PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Guillard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Nimmaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guillard
vs
Nimmaki

176 cm
23
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Guillard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juha Nimmaki!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nimmaki darts in looking for a takedown but Guillard gets double underhooks and turns Nimmaki into the cage.
Guillard keeps control of Nimmaki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Nimmaki pulls guard successfully.
Guillard looking to pass the guard.
Nimmaki is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Guillard wants to stand and escape but instead Nimmaki has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Guillard wants to control the position but Nimmaki says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Nimmaki blocks the strikes from Guillard.
Ground and pound from Nimmaki.
Guillard wants to control but Nimmaki is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nimmaki wants to free his trapped foot but Guillard is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Guillard is looking to improve his position.
Guillard trying to control here.

Nimmaki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Guillard defends it well.
Guillard wants to control but Nimmaki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Guillard is looking to improve his position.
Guillard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Guillard tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillard is refusing to be controlled, as Nimmaki sits in half guard.
Nimmaki works his way into full mount!
Nimmaki prevents Guillard from getting the reversal.
Nimmaki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Guillard tries to lock up and control but Nimmaki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimmaki blocks Guillard's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Guillard tries to hold on but Nimmaki postures up.
Nimmaki throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Guillard tries to hold on but Nimmaki pushes him away.
Nimmaki landing strikes from the mount and Guillard is in trouble!
Guillard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nimmaki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Guillard is desperately trying to improve his position but Nimmaki has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nimmaki avoids the attempt from Guillard to control.
Nimmaki looking to ground and pound but Guillard is blocking nicely.
Guillard tries to hold on but Nimmaki pushes him away.
Nimmaki unloading with bombs!
Nimmaki content just to control the position here.
Guillard tries to improve his position but instead Nimmaki has taken his back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nimmaki is not going to allow Guillard to sit and survive in this position.
A lull in the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juha Nimmaki 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.

Guillard throws the kick towards the body but Nimmaki avoids it.
Nimmaki throws a looping overhand right but Guillard ducks down to avoid it.
Guillard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nimmaki shoots and misses

and Guillard counters by moving into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Guillard.

Nimmaki decides to pull guard.
Guillard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Guillard passes into half guard.
Guillard wants to pass to mount but Nimmaki is defending the position.
Guillard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nimmaki keeps working.

Nimmaki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillard frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Guillard looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nimmaki tries to lock up and control but Guillard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nimmaki is squirming around, avoiding Guillard's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillard controlling the position easily from mount.
Nimmaki really wants to buck Guillard off and get back to his feet.
Guillard wants to get back to his feet but Nimmaki is holding on tight.
Guillard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nimmaki tries to lock up and control but Guillard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Guillard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nimmaki on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillard looking to control but Nimmaki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nimmaki tries to hold on but Guillard pushes him away.
Guillard wants to stand but Nimmaki is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Nimmaki tries to hold on but Guillard pushes him away.
Kevin Guillard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nimmaki is squirming around, avoiding Guillard's attempts to control the action.
Nimmaki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Guillard with the ground and pound from mount.

Guillard wants to finish this one by submission but Nimmaki is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Guillard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nimmaki gets back to half guard.
Nimmaki is trying to control but can't.
Nimmaki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Guillard wants to stand but Nimmaki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Guillard won't allow Nimmaki to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nimmaki trying to keep a closed guard but Guillard is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Guillard dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nimmaki tries to clinch up but Guillard circles away and keeps his distance.
Guillard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nimmaki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Guillard tries a head kick but it misses.
Guillard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guillard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guillard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Guillard shoots in looking for a takedown but Nimmaki manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Guillard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nimmaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Guillard.

Guillard has managed to clinch.
Nimmaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Guillard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Guillard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nimmaki jumps guard and drags Guillard to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nimmaki trying to keep a closed guard but Guillard is proving a slippery customer.
Guillard trying to control the position from guard on top but Nimmaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guillard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nimmaki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guillard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Kevin Guillard wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Guillard clinches.
Guillard tries to pull guard but Nimmaki forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nimmaki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nimmaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimmaki is trying to force a seperation but Guillard has the dominant position.
Nimmaki managing to block the knees to the body from Guillard.
Guillard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nimmaki working hard to break the clinch.

Nimmaki pulls guard successfully.
Guillard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nimmaki keeping full guard, as Guillard tries to pass.

Nimmaki uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Guillard.
Nimmaki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Guillard.
Nimmaki misses with a takedown attempt

and Guillard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kevin Guillard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Nimmaki.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guillard tries to free his leg and advance position but Nimmaki is retaining full guard.
Nimmaki working a defensive guard but Guillard passes into half guard.
Guillard prevents Nimmaki from standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Guillard looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nimmaki wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Guillard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Guillard 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 Damien Edna scores the fight for Kevin Guillard!
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Kevin Guillard!
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight for Kevin Guillard!

Kevin Guillard wins by unanimous decision!