PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wilbur Ayers (ranked 23244 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Gerald (ranked 5602 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ayers
vs
Gerald

153 cm
18
346 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilbur Ayers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Gerald!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gerald closes the distance and pushes Ayers back into the cage.

Gerald has clasped his hands together around Ayers's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ayers is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gerald is controlling him well.
Ayers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ayers is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ayers dodges the ground and pound from Gerald.
Gerald passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ayers!
Gerald takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ayers working to try and regain half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gerald dominating with strikes here.
Gerald wants to control the pace but Ayers is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerald controlling the position easily from mount.
Gerald fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Wilbur Ayers has been cut.
Ayers could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ayers tries to hold on but Gerald postures up.
Gerald controlling the position easily from mount.
Gerald can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ayers is looking to escape.

Gerald is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ayers can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerald landing strikes from the mount and Ayers is in trouble!
Gerald landing punches.
Ayers tries to hold on but Gerald postures up.
Gerald looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Let's hope that Gerald has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayers is squirming around, avoiding Gerald's attempts to control the action.
Gerald lands a big shot there that rocks Ayers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ayers tries to hold on but Gerald pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gerald lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Ayers is rocked!

Wilbur Ayers's cut is getting worse.

Gerald has control of Ayers's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ayers regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oh Ayers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gerald has control of Ayers's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ayers regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gerald tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ayers seems to have got his legs back now.
Gerald looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ayers covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Gerald!