PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Gil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Renfro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin Renfro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gil
vs
Renfro

180 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Global Empire MMA Gear

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isaac Gil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Renfro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renfro throws a right hand that misses

and Gil holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Renfro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gil comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Justin Renfro has been cut.
Renfro avoiding damage as Gil throws knees to the body.
Gil trying to land knees to the body.
Gil landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gil lands an elbow inside that Renfro shrugs off.
Renfro can't find room to land a body shot as Gil controls the action.
Renfro throws a head punch that misses.
Renfro lands a nice shot to the body.
Renfro tries to throw a body punch but Gil avoids it by throwing Renfro back against the cage.
Renfro has had enough of the clinch but Gil keeps him there for the moment.
Renfro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Renfro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gil gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gil lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Renfro struggles to land a body shot inside as Gil controls his hands.
Renfro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Renfro has a couple of punches blocked by Gil.
Renfro tries for a takedown but Gil manages to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.
Renfro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gil's elbow.
Renfro is looking for a takedown.
Isaac Gil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Renfro.
Renfro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gil missing with knees to the body.
Renfro tries a body shot but Gil blocks it.
Gil keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Renfro's efforts to push away.
Renfro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gil lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Justin Renfro's cut even more.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
Renfro goes for a takedown attempt but Gil pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Renfro looks gassed!
Renfro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Renfro jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renfro misses with a straight right.
Renfro throws a series of punches but Gil avoids them all with ease.
Gil moves in looking to clinch but Renfro pushes him off.
Gil fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Renfro throws a poor cross that misses

and Gil moves into the clinch.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gil obliges.
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section. Renfro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gil obliges.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gil connects with a nasty looking knee right to Renfro's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Renfro is defending well for now.
Gil lands a damaging elbow.
Renfro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Renfro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gil tries to land knees in the clinch but Renfro avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gil is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gil lands a knee to the head.

The cut above Justin Renfro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gil putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Renfro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Gil is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Renfro avoiding damage as Gil throws knees to the body.
Renfro managing to block the knees to the body from Gil.
Knees to the body from Gil.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gil scores a nice knee to the body.
Gil gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Renfro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.
Renfro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gil lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.
Renfro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gil scores a nice knee to the body.
Gil tries to land knees in the clinch but Renfro avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isaac Gil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Renfro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gil gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gil missing with knees to the body.
Renfro struggles to land a body shot inside as Gil controls his hands.
Gil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gil scores with a knee to the head.
Gil lands an elbow inside.
Gil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gil connects with a knee to the head.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section. Renfro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Renfro takes an elbow to the temple.
Gil lands a knee to the body.
Gil creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Renfro's defenses.

Justin Renfro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Renfro is breathing heavily.
Gil trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gil landing knees to the body.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section. Renfro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gil scores with a knee to the head.
Gil lands a nice knee to the body.
Gil connects with a nasty looking knee right to Renfro's face.
Gil trying to land knees to the body.
Gil lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Renfro misses with the head strike.
Gil is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Renfro avoiding damage as Gil throws knees to the body.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gil lands a nice knee to the body.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gil obliges.
Gil tries to land knees in the clinch but Renfro avoids the damage to the body.
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
Renfro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.
Renfro takes an elbow to the temple.
A short body shot lands from Renfro as the two fighters clinch.
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.
Gil lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gil throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Renfro blocks it with crossed arms.
Gil looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Renfro tries a body shot but Gil blocks it.
Gil prevents a body shot from Renfro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Renfro avoids it.
Renfro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Renfro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Renfro is trying to break the clinch but Gil is controlling him.
Gil lands a nice knee to the body.
Gil scores a nice knee to the body.
Gil with a knee to the head.
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Renfro is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Renfro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gil's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Renfro.

Renfro manages to break the clinch.
Gil wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gil tries to clinch there but Renfro circles away.
Gil is looking to clinch.
Gil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gil looks to clinch
and Renfro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Renfro misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Renfro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gil.
Renfro throws a series of punches but Gil moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isaac Gil dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justin Renfro's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Renfro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renfro.
Justin Renfro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renfro misses with an uppercut.
Renfro tries to bum rush Gil with a series of wild strikes but Gil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Renfro looks for a takedown but Gil sprawls well.
Gil slips a jab from Renfro.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gil tries to clinch but Renfro moves away
and Renfro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Renfro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gil tries to clinch up but Renfro circles away and keeps his distance.
Gil tries to clinch but Renfro is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gil tries to clinch but Renfro is having none of it.
Gil blocks a jab.
Gil tries to close the distance and clinch up but Renfro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gil tries to clinch but Renfro moves out of range.
Renfro has a takedown stuffed.
Gil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Renfro.
Isaac Gil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gil darts in and clinches Renfro up against the cage.
Renfro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Renfro avoids it.
Gil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Renfro is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renfro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Renfro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gil crunches a lovely knee into Renfro's ribcage.
Gil landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gil.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Renfro won't want to take too many of those.
Gil landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Renfro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Renfro can do to turn this around?
Gil is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gil creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Renfro's defenses.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gil connects with a knee to the head.
Isaac Gil has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renfro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Renfro is looking to break free of the clinch but Gil has double underhooks.
Gil with a knee to the head.
Renfro misses with a punch on the inside.
Gil working Renfro over with knees to the body.
Gil lands with a right to the head.
Gil landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Renfro is looking to control Gil's arms but Gil gets an underhook and turns him. Now Renfro has his back to the cage.
Gil lands a knee to the body.
Gil tries to land knees in the clinch but Renfro avoids the damage to the body.
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section. Renfro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gil keeps control of Renfro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gil obliges.
Renfro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Renfro avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renfro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Renfro managing to block the knees to the body from Gil.
Renfro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Renfro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Renfro avoids it.
Renfro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gil's elbow.
Gil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Renfro is defending well for now.
Justin Renfro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Renfro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Renfro is trying to break the clinch but Gil has him pressed against the cage.
Renfro swings wildly with an uppercut but Gil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gil is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Isaac Gil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Renfro.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gil unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gil lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Isaac Gil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Renfro looking to slow down the pace here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Isaac Gil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gil 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isaac Gil!