PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giles Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Edwards
vs
Lloyd

200 cm
24
130 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

171 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giles Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicky Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lloyd gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lloyd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Edwards really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Edwards wants to control from the top but Lloyd keeps moving.
Edwards pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lloyd is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lloyd trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Edwards postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd wants to get back to his feet but Edwards is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Edwards throws a big right hand that misses.
Lloyd wants to get back to his feet but Edwards is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lloyd tries for a takedown but Edwards circles away easily

and Edwards decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lloyd's guard.
Lloyd wants to sweep but no luck.
Lloyd not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards won't allow Lloyd to sweep him here.
Edwards trying to control but Lloyd is working from the bottom.
Lloyd is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lloyd might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Edwards kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Edwards's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lloyd looking to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lloyd shoots and misses

and Edwards counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Lloyd throws his legs up looking for a submission but Edwards uses it to pass to side control.
Lloyd manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd tries to roll over but Edwards keeps him under control.
Lloyd is trying to maintain the position but Edwards is very close to passing his half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
Lloyd wants to get back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lloyd with a poor takedown

and Edwards counters with a takedown into side control.
Giles Edwards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicky Lloyd.
Lloyd regains half guard.
Lloyd is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Edwards's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Edwards's back!
Edwards tries to escape the position.
Lloyd wants to control the position but Edwards frees himself and scrambles - Lloyd manages to regain control in side control.
Edwards tries to bench press Lloyd off him but Lloyd keeps the position.
Lloyd advances to mount.
Lloyd is looking to stand but Lloyd has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Lloyd wants to control the pace but Edwards is squirming around nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Edwards in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Edwards really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lloyd trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lloyd landing punches.
Lloyd lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lloyd unloading with bombs!
Lloyd tries to control but Edwards wriggling away.
Lloyd fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Edwards can't escape the position.
Lloyd can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Edwards is looking to escape.

That's eight 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.
Edwards keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lloyd looking to control but Edwards is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Edwards keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lloyd can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Edwards is looking to escape.
Lloyd is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Edwards can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Edwards is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lloyd tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lloyd with a couple of short strikes.
Edwards is squirming around, avoiding Lloyd's attempts to control the action.
Lloyd landing punches.
Lloyd can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Edwards is looking to escape.

Lloyd with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Edwards is squirming around, avoiding Lloyd's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giles Edwards dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lloyd misses with a takedown

and Edwards counters with a single leg into guard. Lloyd didn't expect that.
Lloyd controls Edwards momentarily but Edwards frees himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Nicky Lloyd just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lloyd fails with the takedown

and Edwards counters with a takedown into side control.
Giles Edwards overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lloyd tries to control but Edwards manages to take his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd wants to control his opponent's hands but Edwards gets his hands free.
Lloyd tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lloyd wants to control but Edwards is having none of it.

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.
Lloyd is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Edwards is staying active.
Lloyd is trying to stand.
Lloyd is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Nicky Lloyd just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lloyd shoots and misses

and Edwards counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Giles Edwards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicky Lloyd.

Lloyd looking for a guillotine here but Edwards defends easily.
Edwards is looking to work some ground and pound but Lloyd has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd is trying to control the position but Edwards postures up.
Lloyd manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Edwards manages to get himself to full guard.
Lloyd stopping the sweep attempt from Edwards.

Lloyd drops back looking for a leg! Edwards is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Edwards manages to kick Lloyd off! Lloyd jumps back into Edwards's guard.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Lloyd from controlling successfully.
Edwards will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Edwards looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lloyd is one step ahead there.
Lloyd trying to control but Edwards is working from the bottom.

Lloyd drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Lloyd as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Edwards screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Lloyd! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Nicky Lloyd!