PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bray Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Degen Gambloor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wyatt
vs
Gambloor

185 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bray Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Degen Gambloor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gambloor looks to land a combination but Wyatt avoids it well.
Wyatt just misses with a punch to the body.
Wyatt throws a low kick but Gambloor moves out of range easily.
Gambloor lands with a slapping head kick.
Gambloor misses with a body shot.
Gambloor throws a leg kick but Wyatt moved away.
Wyatt appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wyatt throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wyatt.
Gambloor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gambloor misses with a lunging right hand
and Wyatt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambloor misses with a shot to the body
and Wyatt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gambloor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wyatt.
Wyatt missing with a left hand there. Gambloor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wyatt missing with a left hand there. Gambloor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gambloor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wyatt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gambloor misses with an uppercut.
Wyatt half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambloor tries to clinch there but Wyatt circles away.
Wyatt scores with the left hand. Gambloor knows he should have avoided that one.
Gambloor misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Wyatt counter with a right hand.
Wyatt throws a leg kick that misses.
Wyatt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wyatt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wyatt lands a high kick!

Gambloor rushes Wyatt and presses him up against the cage.
Gambloor can't find room to land a body shot as Wyatt controls the action.
Gambloor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Wyatt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wyatt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A swing and a miss from Gambloor.
Wyatt scores with a shot to the body.

Gambloor takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of stalling here from Gambloor.

Wyatt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Degen Gambloor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wyatt.
Wyatt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gambloor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wyatt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gambloor throws a body kick that misses.
Wyatt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gambloor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wyatt. Wyatt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wyatt.
Wyatt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wyatt ducks right into an uppercut from Gambloor.

Gambloor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wyatt, pushing him back against the cage.
Gambloor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Wyatt breaks the clinch.
Wyatt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wyatt throws the left hand but Gambloor avoids the punch easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wyatt.
Gambloor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wyatt. Wyatt obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gambloor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gambloor scores with a hook.
Gambloor throws the left hand but Wyatt avoids the punch easily.
Wyatt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wyatt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gambloor is able to avoid easily.
Gambloor throws the left hand but Wyatt avoids the punch easily.
Wyatt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Gambloor clinches with his opponent.
Gambloor stalling.

Wyatt breaks the clinch.
A big right from Wyatt misses.
Good work by Wyatt as he checks the leg kick.
Wyatt misses with a head kick.
Gambloor throws a combination that misses
and Wyatt counters with a left to the body.
Gambloor throws a nice looking combination but Wyatt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gambloor moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gambloor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gambloor prevents Wyatt from breaking the clinch.
Gambloor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wyatt's efforts to push away.
Wyatt avoiding damage as Gambloor throws knees to the body.
Wyatt tries to circle away but Gambloor has him pinned against the cage.
Gambloor looking to throw knees to the head but Wyatt is blocking nicely.

