PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jefferey Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lloyd comes to the cage accompanied by Meniac by Michael Sembello. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lloyd
vs
Gump

188 cm
21
212 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Lloyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jefferey Gump!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyd throws a looping overhand right but Gump ducks down to avoid it.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.
Gump avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gump moves away from the strike by Lloyd.
Lloyd punishes Gump's body with a nice straight punch.
Lloyd throws a hook but Gump avoids it easily.
Gump takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lloyd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gump was well out of range. Poor timing from Lloyd.
Lloyd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, jab by Lloyd - just one landing.
Lloyd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lloyd thows a body shot but no joy.
Lloyd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gump's hands.
Lloyd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lloyd lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gump.
Gump slips a straight right by Lloyd.
Lloyd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gump moves away.
Lloyd misses with a hook. Gump ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Lloyd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gump lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lloyd at a distance.
Lloyd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gump manages to avoid it.
Lloyd misses with a jab to the body
and Gump counters with a series of strikes. Lloyd will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lloyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lloyd just misses with a punch to the body.
Gump throws a lazy right hand but Lloyd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lloyd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gump lands with a right hand.
Gump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lloyd circles away quickly and effectively.
Lloyd swings for the body but Gump moves out of range.
Lloyd throws a shot from downtown. Gump moves away and avoids it.
Lloyd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gump throws a low kick, looking for Lloyd's leg but Lloyd calmly moves out of range.
Lloyd throws a hook but Gump avoids it easily.
Gump avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gump thows a body shot but no joy.
Gump avoids the body shot from Lloyd.
Lloyd slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Lloyd.
Lloyd takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lloyd swinging wildly here.
Lloyd lands a head shot.
Gump throws a series of punches but Lloyd moves out of range.
Lloyd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lloyd misses with the combination.
Lloyd lands with a good body shot.
Gump needs to keep his hands up - Lloyd had a free shot at his head there.
Gump on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lloyd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump dodges the punch combination from Lloyd.
Lloyd moves forwards but Gump connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mike Lloyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gump takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lloyd.
Lloyd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gump.
Lloyd loads up on a big right hand but Gump slips the punch.
Lloyd cracks Gump with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lloyd lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gump uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a body punch but Gump moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lloyd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lloyd 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.

Lloyd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lloyd darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lloyd is looking to wear down Gump with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lloyd misses with a looping left.
Lloyd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gump avoids the body shot from Lloyd.
A big right from Lloyd misses.
Gump keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lloyd.
Lloyd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gump takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mike Lloyd is winning the standup battle so far.
Gump moves out of range of the strikes.
Lloyd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gump scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lloyd circles away quickly and effectively.
Gump avoids the body shot from Lloyd.
Lloyd misses with a series of wild punches.
Gump misses with a two punch combination.
Gump throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lloyd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gump.
Lloyd misses with a double jab
and Gump counters with a three punch combo that has Lloyd backing up. Lloyd nods at Gump to acknowledge the strikes.
Lloyd slips a jab and a cross from Gump.
Lloyd clobbers Gump with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gump moves out of range as Lloyd strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd cracks Gump with a good jab.
A slow jab from Lloyd misses its intended target.
Gump avoids the body shot from Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a combination that misses
and Gump counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gump takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gump dodges the punch combination from Lloyd.
Gump takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gump misses with a wild combination.
Lloyd lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gump backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Lloyd does no damage.
Lloyd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gump.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut. Gump saw that one coming.
Lloyd lands a body shot.
Lloyd scores with a sloppy right hand. Gump should have avoided that one.
Lloyd moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lloyd misses with a few strikes there.
Gump throws out a loose jab but Lloyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lloyd throws a hook but Gump avoids it easily.
Lloyd shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gump eats them both and turns towards Lloyd to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lloyd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gump can do to turn this around?
Lloyd rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gump counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jefferey Gump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gump tries to land a leg kick but Lloyd saw it coming and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lloyd slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lloyd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gump defending well as Lloyd loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Lloyd misses.
Gump misses with a series of wild punches.
Lloyd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lloyd misses with a series of wild punches.
Gump looks to land a combination but Lloyd avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lloyd dominated that second round.
That's time! Lloyd's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Lloyd throws a hook but Gump blocks it.
Gump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lloyd misses with a double jab
and Gump counters with a three punch combo that has Lloyd backing up. Lloyd nods at Gump to acknowledge the strikes.
Gump pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lloyd throws a right hand that Gump ducks under and follows up with a left that Gump also avoids with ease.
Gump throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lloyd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lloyd throws an overhand right that lands on Gump's shoulder, as Gump tries to avoid the shot.
Lloyd thows a body shot but no joy.
Lloyd scores with a decent looking hook.
Gump on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lloyd. Lloyd obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lloyd throws a hook but Gump blocks it.
Gump on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lloyd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gump's calf.
A nice combination there by Lloyd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lloyd. Gump does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gump misses with a double jab.
Gump swings for the body but Lloyd moves out of range.
Lloyd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lloyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gump.
A punch combination from Lloyd misses.
Gump has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd cracks Gump with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lloyd misses the jab.
Lloyd throws a sloppy head kick and Gump moves out of range easily.
Lloyd lands a leg kick that knocks Gump off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gump looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice straight punches there by Lloyd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lloyd.
Gump walks into a stiff left hand from Lloyd.
Lloyd misses with a series of wild punches.
Lloyd just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice combination there by Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd misses with a hook.
Gump takes one to the chin there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gump might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lloyd has got the better of the exchanges.
Gump rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lloyd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lloyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lloyd scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gump doesn't seem bothered though.
Jefferey Gump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Lloyd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gump throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lloyd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lloyd throws a good cross that connects.
Lloyd missing with a left hand there. Gump was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd misses with a wild body shot.
Lloyd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gump throws out the jab.
Gump throws an overhand right that lands on Lloyd's shoulder, as Lloyd tries to avoid the shot.
Gump throws a series of punches but Lloyd avoids them all with ease.
Lloyd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lloyd lands with a right hand.
Gump looks to land a combination but Lloyd avoids it well.
Lloyd throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gump on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lloyd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gump.
Donk. Lloyd catches Gump right on the button with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Lloyd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Lloyd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lloyd 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lloyd!
After the big win, Mike Lloyd made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fury Nutrition Inc. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.