PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Trent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Becker comes to the cage accompanied by 2nd Sucks- A Day to Remember. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Becker
vs
Trent

180 cm
27
160 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

150 cm
22
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ZyD

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Becker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Trent!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trent slips a straight right by Becker.
Trent throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Becker to counter with a crisp jab.
Trent misses the body punch
and Becker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trent swings for the body but Becker moves out of range.
Becker lands a body shot.
Trent scores with a body shot.
Becker digs a good hook to Trent's body.
Trent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trent swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Becker counter with a right hand.
Trent gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Becker counters with a body kick.
Becker looks to land a left hand but Trent moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trent stuffs the takedown.
Becker misses with a shot to the body
and Trent cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trent throws a right hand that misses
and Becker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Becker swings for the body but Trent moves out of range.
Donk. Becker catches Trent right on the button with a cross.
Trent swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trent takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Becker throws an off balance right hand
and Trent counters with a stiff right hand.
Trent tries for a takedown but Becker circles away easily
and Becker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Trent looks gassed!
Trent has his takedown stuffed
and Becker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gabriel Becker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Trent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trent misses with a lunging right hand
and Becker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Trent shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Becker counters with a nice uppercut.
Trent throws a predictable looking body shot
and Becker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trent throws an off balance right hand
and Becker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trent's knee momentarily.
Becker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Trent eats them both and turns towards Becker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Becker throws a big shot that misses.
Trent takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Trent throws a lazy uppercut
and Becker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Trent takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Becker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Trent takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trent throws an off balance right hand
and Becker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trent fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trent misses with a shot to the body
and Becker counters with a right hand to the body.
Trent moves forwards but Becker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Becker misses with a head kick.
Becker lands a jab to the head.
Trent dodges the punch combination from Becker.
Becker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trent throws a right hand that misses
and Becker counters with a straight right hand.
Becker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trent's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trent misses with a jab to the body
and Becker counters with a nice body shot.
Trent is trying desperately to land a takedown but Becker is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Trent.
Becker thumps Trent with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Becker.
Trent throws a predictable looking body shot
and Becker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Becker feints and then cracks Trent's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trent down.
Trent has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trent there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Becker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A lazy left from Becker finds it's target.
Trent rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Becker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Becker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Trent misses with a jab to the body
and Becker counters with a nice uppercut.
Becker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Becker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Becker thows a body shot but no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Trent might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Becker has got the better of the exchanges.
Trent throws a predictable looking body shot
and Becker counters with a left and a right that stings Trent.
Becker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trent can do to turn this around?
Trent is breathing heavily.
Trent misses with a body punch
and Trent takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trent has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Becker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trent manages to avoid it.
Becker misses with an uppercut. Trent saw that one coming.
Trent is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Becker rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Becker misses the jab.
Becker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Trent misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Becker counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Trent misses
and Becker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trent misses with a right hand
and Becker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trent misses with a shot to the body
enabling Becker to counter with a crisp jab.
Trent swings away with a body shot that misses

and Becker counters with a single leg into guard. Trent didn't expect that.
Becker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Trent had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Becker defends it easily.
Becker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Becker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Becker wants to control from the top but Trent keeps moving.
Becker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Trent utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Trent has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Becker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Trent is proving hard to escape from.
Trent has momentary wrist control but Becker slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Becker won't allow Trent to sweep him here.
Becker landing some decent shots from guard.

Trent working for a triangle but Becker defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Becker sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Trent's guard.
Trent slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Trent being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Becker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Becker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Becker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Becker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Trent looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Becker wants to pass the guard but Trent is keeping the position.
Becker postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Becker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Becker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Becker dominated that second round.
That's time! Becker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Becker connects with the punch.
Becker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gabriel Becker is winning the standup battle so far.
Trent misses with a left hand
and Becker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trent looks to throw the jab but Becker is out of range.
Trent misses with a jab to the body
letting Becker counter with a right hand.
Trent misses with a left hand
enabling Becker to counter with a crisp jab.
Becker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trent misses the body punch
and Becker counters with a nice body shot.
Trent takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot to the body from Trent misses

and Becker counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Becker passes Trent's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trent tries to get to full guard but Becker has control of the leg.
Trent taking some punishment here, with Becker in his half guard.
Becker prevents Trent from improving his position.
Trent keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Becker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trent defending well though.
Becker lands with a punch from half guard.
Trent is trying to get back to full guard.
Becker throwing shots but Trent is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Trent avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Becker.
Trent wants to control but Becker is keeping busy.
Mark Trent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Becker lands with a punch from half guard.
Becker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trent does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Becker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Becker tries to pass to full mount but Trent defends it.
Becker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Becker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Becker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trent is looking to improve his position.
Becker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Trent on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Becker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Becker trying to pass the guard but Trent defending well.
Becker is trying to control the action in half guard but Trent is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Trent is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Becker is looking to take a break and control but Trent is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Becker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Becker lands a nice short elbow.
Trent tries to roll over but Becker keeps him under control.
Becker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trent's head.
Trent on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Becker working over Trent with some ground and pound. Trent looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Trent is looking for a sweep. Becker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Trent avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Becker.
Becker throwing shots but Trent is blocking nicely.
Becker tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Becker thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Trent to regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Becker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Becker 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Becker!