PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thanos Doomsday (ranked 2662 p4p, 2812 weight class) and Christian Gillet (ranked 382 p4p, 400 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Doomsday
vs
Gillet

189 cm
20
185
3 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
190
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thanos Doomsday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Gillet!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doomsday fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doomsday throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gillet blocks a head kick by Doomsday.
Doomsday scores with a head kick.
Doomsday takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Doomsday misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Gillet instigates a clinch.
Doomsday missing with knees to the body.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Gillet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doomsday goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Gillet blocks the leg kick.
Gillet lands a jab to Doomsday's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gillet misses with a hook. Doomsday ducked under it nicely.
Doomsday misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Gillet moves into range and clinches up with Doomsday.

Gillet breaks the clinch.
Gillet digs a good hook to Doomsday's body.
Gillet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doomsday was well out of range. Poor timing from Gillet.

Doomsday gets tackled into the cage by Gillet. Gillet maintains the clinch.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gillet tries to circle away but Doomsday has him pinned against the cage.
Gillet is trying to force a seperation but Doomsday has the dominant position.
Doomsday connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gillet's face.
Gillet has had enough of the clinch but Doomsday keeps him there for the moment.
I was talking to Doomsday's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Gillet breaks from the clinch.
Doomsday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gillet has Doomsday up against the cage in a clinch.
Doomsday blocking some punches.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Doomsday prevents a body shot from Gillet.
Doomsday prevents Gillet from breaking the clinch.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Doomsday missing with knees to the body.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gillet avoids it.

Gillet breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday tries to clinch up.

Doomsday darts in and clinches Gillet up against the cage.
Gillet throws an elbow but it misses.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but Gillet blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gillet cracks Doomsday with a nice body shot.

Gillet manages to break the clinch.

Gillet has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gillet wants to get back to striking at distance but Doomsday won't allow it.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Doomsday is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Doomsday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, Gillet throws an elbow but misses.
Doomsday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gillet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gillet swings wildly with an uppercut but Doomsday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gillet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Gillet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Doomsday prevents Gillet from breaking the clinch.

Gillet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gillet gets a clinch.
Gillet can't break the clinch.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but Gillet blocks with his arms.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday lands a good knee to the midsection. Gillet won't want to take too many of those.
Gillet managing to block the knees to the body from Doomsday.
Gillet misses with the head strike.
Doomsday trying to land knees to the body.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Gillet tries to circle away but Doomsday has him pinned against the cage.
Gillet is trying to force a seperation but Doomsday has the dominant position.

Gillet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gillet throws a jab when Doomsday was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gillet rushes Doomsday and presses him up against the cage.
Gillet has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Doomsday seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gillet can turn it around.
Doomsday managing to block the knees to the body from Gillet.
Doomsday misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gillet.
Doomsday prevents Gillet from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gillet - that landed with a thud.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
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!

Gillet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gillet closes the distance and clinches.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but Gillet blocks with his arms.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Doomsday.
Gillet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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

Doomsday tries to keep at a distance but Gillet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gillet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Doomsday backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gillet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Christian Gillet will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gillet misses with a straight left.
Gillet is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Doomsday rather than just go for the knockout.

Doomsday closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A shot in the inside from Gillet.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gillet breaks from the clinch.
Doomsday moves away from the strike by Gillet.
Gillet takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Doomsday lands a high kick!

Gillet closes the distance and clinches.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.

Gillet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gillet with a jab.
Gillet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gillet just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDoomsday.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gillet blocks a head kick by Doomsday.
Gillet swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Doomsday throws a head kick but Gillet moves out of range.

Doomsday gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gillet lands a right hand.
Gillet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillet pushes Doomsday back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gillet is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Doomsday lands a knee to the body.
Gillet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doomsday has him pressed against the cage.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but Gillet blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gillet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Gillet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gillet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Doomsday slips under a jab.
Gillet scores with a hook to the body. Doomsday takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Gillet clinches up against the cage.
Gillet misses with the head strike.

