gill dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Proteus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Proteus tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gill counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gill.
Proteus is trying to pull guard but Gill turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gill tries to pull guard but Proteus forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gill is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gill looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JP Gill. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gill lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Proteus wants to control but Gill passes into side.

Gill is trying to get an arm triangle but Proteus is defending well.
Gill is chipping away with strikes.
Gill trying to control the action but Proteus is working from the bottom.

Gill tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gill has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gill tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gill landing a few strikes.
Gill is looking to take a break and control but Proteus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Proteus is trying to control Gill's posture but Gill avoids it.
JP Gill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gill in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Gill decides to stand back up.
JP Gill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gill has a takedown stuffed.

Gill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gill stops a takedown attempt from Proteus.
Proteus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gill blocks it with crossed arms.

Gill pulls guard effortlessly.
Gill wants to sweep here but Proteus controlling him for the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gill pushes Proteus off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gill is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Gill.
Proteus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gill sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gill looks to land a combination but Proteus avoids it well.

Gill instigates a clinch.
Proteus is pressed up against the cage. Gill has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Proteus down to the mat. Proteus avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Proteus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Proteus tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gill swivels and escapes.
Some wild striking there from Gill.
Gill circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gill moves into the clinch.

Gill jumps guard.
Gill trying to control the position.

Gill uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Proteus is looking to clinch.
Gill throws a head kick but Proteus moves out of range.
Paul Proteus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Proteus misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Proteus on the inside.
Proteus tries to break the clinch but Gill is controlling the position.
Proteus misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
JP Gill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JP Gill!
Our winner, JP Gill, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.