PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lauren Gill (ranked 24618 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Brown (ranked 5219 p4p, 609 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gill
vs
Brown

210 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

200 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lauren Gill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerry Brown !
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Brown looks to land a combination but Gill avoids it well.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Brown drags the fight down to the ground.
Gill postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gill works over Brown with some ground and pound from guard.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Gill is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gill keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown 's head.
Brown trying to control the position.
Gill stays in close to Brown 's body and controls the position.
Gill has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brown is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gill advances to half guard.
Brown is trying to stand back up but Gill is controlling him
Gill controlling the action here.
Brown is trying to control but can't.

That's two 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.
Gill winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gill stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Gill winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brown trying to hold on to Gill's head to control him but Gill postures up.
Gill wants to pass to mount but Brown is defending the position.
Gill lands strikes from half guard.
Gill lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brown is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gill scores with a couple of nice shots.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gill is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown pushes Gill off looking to stand but Gill dives back in and keeps control.
Brown works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gill postures up.
Brown looks winded!
Gill distracts Brown with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gill showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gill landing some decent shots from guard.
Gill landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gill is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gill looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gill trying to keep a closed guard but Brown is proving a slippery customer.
Brown pushing down on Gill's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Brown wants to control but Gill is keeping him busy.
Gill is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gill wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
Gill is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lauren Gill will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gill blocks a head kick by Brown .

Brown gets a clinch.

Brown drags the fight down to the ground.

Brown has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Gill is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Brown .
Gill working the ground and pound from side control.
Brown can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gill landing strikes.
Lauren Gill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gill lands some shots froms side control.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Gill working the ground and pound.
Brown takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Brown is rocked!
Gill working the head and body with strikes.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Gill finish him?
Brown is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gill asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gill wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
Gill working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gill wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gill is chipping away with strikes.
Gill lands a nice forearm strike.
Brown is looking for a sweep.
Gill looks up at the clock and then as Brown takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gill smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gill cracks Brown with a big elbow.

Gill is trying to get an arm triangle but Brown is defending well.
Gill is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gill scoring with punches and elbows.
Gill lands a nice forearm strike.
Brown is not content to let Gill control the position.
Gill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Gill landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gill wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gill creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Gill looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gill really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

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!
Gill controlling from side mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gill working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauren Gill dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brown moves into the clinch.

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

Brown dives in and scores a takedown into Gill's guard.
Brown trying to control but Gill is working from the bottom.
Gill pulls Brown in to control the position.
Gill lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Gill postures up in Brown 's guard and throws a big left but Brown blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gill is in close to Brown 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gill wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gill landing with the ground and pound.
Gill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Brown had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gill defends it easily.
Gill scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gill working some strikes from top position.
Gill landing some decent shots from guard.
Brown is trying to control the position but Gill postures up.

Gill thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gill trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gill controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Brown drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gill is trying to keep Brown in close.
Brown pushing down on Gill's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gill moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Brown is trying to stand up here but Gill is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gill controlling the action here.
Brown is not content to let Gill control the position.
Brown on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gill scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brown is not content to let Gill control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Gill seems to be working for a kimura but Brown defends the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lauren Gill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lauren Gill!