Gillet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Gillet misses.
The fighters circling - Gillet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christian Gillet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doomsday pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Doomsday tries to keep at a distance but Gillet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gillet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillet avoiding damage as Doomsday throws knees to the body.
Doomsday is looking to control Gillet's arms but Gillet gets an underhook and turns him. Now Doomsday has his back to the cage.
Doomsday misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gillet.
Doomsday missing with knees to the body.
Doomsday blocks the elbow strike.
Gillet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doomsday trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Gillet.
Doomsday putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gillet in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doomsday lands a knee to the body.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doomsday missing with knees to the body.
Doomsday lands a knee to the body.
Doomsday unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gillet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gillet tries a knee to the head but Doomsday blocks it.
Gillet tries to land knees in the clinch but Doomsday avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday blocks an elbow strike.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gillet avoiding damage as Doomsday throws knees to the body.
Gillet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday working Gillet over with knees to the body.
Doomsday is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gillet is defending well for now.

Gillet breaks the clinch.
Gillet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Doomsday clinches up against the cage.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gillet avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gillet throws an elbow but misses.
Doomsday trying to land knees to the body.

Gillet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gillet lands a nice shot that snaps Doomsday's head back.
Gillet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Doomsday looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doomsday misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Gillet misses.
Doomsday is looking to clinch but Gillet is avoiding it.
Doomsday lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doomsday blocks a head kick by Gillet.
Doomsday is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gillet takes the fight into the clinch.
Gillet managing to block the knees to the body from Doomsday.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gillet.
Gillet managing to block the knees to the body from Doomsday.
Doomsday scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Christian Gillet has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doomsday on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gillet avoiding damage as Doomsday throws knees to the body.
Doomsday dodges an elbow strike from Gillet.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Thanos Doomsday will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Christian Gillet's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Doomsday gets tackled into the cage by Gillet. Gillet maintains the clinch.
Gillet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Doomsday obliges.

Gillet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Doomsday clinches with his opponent.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Gillet can't break the clinch.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Doomsday keeps control of Gillet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Doomsday landing knees to the head.

Gillet is rocked!
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gillet is still on wobbly legs! Can Doomsday finish him?
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Gillet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thanos Doomsday has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but Gillet blocks it.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Gillet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gillet tries to circle away but Doomsday has him pinned against the cage.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gillet working hard to break the clinch.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gillet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gillet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but Gillet blocks with his arms.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gillet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doomsday has him pressed against the cage.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gillet is trying to force a seperation but Doomsday has the dominant position.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gillet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gillet's efforts to push away.
Gillet has had enough of the clinch but Doomsday keeps him there for the moment.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but Gillet blocks with his arms.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gillet throws a punch but it's blocked by Doomsday.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gillet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doomsday's elbow.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gillet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doomsday has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Gillet is trying to break the clinch but Doomsday is controlling him.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Gillet drives through and clinches with Doomsday against the cage.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but Gillet blocks it.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on Gillet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Gillet tries to break free but Doomsday pushes him back against the cage.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gillet can't break the clinch.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gillet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doomsday working Gillet over with knees to the body.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday keeps control of Gillet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gillet tries to break free but Doomsday pushes him back against the cage.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Gillet wants to get back to striking at distance but Doomsday won't allow it.
Doomsday prevents a body shot from Gillet.
Gillet can't break the clinch.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gillet blocks it with crossed arms.
Gillet misses with a punch on the inside.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but Gillet blocks it.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gillet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gillet misses with the head strike.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but Gillet blocks with his arms.
Gillet misses with a punch to the body.
Gillet has had enough of the clinch but Doomsday keeps him there for the moment.
Doomsday managing to block the knees to the body from Gillet.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gillet seems to have recovered his senses.

Gillet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gillet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gillet missing with a left hand there. Doomsday was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gillet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Gillet closes the distance and clinches.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gillet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gillet throws an elbow but it misses.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Gillet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doomsday lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Gillet.
Doomsday looking to throw knees to the head but Gillet is blocking nicely.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gillet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doomsday throws a body shot but no joy.
Gillet keeps the fight on the outside.
Gillet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Gillet misses the target.
As Gillet tries to get set, Doomsday tries to push him back and clinch up but Gillet manages to avoid the attempt.
Doomsday tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gillet manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Doomsday dodges the punch combination from Gillet.
Gillet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Doomsday ducks under a wild hook from Gillet.

Gillet moves into the clinch.
Gillet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doomsday's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Gillet.
Gillet tries to circle away but Doomsday has him pinned against the cage.
Gillet is trying to break free.
Gillet is trying to push Doomsday away but Doomsday has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Doomsday keeps control of Gillet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Doomsday lands a big knee! That's hurt Gillet! Oh, he's all over the place! Doomsday lands another knee that sends Gillet to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thanos Doomsday!
Thanos Doomsday really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that The MMA Tycoon Private Bank (40%) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.