PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thom Le Bou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Gilmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Bou comes to the cage accompanied by in the Night Garden Theme Tune. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Le Bou
vs
Gilmore

184 cm
21
183 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
181 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thom Le Bou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Happy Gilmore!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Bou dips to his left and cracks Gilmore with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gilmore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le Bou slips a jab from Gilmore.
Le Bou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gilmore manages to avoid it.
Gilmore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Bou. Gilmore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gilmore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gilmore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Bou manages to avoid it.
Gilmore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gilmore throws an overhand right that lands on Le Bou's shoulder, as Le Bou tries to avoid the shot.
Le Bou with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gilmore just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab by Gilmore.
Le Bou avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gilmore. Le Bou does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gilmore. Le Bou does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gilmore throws a sloppy body shot
and Le Bou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Gilmore coming out on top.
Gilmore misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou swings for the body but Gilmore moves out of range.
Gilmore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Le Bou rather than just go for the knockout.
Gilmore misses with a wild body shot.

Le Bou looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Le Bou stands and throws Gilmore's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Le Bou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Le Bou is trying to ground and pound but Gilmore uses the momentary lack of control by Le Bou to regain half guard.
Le Bou seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gilmore does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Le Bou landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Gilmore is defending against the submission attempts here by Le Bou.
Le Bou is looking to take a break and control but Gilmore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gilmore kicks off Le Bou and gets to his feet.
Gilmore misses with a hook to the body
and Le Bou counters with a nice body shot.
Gilmore tries a head kick but it misses.
Gilmore takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gilmore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Le Bou checks a low kick from Gilmore.
Gilmore misses with a hook.
Le Bou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gilmore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Bou manages to avoid it.
Le Bou takes a swing at Gilmore's ribcage but misses.
Gilmore throws a leg kick but Le Bou checks it.
The fighters circling - Gilmore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Bou manages to avoid it.
Le Bou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gilmore misses with an uppercut. Le Bou saw that one coming.
Le Bou thows a body shot but no joy.
Gilmore throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gilmore takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Le Bou feints and as Gilmore raises his hands in defense, Le Bou changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gilmore keeping full guard, as Le Bou tries to pass.
Le Bou is working Gilmore over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Le Bou throwing strikes but missing.
Gilmore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le Bou looking to pass the guard.
Le Bou trying to control but Gilmore is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore wants to stand but Le Bou is controlling the position.
Le Bou with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gilmore misses with a body kick.
Gilmore throws a series of punches but Le Bou avoids them all with ease.
Le Bou misses with a body shot.
Jab from Le Bou.

Le Bou drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Le Bou pushes down on Gilmore's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Bou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Le Bou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gilmore defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thom Le Bou dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gilmore misses the jab.
Gilmore looks to land a right hand but Le Bou moved out of range.
Le Bou misses the shot to the body.
Le Bou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le Bou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilmore was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bou.
Le Bou thuds his right hand into Gilmore's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab, jab by Gilmore - just one landing.
Le Bou dips to his left and cracks Gilmore with an uppercut!
Gilmore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Gilmore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Bou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gilmore misses the body punch

and Le Bou counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gilmore's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Bou distracts Gilmore with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Gilmore uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Le Bou blocks the leg kick.
Happy Gilmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Gilmore misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gilmore's hands.
Gilmore throws the left hand but Le Bou avoids the punch easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Le Bou.
Gilmore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Le Bou circles away quickly and effectively.
Gilmore is breathing heavily.
Gilmore misses with a jab to the body

and Le Bou counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gilmore!
Le Bou tries to control but Gilmore wriggling away.
The referee warns Gilmore that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Le Bou misses with a head shot.
Le Bou sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Le Bou lands a big shot there that rocks Gilmore but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Le Bou landing strikes from the mount and Gilmore is in trouble!
Thom Le Bou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Le Bou working for a submission but Gilmore is keeping him at bay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou unloads with some shots from mount but Gilmore bucks and avoids them well.
Gilmore is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Le Bou lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gilmore is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Le Bou lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Le Bou goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Gilmore turns into him and now he's in Le Bou's guard.
Le Bou looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Le Bou has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gilmore has passed into side control.
Gilmore tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Le Bou wants to control but Gilmore postures up.
Gilmore tries to stand but Le Bou is controlling his head.
Le Bou sneaks back into half guard.
Le Bou is trying to get back to full guard.
Le Bou is doing well to control the position and prevent Gilmore from advancing to side control.

That's four 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.

Gilmore escapes and gets back to his feet.
Gilmore throws a right hand that Le Bou ducks under and follows up with a left that Le Bou also avoids with ease.
Gilmore throws a leg kick which misses Le Bou's front leg but catches the back leg as Le Bou tries to avoid it.
Le Bou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Gilmore misses.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Le Bou shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gilmore is trying to stand back up but Le Bou is controlling him
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Bou thows a huge punch but Gilmore dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thom Le Bou dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gilmore looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Bou is just out of range.
Gilmore missing with a left hand there. Le Bou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gilmore takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Bou moves away from the strike by Gilmore.
Gilmore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gilmore tries a head kick but it misses.
Gilmore throws a hook to the side of Le Bou's head but Le Bou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gilmore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Bou.
Le Bou thows a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Gilmore.
Le Bou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Bou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gilmore moves away.
Gilmore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice takedown defense from Gilmore. No joy for Le Bou on that attempt.
Le Bou slips a straight right by Gilmore.
Le Bou ducks right into an uppercut from Gilmore.
Le Bou thows a body shot but no joy.
Gilmore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou lands with a nice body punch.
Le Bou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gilmore moves away.
Le Bou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Bou jabs at Gilmore's body.
Gilmore misses with a double jab

and Le Bou counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Le Bou sitting in guard, not really doing much.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Le Bou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Le Bou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gilmore is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Le Bou thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Le Bou stands up over Gilmore, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Le Bou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Le Bou drops back looking for a leg! Gilmore is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gilmore manages to kick Le Bou off! Le Bou jumps back into Gilmore's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Le Bou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gilmore throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gilmore throws a leg kick but Le Bou moved away.
Le Bou misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gilmore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou lands a nice shot to the body.
Gilmore throws a hook to the side of Le Bou's head but Le Bou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gilmore throws out a loose jab but Le Bou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gilmore lands a jab to Le Bou's midsection.
Le Bou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Gilmore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gilmore looks to land a right hand but Le Bou moved out of range.
Happy Gilmore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Gilmore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gilmore avoids the body shot from Le Bou.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Le Bou closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Happy Gilmore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Bou in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Le Bou throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gilmore is pushing Le Bou's head away, looking to escape. Le Bou manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gilmore defending against the ground and pound.
Gilmore is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Le Bou trying to control the position but Gilmore is working away.
Le Bou works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Le Bou tries for a kimura but Gilmore is defending well.
Le Bou throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Le Bou swings around for an armbar but Gilmore sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Le Bou's guard.
Le Bou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gilmore is one step ahead there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thom Le Bou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Le Bou, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thom Le Bou!