PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Gammer had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gammer
vs
Trujillo

180 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Gammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trujillo lands a high kick to the side of Gammer's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Trujillo dives into guard, looking to finish.

Gammer is rocked!

It looks like Pablo Gammer has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trujillo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oh Gammer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gammer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Trujillo working some strikes from top position.

Gammer had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Trujillo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gammer Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Trujillo's back instead.
Gammer seems to have got his legs back now.
Gammer is breathing heavily.
Gammer connects with a big shot to the side of Trujillo's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trujillo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Trujillo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Trujillo bucks Gammer off and manages to get back to his feet!
Gammer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Trujillo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Trujillo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Trujillo landing some decent shots from guard.
Trujillo wants to control from the top but Gammer keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Trujillo slips nicely into half guard.
Trujillo controlling the pace.
Trujillo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Gammer looking for submissions off his back.
Trujillo content to control rather than advance.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Trujillo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Trujillo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Gammer!
Trujillo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Trujillo lands a heavy elbow.
Trujillo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Trujillo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gammer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Trujillo controlling the position easily from mount.
Gammer is squirming around, avoiding Trujillo's attempts to control the action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jeff Trujillo just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Trujillo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo working the ground and pound.
Trujillo controls the position.
Gammer tries to improve position but can't.
Trujillo wants to control but Gammer is keeping him busy.
Trujillo staying calm.
Trujillo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gammer keeps working.
Gammer is trying to improve his position.

Trujillo decides to stand back up. Trujillo steps back and let's Gammer get back to his feet.
Trujillo lands with a slapping head kick.

Trujillo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gammer manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trujillo gets to his feet. Gammer looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Trujillo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gammer did well to prevent Trujillo getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gammer is trying to control but can't.
Gammer misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Gammer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gammer tries to roll over but Trujillo keeps him under control.

Gammer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gammer trying to hold on to Trujillo's head to control him but Trujillo postures up.
Trujillo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gammer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Trujillo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Gammer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Trujillo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gammer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gammer is trying to get back to half guard.
Trujillo wants to control but Gammer is keeping him busy.
Trujillo working the head and body with strikes.
Gammer can't do much from the bottom here.
Gammer is trying to improve his position.
Trujillo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Trujillo takes a little break here. Gammer wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Gammer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jeff Trujillo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gammer trying to remain calm as Trujillo controls from the top position.
Trujillo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gammer is trying to control Trujillo's posture but Trujillo avoids it.
A lull in the action here.

Trujillo stands up.

Trujillo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Trujillo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo chips away with some ground and pound.

Trujillo stands up and waves to Gammer to follow him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gammer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Trujillo - the referee stops the clock and Gammer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Trujillo. Gammer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Trujillo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gammer fails with the takedown

and Trujillo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gammer!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gammer is squirming around, avoiding Trujillo's attempts to control the action.
Trujillo cracks Gammer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gammer wants to control but Trujillo is having none of it.

Trujillo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gammer working to try and regain half guard.
Trujillo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gammer is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gammer is working hard here to advance position.
Trujillo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Trujillo content just to control the position here.
Gammer can't escape the position.
Trujillo landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Trujillo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Trujillo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gammer's face.
Trujillo with good strikes from the mount here!
Trujillo controlling the position easily from mount.
Trujillo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gammer looks a forlorn figure.
Trujillo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Trujillo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gammer taking shots to the head.

Trujillo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gammer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Trujillo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pablo Gammer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Trujillo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Trujillo works his way into side control.
Gammer is trying to get back to half guard.
Trujillo working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Gammer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Trujillo trying to control the action but Gammer is working from the bottom.
Trujillo looks up at the clock and then as Gammer takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Trujillo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Trujillo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Check out the look on Trujillo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trujillo decides to stand back up. Trujillo steps back and let's Gammer get back to his feet.
Trujillo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by Gammer.

Trujillo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Trujillo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Trujillo looking to control but Gammer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gammer flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Gammer is wriggling around trying to escape.
Trujillo controlling from mount.
Gammer throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo landing strikes from the mount and Gammer is in trouble!
Trujillo trying to control but Gammer is having none of it.
Trujillo is landing with some decent strikes but Gammer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gammer is in all sorts of trouble here.
Trujillo with the ground and pound from mount.
Trujillo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Trujillo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gammer hang on?
Trujillo controlling his opponent.
Gammer is in a horrible position here. Trujillo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Trujillo lands with some strikes.
Gammer wants to hold on but Trujillo pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo scoring with strikes but Gammer is staying in there.
Trujillo controlling the pace for now.
Trujillo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Trujillo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gammer is trying desperately to improve position.
Gammer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gammer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Trujillo breaks from Gammer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gammer tries to lock up and control but Trujillo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Trujillo controlling from the full mount.
Jeff Trujillo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Trujillo 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.
Gammer working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Trujillo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Trujillo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Trujillo!