PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hutch Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruens has chosen River Below as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gibson
vs
Bruens

185 cm
29
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

168 cm
29
185 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Rōnin

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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hutch Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bruens!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruens attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gibson defending well as Bruens loads up on a big left hand.
Gibson slaps away a takedown attempt from Bruens, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Gibson clinches up with Bruens and pushes him back against the cage.
Bruens wants a takedown.
Gibson holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Bruens has hold of one of Gibson's legs. Gibson is fighting the takedown attempt but Bruens gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bruens trying to control but Gibson is working from the bottom.
Bruens stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gibson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bruens stands and throws Gibson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gibson's legs.
Bruens wants to control but Gibson is keeping him busy.
Gibson regains half guard, as Bruens was trying to land strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens working the head and body with strikes.
Bruens prevents Gibson from standing back up.
Bruens thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gibson's head.
Bruens stalling away here and it's allowed Gibson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gibson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens is standing up over Gibson. Gibson looks to escape but Bruens dives into side control.
Gibson defending against the ground and pound.
Gibson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Bruens has just dragged him back down to the mat.
An elbow from Bruens crashes against the mat.
Bruens working the ground and pound but Gibson is defending the strikes.
Bruens trying to control the position but Gibson is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruens with the ground and pound but Gibson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bruens frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bruens throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruens sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bruens lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gibson moves into the clinch.
Gibson tries to stall but Bruens uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gibson stops a takedown attempt from Bruens.
Gibson just leaning against Bruens, taking a breather.
Bruens misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Gibson.
Gibson lands an elbow that stopped Bruens in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Paul Bruens has been cut.
Bruens struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
Gibson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bruens blocks an elbow strike.
Bruens drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gibson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bruens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bruens.
Bruens lands with a kick to the temple. Gibson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gibson tries a low kick but Bruens avoids it.
Gibson doesn't manage to clinch there - Bruens circles away.
Bruens thows a body shot but no joy.
Gibson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheers as Gibson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bruens doesn't seem phased though.
Bruens does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gibson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gibson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gibson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruens keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gibson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gibson tries to clinch up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gibson was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruens.
Gibson lands a jab.
Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bruens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gibson lands with an overhand left.
Bruens cracks Gibson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gibson is looking to clinch but Bruens is avoiding it.
Gibson leaves Bruens with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hutch Gibson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Bruens.
Gibson connects with a solid leg kick.
Hutch Gibson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens misses with a wild body shot.
Bruens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch but Bruens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gibson tries to clinch up but Bruens circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruens doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bruens is breathing heavily.
Gibson throws a leg kick
letting Bruens counter with a right hand.
Gibson tries to clinch up.
Gibson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruens was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibson.
Gibson connects with a leg kick. Bruens looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hutch Gibson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson lands with a right hand.
Gibson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bruens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bruens crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gibson - the referee stops the clock and Bruens gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gibson. Bruens manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gibson lands a really nice looking cross but Bruens seems unphased.
Gibson just misses with a punch to the body.

Gibson forces Bruens back against the cage and clinches.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bruens avoids it.
Gibson taking a breather.
Bruens taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bruens avoids it.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bruens avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gibson prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hutch Gibson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bruens'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. This is the final round!

Gibson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruens.
Bruens uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gibson has time to react.

Gibson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruens pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gibson is keeping the position for now.
Bruens trying to control the position from guard on top but Gibson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bruens trying to move into half guard but instead Gibson has managed to sweep!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens keeping moving, preventing Gibson from controlling successfully.
Bruens has a closed guard, preventing Gibson from standing up.
Bruens tries to strike from the bottom.
Bruens controls Gibson momentarily but Gibson frees himself.
Gibson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bruens has Gibson pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bruens tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gibson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruens was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibson.
Hutch Gibson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice sprawl there from Gibson as Bruens shoots in.
Bruens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson connects with a solid leg kick.
Gibson throws a jab when Bruens was well out of range.
Gibson avoids the body shot from Bruens.
Bruens misses with a straight left.

Gibson moves into the clinch.
Bruens stalling the fight.
Gibson avoiding damage.
Gibson seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bruens avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Bruens is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson avoiding damage.
Bruens has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Gibson after a bit of a struggle.
Bruens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gibson smiles and moves away.
Hutch Gibson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Bruens.

Gibson closes the distance and clinches.
Gibson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Bruens avoids the damage to the body.

Bruens works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Gibson wants to sweep here but Bruens controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gibson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bruens.
Bruens looking to sit in guard and control but Gibson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bruens controls Gibson momentarily but Gibson frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gibson gets to his feet - Bruens follows without any prompting.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Bruens.
I think Bruens 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Bruens!