PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciek Qaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Gardner
vs
Qaz

225 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rupert Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maciek Qaz!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gardner misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Gardner does no damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Qaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gardner smiles and moves away.
Gardner misses with a two punch combination.
Qaz dives in and grabs Gardner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gardner pushes down on Qaz's head and hops out.
Rupert Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciek Qaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Qaz shoots in looking for a takedown but Gardner manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Qaz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gardner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Qaz moves into the clinch.

Gardner pulls Qaz into guard.
Gardner keeping moving, preventing Qaz from controlling successfully.
Gardner is pulling down on Qaz's head. It's preventing any offense from Qaz, at least for the moment.
Qaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gardner pulls Qaz in close to prevent any damage.
Qaz wants to stand and escape but instead Gardner has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner won't allow Qaz to sweep him here.
Gardner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Gardner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gardner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Qaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Qaz wants to stand and escape but Gardner is having none of it.
Gardner is fighting to break Qaz's control of his arms but Qaz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gardner is looking to work some ground and pound but Qaz has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qaz is pulling down on Gardner's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Gardner closes the distance and clinches.

Qaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gardner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Qaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Qaz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gardner gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gardner avoiding damage.
Gardner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gardner is trying to maintain a safe position but Qaz gets an underhook and turns Gardner into the cage.
Qaz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gardner pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Qaz jumps guard.
Gardner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner wants to control from the top but Qaz keeps moving.
Gardner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gardner postures up in Qaz's guard and throws a big left but Qaz blocks it.
Gardner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gardner prevents Qaz from getting back to his feet.
Gardner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Qaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gardner 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.
Qaz looks winded!
Gardner throwing strikes from guard but Qaz blocks nicely.
Gardner throwing strikes from guard but Qaz blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rupert Gardner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Qaz misses with a head kick.
Qaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Qaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Qaz tries for a takedown but Gardner circles away easily

and Gardner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Qaz working hard to break the clinch.
Gardner has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Qaz managing to block the knees to the body from Gardner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gardner gets underhooks to prevent Qaz's takedown attempt.
Rupert Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciek Qaz.

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

Qaz drives through and clinches with Gardner against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner trying to land knees to the body.
Gardner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Qaz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gardner prevents a body shot from Qaz.
Gardner looking to stall.
Gardner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Qaz can do to turn this around?
Qaz letting Gardner take a breather here.
Qaz letting Gardner take a breather here.
Gardner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Qaz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Qaz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Qaz is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gardner is trying to stall.

Qaz jumps into guard, dragging Gardner to the mat.
Gardner throws a big elbow that misses.
Gardner is looking to work some ground and pound but Qaz has wrist control.
Gardner trying to control but Qaz is working from the bottom.
Gardner is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Qaz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gardner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gardner trying to control but Qaz is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Qaz has an active guard here but Gardner has managed to pass into half guard.

Gardner is working for a kimura but Qaz is defending it quite comfortably.
Qaz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gardner scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four 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.

Gardner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Qaz punching from the bottom.
Gardner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gardner working over Qaz with some ground and pound. Qaz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Qaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Gardner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rupert Gardner dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gardner pushes Qaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gardner just leaning against Qaz, taking a breather.
Gardner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Qaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gardner pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardner trying to control the position but instead, Qaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gardner into the cage.

Qaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qaz closes the distance and clinches up with Gardner, looking for a takedown. Qaz pushes Gardner against the cage but Gardner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Qaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gardner circles away.
Rupert Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciek Qaz.

Qaz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Qaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Gardner will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Qaz up against the cage.
Gardner effectively controlling the action here.

Qaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gardner moves in looking to clinch but Qaz pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gardner missing with knees to the body.

Gardner gets control of Qaz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gardner will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Gardner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rupert Gardner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Qaz wanted to stand there but Gardner had control of the position.
Gardner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Qaz manages to get himself to full guard.

Gardner postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gardner.
Gardner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Qaz throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gardner stops Qaz from standing up.
Qaz wants to sweep here but Gardner controlling him for the moment.
Qaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Qaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gardner is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Qaz throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gardner uses it to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gardner tries for a kimura but Qaz is defending well.
Qaz is looking to regain half guard here but Gardner keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Gardner is trying to get an arm triangle but Qaz is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rupert Gardner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gardner 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rupert Gardner!