PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Tree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Gawne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rupert Gawne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tree
vs
Gawne

170 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

160 cm
26
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Tree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rupert Gawne!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tree moves into range and clinches up with Gawne.
Tree lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Rupert Gawne has been cut.
Gawne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree throws an elbow that misses.
Tree landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gawne trying to control the position but instead, Tree has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gawne into the cage.
Nice elbow from Tree.
Tree lands a nice elbow.
Tree with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Rupert Gawne's cut even more.
Gawne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gawne is defending well for now.
Tree stalling in the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gawne has eaten all the pies!
Tree throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gawne blocks it with crossed arms.
Gawne controlling the action here for a moment.
Tree with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
Gawne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tree is keeping busy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gawne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gawne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gawne taking a breather.
Tree slowing the pace effectively.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gawne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tree is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gawne blocks an elbow strike.
Gawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
Gawne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tree is keeping busy.
Gawne being controlled against the cage.
Tree lands an elbow inside.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree tries to land knees in the clinch but Gawne avoids the damage to the body.
A short body shot lands from Gawne as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gawne.
Gawne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tree.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gawne as Tree tries to tie him up.
Gawne lands a shot to the body.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tree is breathing heavily.
Gawne lands an uppercut.
Tree trying to stall but Gawne improves his position.
Gawne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tree stalling.
Tree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gawne is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gawne wants to stall.
Gawne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gawne trying to stall but Tree improves his position.
Tree controlling the action here for a moment.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Gawne managing to block the knees to the body from Tree.
Tree putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gawne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tree throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gawne blocks it with crossed arms.
Gawne lands with a light punch inside.
Gawne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tree backwards.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Gawne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gawne scores with a shoulder strike.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gawne blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gawne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gawne is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gawne has his back to the cage.
Gawne avoids a wild elbow strike from Tree.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree trying to control the position but instead, Gawne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tree into the cage.
Tree with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Gawne digs a right hand into Tree's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tree's gas tank.
Gawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gawne avoiding damage as Tree throws knees to the body.
Gawne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tree backwards.
Gawne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tree connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tree putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gawne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gawne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Gawne.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tree throws an elbow but misses.
Tree is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tree takes a shot to the head.
Tree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gawne.
Tree is trying to maintain a safe position but Gawne gets an underhook and turns Tree into the cage.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Gawne is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gawne has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from Gawne - that landed with a thud.
Tree lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gawne.
Tree landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gawne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tree backwards.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
Tree letting Gawne take a breather here.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gawne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gawne avoiding damage as Tree throws knees to the body.
Tree tries to stall but Gawne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short left from Gawne.
Gawne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gawne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
Gawne trying to stall but Tree improves his position.
Tree prevents a body shot from Gawne.
Tree connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gawne's face.
Tree working Gawne over with knees to the body.
Tree lands a nice elbow.
Tree lands a good knee to the midsection. Gawne won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Tree dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rupert Gawne's cut.
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.

A combination from Tree does no damage.
Gawne wants to clinch but Tree slips to the side

and Tree moves into the clinch.
Tree throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gawne blocks it with crossed arms.
Gawne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tree tries a knee to the head but Gawne blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Gawne.
Tree using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gawne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tree tries a knee to the head but Gawne blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gawne as Tree tries to tie him up.
Tree scores a nice knee to the body.
Gawne digs a right hand into Tree's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tree's gas tank.
Gawne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tree tries to stall but Gawne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Good body shot from Gawne.
Tree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tree throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gawne blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tree misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gawne.
Gawne lands with a light punch inside.
Tree has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short right from Gawne.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Gawne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tree or not.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gawne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tree has him pressed against the cage.
Gawne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tree.
Tree with a knee to the head.
Gawne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gawne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tree throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gawne lands with a right to the head.
Gawne pushes Tree back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Gawne.
Tree throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gawne lands a shot to the body.
Tree using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gawne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gawne lands with a left to the head.
Tree looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gawne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gawne looking to slow down the pace here.
Gawne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Come on Tree - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tree throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gawne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

