PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Gerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gerald
vs
Queen

188 cm
24
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Gerald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Queen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerald closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gerald connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gerald throws a series of punches but Queen moves out of range.
Gerald tries to clinch there but Queen circles away.
Gerald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Queen.
Queen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gerald leaves Queen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Gerald rushes Queen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Gerald lands a big knee to the head and Queen goes down! Gerald is looking to finish!

It looks like James Queen has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gerald throws an elbow but Queen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gerald wants to lay and pray for a moment but Queen keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen prevents Gerald from improving position.
Queen is not content to let Gerald control the position.
Gerald throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Queen works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Queen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gerald.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gerald has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gerald throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gerald trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by Gerald there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Queen tries to reverse the position but Gerald maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerald throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Queen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gerald.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Queen bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Queen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gerald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Queen's guard.
Queen looks winded!
Queen keeping moving, preventing Gerald from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Queen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Queen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gerald.
Gerald throws a big elbow that misses.
Gerald 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.
Gerald trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Queen keeping moving, preventing Gerald from controlling successfully.
Queen is trying to keep Gerald in close.
Queen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gerald.
Queen can't keep his opponent in guard - Gerald advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gerald thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gerald thows a huge punch but Queen dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Gerald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Queen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good shot there by Gerald.
Gerald moves in looking to clinch but Queen pushes him off.
Gerald lands a jab-cross combination.

Queen gets caught flat footed, as Gerald shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Queen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Queen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gerald looking to sit in guard and control but Queen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Paul Gerald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gerald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Queen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Queen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gerald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Queen is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerald looking to control.
Gerald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Queen's guard.
Queen wants to sweep here but Gerald controlling him for the moment.

Queen looking for a guillotine here but Gerald defends easily.
Queen is breathing heavily.

Gerald gets to his feet - Queen follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gerald shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gerald wants to get back to his feet.
Gerald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gerald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Queen is refusing to be controlled, as Gerald sits in half guard.
Gerald is thwarting Queen's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerald missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Queen trying to hold on to Gerald's head to control him but Gerald postures up.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gerald wants to pass to mount but Queen is defending the position.
Gerald wants to control but Queen is keeping him busy.
Gerald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Queen can do to turn this around?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gerald defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Queen.
Gerald lands a jab-cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gerald throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Queen colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Gerald as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Queen is left battered and dazed whilst Gerald and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Gerald!