PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Gahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Gahan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Snake
vs
Gahan

179 cm
21
192 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Gahan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snake checks a low kick from Gahan.
Gahan tries to clinch but Snake is having none of it.

Snake tries to keep at a distance but Gahan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Snake breaks from the clinch.
Snake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gahan checks it well.

Gahan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gahan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Snake manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Snake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snake misses with a wild body shot.
Gahan defending well as Snake loads up on a big left hand.
Gahan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gahan dodges the punch combination from Snake.
Gahan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gahan throws a series of punches but Snake avoids them all with ease.
Gahan tried to score with a low kick but Snake checks it.
Gahan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gahan wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gahan doesn't manage to clinch there - Snake circles away.

Gahan clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Snake creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gahan presses Snake against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Gahan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Snake. Gahan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gahan looks to land a combination but Snake avoids it well.

Gahan closes the distance and pushes Snake back into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Snake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gahan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Snake misses with a punch on the inside.
Gahan tries to break free but Snake pushes him back against the ropes.

Snake manages to break the clinch.

Gahan gets a clinch.

Snake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gahan tries to clinch up.

Snake shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gahan is trying to defend but Snake finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gahan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Snake.
Snake trying to move into half guard but instead Gahan has managed to sweep!
Snake keeping moving, preventing Gahan from controlling successfully.

Snake is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gahan is aware though and is defending well.

Snake throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gahan uses it to pass to side control.
Snake is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snake manages to get back to half guard.
Snake 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.
Snake trying to get back to full guard but Gahan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Snake regains half guard.

Snake actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gahan in particular looking to stall.
Gahan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gahan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Snake tries to reverse the position but Gahan maintains control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gahan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Snake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Snake tries to reverse the position but Gahan maintains control.
Snake is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gahan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Snake avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gahan.
Gahan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Snake is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gahan lands with some strikes.
Gahan with a couple of short strikes.
Gahan trying to control but Snake is having none of it.
Snake really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gahan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Snake can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Snake is desperately trying to improve his position but Gahan has a good base and remains in mount.
Gahan looking to ground and pound but Snake is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gahan throwing strikes here but Snake is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Snake tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gahan unloads with some shots from mount but Snake bucks and avoids them well.
Snake is trying desperately to improve position.
Gahan controlling the pace for now.
Gahan looking to finish with strikes here!
Snake is desperately trying to improve his position but Gahan has a good base and remains in mount.
Snake is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Snake tries to reverse the position but Gahan maintains control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice elbow there by Gahan.
Snake avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gahan.
Snake is looking to get to half guard.
Gahan thowing shots but they're missing.
Snake working to try and regain half guard.
Snake in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Snake really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gahan trying to control but Snake is having none of it.
Snake wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gahan.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Snake sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Snake looking for a kimura from the bottom but Gahan passes into side control!
Snake sneaks back into half guard.
Snake blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gahan.
Snake is trying to get back to full guard.
Snake is refusing to be controlled, as Gahan sits in half guard.
Gahan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Snake looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Gahan decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Gahan scores with a one two! Snake had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gahan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snake with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gahan to score with a decent uppercut.
Snake wants to clinch
and Gahan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Snake throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gahan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Snake backs up against the ropes.
Gahan lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gahan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Snake throws out a loose jab but Gahan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snake shoots in looking for a takedown. Gahan tries to sprawl out of it but Snake keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Gahan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gahan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gahan jabs at Snake's body.
Snake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gahan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gahan throws a low kick but Snake avoids it.
Jake Snake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gahan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Snake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gahan tries to break the clinch but Snake is controlling the position.
Gahan lands with a right to the head.

Gahan breaks the clinch.
Snake closes the distance and clinches up with Gahan, looking for a takedown. Snake pushes Gahan against the ropes but Gahan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Snake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gahan moves into the clinch.
Gahan cracks Snake with a nice body shot.
Gahan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gahan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Snake has Gahan pressed against the ropes, preventing Gahan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Snake keeps control of Gahan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snake prevents Gahan from breaking the clinch.
Snake is trying to break free.
Gahan keeps control of Snake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gahan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gahan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Snake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snake clinches but Gahan breaks the clinch

and Gahan counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Gahan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Snake tries to keep at a distance but Gahan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Snake has a couple of punches blocked by Gahan.
Snake lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gahan lands a right hand.
Gahan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Snake lands a right hand.
Gahan lands a shot to the body.
Gahan can't break the clinch.
Snake keeps control of Gahan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Snake has a couple of punches blocked by Gahan.
Gahan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Snake working aggressively here.

