PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marc Guifre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clark Gerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gerra has chosen Queen - Another One Bites The Dust as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Guifre
vs
Gerra

183 cm
23
160 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

179 cm
27
161 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Guifre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clark Gerra!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerra is looking to clinch.
A big left from Guifre misses.

Guifre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gerra tries to roll over but Guifre keeps him under control.
Gerra regains full guard. Nicely done.
Guifre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Guifre throwing strikes from guard but Gerra blocks nicely.
Guifre stopping the sweep attempt from Gerra.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guifre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guifre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Guifre passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guifre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gerra's head.
Guifre is nestled in close to Gerra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Guifre is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gerra has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ground and pound from Guifre.
Gerra is trying to stand.
Gerra regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Guifre.
Gerra wants to sweep but no luck.
Gerra is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gerra is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Guifre is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guifre throwing strikes but missing.
Guifre wants to pass the guard but Gerra is keeping the position.
Guifre advances position into side control!
Gerra is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Guifre off and has taken his back!
Gerra gets his hands free as Guifre looks to control.
Guifre is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Gerra doesn't have the hooks in and Guifre manages to turn into his guard.
Gerra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gerra throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gerra pushes Guifre off and scrambles back to his feet.
Guifre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gerra misses with a body kick.
Guifre misses with a looping left.
Guifre looks to throw the jab but Gerra is out of range.

Gerra gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gerra lands an elbow just above Guifre 's eye.
Guifre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gerra is pressed up against the cage. Guifre has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gerra down to the mat. Gerra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gerra misses with a head kick.
Clark Gerra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Gerra as Guifre shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Guifre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Gerra. No joy for Guifre on that attempt.
Guifre shoots in looking for a takedown. Gerra tries to sprawl out of it but Guifre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gerra manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Guifre is breathing heavily.
Gerra fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Guifre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerra wants to control but Guifre is keeping busy.
Gerra makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gerra.
Guifre thows a big elbow that misses.
Gerra manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Guifre manages to get himself to full guard.
Guifre is trying to keep Gerra in close.

Gerra gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gerra is looking to clinch but Guifre is avoiding it.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown but Gerra shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Guifre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gerra shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gerra was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gerra lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gerra cracks Guifre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Gerra has control of Guifre's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Guifre regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guifre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Guifre wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gerra.
Gerra tries to control but Guifre wriggling away.
Gerra landing strikes from the mount.
Guifre is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Gerra.
Guifre gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gerra gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Gerra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guifre throws a looping overhand right but Gerra ducks down to avoid it.

Guifre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gerra looking for a sweep. Not yet Gerra, not yet.
Guifre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gerra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Gerra looking for a guillotine here but Guifre defends easily.

Guifre is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gerra is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gerra has escaped and now he's on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gerra trying to stand up but can't free himself from Guifre's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guifre looking for a guillotine here but Gerra defends easily.
Guifre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gerra is one step ahead there.
Guifre 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.
Gerra sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Guifre's guard.
Guifre trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerra throwing shots but Guifre is blocking nicely.
Guifre moves into full guard.

Gerra stands and steps away. Guifre gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Guifre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gerra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gerra is looking to stand up but Guifre isn't so interested in that idea.
Guifre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Guifre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Guifre working some strikes from top position.

Guifre drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gerra manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Guifre has Gerra in his guard.

Guifre is looking for a triangle but Gerra pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerra wants to get up but he can't break Guifre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gerra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gerra must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gerra wanted to stand there but Guifre had control of the position.
Marc Guifre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Guifre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gerra manages to get himself to full guard.

Gerra uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Gerra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guifre circles away quickly and effectively.

Gerra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Guifre!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clark Gerra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Gerra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guifre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guifre missing with a left hand there. Gerra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Guifre misses.
Gerra tries to clinch there but Guifre circles away.
Gerra wants to clinch.

Gerra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gerra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guifres head.
Gerra lands a knee to the body.

Gerra is trying to trip Guifre. He has hold of a leg but Guifre is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gerra persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Gerra would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Guifre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gerra is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Guifre has an active guard here but Gerra has managed to pass into half guard.

Guifre looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Guifre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gerra looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gerra wants to get back to his feet.

Gerra stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Guifre to get to his feet.
Gerra misses with a body shot.
Guifre keeps the fight on the outside.
Gerra tries to clinch up.

Gerra closes the distance and clinches.
Guifre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gerra walks away with a smile on his face. Guifre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Gerra gets caught flat footed, as Guifre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerra keeping full guard, as Guifre tries to pass.
Gerra wants to stand but Guifre is controlling the position.
Guifre throws a strike but Gerra rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gerra tries to stand but Guifre is controlling from the bottom.
Guifre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gerra.
Guifre looking for a sweep. Not yet Guifre, not yet.
Gerra with a nice head shot there.
Gerra is in close to Guifre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Guifre is trying to keep Gerra in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guifre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Gerra decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Guifre, up you get!
Clark Gerra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gerra tries to clinch up but Guifre circles away and keeps his distance.
Gerra moves out of range as Guifre strikes.
Gerra throws a head kick but Guifre moves out of range.
Gerra tries to clinch there but Guifre circles away.
Gerra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guifre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gerra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guifre misses with a straight right.
Gerra throws a sloppy head kick and Guifre moves out of range easily.

Gerra closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Guifre pulls Gerra into guard.

Gerra thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gerra throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guifre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Guifre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Guifre is looking for a triangle but Gerra pushes his legs off easily.

Gerra decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Guifre, up you get!
Guifre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Guifre wants it to stay on the feet.
Gerra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gerra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gerra doesn't manage to clinch there - Guifre circles away.
A big right from Guifre misses.
Guifre has a takedown stuffed.
Gerra moves in looking to clinch but Guifre pushes him off.
Gerra wants to clinch up but Guifre keeps it at a distance.
Guifre with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gerra counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gerra.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clark Gerra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gerra has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clark Gerra!