PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yi Liu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Gaston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liu comes to the cage accompanied by Superman - Jucifer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liu
vs
Gaston

180 cm
25
280 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

194 cm
32
250 lbs
15 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Yi Liu !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Gaston!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Liu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Liu trying to move into half guard but instead Gaston has managed to sweep!
Liu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gaston!
Liu thowing shots but they're missing.

Liu has hold of Gaston's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gaston manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Liu wants to control the pace but Gaston is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu misses with a head shot.
Gaston wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liu .
Gaston wants to get back to his feet.
Liu fails to move to back control.
Liu looking to ground and pound but Gaston is blocking nicely.
Liu throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Liu wants to control the pace but Gaston is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liu is landing with some decent strikes but Gaston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Nick Gaston has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Liu has hold of Gaston's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gaston manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Liu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gaston is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu controlling the pace for now.
Liu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gaston is looking to escape.
Gaston is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Liu throwing strikes but Gaston bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Liu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gaston must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Liu working a defensive guard here.

Gaston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Gaston decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Liu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yi Liu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Gaston's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Liu throws a series of punches but Gaston moves out of range.
Liu misses with a takedown attempt - Gaston sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gaston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaston lands a nice looking kick to the body. Liu takes a step back to recover.
Liu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That has opened up Nick Gaston's cut even more.
Gaston moves away from the strike by Liu .
Gaston fails to land with a series of punches.
Liu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Liu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gaston is able to avoid easily.
Gaston with a hook.
Liu misses with a straight right.
Liu lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaston misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liu wants to slow Gaston down by chopping away at his legs.
Liu thows a leg kick but Gaston checks it
and Gaston counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Good work by Gaston as he checks the leg kick.
Gaston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaston.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Gaston moves his leg out of the way.
Liu cracks Gaston with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liu connects with a leg kick. Gaston looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gaston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick by Gaston misses

and Liu decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gaston's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liu looking to sit in guard and control but Gaston gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Liu throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Gaston escapes and throws Liu 's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Liu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gaston wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Liu 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.
Liu is trying to control Gaston's posture but Gaston avoids it.
Gaston tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Liu is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaston lands some shots froms side control.
Liu manages to get back to half guard.
Gaston wants to control but Liu is keeping him busy.
Liu moves into full guard.
Gaston wants to stand but Liu has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Liu wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Gaston is now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaston prevents Liu from improving his position.
Liu might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Liu is working hard here to advance position.
Gaston controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liu tries to get to full guard but Gaston has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yi Liu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Gaston's cut.
That's time! Liu 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Gaston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu .
Liu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaston throws out the jab.
Liu throws a leg kick which misses Gaston's front leg but catches the back leg as Gaston tries to avoid it.
Liu misses the shot to the body.
Liu misses with a body shot.
Gaston throws a right hand that Liu ducks under and follows up with a left that Liu also avoids with ease.
Liu shoots in looking for a takedown but Gaston manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Liu 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaston jabs Liu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gaston checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Liu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaston lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Yi Liu has been cut.
Gaston cracks a nice hook into Liu 's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaston lands a head kick. Liu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gaston chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gaston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liu tries to move into range but Gaston moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Yi Liu 's cut is getting worse.
Yi Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaston lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Liu crumples to the floor! Gaston milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nick Gaston!
Nick Gaston very nearly forgot to thank Springfield HW Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.