PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bart Gimmerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Decimus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gimmerson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Overkill - World of Hurt. Brock Decimus told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gimmerson
vs
Decimus

192 cm
23
250 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bart Gimmerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Decimus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gimmerson lands a nice shot to the body.

Gimmerson rushes Decimus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Decimus misses with a body punch.
Gimmerson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Decimus is trying to break the clinch but Gimmerson is controlling him.
Gimmerson pushes Decimus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Decimus looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gimmerson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Decimus backwards.
Gimmerson effectively controlling the action here.
Gimmerson lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Brock Decimus has been cut.
A short uppercut from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands with a right to the head.
Decimus looking for a takedown.
Gimmerson scores with a shot to the side of Decimus's head.
Gimmerson lands an uppercut.
Gimmerson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by Gimmerson.
Gimmerson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gimmerson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gimmerson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gimmerson scores with a shot to the side of Decimus's head.
Gimmerson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gimmerson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gimmerson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gimmerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Decimus backwards.
Gimmerson lands with a left to the head.
Gimmerson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gimmerson scores with a shoulder strike.
Gimmerson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gimmerson.
A short uppercut from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands with a light punch inside.
Gimmerson lands with a light punch inside.
Gimmerson lands a left hand.
Gimmerson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gimmerson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gimmerson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Gimmerson is trying to trip Decimus. He has hold of a leg but Decimus is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gimmerson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Gimmerson stands up over Decimus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gimmerson cracks Decimus with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gimmerson forces his way into half guard.
Gimmerson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Gimmerson.

Gimmerson decides to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gimmerson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot by Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gimmerson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Decimus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Decimus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gimmerson defends it nicely.
Gimmerson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gimmerson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Decimus on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Gimmerson has managed to clinch.
Gimmerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Decimus's defenses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gimmerson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gimmerson lands with a right to the head.
Gimmerson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gimmerson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Decimus backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimmerson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Gimmerson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Gimmerson throws an elbow but Decimus slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gimmerson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Decimus tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Decimus that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gimmerson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gimmerson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gimmerson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gimmerson working Decimus over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Gimmerson.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Decimus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gimmerson is landing with some decent strikes but Decimus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Decimus is looking to improve his position but Gimmerson isn't that keen on the idea.
Gimmerson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gimmerson 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 four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Gimmerson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gimmerson raining down shots from the mount!
Gimmerson with shots to the head and body - Decimus looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gimmerson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gimmerson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gimmerson with a couple of short strikes.
Gimmerson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Decimus's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Decimus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gimmerson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gimmerson with shots to the head and body - Decimus looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gimmerson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Decimus is squirming around, avoiding Gimmerson's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Gimmerson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brock Decimus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A cross from Gimmerson lands.
Gimmerson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Decimus on the side of the head.
Decimus throws a head kick but Gimmerson moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gimmerson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Gimmerson gets a clinch.
Gimmerson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Decimus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gimmerson's elbow.
Bart Gimmerson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Decimus goes for a takedown attempt but Gimmerson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gimmerson tries to clinch but Decimus is having none of it.

Gimmerson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gimmerson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Decimus backwards.
Gimmerson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Gimmerson on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gimmerson digs a right hand underneath Decimus's ribcage. Decimus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gimmerson is stalling here.
Decimus is breathing heavily.
Gimmerson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A left hand lands to the body for Gimmerson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson gets through Decimus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gimmerson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Decimus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gimmerson lands a nice shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson digs a right hand underneath Decimus's ribcage. Decimus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gimmerson pushes Decimus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Decimus swings wildly with an uppercut but Gimmerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gimmerson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Decimus backwards.
Gimmerson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Gimmerson.

Gimmerson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Gimmerson won't allow Decimus to sweep him here.
Gimmerson pushing down on Decimus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Decimus is looking to control Gimmerson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Decimus avoid being mounted?