Wyatt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wyatt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wyatt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gambloor moves out of range of the strikes.
Wyatt throws a head kick that misses.
Gambloor jabs Wyatt right on the nose. Wyatt blinks but takes it well.
Gambloor defending well as Wyatt loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bray Wyatt dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gambloor tries to clinch but Wyatt moves out of range.
A jab from Wyatt finds it's way through Gambloor's defenses.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Wyatt keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Gambloor.
It looked like Wyatt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gambloor misses with a looping right.
Gambloor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Gambloor.
A good leg kick by Wyatt.
Gambloor connects with a solid leg kick.
A good leg kick by Wyatt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt throws a leg kick that misses.
Wyatt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gambloor scoring well with a low kick there.
Gambloor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wyatt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt connects with a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gambloor checks a leg kick.
Wyatt scores with a jab. Gambloor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gambloor looks for the body kick but Wyatt saw that one coming.
Wyatt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gambloor can do to turn this around?
Gambloor cracks a nice hook into Wyatt's ribs.
Wyatt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gambloor cracks Wyatt with a good jab.
Gambloor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wyatt.
Wyatt blocks a jab.
Wyatt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gambloor.
Gambloor throws a sloppy head kick
and Wyatt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gambloor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wyatt counters with a straight right hand.
Wyatt keeps the fight on the outside.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Wyatt keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Wyatt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wyatt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gambloor finds it's way round the side to connect with Wyatt's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gambloor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gambloor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gambloor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gambloor misses with a kick to the body
and Wyatt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gambloor misses with a lunging right hand
and Wyatt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gambloor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wyatt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gambloor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gambloor avoids the body shot from Wyatt.
Wyatt scores with a shot to the body.
Gambloor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wyatt.
Wyatt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bray Wyatt is winning the standup battle so far.
Gambloor slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt looks to land a right hand but Gambloor moved out of range.
Wyatt with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wyatt scores with a nice right hand.
Gambloor looks to land a left hand but Wyatt moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Wyatt.
Gambloor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gambloor lands with a kick to the ribs.
An inside leg kick lands from Wyatt.
Wyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gambloor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gambloor looks to score with a jab to the body but Wyatt is just out of range.
A quick step to the side and Wyatt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gambloor misses with a few strikes there.
A lazy body kick from Gambloor
and Wyatt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambloor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wyatt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambloor bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gambloor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wyatt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gambloor has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wyatt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gambloor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gambloor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wyatt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gambloor.
Gambloor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gambloor tries to clinch up.
Gambloor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wyatt counters with a stiff right hand.
Wyatt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gambloor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wyatt.
Wyatt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A low kick from Gambloor is predictable there
and Wyatt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wyatt cracks Gambloor with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab from Gambloor finds it's way through Wyatt's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wyatt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick by Gambloor misses
enabling Wyatt to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Gambloor misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bray Wyatt will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wyatt throws a low kick, looking for Gambloor's leg but Gambloor calmly moves out of range.
Wyatt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gambloor.
Gambloor tries to bum rush Wyatt with a series of wild strikes but Wyatt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gambloor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wyatt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gambloor throws a hook but Wyatt blocks it.
Wyatt connects with a body shot that sends Gambloor's belly button to the back.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Wyatt moves out of range.
Jab from Wyatt.
Wyatt throws a solid leg kick but Gambloor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wyatt.
Wyatt misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gambloor is out of range and Wyatt settles back down.
A punch lands to the side of Wyatt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gambloor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wyatt counters with a thumping low kick.
Gambloor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wyatt. Wyatt obviously looking to wear him down.
Gambloor throws a right hand that misses
and Wyatt counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Gambloor.
A slow jab from Wyatt misses its intended target.
Wyatt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gambloor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gambloor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wyatt misses with a lunging right hand
and Wyatt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wyatt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gambloor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wyatt throws out the jab.
Gambloor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gambloor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gambloor throws a looping overhand right but Wyatt ducks down to avoid it.
Gambloor throws a push kick but Wyatt slaps the foot to one side.
Wyatt ducks under a wild hook from Gambloor.
Wyatt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gambloors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wyatt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambloor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gambloor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wyatt.
Gambloor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wyatt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gambloor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gambloor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wyatt.
Gambloor tries to land a leg kick but Wyatt saw it coming and moves away.
Wyatt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wyatt lands an overhand right.
Wyatt throws a leg kick but Gambloor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gambloor throws a hook but Wyatt blocks it.
Gambloor throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Gambloor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A punch lands to the side of Gambloor 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Wyatt gets tackled into the cage by Gambloor. Gambloor maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gambloor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gambloor scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Wyatt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gambloor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wyatt moves away.
Wyatt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gambloor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wyatt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gambloor.
Gambloor feints the counter takedown.
Wyatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gambloor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wyatt misses with a looping left.
Wyatt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wyatt's corner calls for a 1-2. Wyatt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wyatt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gambloor blocks a head kick by Wyatt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Wyatt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wyatt.
Gambloor wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Wyatt misses.
Gambloor cracks Wyatt with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
Gambloor throws a combination that misses
and Wyatt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wyatt lands with a good body shot.
Wyatt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gambloor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab lands there for Wyatt.
Gambloor thuds his right hand into Wyatt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gambloor takes one to the side of the head.
Degen Gambloor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wyatt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wyatt there as he acknowledges the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bray Wyatt.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wyatt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bray Wyatt!
Bray Wyatt thanked the fans post fight for their support.