PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frances Gibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evert Bosma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bosma's choice of entrance music: Eye of the Tiger. Frances Gibbs is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gibbs
vs
Bosma

155 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frances Gibbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evert Bosma!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibbs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bosma circles away quickly and effectively.
Bosma fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gibbs avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Gibbs or perhaps it was just good defense by Bosma which made him look bad.
Bosma is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gibbs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bosma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gibbs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bosma throws a leg kick but Gibbs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gibbs tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bosma moves into the clinch.

Gibbs jumps into guard, dragging Bosma to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibbs is controlling Bosma's posture.
Gibbs working a defensive guard here.
Bosma is fighting to break Gibbs's control of his arms but Gibbs is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Frances Gibbs has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Gibbs feints and as Bosma raises his hands in defense, Gibbs changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gibbs is looking to work some ground and pound but Bosma has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs throws a big elbow that misses.
Bosma looking for a sweep. Not yet Bosma, not yet.
Bosma is looking to stand back up but Gibbs counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Bosma.
Gibbs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bosma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bosma trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosma controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gibbs passes into side control, despite Bosma's attempt to control the position.
Bosma is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gibbs wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bosma, who protects the arm well.
Bosma struggling a bit here.
Gibbs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gibbs sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bosma 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.

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

Gibbs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bosma counters with a stiff right hand.
Gibbs keeps the fight on the outside.
Bosma misses with a head kick.

Gibbs scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bosma tries to get to full guard but Gibbs has control of the leg.
Bosma wants to control but Gibbs is keeping busy.
Bosma avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gibbs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosma trying to get back to full guard but Gibbs takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
BOOM! Gibbs connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gibbs looking to finish Bosma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bosma!
Bosma is trying to escape the mount.
Gibbs lands a big shot there that rocks Bosma but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bosma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bosma is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bosma is breathing heavily.
Gibbs is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Bosma is rocked!
Gibbs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gibbs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bosma is still in real trouble! Can Gibbs finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gibbs with a couple of short strikes.
Gibbs postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Bosma badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Gibbs around the waist but Gibbs pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Gibbs is the winner by TKO! Gibbs jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frances Gibbs!
Evert Bosma spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back'.