PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Basic Three (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Gunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Gunter struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Three
vs
Gunter

170 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basic Three!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Gunter!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunter feints and as Three raises his hands in defense, Gunter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gunter is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Gunter postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Three is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gunter, into his guard.
Three wants to control from the top but Gunter keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Three stops Gunter from standing up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gunter throws a series of punches but Three avoids them all with ease.
Three doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunter circles away.
Three tries to clinch but Gunter is having none of it.

Gunter throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Three tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gunter is in Three's guard.
Three wants to sweep but no luck.
Three lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gunter!
Three sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Three throws a strike there. Gunter manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Three throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Three wants to pass the guard but Gunter is defending well.
Three is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Three looks to land a strike but Gunter avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Three trying to control but Gunter is working from the bottom.
Gunter wants to sweep but no luck.
Gunter looks gassed!
Three wants to pass the guard but Gunter is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Basic Three.
Gunter misses with a lunging right hand
and Three counters with a series of strikes. Gunter will be more careful next time no doubt.

Gunter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Three is trying to control but can't.
Three works his way to full guard. Good work.
Three bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gunter's guard.
Three trying to control but Gunter is working from the bottom.
Gunter wants to control but Three passes easily into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basic Three dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Three misses with the combination.

Gunter scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Three wants to get back to full guard.
Three works his way to full guard. Good work.
Three controls Gunter momentarily but Gunter frees himself.
Gunter stays in close to Three's body and controls the position.
Gunter trying to control but Three is working from the bottom.
Gunter is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gunter wants to get up but he can't break Three's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Three is trying to control the position but Gunter postures up.
Three 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up. James Gunter was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Gunter feints and as Three raises his hands in defense, Gunter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Three lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gunter!
Three thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Three misses with a head shot.
Three throwing strikes here but Gunter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Three jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gunter manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Three throws a strike aimed at the side of Gunter's head but Gunter avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Three crashes against the mat.
Three throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gunter avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Three.
Gunter prevents Three from improving position.
Three sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gunter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Three working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Three wants to control but Gunter is keeping him busy.
Three sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gunter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basic Three dominated that second round.
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!

Gunter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Three was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunter.
Gunter wants to clinch up but Three keeps it at a distance.

Gunter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gunter's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Three is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Basic Three overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Three wants to sweep but no luck.
Three is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gunter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Three doesn't seem bothered though.
Three tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Gunter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunter preventing the sweep.

Three is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Gunter gets to his feet - Three follows without any prompting.
Gunter throws a body punch but Three moves out of range.
Gunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Three moves in looking to clinch but Gunter pushes him off.
Basic Three is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Three misses with the combination.
Three tries to clinch but Gunter moves out of range.
Three is looking to clinch.
James Gunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Three misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Basic Three is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Three, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunter cracks Three with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gunter misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Three. Those never looked like landing.
Gunter fails with the takedown.
Three moves in looking to clinch but Gunter pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Three. Those never looked like landing.

Three rushes Gunter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gunter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Three misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunter is trying to break free.
Three is pressed up against the cage. Gunter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Three down to the mat. Three avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Three is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Three tries to clinch up.
Three fails with an attempt to clinch.

A jab-cross combination lands for Three and sends Gunter crashing to the mat! Three follows him down to the mat - Gunter regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like James Gunter has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Three not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Three throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Three is trying to control the action in half guard but Gunter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

We're going to have a standup here because Basic Three wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Three misses with a few strikes there.
Three misses with a series of wild punches.
Three stuffs the takedown attempt from Gunter. Gunter gets slowly back to his feet.
Basic Three has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Gunter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Three.
Basic Three is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Three works over Gunter's head and body with a nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Basic Three showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Three 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Basic Three!
Basic Three decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.