PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gonzalo Beasley (ranked 8509 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Fotherby (ranked 3748 p4p, 386 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Beasley
vs
Fotherby

187 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gonzalo Beasley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Fotherby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beasley closes the distance and clinches.

Fotherby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fotherby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beasley.
Beasley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beasley counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fotherby swinging wildly here.
Beasley tries to counter by clinching up but Fotherby breaks away and moves out of range.
Fotherby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beasley counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Beasley has closed the distance and engaged Fotherby in a clinch.
Beasley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fotherby working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fotherby takes an elbow to the forehead.

Beasley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Fotherby uses from the top position.

Beasley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fotherby doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fotherby manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fotherby landing some decent shots from guard.
Fotherby preventing the sweep.
Beasley wants to control but Fotherby passes easily into half guard.
Beasley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fotherby scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley wants to control but Fotherby is keeping busy.

Beasley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Fotherby there.
Ground and pound from Fotherby.
Beasley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Fotherby lands with a punch from half guard.
Fotherby trying to control the action but Beasley is working from the bottom.
Beasley is looking to control Fotherby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Beasley avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beasley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Fotherby there.

Beasley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Beasley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fotherby is working away from the top position though.
Fotherby is looking to take a break and control but Beasley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beasley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fotherby is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fotherby wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Beasley uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Fotherby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fotherby wants to control from the top but Beasley keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fotherby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Beasley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Billy Fotherby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fotherby tries to bum rush Beasley with a series of wild strikes but Beasley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Fotherby dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fotherby tries to clinch up.
Beasley wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Beasley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fotherby tries to break free but Beasley pushes him back against the cage.
Fotherby wants a takedown but no success here.
Fotherby is struggling to control the position.
Beasley prevents Fotherby from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beasley blocks an elbow strike from Fotherby.
Fotherby is looking to control Beasley's arms but Beasley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fotherby has his back to the cage.
Fotherby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fotherby just stands there and leans against the cage.
Beasley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Beasley jumps guard but Fotherby stands there with Beasley around his waist. Beasley gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gonzalo Beasley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beasley misses with a punch to the body.
Beasley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fotherby pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fotherby tries to break free but Beasley pushes him back against the cage.
Fotherby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fotherby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beasley avoids it.
Beasley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beasley wants a takedown but no success here.
Fotherby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beasley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fotherby just stands there and leans against the cage.
Beasley is trying to pull guard but Fotherby has him pressed against the cage.

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

Beasley has closed the distance and engaged Fotherby in a clinch.

Beasley jumps into guard, dragging Fotherby to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fotherby tries to stand but Beasley is controlling from the bottom.

Beasley is looking for a triangle here but Fotherby uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beasley is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fotherby connects with a decent elbow.
Fotherby lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beasley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fotherby lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ground and pound from Fotherby seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fotherby is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Beasley is trying to control Fotherby's posture but Fotherby avoids it.

Fotherby decides to stand up, so the ref orders Beasley to his feet.
Fotherby wants to clinch up but Beasley keeps it at a distance.
Gonzalo Beasley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fotherby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fotherby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fotherby stalks Beasley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beasley's face. Beasley staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Fotherby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fotherby tries to clinch up but Beasley circles away and keeps his distance.
Beasley jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

Beasley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fotherby tries to circle away but Beasley has him pinned against the cage.
Beasley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fotherby's efforts to push away.
Beasley keeps control of Fotherby as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beasley has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Fotherby after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fotherby is looking to break free of the clinch but Beasley has double underhooks.
Fotherby throws a punch but it's blocked by Beasley.
Fotherby misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fotherby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fotherby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Billy Fotherby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fotherby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fotherby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Beasley moves into the clinch successfully.
Beasley is trying to pull guard but Fotherby has him pressed against the cage.
Fotherby is trying to break free.
Fotherby wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fotherby is trying to break the clinch but Beasley is controlling him.
Beasley prevents Fotherby from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fotherby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fotherby tries to break free but Beasley pushes him back against the cage.
Beasley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fotherby fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gonzalo Beasley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Fotherby. Those never looked like landing.
Fotherby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beasley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beasley wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fotherby swinging wildly here.
Fotherby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fotherby misses with the combination.
Beasley wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fotherby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beasley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beasley tries to counter by clinching up but Fotherby breaks away and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fotherby is looking to clinch.
Beasley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fotherby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fotherby tries to clinch up.
Fotherby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Beasley counters by clinching up.
Fotherby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beasley tries for a takedown but Fotherby manages to get underhooks.
Fotherby working hard to break the clinch.
Fotherby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beasley is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Fotherby to keep the fight standing.
Beasley jumps guard but Fotherby turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fotherby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Beasley has Fotherby pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Beasley pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Fotherby tumbling to the mat - Beasley dives into Fotherby's guard.

Fotherby has his feet on Beasley's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fotherby tries to clinch up but Beasley circles away and keeps his distance.

Beasley clinches up with Fotherby and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fotherby has had enough of the clinch but Beasley keeps him there for the moment.
Gonzalo Beasley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Billy Fotherby is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beasley lands an elbow inside that Fotherby shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Fotherby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fotherby winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Fotherby!
A victorious Billy Fotherby thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.