PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Gibson

203 cm
25
264 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dean Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson throws the kick towards the body but Smith avoids it.
Gibson throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith staying out of range there.

Gibson clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters up against the cage, Gibson throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Gibson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gibson throws an elbow but misses.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to control Gibson's arms but Gibson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Gibson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gibson up against the cage.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Gibson.
Smith working aggressively here.
Gibson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gibson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Matt Smith has been cut.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the cage.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Gibson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Gibson.
Gibson pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling him.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gibson misses with an elbow strike.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the cage.
Gibson missing with knees to the body.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gibson misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
A knee to the head by Gibson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Gibson prevents a body shot from Smith.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gibson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Gibson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gibson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gibson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gibson wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
A leg kick checked by Gibson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gibson looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gibson.
Gibson tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Gibson.
Smith tried to score with a low kick but Gibson checks it.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gibson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gibson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gibson moves into the clinch.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Gibson.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gibson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Gibson.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Gibson lands a nice elbow.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Gibson lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gibson.
Gibson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gibson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Gibson pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gibson.
Dean Gibson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gibson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Gibson throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the cage.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gibson misses with a knee to the head.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Smith misses with some punches.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Gibson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Gibson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gibson misses with a straight right.
Gibson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith throws a leg kick but Gibson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gibson swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.

Gibson closes the distance and clinches.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gibson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gibson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Gibson.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
A knee to the head by Gibson.
Matt Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Gibson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Gibson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gibson looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson working Smith over with knees to the body.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Smith avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gibson lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Gibson pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith is trying to maintain a safe position but Gibson gets an underhook and turns Smith into the cage.
Gibson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gibson throws an elbow that misses.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Gibson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gibson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Dean Gibson!

Dean Gibson wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Dean Gibson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.