PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trudeau has chosen Negative Creep as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gravity
vs
Trudeau

187 cm
30
212 lbs
19 - 4 - 1

188 cm
41
215 lbs
38 - 21 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Sun-Tzu

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 19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Gary Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcello Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trudeau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trudeau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trudeau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gravity lands a nice hook to Trudeau's body. Trudeau takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Trudeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trudeau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab from Trudeau.
Good work by Trudeau as he checks the leg kick.
Gravity lands a nice shot that snaps Trudeau's head back.

It looks like Marcello Trudeau has been cut.
Gravity scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trudeau avoids it really well and circles away.
Trudeau lands a head kick. Gravity smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Gary Gravity has been cut.
Trudeau misses with a low kick.
Gravity appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trudeau manages to avoid it.
Trudeau dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gravity. That did some damage!
Gravity takes a swing at Trudeau's ribcage but misses.
Trudeau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gravity throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravity.
Trudeau slips a jab and a cross from Gravity.
Gravity is looking to wear down Trudeau with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trudeau rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gravity moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gravity throws a leg kick but Trudeau sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gravity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trudeau's sensitive parts.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Trudeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravity on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trudeau misses with a combination
and Gravity counters with a slapping leg kick.
Trudeau throws a hook but Gravity blocks it.
Trudeau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trudeau manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Trudeau blocks the low kick.
Nice defenses there by Trudeau.
Gravity throws the kick towards the body but Trudeau avoids it.
Trudeau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Trudeau feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gravity's calf.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravity was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau walks into a left hand.
Gravity slips under a jab from Trudeau.
Trudeau feints and then cracks Gravity's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gravity down.
Gravity ducks right into an uppercut from Trudeau.

Gravity closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Trudeau is trying to escape the position but Gravity is controlling the position.
Check out the look on Gravity's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Trudeau dodges the ground and pound from Gravity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gravity trying to control the position but Trudeau is working away.
Gravity misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gravity taking a breather here.
Trudeau manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Trudeau takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gravity is not content to let Trudeau control the position.
Gravity is trying to control but can't.
Gravity is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Trudeau is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gravity defends it well.
Trudeau slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gravity wants to improve his position but Trudeau is controlling well.
Trudeau looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Gravity dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trudeau misses with a looping right.
Trudeau connects with a body shot that sends Gravity's belly button to the back.
Gravity throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by Gravity as he checks the leg kick.
Gravity takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trudeau feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gravity's calf.
Gravity throws the left hand but Trudeau avoids the punch easily.
Gravity ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gravity feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Trudeau misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gravity. Trudeau shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravity throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trudeau goes for a double leg but Gravity avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gravity continues to drive forward.
It looked like Gravity was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Trudeau.
Gravity throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gravity defending well as Trudeau loads up on a big left hand.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Gravity appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Trudeau misses.
Gary Gravity is winning the standup battle so far.
Trudeau missing with a left hand there. Gravity was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravity avoids the body shot from Trudeau.
Trudeau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trudeau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trudeau has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Trudeau throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Gravity decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Trudeau's guard.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Trudeau keeps moving.
Gravity throws a big right hand that misses.
Gravity is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trudeau can do to turn this around?
Trudeau tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gravity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gravity working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Trudeau's head.

Gravity avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gravity is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trudeau works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gravity trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Trudeau keeps moving.
Trudeau is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gravity throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Trudeau keeping moving, preventing Gravity from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau is trying to control the position but Gravity postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gravity.
Trudeau tries for a takedown but Gravity circles away easily
enabling Gravity to counter with a crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trudeau.
Trudeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
It looked like Gravity was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Trudeau avoids the body shot from Gravity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravity looks for a takedown but Trudeau sprawls well.
Gravity throws a right hand that misses
enabling Trudeau to counter with a crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gravity crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Trudeau - the referee stops the clock and Gravity gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Trudeau. Gravity manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Trudeau throws a right hand that misses
and Gravity counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throws a front kick aimed at Trudeau's knee but Trudeau avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Trudeau misses

and Gravity holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gravity.
Gravity lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Gravity scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trudeau taking a breather.
Gravity lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau scores with a shot to the side of Gravity's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
Gravity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trudeau blocking some punches.
Gravity scores with a shoulder strike.
Trudeau misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Gravity dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Trudeau throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Gravity finds it's way through Trudeau's defenses.
Trudeau takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gravity connects with a body shot that sends Trudeau's belly button to the back.
Trudeau shoots in but Gravity avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gravity fires out a quick counter leg kick but Trudeau just manages to avoid it.
Gravity connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trudeau's hands.
Trudeau stuffs the takedown attempt from Gravity. Gravity gets slowly back to his feet.
Trudeau tries to score with a low kick but Gravity moves his leg out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gravity to score with a decent uppercut.
Gravity wants to slow Trudeau down by chopping away at his legs.
Gravity throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trudeau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marcello Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trudeau misses with a right hand
and Gravity counters with a stiff right hand.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravity was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity throws a big shot that misses.
Gravity throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravity.
Gravity thuds a left hand into Trudeau's body.
Gravity has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trudeau.
Gravity scoring well with a low kick there.
Trudeau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trudeau cracks the inside of Gravity's front leg.
Trudeau avoids a kick to the body.
Trudeau throws the left hand but Gravity avoids the punch easily.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trudeau! But no joy.
Gravity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravity.
Gravity swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trudeau counters with a straight right hand.
Gravity misses with a wild body shot.
Trudeau lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trudeau throws a lazy right hand but Gravity sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trudeau connects with the punch.
Marcello Trudeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trudeau throws a hook to the side of Gravity's head but Gravity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gravity lands with a cross.
Trudeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gravity lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Gravity.
Good leg kick by Gravity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trudeau misses with a double jab.
Gravity slips under a jab.
Trudeau scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trudeau throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gravity cracks a nice hook into Trudeau's ribs.
Gravity goes for a double leg but Trudeau avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Trudeau continues to drive forward.
Gravity walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trudeau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trudeau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trudeau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gravity under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity staying out of range there.
Trudeau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gravity.
Gravity scores with a leg kick.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravity sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Gravity finds it's way through Trudeau's defenses.
Trudeau with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gravity. Trudeau shrugs it off though.
Trudeau throws a solid leg kick but Gravity takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Trudeau.
Gravity cracks a nice hook into Trudeau's ribs.
Trudeau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good exchange - Gravity coming out on top.
Trudeau throws a big shot that misses.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Trudeau takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gravity pushes Trudeau away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trudeau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gravity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau thumps Gravity with a low kick.
Gravity connects with a body shot.
Gravity works over Trudeau's head and body with a nice combination.
Gravity scores with a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gravity. That's going to slow Trudeau down.
Gravity misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gravity takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gravity uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trudeau.
Trudeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravity.
Gravity scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravity lands a nice shot to the body.
Gravity throws a right and a left that Trudeau avoids nicely.
Trudeau feints the counter takedown.
Trudeau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gravity cracks Trudeau with an open hand slap.
Trudeau swings widly with a right hand
and Gravity counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Gravity showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gravity 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Gravity!
A victorious Gary Gravity thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Marcello Trudeau stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm old and I'm tired, and I can't compete with these young lions anymore. I'm officially retiring.'.