PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boy Gisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gisi
vs
Armstrong

200 cm
25
249 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

201 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Boy Gisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gisi takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gisi.

It looks like Jason Armstrong has been cut.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Gisi throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gisi.

Gisi drops Armstrong with a big knee straight up the middle! Armstrong is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Armstrong is rocked!

Gisi has closed the distance and engaged Armstrong in a clinch.
Gisi avoids a wild elbow strike from Armstrong.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong misses with a knee strike.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Gisi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gisi missing with knees to the body.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks with his arms.
Gisi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gisi throws an elbow but misses.
Armstrong is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Armstrong tries to break the clinch but Gisi is controlling the position.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Armstrong throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with an elbow strike.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Gisi controls the action.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gisi throws an elbow that misses.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Gisi throws knees to the body.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Gisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Gisi throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gisi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Armstrong's brow.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gisi is defending well for now.
Gisi misses with a knee to the head.
Gisi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Armstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Gisi.
Gisi lands a knee to the body.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
Gisi crunches a lovely knee into Armstrong's ribcage.
Gisi is breathing heavily.
Gisi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gisi with a knee to the head.
Gisi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
Gisi landing knees to the head.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
Gisi just leaning against Armstrong, taking a breather.
Armstrong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gisi blocks an uppercut.
Armstrong landing knees to the body.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gisi missing with knees to the body.
Gisi lands an elbow inside.
Armstrong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gisi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi avoiding damage.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
Gisi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gisi prevents Armstrong from breaking the clinch.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.

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.
Armstrong is looking to control Gisi's arms but Gisi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Armstrong has his back to the cage.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gisi tries to stall but Armstrong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Gisi throws knees to the body.
Armstrong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but Gisi blocks with his arms.
Armstrong is trying to break the clinch but Gisi is controlling him.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
Gisi prevents Armstrong from breaking the clinch.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Armstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong tries to work over Gisi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boy Gisi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Armstrong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Armstrong darts in trying to clinch

and Gisi moves into the clinch.
Gisi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Gisi tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Gisi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Armstrong is looking to control Gisi's arms but Gisi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Armstrong has his back to the cage.
Gisi blocks an elbow strike from Armstrong.
Armstrong wants to stall.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong trying to stall but Gisi improves his position.
Gisi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Gisi lands a nice knee to the body.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gisi here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong avoids a wild elbow strike from Gisi.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gisi misses with a knee to the head.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gisi.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
Gisi wants to stall.
Armstrong misses with an elbow over the top.
Armstrong is looking to break free of the clinch but Gisi has double underhooks.
Gisi slowing the pace effectively.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gisi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Armstrong is defending well for now.
Armstrong lands a nice uppercut.
Armstrong pushes Gisi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gisi dodges an elbow strike from Armstrong.

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.
Armstrong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gisi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Armstrong is defending well for now.
Armstrong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Armstrong working hard to break the clinch.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Armstrong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gisi's elbow.
Gisi tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Armstrong throws a head punch that misses.
Gisi trying to land knees to the body.
Gisi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Armstrong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gisi is keeping busy.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Armstrong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong trying to control the position but instead, Gisi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Armstrong into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
Armstrong is working Gisi over against the cage.
Armstrong avoids a wild elbow strike from Gisi.
Gisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks with his arms.
Armstrong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gisis head.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gisi misses with a knee to the head.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Armstrong.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gisi leaning against his opponent.
Gisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Armstrong wants to get back to striking at distance but Gisi won't allow it.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gisi misses with a knee to the head.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gisi throws an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Armstrong looking to throw knees to the head but Gisi is blocking nicely.
Armstrong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gisi misses with an elbow over the top.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boy Gisi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Armstrong's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gisi wants to clinch up but Armstrong keeps it at a distance.
Gisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Armstrong.

Gisi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gisi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Armstrong pushes off an throws an elbow but Gisi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Gisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong is trying to break the clinch but Gisi has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
Gisi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gisi misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gisi lands a knee to the head.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Armstrong blocks an elbow strike from Gisi.

Armstrong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong wants to clinch but Gisi slips to the side

and Gisi counters by clinching up.
Armstrong misses with an elbow strike.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Armstrong is trying to stall.
Armstrong blocks the elbow strike.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but Gisi blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Armstrong throws an elbow but misses.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but Gisi blocks with his arms.
Armstrong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Armstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Gisi.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi prevents a body shot from Armstrong.
Gisi missing with knees to the body.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong stalling in the clinch but Gisi improves position.
Gisi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Armstrong throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gisi avoids a wild elbow strike from Armstrong.
Gisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gisi taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong taking a breather.
Gisi missing with knees to the body.
Armstrong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gisi trying to land knees to the body.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gisi avoiding damage as Armstrong throws knees to the body.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gisi has Armstrong pressed against the cage, preventing Armstrong from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Come on Armstrong - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gisi blocks the elbow strike.
Armstrong tries to stall but Gisi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Armstrong misses with an elbow strike.
Gisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gisi tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gisi.
Armstrong tries a knee to the head but Gisi blocks it.
Armstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Gisi.
Gisi trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Armstrong is trying to break the clinch but Gisi has him pressed against the cage.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong is trying to break the clinch but Gisi is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Armstrong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Armstrong is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gisi looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Jason Armstrong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boy Gisi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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 Boy Gisi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gisi, 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boy Gisi!