PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Gieesha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Gieesha
vs
Keenan

180 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Gieesha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Keenan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gieesha connects with the punch.
Jack Gieesha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keenan tries to bum rush Gieesha with a series of wild strikes but Gieesha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gieesha throws a jab when Keenan was well out of range.
Gieesha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gieesha. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gieesha throws a hook but Keenan avoids it easily.
Keenan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gieesha misses with a straight left.
Keenan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gieesha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keenan tries to clinch there but Gieesha circles away.
Gieesha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keenan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gieesha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gieesha.
Gieesha misses with a double jab.
Gieesha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A left lands for Keenan.
Gieesha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keenan shoots for a double leg takedown but Gieesha sprawls well. He's pushed Keenan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gieesha misses with a looping left.
Gieesha looks to land a combination. Keenan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan dives in and grabs Gieesha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gieesha pushes down on Keenan's head and hops out.
Keenan tries to clinch there but Gieesha circles away.
Gieesha throws a shot from downtown. Keenan moves away and avoids it.
Gieesha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Keenan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gieesha tries to break free but Keenan pushes him back against the cage.
Keenan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keenan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gieesha is trying to break free.
Keenan prevents Gieesha from breaking the clinch.
Gieesha is trying to force a seperation but Keenan has the dominant position.
Gieesha has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Keenan keeps control of Gieesha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gieesha tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.
Gieesha is trying to break free.
Gieesha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gieesha is trying to force a seperation but Keenan has the dominant position.
Gieesha working hard to break the clinch.
Keenan has Gieesha pressed against the cage, preventing Gieesha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Keenan jumps into guard, dragging Gieesha to the mat.

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.
Gieesha is looking to stand up but Keenan won't let him.

Keenan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gieesha has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Keenan is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Keenan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gieesha defends well.
Gieesha is looking to stand up but Keenan won't let him.

Keenan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gieesha defends it easily.
Keenan looks gassed!

Keenan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gieesha defends it easily.
Gieesha is looking to stand up but Keenan won't let him.

Keenan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gieesha trying to stand up but can't free himself from Keenan's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Keenan is looking for a triangle but Gieesha pushes his legs off easily.

Keenan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gieesha tries to stand but Keenan is controlling from the bottom.

Gieesha gets to his feet - Keenan follows without any prompting.
Some wild striking there from Keenan.
Gieesha stuns Keenan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Keenan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gieesha.
Gieesha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Keenan.
Jack Gieesha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Keenan.
A jab from Gieesha finds it's way through Keenan's defenses.
Keenan slips a straight right by Gieesha.
A lazy left from Gieesha finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A shot to de liver by Keenan. Beautiful body shot.
Gieesha connects with a nice looking jab.

Keenan instigates a clinch.
Gieesha tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.
Gieesha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Gieesha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gieesha tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.

Keenan manages to break the clinch.
Gieesha misses with a wild combination.
Keenan throws a nice looking combination but Gieesha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Keenan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gieesha!

Keenan wants to finish this one by submission but Gieesha is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Keenan.
Gieesha is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Gieesha trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patrick Keenan will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gieesha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keenan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Keenan.
Gieesha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keenan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gieesha is just out of range.
Keenan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gieesha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gieesha misses with a few strikes there.
Gieesha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keenan.
Keenan fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gieesha swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan is breathing heavily.
Gieesha lands a two punch combo.
Gieesha scores with a nice head shot.
Gieesha connects with a body shot.
Jack Gieesha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gieesha throws a one two combo.
Keenan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gieesha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gieesha.
Gieesha lands the left hand.
Gieesha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Keenan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Keenan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gieesha's efforts to push away.
Gieesha working hard to break the clinch.
Gieesha wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Gieesha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keenan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gieesha's efforts to push away.
Gieesha has had enough of the clinch but Keenan keeps him there for the moment.
Gieesha tries to circle away but Keenan has him pinned against the cage.