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.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Gawne.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
Gawne letting Tree take a breather here.
Gawne avoiding damage as Tree throws knees to the body.
Tree throws an elbow that misses.
Tree misses with an elbow strike.
Gawne stalling in the clinch but Tree improves position.
Tree controlling the action here for a moment.
Gawne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree trying to stall but Gawne improves his position.
Gawne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gawne looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Gawne.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gawne pushes Tree back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gawne avoids the elbow strike from Tree, against the cage.
Tree is looking to control Gawne's arms but Gawne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tree has his back to the cage.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tree will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gawne up against the cage.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gawne's defenses.
Gawne throws a punch but it's blocked by Tree.
Tree prevents a body shot from Gawne.
Tree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gawne is defending well for now.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tree trying to stall but Gawne improves his position.
Tree content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gawne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tree stalling in the clinch but Gawne improves position.
Gawne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tree lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Tree.
Gawne lands a body punch.
Tree looking to throw knees to the head but Gawne is blocking nicely.
Gawne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tree stalling the fight.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Gawne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gawne is defending well for now.
Gawne tries to circle away but Tree has him pinned against the cage.
Tree stalling in the clinch.
Gawne is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gawne has his back to the cage.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tree throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gawne blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tree throws an elbow but misses.
Gawne lands an uppercut.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gawne lands a nice uppercut.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gawne trying to stall but Tree improves his position.
Tree manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees to the body from Tree.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
Gawne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tree stalling in the clinch but Gawne improves position.
Tree tries to land knees in the clinch but Gawne avoids the damage to the body.
Tree lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Tree dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rupert Gawne's cut.
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!

Gawne lands a right hook to the body.
Rupert Gawne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gawne slips a straight right by Tree.
Tree fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tree tries to clinch there but Gawne circles away.
Gawne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tree counters with a big head kick but Gawne shrugs it off.
Gawne tries to clinch

and Tree counters by clinching up.
Tree tries a knee to the head but Gawne blocks it.
Tree throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tree misses with a knee strike.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tree misses with a knee strike.
Gawne wants to stall.
Gawne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Gawne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gawne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Gawne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gawne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gawne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tree circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tree counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gawne pushes Tree up against the cage in a clinch.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gawne is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gawne has his back to the cage.
A short left from Gawne.
Gawne managing to block the knees to the body from Tree.
Tree tries to land knees in the clinch but Gawne avoids the damage to the body.
Tree tries to stall but Gawne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
Tree is trying to maintain a safe position but Gawne gets an underhook and turns Tree into the cage.
Gawne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gawne pushes Tree back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
Gawne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tree up against the cage.
Gawne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Gawne.
Tree is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gawne is keeping busy.
Gawne is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gawne has his back to the cage.
Tree misses with a knee strike.
Tree wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maybe Tree would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tree lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gawne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gawne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tree scores a nice knee to the body.
Tree lands a nice elbow.
Tree landing knees to the head.
Rupert Gawne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gawne tries to work over Tree's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gawne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
Gawne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trees head.
Gawne managing to block the knees to the body from Tree.
Gawne is struggling to control the position.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Gawne works on Tree's body with a couple of short punches.
Tree content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gawne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tree connects with a knee to the head.
Tree misses with an elbow over the top.
Gawne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gawne is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Gawne.
Tree scores a nice knee to the body.
Tree connects with a knee to the head.
Tree connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gawne's face.
Knees to the body from Tree.
Tree misses with a knee to the head.
Tree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tree comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tree is trying to maintain a safe position but Gawne gets an underhook and turns Tree into the cage.
Tree trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Gawne as the two fighters clinch.
Gawne lands with a light punch inside.
Tree wants to stall.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
Good body shot from Gawne.
Tree lands a knee to the body.
Tree tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gawne avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Gawne.
Tree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Gawne.
Gawne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tree is keeping busy.

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.
Tree wants to stall.
Tree tries to land knees in the clinch but Gawne avoids the damage to the body.
Gawne lands a nice shot to the body.
Gawne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tree is keeping busy.
Gawne working aggressively here.
Tree with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gawne is working Tree over against the cage.
Gawne misses with some punches.
Gawne managing to block the knees to the body from Tree.
Tree unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gawne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rob Tree is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tree putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gawne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tree missing with knees to the body.
Tree throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tree landing knees to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tree with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gawne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tree tries to land a knee to the head but Gawne blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tree blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gawne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Tree showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tree has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Tree!