PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Billeray (ranked 4859 p4p, 459 weight class) and Jugger Naut (ranked 2278 p4p, 260 weight class). Jugger Naut is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Billeray
vs
Naut

175 cm
25
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Billeray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Jugger Naut!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Naut clinches with his opponent.

Naut turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Billeray tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Naut controlling from mount.
Billeray is in all sorts of trouble here.
Naut has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at FIERCE - {{$750}} - 15 Elite Coaches. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Naut controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naut landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Billeray defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Naut.
Billeray can't escape the position.
Billeray reaches up to try and control the position but Naut seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Billeray rolls and tries to escape and now Naut has his back!
Billeray can't escape the position.

Naut has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
I would not like to be Billeray right now.
Billeray tries to roll but Naut sticks to his back.
Billeray tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billeray tries to lock up and control but Naut gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Billeray sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Naut content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Billeray looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Billeray is looking for a sweep. Naut is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Billeray looking for submissions off his back.

Billeray is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Naut pulls his head out easily.
Naut tries to pass the half guard into mount. Billeray knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Billeray is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naut content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Billeray trying to control but Naut postures up.
Naut prevents Billeray from improving his position.
Naut lands strikes from half guard.
Billeray trying to control but Naut postures up.
Naut content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Naut is thwarting Billeray's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Billeray is in trouble now - Naut has advanced to mount!
Billeray tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Naut landing punches.
Billeray sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Naut performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Naut tries to pass to full mount but Billeray defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Naut takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jugger Naut dominated that 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.

Naut closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Billeray quickly recovers to half guard.
Billeray makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Billeray.
Billeray trying to control the position.
Billeray is really struggling to control Naut but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Naut must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jugger Naut has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billeray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Naut is in close to Billeray's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Naut has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Naut controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Naut is continuing to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Billeray had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Naut defends it easily.
Naut controlling from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Naut's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Billeray looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Naut is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Billeray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Billeray working for a triangle but Naut defends it easily.
Naut not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Billeray is on top in guard.

Billeray drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Naut manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Billeray has Naut in his guard.

Naut trying to control but Billeray is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billeray is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Naut chips away with some ground and pound.
Naut showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Naut stopping the sweep attempt from Billeray.
Naut lands a couple of digs.
Naut content to stall in guard here.

Billeray is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

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.
Naut sitting in guard here, content to control.
Billeray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Naut's guard.

Naut is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Naut wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Billeray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Naut is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Naut has escaped and now he's on top!

Naut cracks Billeray with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jugger Naut showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Naut scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Billeray is looking to improve his position.
Naut trying to control from half guard but Billeray is working away.
Naut is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Naut wants to take a breather but Billeray is having none of it.
Billeray moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Billeray is trying to hold Naut in close to prevent damage but Naut has managed to pass into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billeray wants to get back to full guard.
Billeray makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Billeray.
Billeray looking to hit a scissor sweep but Naut is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Billeray has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Naut has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Naut taking a breather.

Naut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jugger Naut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Naut looks to clinch

and Billeray counters with a shoot takedown. Naut fights it but they end up in guard.
Naut seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Naut keeping moving, preventing Billeray from controlling successfully.

Billeray postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Naut is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Billeray, into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Billeray working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Naut has passed into half guard!
Naut keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Billeray wants to control but Naut is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Naut is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Billeray is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Naut pulls his head out easily.
Naut not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billeray is looking to improve his position.
Billeray is controlling Naut's trapped leg to prevent Naut from advancing to side control.
Billeray taking some punishment here, with Naut in his half guard.
Naut working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Billeray is controlling Naut's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Naut takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Billeray trying to control but Naut postures up.
Billeray is looking to improve his position.

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.
Naut looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Billeray with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Billeray manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Billeray is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Billeray is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Naut is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naut is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tom Billeray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Naut gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Naut looking to score a takedown here. Billeray is defending well but Naut drives through and ends up in Billeray's guard.

Naut gets to his feet - Billeray follows without any prompting.
Jugger Naut is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Naut throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jugger Naut comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Naut has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jugger Naut!