PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ray Gillete (ranked 5591 p4p, 495 weight class) and Android Twenty One (ranked 5590 p4p, 485 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gillete
vs
Twenty One

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Gillete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Android Twenty One !
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Twenty One tries to clinch there but Gillete circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Gillete on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice cross by Gillete.
Gillete lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Twenty One tries to clinch up
and Gillete connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donk. Gillete catches Twenty One right on the button with a cross.
Twenty One tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gillete manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gillete connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Twenty One 's hands.
Twenty One tries to clinch
letting Gillete counter with a right hand.
Twenty One closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gillete counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Twenty One wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twenty One doesn't manage to clinch there - Gillete circles away.
Twenty One darts in trying to clinch
and Gillete counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Twenty One thinking.
Twenty One looks to clinch
and Gillete counters with a nice uppercut.
Twenty One looks to clinch
and Gillete counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gillete circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gillete appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Twenty One moves to clinch but Gillete breaks away
and Gillete counters with a stiff right hand.
Gillete circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gillete counters with a one-two to the body.
Gillete is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete counters with a three punch combo that has Twenty One backing up. Twenty One nods at Gillete to acknowledge the strikes.
Gillete is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Gillete counters with a series of strikes. Twenty One will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twenty One moves in looking to clinch but Gillete pushes him off.
Twenty One tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gillete counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gillete throws a head kick that half lands.
Twenty One darts in trying to clinch
and Gillete counters with a straight right hand.
Twenty One moves to clinch but Gillete breaks away
and Gillete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Twenty One tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gillete manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Twenty One tries to clinch but Gillete is having none of it.
Gillete misses with a two punch combination.
Gillete scoring well with a low kick there.
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Gillete counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twenty One is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Twenty One tries to clinch but Gillete is having none of it.
It looked like Gillete was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A low kick from Twenty One misses
and Gillete counters with a three punch combo that has Twenty One backing up. Twenty One nods at Gillete to acknowledge the strikes.
Gillete scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Twenty One tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Gillete to counter with a crisp jab.
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete counters with a stiff right hand.
Twenty One tries to close the distance and clinch but Gillete swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Twenty One moves to clinch but Gillete breaks away
letting Gillete counter with a right hand.
Twenty One tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gillete counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Gillete counters with a right hand to the body.
Android Twenty One seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twenty One is looking to clinch but Gillete is avoiding it.
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Twenty One tries to clinch but Gillete moves away
enabling Gillete to counter with a crisp jab.
Gillete lands with a shot to the body.
Gillete throws a right hand that Twenty One ducks under and follows up with a left that Twenty One also avoids with ease.
Gillete lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gillete cracks Twenty One with an open hand slap.
Twenty One moves to clinch but Gillete breaks away
and Gillete counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Twenty One tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gillete manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gillete circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Gillete counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Gillete dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gillete circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Gillete was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
enabling Gillete to counter with a crisp jab.
Twenty One moves to clinch but Gillete breaks away
and Gillete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice combination there by Gillete.
Twenty One has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Twenty One tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Gillete to counter with a crisp jab.
Twenty One tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Twenty One tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gillete lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Twenty One takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Twenty One tries to clinch but Gillete moves away
and Gillete counters with a nice body shot.
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!
Twenty One wants to clinch but Gillete slips to the side
and Gillete counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Twenty One tries to clinch there but Gillete circles away.
As Twenty One looks to move away, Gillete throws a big counter combo but Twenty One just gets out of the way.
Twenty One is looking to clinch but Gillete is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twenty One closes the distance but Gillete moves to the side
and Gillete counters with a straight right hand.
Gillete circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gillete counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Twenty One darts in trying to clinch
and Gillete counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Gillete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gillete is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Twenty One can do to turn this around?
Twenty One tries to clinch up
and Gillete counters with a straight right hand.
Twenty One is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gillete went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twenty One tries to clinch there but Gillete circles away.
Twenty One closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gillete counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Twenty One wants to clinch
and Twenty One takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Gillete closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Twenty One quickly recovers to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gillete performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Twenty One trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twenty One wants to get back to full guard but Gillete has passed into side control.
Twenty One looks to move to half guard but instead Gillete has passed into mount! Damn!
Gillete controlling his opponent.
Twenty One tries to hold on but Gillete pushes him away.

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.
Gillete sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Twenty One working to try and regain half guard.
Gillete tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Twenty One squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Gillete 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. This is the final round!

Twenty One tries to clinch but Gillete moves out of range.
Twenty One tries to clinch up
and Gillete counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gillete scores with a nice strike.
Twenty One tries to clinch up
and Gillete counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Twenty One wants to clinch but Gillete slips to the side
and Gillete counters with a stiff right hand.
Twenty One tries to clinch up
and Gillete counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gillete gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Twenty One tries to control but Gillete manages to take his back.
Twenty One tries to escape but Gillete has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillete controlling the position well here. Twenty One rolled but Gillete kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Ray Gillete overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gillete controlling well, preventing Twenty One from escaping the position.
Gillete controlling the position well here. Twenty One rolled but Gillete kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Twenty One is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

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.
Good control from Gillete.
Twenty One wants to escape the position.
Twenty One trying to control the hands but Gillete breaks the grip.
Gillete keeps control of the position as Twenty One tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillete is not going to allow Twenty One to sit and survive in this position.
Twenty One is in bad spot here.
Gillete is not going to allow Twenty One to sit and survive in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Twenty One might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gillete haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Twenty One is really stuck here.
Twenty One is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Gillete gets his hands free as Twenty One looks to control.
Gillete is riding his opponent, not letting Twenty One buck him off.
Android Twenty One has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Twenty One is in bad spot here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Gillete showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gillete 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Gillete!