Snake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gahan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gahan!
A swing and a miss from Snake.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gahan lands with an overhand left.
Gahan works over Snake's head and body with a nice combination.
Gahan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Horrible takedown by Snake or perhaps it was just good defense by Gahan which made him look bad.
Gahan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gahan duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snake is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dave Gahan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gahan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gahan looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Gahan.
Snake drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gahan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Snake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gahan is leaning against Snake and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gahan pushes off an throws an elbow but Snake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Snake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gahan gets through Snake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Snake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snake misses with some punches.
Gahan works on Snake's body with a couple of short punches.
Gahan looking to slow down the pace here.
Gahan lands a shoulder strike.
Gahan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gahan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gahan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Gahan moves into range and clinches up with Snake.
Snake has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gahan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Snake keeps control of Gahan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gahan controlling the action here for a moment.
Gahan digs a right hand into Snake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Snake's gas tank.
Good body shot from Gahan.
Gahan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gahan scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gahan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snake is looking to land body kicks.
Snake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gahan.
Gahan misses with a low kick.
Gahan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gahan duly obliges.
Gahan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Snake doesn't seem bothered though.
Gahan misses with the combination.
Dave Gahan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Gahan moves into the clinch.
Gahan lands a body punch.
Gahan tries to circle away but Snake has him pinned against the ropes.
Gahan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Snake.
Gahan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snake has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Snake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gahan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gahan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gahan is trying to force a seperation but Snake has the dominant position.
Snake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snake has Gahan pressed against the ropes, preventing Gahan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Good body shot from Gahan.
Snake has Gahan pressed against the ropes, preventing Gahan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gahan wants to break free but Snake has control.
Nice body punch from Gahan.
Gahan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snake has him pressed against the ropes.

Gahan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gahan throws a leg kick but Snake sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Snake.
Gahan lands a jab to Snake's midsection.

Gahan moves into the clinch.

Gahan manages to break the clinch.

Gahan clinches up with Snake and pushes him back against the ropes.
Snake throws a head punch that misses.
Snake prevents Gahan from breaking the clinch.
Gahan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short right from Gahan on the inside.
Snake has a couple of punches blocked by Gahan.
Gahan blocks a body shot from Snake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Snake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Snake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Snake tries for a takedown but Gahan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Gahan clinches.
Nice body punch from Gahan.

Gahan breaks the clinch.
Gahan looks to land a combination. Snake sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gahan is working the combinations to good effect here.

Snake tries to keep at a distance but Gahan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Gahan breaks from the clinch.
Gahan throws a leg kick but Snake moved away.

Gahan clinches up with Snake and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gahan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Snake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gahan's efforts to push away.
Gahan is pressed up against the ropes. Snake has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gahan down to the mat. Gahan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Gahan closes the distance and clinches.
Dave Gahan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gahan leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Gahan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Snake shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Snake was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gahan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Snake.
Gahan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Snake throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gahan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Snake's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gahan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Snake has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gahan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Snake isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Gahan stacks Snake on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Gahan!
Gahan 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.
Gahan trying to control the position but Snake is working away.
Snake tries to buck Gahan off but Gahan is having none of it.
Snake manages to get back to half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Snake wants to improve his position but Gahan is controlling well.

Snake actively working from the bottom here.
Gahan working the head and body with strikes.
Snake is in trouble now - Gahan has advanced to mount!
Gahan punching from mount but Snake doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gahan landing punches.
Gahan wants to control the pace but Snake is squirming around nicely.
Snake is working to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gahan punching from mount but Snake doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Snake tries to reverse the position but Gahan maintains control.
Gahan looking to ground and pound but Snake is blocking nicely.
Snake really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gahan punching from mount but Snake doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Snake sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gahan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Snake.

Snake actively working from the bottom here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Snake blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gahan.
Gahan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Snake does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gahan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Snake's head.
Dave Gahan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Snake is trying to get back to full guard.
Gahan is trying to control. Snake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gahan prevents Snake from improving his position.

Snake is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gahan pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Gahan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gahan 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Dave Gahan!

Dave Gahan wins by unanimous decision!