PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between jake mear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Gillespie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

mear
vs
Gillespie

189 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
20
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jake mear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Gillespie!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gillespie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gillespie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
mear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gillespie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
jake mear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillespie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gillespie keeps the fight on the outside.
mear tries to clinch but Gillespie moves out of range.
mear swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gillespie counters by moving into the clinch.
Gillespie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
mear goes for a takedown attempt but Gillespie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gillespie swats away the attempt to clinch by mear.

Gillespie has taken the fight to the clinch.
mear tries to score a body lock takedown but Gillespie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Gillespie.

mear has picked Gillespie up - he's going for a ride! mear dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gillespie is trying to stand back up but mear is controlling him
Gillespie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillespie tries to kick mear off but mear keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gillespie tries to roll over but mear keeps him under control.
mear missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
mear sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gillespie defending well though.
mear slips a nice elbow through Gillespie's hands, connecting with Gillespie's forehead.
Gillespie blocking the ground and pound attempt from mear.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
mear takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
mear walks into a jab.
Gillespie looks to land a combination but mear avoids it well.
mear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gillespie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mear tries to close the distance and clinch but Gillespie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

mear darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
mear is breathing heavily.
Gillespie is trying to stand back up but mear is controlling him
mear thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gillespie's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gillespie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from mear.
Gillespie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from mear there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from mear.
mear tries to pass to full mount but Gillespie defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gillespie is pressing down on mear's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gillespie is pulling down on mear's head to control his posture.
Gillespie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from mear.

Gillespie scrambles and gets back to his feet.
mear keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
mear shoots and misses

and Gillespie counters with a nice double leg into side control. mear won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jake mear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
mear tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
mear trying to control the position but Gillespie manages to sink in the hooks.
mear tries to roll but Gillespie sticks to his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
mear trying to control the action but Gillespie just sinks the hooks in.
mear wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Gillespie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gillespie misses with a low kick.
Gillespie throws a right and a left that mear avoids nicely.
Gillespie swinging wilding here.
mear blocks a jab.
Gillespie swings for the body but mear moves out of range.

Gillespie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
mear throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
mear throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mear postures up in Gillespie's guard and throws a big left but Gillespie blocks it.
mear with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gillespie has a closed guard, preventing mear from standing up.
Gillespie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from mear.
mear works a leg free and moves into half guard.
mear missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gillespie throws the left hand but mear avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gillespie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. mear avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from mear.
mear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

mear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

mear shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. mear showed some decent athleticism there.
mear has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Gillespie works to full guard.
Gillespie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mear connects with a couple of short punches.
mear missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gillespie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
mear tries to free his leg and advance position but Gillespie is retaining full guard.
mear postures up in Gillespie's guard and throws a big left but Gillespie blocks it.
mear throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
mear slips a jab and a cross from Gillespie.
mear shoots in and drives through. Gillespie sprawls well.
Gillespie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Gillespie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gillespie misses with a double jab

and mear counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by mear.
mear missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gillespie can't keep his opponent in guard - mear advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
mear 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.
Gillespie is looking to get back to is feet but mear passes into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jake mear dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

mear darts in and clinches Gillespie up against the cage.

Gillespie works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
mear looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gillespie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gillespie preventing the sweep.
mear thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
mear is looking to stand up but Gillespie isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gillespie sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gillespie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on mear, up you get!

mear shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gillespie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gillespie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with mear. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
mear is landing with some decent strikes but Gillespie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
mear lands a big elbow.
Gillespie squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mear putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gillespie regains half guard.
mear throwing shots but Gillespie is blocking nicely.
mear wants to stand but Gillespie has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
mear missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

mear decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie shoots in but mear avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gillespie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
mear shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gillespie pinned against the cage. Gillespie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
mear blocks a low kick nicely.
Gillespie looks to land a left hand but mear moved out of range nicely.

mear scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gillespie makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gillespie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie wants to stand up but mear is controlling him.
mear looking to sit in guard and control but Gillespie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gillespie tries to free his leg and advance position but mear is retaining full guard.

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 jake mear.
I think mear has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jake mear!