PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nestor Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson has chosen skillet ~ monster as his entrance music. Desmond Nelson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Giles
vs
Nelson

157 cm
23
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
136 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nestor Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Desmond Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Giles rushes Nelson and presses him up against the cage.
Nelson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Giles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Giles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giles utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Giles leaning against his opponent.

Giles manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Giles drives through and clinches with Nelson against the cage.
Giles taking a breather.

Giles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Giles rushes Nelson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Giles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Giles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giles stalls.
Giles is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Giles gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Giles could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Giles just leaning against Nelson, taking a breather.
Giles leaning against his opponent.
Giles keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Giles breaks the clinch.

Giles has Nelson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nestor Giles.

Giles closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Giles breaks the clinch.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Giles tries to counter by clinching up but Nelson breaks away and moves out of range.
Nelson scores with a shot to the body.

Giles has Nelson up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nestor Giles dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Giles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelson moves away.
Nelson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Giles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Giles is controlling him.
Giles is leaning against Nelson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Giles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Giles manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Giles avoids nicely.
Nelson is breathing heavily.

Giles rushes Nelson and presses him up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nestor Giles has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Giles taking a breather.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two 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.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nestor Giles.

Giles has taken the fight to the clinch.

Giles manages to break the clinch.

Giles takes the fight into the clinch.
We've been informed that Nelson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nelson can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles stalling in the clinch.

Giles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nestor Giles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Giles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nelson somewhat.

Giles gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Giles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Giles stalling in the clinch.
Giles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Giles manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nestor Giles dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.

Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Giles takes the fight into the clinch.

Giles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Giles moves into the clinch successfully.
Giles pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Giles manages to break the clinch.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Giles shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Giles showed some decent athleticism there.
Giles is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nelson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Giles 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nelson for as long as he can get away with.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Giles instigates a clinch.
Giles stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles stalling the fight.

Giles breaks from the clinch.
Nelson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Giles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Giles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Giles pressing his opponent against the cage.
Giles leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Giles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Giles.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles pressing his opponent against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nestor Giles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Giles 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nestor Giles!