PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between JS Giguere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ve Topmaia (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.

Giguere
vs
Topmaia

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, JS Giguere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ve Topmaia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Topmaia tries to keep at a distance but Giguere has taken the fight into the clinch.
Topmaia is working for takedown but Giguere is calmly controlling the position for now.
Topmaia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Topmaia is looking for a takedown.
Giguere stops a takedown attempt from Topmaia.
JS Giguere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ve Topmaia.
Topmaia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Giguere dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Topmaia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Giguere pulls his leg out and moves away.
Giguere shoots for a double leg takedown but Topmaia sprawls well. He's pushed Giguere's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Topmaia slaps away a takedown attempt from Giguere, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Topmaia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Giguere tries to roll over but Topmaia keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giguere knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Topmaia on the ground.
Topmaia wants to stand but Giguere has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Topmaia is working for a kimura but Giguere is defending it quite comfortably.
Topmaia tries to stand and escape but Giguere is controlling the position.

Topmaia seems to be working for a kimura but Giguere defends the submission attempt.
Topmaia wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Topmaia is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Giguere is trying to maintain the position but Topmaia is very close to passing his half guard.
Topmaia wants to stand up but Giguere is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Topmaia is looking for a kimura but Giguere is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Topmaia to get the leverage.

Topmaia wants to work for an arm triangle but Giguere is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Topmaia is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Giguere has managed to free his arm - good work.
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!
Topmaia seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giguere is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Giguere wants to control but Topmaia is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Topmaia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Topmaia wants to stand up but Giguere has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giguere is trying to stand.
Topmaia wants to stand up but Giguere has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Topmaia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Giguere doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Topmaia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giguere is looking to escape.
It looks like Topmaia is going to stand back up.
Giguere is looking to control Topmaia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Giguere avoid being mounted?

Topmaia seems to be working for a kimura but Giguere defends the submission attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giguere wants to improve his position but Topmaia is controlling well.
Topmaia wants to stand up but Giguere is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ve Topmaia 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.

Giguere shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Topmaia sprawls well. Topmaia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Giguere gets slowly back to his feet.
Giguere tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Topmaia swivels and escapes.
Giguere looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Topmaia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Giguere pinned against the cage. Giguere gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Giguere tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Topmaia swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JS Giguere. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good shot there by Giguere.
Topmaia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Topmaia misses.
Giguere displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Topmaia.
Topmaia is looking to clinch but Giguere is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giguere connects with a crisp jab.
Giguere tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Topmaia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Giguere avoids it really well and circles away.
Giguere tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Topmaia tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Giguere defends well and Topmaia ends up having to push Giguere into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Giguere escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Topmaia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Giguere manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Topmaia is breathing heavily.
Giguere wants to sweep here but Topmaia controlling him for the moment.
Giguere has a closed guard, preventing Topmaia from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giguere controls Topmaia momentarily but Topmaia frees himself.
Topmaia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ve Topmaia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Topmaia wants to stand and escape but instead Giguere has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Topmaia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giguere tries to free his leg and advance position but Topmaia is retaining full guard.

Topmaia looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Topmaia keeping moving, preventing Giguere from controlling successfully.
Giguere trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Topmaia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Giguere is aware though and is defending well.

Topmaia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Giguere gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Giguere engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Topmaia looking for subs off his back but Giguere has passed one foot through into half guard.
Giguere wants to control but Topmaia is keeping him busy.

Topmaia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giguere not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Giguere is trying to work for a kimura but Topmaia is defending well.

Topmaia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Topmaia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Topmaia pushes Giguere off looking to stand but Giguere dives back in and keeps control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Topmaia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Giguere throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ve Topmaia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Giguere's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Giguere shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Topmaia as he avoids it easily.

Topmaia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Topmaia tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

Topmaia is trying to get an arm triangle but Giguere is defending well.
Giguere is trying to control Topmaia's posture but Topmaia avoids it.
Topmaia tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Giguere is pushing Topmaia's head away, looking to escape. Topmaia manages to hold on to the position though.
Giguere can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Topmaia wants to stand but Giguere is controlling his arm.
Topmaia working away.
Topmaia wants to stand but Giguere has his arm trapped.

Topmaia is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Giguere knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Topmaia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Topmaia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Topmaia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Giguere gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Topmaia is looking for a kimura here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Giguere is defending against the submission attempts here by Topmaia.

Topmaia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Giguere defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Topmaia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Giguere defends it well.
Topmaia prevents Giguere from improving his position.

Topmaia is trying to work for a kimura but Giguere is defending well.
Giguere wants to control but Topmaia is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Topmaia is trying to work for a kimura but Giguere is defending well.
Giguere is trying to stand back up but Topmaia is controlling him
Giguere is looking to improve his position.

Topmaia is looking for a kimura but Giguere is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Topmaia to get the leverage.

Topmaia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Topmaia seems to be looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giguere tries to kick Topmaia off but Topmaia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ve Topmaia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Topmaia winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ve Topmaia!