PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raylen Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Bassett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Givens comes to the cage accompanied by GangstaGrass - Long Hard Times To Come. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Givens
vs
Bassett

190 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)
Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raylen Givens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamal Bassett!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bassett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Givens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch but Bassett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Givens is looking to clinch but Bassett is avoiding it.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Givens looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but Bassett pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Givens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Givens wants to clinch.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Givens stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Givens wants it to stay on the feet.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bassett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Givens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch but Bassett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.

That's two 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.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Givens wants to clinch.
Givens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Givens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bassett fails with the takedown.
Raylen Givens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Bassett.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but Bassett pushes him off.
Bassett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Givens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens wants to clinch up but Bassett keeps it at a distance.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raylen Givens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bassett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.
Bassett swats away the attempt to clinch by Givens.
Givens fails with an attempt to clinch.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Raylen Givens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Givens throws a right and a left that Bassett avoids nicely.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.

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.
Bassett looks to land a combination but Givens avoids it well.
Givens wants to clinch up but Bassett keeps it at a distance.
Givens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Givens misses with a wild body shot.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.
Givens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Givens is looking to clinch but Bassett is avoiding it.
Bassett shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raylen Givens 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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Givens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Givens misses with a low kick.
Givens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bassett moves away.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Givens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bassett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Givens swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bassett misses with a two punch combination.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Givens fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bassett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Givens throws out the jab.
Givens misses with a two punch combination.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Givens is looking to clinch but Bassett is avoiding it.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett is having none of it.
Givens is looking to clinch.
Bassett looks to land a combination but Givens avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bassett shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Givens defends it nicely.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.
Bassett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.
Givens wants to clinch.
Givens throws a front kick aimed at Bassett's knee but Bassett avoids it well.
Bassett throws a low kick but Givens avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens wants to clinch.
Bassett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Givens pinned against the cage. Givens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Raylen Givens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Bassett.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bassett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Givens wants to slow Bassett down by chopping away at his legs.
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Bassett circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bassett throws a nice looking combination but Givens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Givens tries to clinch there but Bassett circles away.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett is having none of it.
Givens misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Givens.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bassett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Givens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Givens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bassett misses with a takedown attempt - Givens sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raylen Givens dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bassett checks a leg kick.

Bassett closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Givens bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Bassett throws a leg kick but Givens sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bassett avoids the body shot from Givens.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.
Givens looks to score with a jab to the body but Bassett is just out of range.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but Bassett pushes him off.
Givens throws a hook but Bassett avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Bassett misses with a series of wild punches.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.
Givens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Givens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bassett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Givens wants to clinch.
Givens is looking to clinch.

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.
Givens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bassett shoots for a takedown but Givens saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Givens thows a body shot but no joy.
Bassett swats away the attempt to clinch by Givens.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but Bassett pushes him off.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Bassett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens tries to clinch but Bassett moves out of range.
Givens doesn't manage to clinch there - Bassett circles away.
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Bassett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Givens tries to clinch up.
Givens wants to clinch.
Bassett keeps the fight on the outside.
Givens stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Givens wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four 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.
Bassett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Givens but Givens pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Raylen Givens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Bassett.
Bassett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jamal Bassett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Givens tries to clinch up but Bassett circles away and keeps his distance.
Jamal Bassett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Givens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bassett swats away the attempt to clinch by Givens.
Bassett fails to land the takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Givens wants to clinch up but Bassett keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Raylen Givens.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Givens, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raylen Givens!