PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Gagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Gagner
vs
Saint

185 cm
23
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Angel Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Gagner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donald Saint!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Saint.
A clash of legs there as Gagner blocks the low kick.
Saint is looking to land body kicks.

Saint fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gagner, pushing him back against the cage.
Gagner wants to break the clinch but can't.

Gagner breaks from the clinch.
Saint throws a chopping leg kick but Gagner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gagner swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint.
Gagner fails to land with a series of punches.
Saint doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagner circles away.
Saint tries a head kick but it misses.
Gagner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Saint is fending him off so far but Gagner persists. Nope, Saint circles away and we're back to standing.
Saint misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gagner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saint can pounce on him.
Saint throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gagner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saint defends it nicely.
Saint is looking to clinch but Gagner is avoiding it.
Donald Saint is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Saint as Gagner shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Gagner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint wants to clinch up but Gagner keeps it at a distance.
Gagner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saint.
Saint tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gagner swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Saint clinches up against the cage.
Saint is looking to control Gagner's arms but Gagner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Saint has his back to the cage.
Saint has Gagner pressed against the cage, preventing Gagner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gagner working hard to break the clinch.
Gagner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gagner blocks the elbow strike.
Gagner can't break the clinch.
Saint misses with a knee strike.
Saint with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gagner can't break the clinch.
Saint throws a head punch that misses.
Gagner working hard to break the clinch.
Saint lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Robert Gagner has been cut.
Saint putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gagner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gagner is breathing heavily.
Gagner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saint has him pressed against the cage.

Gagner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Saint forces Gagner back against the cage and clinches.
Saint with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gagner working hard to break the clinch.
Saint tries a knee to the head but Gagner blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with an elbow strike.
Saint misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gagner.
Saint tries a knee to the head but Gagner blocks it.
Saint tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Gagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Saint scores with a knee to the head.
Saint trying to control the position but instead, Gagner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saint into the cage.
Gagner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saint tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gagner avoiding damage as Saint throws knees to the body.
Gagner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gagner tries to break free but Saint pushes him back against the cage.
Saint looking to throw knees to the head but Gagner is blocking nicely.
Saint misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gagner.
Gagner is trying to break the clinch but Saint is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Gagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Saint lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gagner blocks it with crossed arms.

Gagner breaks the clinch.
Gagner swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint is looking to get back to is feet but Gagner passes into side control.
Saint parries the strikes from Gagner easily there. Gagner is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Saint to escape.
Saint is pushing Gagner's head away, looking to escape. Gagner manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Saint tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Gagner controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Saint is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Saint dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Gagner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Saint lands a head kick!
Good leg kick by Saint there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saint throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saint stuffs the takedown attempt from Gagner. Gagner gets slowly back to his feet.
Saint throws a leg kick which misses Gagner's front leg but catches the back leg as Gagner tries to avoid it.
Saint throws a lazy right hand but Gagner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gagner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Saint has Gagner up against the cage in a clinch.
Gagner can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gagner working hard to break the clinch.
Gagner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gagner's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint connects with a knee to the head.
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gagner avoids it.
Saint looking to throw knees to the head but Gagner is blocking nicely.
Gagner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saint with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gagner is defending well for now.
Gagner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saint using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gagner managing to block the knees to the body from Saint.
Saint unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Saint trying to land knees to the body.
Saint is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gagner is trying to break the clinch but Saint is controlling him.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but Gagner blocks with his arms.
Gagner wants to break free but Saint has control.
Gagner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gagner wants to get back to striking at distance but Saint won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Gagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gagner managing to block the knees to the body from Saint.
Saint throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gagner blocks it with crossed arms.
Saint lands a good knee to the midsection. Gagner won't want to take too many of those.
Saint taking a breather.
Saint misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gagner tries to break free but Saint pushes him back against the cage.
Saint putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gagner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but Gagner blocks with his arms.
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gagner avoids it.
Gagner is looking to break free of the clinch but Saint has double underhooks.
Saint lands with a right to the head.
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gagner is defending well for now.
Saint scores with a knee to the head.

Gagner breaks the clinch.
Saint is looking to clinch but Gagner is avoiding it.
Gagner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saint finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Saint tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gagner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saint is looking to clinch.
Saint tries to clinch there but Gagner circles away.
Saint stuffs the takedown attempt from Gagner. Gagner gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Gagner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint throws a head kick but Gagner moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saint lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gagner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saint scores with a head kick.
Saint doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagner circles away.

Gagner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Saint's guard.
Gagner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Saint really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gagner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gagner stops Saint from standing up.
Saint is looking to stand back up but Gagner counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Saint.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gagner prevents Saint from standing back up.
Saint tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Gagner manages to move to mount!
Gagner looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Saint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Gagner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick from Saint lands but Gagner takes it in his stride.
Gagner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gagner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saint fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saint fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint throws a leg kick but Gagner sees it coming and moves out of range.

Gagner shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Saint is trying to defend but Gagner finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Saint pushes Gagner off but Gagner dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagner prevents Saint from escaping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saint wants to get back to his feet but Gagner is dominant here and he's now got Saint's back!
Saint wants to get back to his feet.
Gagner scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Saint is looking for a way out.
Saint looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Donald Saint is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gagner lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gagner is riding his opponent, not letting Saint buck him off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Robert Gagner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Gagner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Saint has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Saint!