PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johan Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Giles
vs
Bradley

185 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Bradley!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley moves away from the strike by Giles.
Giles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giles misses with the combination.
Bradley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bradley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giles has a takedown stuffed.
Bradley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giles.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Giles.
Some bone on bone action there as Bradley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Giles connects with a looping right hand.
Giles throws a big shot that misses.

Bradley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bradley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giles keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Giles is not content to let Bradley control the position.
Bradley taking a breather here.
Bradley wants to control but Giles is keeping him busy.
Giles is looking to regain half guard here but Bradley keeps moving and retains side control.

Bradley decides to stand back up. Bradley steps back and let's Giles get back to his feet.
Giles swings away with a body shot that misses

and Bradley counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Giles's guard now.
Giles looking for a sweep. Not yet Giles, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles is working hard here to advance position.
Giles trying to control the position.
Bradley won't allow Giles to sweep him here.
Giles looking to control.
Bradley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Giles keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Giles throws a series of punches but Bradley moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles shoots for a double leg takedown but Bradley sprawls well. He's pushed Giles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Giles scores with a body shot.
Giles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Giles blocks a head kick by Bradley.
Bradley is looking to clinch but Giles is avoiding it.
Giles throws a hook but Bradley blocks it.
Bradley throws a one two combo.
Bradley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giles misses with a takedown attempt
and Bradley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Giles is breathing heavily.
Giles shoots and misses

and Bradley counters with a shoot takedown. Giles fights it but they end up in guard.
Bradley stays in close to Giles's body and controls the position.
Bradley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bradley preventing the sweep.
Bradley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bradley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Giles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bradley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Giles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Giles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bradley?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradley is desperately trying to improve his position but Giles has a good base and remains in mount.
Giles lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bradley dominated that round.
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.

Bradley misses with a head kick.
Giles gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bradley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Bradley ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bradley no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Giles scoring with punches to the head and body.
Giles trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bradley holds on and takes a little breather.
Giles throws and elbow that misses. Bradley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Giles's guard. Nice move by Bradley!
Bradley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Giles striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Giles wants to sweep but no luck.
Bradley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Giles controls Bradley momentarily but Bradley frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Giles manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Giles wants to pass the guard but Bradley is keeping the position.
Giles trying to control but Bradley is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giles is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bradley is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bradley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bradley checks the leg kick.
Giles fails with a takedown attempt.
Bradley moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two 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.
Giles misses with a jab to the body

and Bradley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bradley prevents Giles from improving his position.
Giles throws a strike from the bottom but Bradley passes into side control!
Bradley is staying tight to Giles's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Bradley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
John Bradley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bradley cracks Giles with a big elbow.
Giles taking a bit of punishment here - Bradley scoring with strikes.
Giles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bradley cracks Giles with a big right hand but Giles just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bradley lands a few punches from side control.
Bradley controls the position.
Giles tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Bradley easily slips into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Giles is looking to improve his position but Bradley isn't that keen on the idea.
Bradley controlling from mount.
Bradley with the ground and pound from mount.
Giles is working to get back to half guard.
Bradley controlling his opponent.
Bradley looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bradley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Giles is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Bradley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bradley lands a big elbow.
Bradley content just to control the position here.
Bradley working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bradley with shots to the head and body - Giles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Giles is looking to improve his position but Bradley isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bradley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bradley throws a head kick that misses.
Giles fails to land the takedown.
A big left from Giles misses.
Giles fails with the takedown
and Bradley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Giles shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Giles tries to free his leg and advance position but Bradley is retaining full guard.
Bradley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bradley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Bradley has his feet on Giles's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Giles misses with an uppercut
and Bradley counters with a two punch combo.
Giles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bradley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bradley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bradley looks for the body kick but Giles saw that one coming.
Bradley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley tries to clinch up but Giles circles away and keeps his distance.
Bradley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giles.
Giles has his takedown stuffed
enabling Bradley to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Giles.
Giles misses with a right hand

and Bradley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bradley.
Bradley wants to get back to striking at distance but Giles won't allow it.

Giles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giles throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Giles tries for a takedown but Bradley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bradley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johan Giles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bradley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Giles throws a hook but Bradley blocks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bradley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Giles throws a head kick that misses.
Giles tries to clinch but Bradley moves away

and Bradley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles fails to pull guard.
Giles wants to get back to striking at distance but Bradley won't allow it.
Bradley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Giless head.
Bradley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Giles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Giles misses with a hook.
Bradley wants to clinch but Giles slips to the side

and Giles counters with a single leg into guard. Bradley didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giles trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bradley is on top in guard.
Bradley postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bradley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Giles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Giles has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bradley has passed into side control.
Giles is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bradley scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Giles tries to buck Bradley off but Bradley is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Bradley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giles tries to clinch up but Bradley circles away and keeps his distance.
Giles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bradley fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Bradley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Giles misses with a hook

and Bradley moves into the clinch.
Bradley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Giles.
Bradley slows down the pace here.

Bradley gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Giles keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bradley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Giles trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bradley stopping the sweep attempt from Giles.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Giles keeps moving.
Giles is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Giles striking off his back but it's not causing Bradley any problems.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Giles tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bradley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johan Giles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bradley manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradley is looking to clinch.
Giles scores with a decent looking hook.
Giles misses with a looping left.
Giles looks for a takedown but Bradley sprawls well.
Bradley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giles.

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 Johan Giles.
I think Bradley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight for John Bradley!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for John Bradley!
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for John Bradley!

John Bradley wins by unanimous decision!