PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cornell Gibbs (ranked 7401 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorden Giles (ranked 5158 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorden Giles will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gibbs
vs
Giles

200 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

171 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cornell Gibbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gorden Giles!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibbs checks a leg kick.

Gibbs rushes Giles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gibbs is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gibbs tries to circle away but Giles has him pinned against the cage.
Giles jumps guard but Gibbs stands there with Giles around his waist. Giles gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gibbs avoiding damage.

Gibbs breaks the clinch.
Giles throws a leg kick
and Gibbs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gibbs sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Giles somewhat.
Gibbs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Giles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gibbs defends it nicely.
Cornell Gibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorden Giles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles misses with a takedown attempt
and Gibbs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Giles thinking.

Gibbs closes the distance and pushes Giles back into the cage.

Gibbs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giles shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gibbs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giles tries to bum rush Gibbs with a series of wild strikes but Gibbs uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Giles tries for a takedown but Gibbs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gibbs went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Gibbs gets a double leg takedown into Giles's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gibbs stands up from guard. Let's bang!
No luck for Giles with that takedown attempt.
Giles looks winded!
Giles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Gibbs moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibbs working hard to break the clinch.
Gibbs manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Gibbs jumps guard.
Giles being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gibbs is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Giles defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gibbs bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Giles's guard.

Gibbs is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gibbs is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Giles is striking but Gibbs is not phased and passes to half guard.
Gibbs content to control rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Giles is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cornell Gibbs dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gibbs dodges the punch combination from Giles.
Giles throws a head kick that misses.
Gibbs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Gibbs closes the distance and pushes Giles back into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibbs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Giles's brow.
Come on Gibbs - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gibbs is trying to break the clinch but Giles has him pressed against the cage.

Giles breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gibbs sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gibbs throwing a counter right hand but Giles manages to avoid it.
Gibbs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Giles.
Giles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A counter left hand to the body from Gibbs misses its target.
Cornell Gibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorden Giles.
Giles is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles's corner calls for a 1-2. Giles obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gorden Giles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giles misses with a wild combination.

Giles manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gibbs on his heels. He'll look to pass Gibbs's guard now, I'm sure.

Gibbs manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gibbs stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gibbs wants it to stay on the feet.
A little feinted left hand from Gibbs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Gibbs darts in and clinches Giles up against the cage.
Gibbs holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gibbs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gibbs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Giles pushes Gibbs up against the cage in a clinch.

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

Gibbs gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Gibbs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Gibbs takes the fight into the clinch.
Gibbs taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Giles tries to pull guard but Gibbs forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

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

Gibbs has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gibbs stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Gibbs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gibbs is struggling to control the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibbs.
Giles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gibbs just leaning against Giles, taking a breather.
Gibbs throws an elbow but it misses.

Gibbs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gibbs pinned against the cage. Gibbs gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Gibbs takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs effectively controlling the action here.
Gibbs leaning against his opponent.
Gibbs gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Gibbs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gibbs is defended easily by Giles.

Giles drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cornell Gibbs dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gibbs gets a clinch.
Giles has Gibbs pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gibbs manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Giles blocks the elbow strike.

Gibbs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Giles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Giles can't get the takedown.

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

Giles pushes Gibbs up against the cage in a clinch.

Gibbs breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles misses with a takedown
and Gibbs counters with a straight right hand.
Cornell Gibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorden Giles.
Giles takes a swing at Gibbs's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Gibbs misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gibbs closes the distance and clinches.
Giles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Giles has Gibbs pressed against the cage, preventing Gibbs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gibbs can't break the clinch.

Gibbs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cornell Gibbs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gibbs darts in and clinches Giles up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Gibbs.

Giles has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gibbs regains guard immediately.
Gibbs pulls Giles in to control the position.
Giles won't allow Gibbs to get back to his feet.
Gibbs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giles can do to turn this around?

Gibbs looking for a guillotine here but Giles defends easily.
Giles won't allow Gibbs to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs is pulling down on Giles's head. It's preventing any offense from Giles, at least for the moment.
Giles throws a strike but Gibbs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Giles being controlled here, momentarily.
Gibbs will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gibbs is in close to Giles's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles is looking to sweep but instead, Gibbs has passed into half guard.
Gibbs perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cornell Gibbs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gibbs lands strikes from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles is trying to control but can't.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Giles forces Gibbs back against the cage and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cornell Gibbs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gibbs 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cornell Gibbs!