Gimmerson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Decimus looks for a takedown but Gimmerson sprawls well.
Gimmerson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Gimmerson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gimmerson lands in his opponent's guard.
Gimmerson is looking to work some ground and pound but Decimus has wrist control.
Decimus wants to stand and escape but Gimmerson is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gimmerson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gimmerson passes Decimus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Decimus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gimmerson is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimmerson throwing shots but Decimus is blocking nicely.
Decimus is staying active underneath Gimmerson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gimmerson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Decimus can do to turn this around?
Decimus pushes Gimmerson off looking to stand but Gimmerson dives back in and keeps control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Decimus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gimmerson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Gimmerson instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Gimmerson.
A body shot lands from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson prevents the takedown attempt.
Bart Gimmerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Decimus.
Decimus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gimmerson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jab from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson tries to clinch there but Decimus circles away.
Decimus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gimmerson lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Decimus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gimmerson punishes Decimus's body with a nice straight punch.
Gimmerson lands a glancing blow to the side of Decimus's head.
Gimmerson lands a jab to the head.
Jab by Gimmerson.
Brock Decimus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gimmerson scores with a nice right hand.
Nice cross by Gimmerson.
Decimus takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gimmerson lands a lovely overhand right.
Gimmerson lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decimus shoots and misses
and Gimmerson counters with a three punch combo that has Decimus backing up. Decimus nods at Gimmerson to acknowledge the strikes.

Gimmerson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Decimus, pushing him back against the cage.
Decimus wants a takedown but no success here.
Decimus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gimmerson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Gimmerson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brock Decimus's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Decimus misses with a takedown
and Gimmerson counters with a nice body shot.
Decimus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Decimus shoots and misses

and Gimmerson counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Decimus down! Gimmerson is looking to finish but Decimus is intelligently defending himself.
Gimmerson throwing strikes from guard but Decimus blocks nicely.
Decimus controls Gimmerson momentarily but Gimmerson frees himself.
Decimus wants to get back to his feet but Gimmerson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gimmerson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Decimus wants to stand up but Gimmerson is controlling him.
Gimmerson is in close to Decimus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decimus wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Gimmerson manages to pass to side control.
Gimmerson working over Decimus with some ground and pound. Decimus looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimus on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Decimus is trying to stand up here but Gimmerson is controlling him well.
Gimmerson working over Decimus with some ground and pound. Decimus looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Decimus is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gimmerson lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Gimmerson there.
Gimmerson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Gimmerson there.
Gimmerson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gimmerson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gimmerson prevents Decimus from improving his position.
Gimmerson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimmerson prevents Decimus from standing back up.
Bart Gimmerson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gimmerson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gimmerson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gimmerson working Decimus over with strikes.
Gimmerson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Decimus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gimmerson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gimmerson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gimmerson winds up and cracks Decimus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Decimus is trying to control but can't.
Gimmerson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gimmerson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Decimus wants to control but Gimmerson is keeping busy.
Gimmerson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Decimus is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gimmerson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus taking some punishment here, with Gimmerson in his half guard.
Gimmerson is nestled in close to Decimus, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gimmerson trying to control from half guard but Decimus is working away.
Decimus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson is nestled in close to Decimus, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Decimus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Decimus trying to control but Gimmerson postures up.
Gimmerson 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.
Gimmerson drops an elbow to the side of Decimus's head.
Decimus wants to get back to his feet.
Decimus is trying to maintain the position but Gimmerson is very close to passing his half guard.
Decimus is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gimmerson.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Decimus with a poor takedown
and Gimmerson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bart Gimmerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Decimus.
Gimmerson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Gimmerson moves into range and clinches up with Decimus.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gimmerson.
Gimmerson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gimmerson leaning his opponent against the cage.

Gimmerson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bart Gimmerson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gimmerson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Decimus is trying to stand up here but Gimmerson is controlling him well.
Gimmerson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gimmerson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Decimus keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Gimmerson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gimmerson 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bart Gimmerson!