PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Truant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Gantrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gantrain has chosen Animal I have Become as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Truant
vs
Gantrain

182 cm
22
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

BLKOUT Clothing

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Truant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Gantrain!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Truant shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gantrain napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gantrain is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gantrain managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Truant.
Truant is putting a hurting on Gantrain here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Truant postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Truant in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Truant lands a few punches from side control.
Gantrain tries to control but Truant manages to take his back.
Truant is trying to stick to Gantrain's back but Gantrain is turning into Truant. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Truant's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gantrain.
Truant throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gantrain stops Truant from standing up.
Gantrain takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Truant has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Truant is trying to keep Gantrain in close.
Gantrain scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gantrain stopping the sweep attempt from Truant.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gantrain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gantrain with a poor takedown

and Truant counters with a takedown into side control.
Gantrain is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Truant asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Truant works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truant in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Truant working the head with strikes.
Truant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gantrain keeps working.
Truant lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gantrain down.
Gantrain parries the strikes from Truant easily there. Truant is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Gantrain to escape.
Truant lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gantrain looks gassed!
Truant postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Truant fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Truant working the ground and pound from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Truant scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truant cracks Gantrain with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gantrain is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Truant is controlling him well.
Truant connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gantrain some visible discomfort.
Gantrain defending against the ground and pound.
Truant working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gantrain is working to avoid the ground and pound but Truant connects with a decent elbow.
Truant lands a nice forearm strike.
Truant cracks Gantrain with a big right hand but Gantrain just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gantrain takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Truant scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gantrain to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truant taking a breather here.
Truant cracks Gantrain with a big elbow.
Truant grinds an elbow into Gantrain's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Truant working the ground and pound.
Truant scores with a couple of short elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Truant postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Truant cracks Gantrain with a big elbow.
Truant scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Truant dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Truant fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gantrain sprawls well initially but Truant persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Truant uses his free foot to push down on Gantrain's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gantrain.
Truant landing shots from mount.
Johnny Truant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
BOOM! Truant connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gantrain tries to lock up and control but Truant gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Truant cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Truant working the ground and pound effectively.
Gantrain is breathing heavily.
Truant scoring with strikes but Gantrain is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truant dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Truant.
Truant landing strikes from the mount.
Truant is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gantrain can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Truant scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gantrain tries to hold on but Truant pushes him away.
Truant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gantrain can do to turn this around?
Truant looking to control but Gantrain is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gantrain is bucking up trying to escape but Truant cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Truant lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Truant landing strikes from the mount and Gantrain is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truant raining down shots from the mount!
Truant working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Truant dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gantrain is squirming around, avoiding Truant's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gantrain can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gantrain tries to hold on but Truant pushes him away.
Truant breaks from Gantrain's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gantrain is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Truant with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truant landing strikes from the mount.
Gantrain wants to control but Truant is having none of it.
Truant is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Truant working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Truant looking to finish Gantrain with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gantrain!
Truant looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gantrain tries to hold on but Truant postures up.
Truant cracks Gantrain with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truant raining down shots from the mount!
Gantrain is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Truant scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gantrain?
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!
Truant dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Gantrain that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Truant landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Truant landing punches.
Truant lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Truant dominated that second 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. 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.

Truant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Truant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Truant throws a right and a left that Gantrain avoids nicely.
Truant connects with a looping right hand.
Gantrain shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Truant counters with a shoot takedown. Gantrain fights it but they end up in guard.
Gantrain keeping full guard, as Truant tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Truant chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truant postures up and lands a big shot to Gantrain's brow.
Truant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gantrain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Truant works over Gantrain with some ground and pound from guard.
Truant showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Gantrain is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Truant works over Gantrain with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truant wants to control from the top but Gantrain keeps moving.
Truant wants to stand but Gantrain has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gantrain working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Truant.
Truant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Truant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Truant shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truant is looking to take a break and control but Gantrain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Truant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Truant working over Gantrain with some ground and pound. Gantrain looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Truant scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Truant.
Gantrain avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Truant.
Truant drops an elbow to the side of Gantrain's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gantrain avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Truant.
Gantrain wants to get back to his feet.
Truant trying to control from half guard but Gantrain is working away.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Truant lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Truant.
Johnny Truant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Truant content to control rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Truant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Truant 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:24
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Truant!