PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dylan James is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gutierrez
vs
James

184 cm
21
254 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Gutierrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dylan James!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gutierrez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Gutierrez forces James back against the cage and clinches.
Gutierrez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
James looking for a takedown.
Gutierrez prevents the takedown attempt.
Gutierrez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Luis Gutierrez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan James.
Gutierrez prevents the takedown attempt.
Gutierrez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gutierrez scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gutierrez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gutierrez tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.

Gutierrez breaks from the clinch.
Gutierrez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gutierrez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez dives in and grabs James's left leg, looking for a takedown. James pushes down on Gutierrez's head and hops out.
James has his takedown stuffed

and Gutierrez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in James's guard.
Gutierrez tries to stand but James is controlling from the bottom.

James had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Gutierrez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. James Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Gutierrez's back instead.
James looks gassed!
Gutierrez prevents James from getting a body triangle.
James thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Will James go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
James has the hooks in. Gutierrez is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Gutierrez really is a fat lump.

James looking for the choke but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gutierrez tries to escape but James has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Gutierrez is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Gutierrez tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gutierrez prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Gutierrez is squirming around, avoiding James's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez is looking to improve his position but James isn't that keen on the idea.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gutierrez?
Gutierrez is trying desperately to improve position.
James working the ground and pound effectively.
Gutierrez tries to hold on but James postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee warns Gutierrez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gutierrez is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by James.
James lands a nice shot to the head.

James has hold of Gutierrez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gutierrez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Gutierrez tries to hold on but James postures up.
Gutierrez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Gutierrez dominated that 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.

Gutierrez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts James as he jumps to the side.
Gutierrez tries to clinch there but James circles away.
James doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Gutierrez counters with a shoot takedown. James fights it but they end up in guard.

Gutierrez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! James is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gutierrez, into his guard.
James throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to control from the top but Gutierrez keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gutierrez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
James working some strikes from top position.
Gutierrez doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

James is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
James stands and throws Gutierrez's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two 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.
Gutierrez gets back to half guard.
Gutierrez wants to get back to his feet.
Gutierrez trying to control from the bottom.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gutierrez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
James slips a nice elbow through Gutierrez's hands, connecting with Gutierrez's forehead.
James wants to stand up but Gutierrez has a hold of him and won't allow it.
James lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gutierrez can't escape the position.
James landing shots from mount.
James postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gutierrez looks a forlorn figure.
James landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gutierrez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
James avoids the attempt from Gutierrez to control.

That's four 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.
James with good strikes from the mount here!
James lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gutierrez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gutierrez tries to get out of the position.
Gutierrez is bucking up trying to escape but James cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gutierrez can't escape the position.
James landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Gutierrez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
James connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gutierrez tries to hold on but James pushes him away.
Gutierrez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because James is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
James lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dylan James will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Gutierrez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

James stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and James wants it to stay on the feet.

Gutierrez clinches up with James and pushes him back against the cage.
Gutierrez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
James with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gutierrez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

James looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
James tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Luis Gutierrez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gutierrez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gutierrez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gutierrez wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Gutierrez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
James is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
James keeping full guard, as Gutierrez tries to pass.

James is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gutierrez preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez looking to sit in guard and control but James gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
James works over Gutierrez with some ground and pound from guard.
James lands a couple of elbows.
Gutierrez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gutierrez looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gutierrez controlling James's posture.

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.
Gutierrez controls James momentarily but James frees himself.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gutierrez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
James shoots and misses

and Gutierrez counters with a nice double leg into side control. James won't be happy with that.
James manages to get back to half guard.

Gutierrez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and James defends it well.
Still in half guard, Gutierrez seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Gutierrez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gutierrez 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Gutierrez!