Keenan jumps guard.
Gieesha has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Keenan is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Keenan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Gieesha decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Keenan, up you get!
Gieesha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Keenan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gieesha fails to land with a series of punches.
Keenan throws a body punch but Gieesha moves out of range.
Gieesha lands with a good body shot.
Gieesha looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
No luck for Keenan with that takedown attempt.
Jack Gieesha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Keenan.
Keenan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Keenan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice uppercut lands for Gieesha. That snapped Keenan's head back.
A punch lands to the side of Keenan 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gieesha.
Keenan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gieesha scores with a hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Keenan is defended easily by Gieesha.
Jack Gieesha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gieesha misses with a double jab
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gieesha thows a body shot but no joy.
Gieesha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gieesha with a nice cross.
Keenan takes one on the button.
Gieesha slips a straight right by Keenan.
Keenan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gieesha swats away the attempt to clinch by Keenan.
Gieesha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keenan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Keenan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Keenan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gieesha to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot by Gieesha.
A combination from Gieesha does no damage.
Jack Gieesha is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Gieesha misses the target.
Keenan tries to clinch up but Gieesha circles away and keeps his distance.
Gieesha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keenan circles away quickly and effectively.
Keenan shoots in looking for a takedown. Gieesha tries to sprawl out of it but Keenan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gieesha manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gieesha closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fighters circling - Gieesha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keenan dodges the punch combination from Gieesha.
Gieesha thuds a left hand into Keenan's body.
Gieesha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keenan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Gieesha dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gieesha scores with a jab to the body.
Keenan tries to bum rush Gieesha with a series of wild strikes but Gieesha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keenan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gieesha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gieesha scores with a punch to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Gieesha lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keenan doesn't seem phased though.
Keenan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gieesha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A left and a right from Gieesha both land. Nice combination.
Keenan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gieesha smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Keenan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gieesha avoids it really well and circles away.
Gieesha fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gieesha sizes up Keenan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Keenan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gieesha lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gieesha lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Keenan at a distance.
Gieesha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gieesha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gieesha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keenan circles away quickly and effectively.
Gieesha scores with a shot to the body.
Keenan blocks a jab.
Gieesha thuds his right hand into Keenan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gieesha cracks Keenan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gieesha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keenan tries to clinch up but Gieesha circles away and keeps his distance.
Gieesha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gieesha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Gieesha.
Gieesha lands with a cross.
Gieesha throws a shot from downtown. Keenan moves away and avoids it.
Keenan slips a jab and a cross from Gieesha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gieesha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keenan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gieesha circles away quickly and effectively.
Gieesha cracks Keenan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gieesha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gieesha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Keenan.
Keenan moves out of range as Gieesha strikes.
Gieesha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gieesha misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Keenan.
Gieesha fails to land with a series of punches.
Keenan fails with the takedown.
Jack Gieesha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Keenan.
Gieesha misses with a shot to the body

and Keenan counters by moving into the clinch.
Keenan prevents Gieesha from breaking the clinch.
Gieesha working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gieesha tries to circle away but Keenan has him pinned against the cage.
Gieesha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gieesha has had enough of the clinch but Keenan keeps him there for the moment.
Keenan prevents Gieesha from breaking the clinch.
Keenan has Gieesha pressed against the cage, preventing Gieesha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keenan has Gieesha pressed against the cage, preventing Gieesha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gieesha tries to circle away but Keenan has him pinned against the cage.
Gieesha tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.
Keenan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on Gieesha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keenan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Keenan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keenan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Keenan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
No joy there for Gieesha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gieesha lands the left hand.

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.
Gieesha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Keenan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gieesha.
Gieesha misses with a hook.
Gieesha throws a hook but Keenan blocks it.
Gieesha throws a one two combo.
Keenan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Keenan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gieesha throws out the jab.
Gieesha missing with a left hand there. Keenan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gieesha scores with a punch to the head.
Keenan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gieesha works Keenan's body with a nice hook.
Good shot there by Keenan.
Gieesha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keenan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Keenan shoots in but no luck this time.
Gieesha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Gieesha.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Gieesha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gieesha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Gieesha!