PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Brees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Armstrong
vs
Brees

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

PRIME DESIGNS
Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Drew Brees!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brees swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brees tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armstrong was well out of range. Poor timing from Brees.
Brees fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Armstrong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brees.
Armstrong avoids the body shot from Brees.
Brees jabs at Armstrong's body.
Brees is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Armstrong rather than just go for the knockout.
Armstrong is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Brees clinches with his opponent.
Brees tries to break free but Armstrong pushes him back against the cage.

Armstrong ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Armstrong no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Brees stands up from Armstrong's guard - Brees perhaps looking for a knockout.
Brees scores with a shot to the body.
Armstrong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brees looks to score with a jab to the body but Armstrong is just out of range.
Brees dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drew Brees seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brees pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Armstrong back to the cage. Brees follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Gary Armstrong has been cut.
Brees lands a nice looking body shot.

Brees fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Armstrong, pushing him back against the cage.

Brees breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brees jabs Armstrong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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!
Brees just misses with a punch to the body.

Brees rushes Armstrong and presses him up against the cage.

Brees pulls guard successfully.
Armstrong stops Brees from standing up.

Brees scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch but Brees swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armstrong shoots in for a takedown but Brees shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brees misses with a body shot.
Brees takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brees cracks Armstrong with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brees tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armstrong was well out of range. Poor timing from Brees.
Brees with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brees misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Armstrong.
Brees misses the shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Armstrong.

Brees closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brees.
Armstrong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brees gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Armstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Brees scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong prevents Brees from breaking the clinch.

Brees manages to break the clinch.
Armstrong doesn't manage to clinch there - Brees circles away.
Brees swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Armstrong tries to clinch up but Brees circles away and keeps his distance.

Brees gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brees trying to land knees to the body.

Brees gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Brees stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Armstrong walks into a stiff left hand from Brees.

Brees closes the distance and clinches.
Brees tries to break free but Armstrong pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Armstrong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Brees's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brees tries to circle away but Armstrong has him pinned against the cage.
Armstrong tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Brees breaks the clinch.
Brees slaps away a takedown attempt from Armstrong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brees stuns Armstrong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brees scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Armstrong doesn't seem bothered though.
Brees punishes Armstrong's body with a nice straight punch.
Armstrong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brees lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brees lands a nice looking body shot.
Brees will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Armstrong shoots in but Brees avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Brees dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Armstrong's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brees looks to score with a jab to the body but Armstrong is just out of range.

Brees closes the distance and clinches.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Armstrong jumps guard but Brees stands there with Armstrong around his waist. Armstrong gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brees managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.

Brees's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brees lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Armstrong at a distance.
Brees fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brees throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brees bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Armstrong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brees.
Brees digs a good hook to Armstrong's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brees takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brees lands with a shot to the body.
Drew Brees seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brees digs a good hook to Armstrong's body.
Brees ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.

Brees closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Brees breaks from the clinch.
Brees throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Brees throws a right hand that Armstrong ducks under and follows up with a left that Armstrong also avoids with ease.
Brees misses the shot to the body.
Brees lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Armstrong at a distance.
Armstrong shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brees but Brees pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Drew Brees is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brees misses the shot to the body.
Gary Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brees tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Armstrong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brees connects with a body shot that sends Armstrong's belly button to the back.

Armstrong scores with a takedown into Brees's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Armstrong stops Brees from standing up.
Brees has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brees has a closed guard, preventing Armstrong from standing up.
Armstrong postures up in Brees's guard and throws a big left but Brees blocks it.
Armstrong wants to control from the top but Brees keeps moving.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brees stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brees fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Armstrong manages to avoid it.
Brees thows a body shot but no joy.
Brees throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Brees works Armstrong's body with a nice hook.
Brees misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Armstrong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brees throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Brees misses the shot to the body.
Armstrong shoots for a takedown but Brees saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Armstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Brees gets a clinch.
Brees tries to circle away but Armstrong has him pinned against the cage.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brees.
A right hand to the body from Brees.
Brees tries to circle away but Armstrong has him pinned against the cage.

Brees pulls guard.
Armstrong throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Armstrong tries to free his leg and advance position but Brees is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Brees showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gary Armstrong's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Brees scores with a jab to the body.
Brees throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Armstrong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Armstrong shoots in for a takedown but Brees shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Brees tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armstrong was well out of range. Poor timing from Brees.
Brees thuds a left hand into Armstrong's body.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Armstrong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brees throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Armstrong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brees with a nice cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brees wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Brees has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Brees's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Brees avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the cage.
Armstrong tries to break free but Brees pushes him back against the cage.

Brees breaks the clinch.
Brees tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armstrong was well out of range. Poor timing from Brees.

Brees clinches up against the cage.
Brees is stalling here.
Brees managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
Armstrong prevents Brees from breaking the clinch.
Brees is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
Armstrong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Drew Brees seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong prevents Brees from breaking the clinch.
Armstrong tries to pull guard but Brees won't allow it.

Armstrong manages to break the clinch.
Brees digs a good hook to Armstrong's body.
Armstrong avoids the body shot from Brees.
Armstrong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brees looks to score with a jab to the body but Armstrong is just out of range.
Armstrong is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brees sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Armstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brees digs a good body shot into Armstrong's ribs.
Brees sizes up Armstrong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong throws a nice looking combination but Brees bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Armstrong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brees jabs at Armstrong's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Brees moves out of range.
Brees lands a body shot.
Brees fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Armstrong manages to avoid it.
Brees fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Armstrong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brees scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No joy there for Brees, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drew Brees is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Armstrong fails with a takedown attempt.
Armstrong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brees swings for the body but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brees's waist but Brees gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Armstrong off to one side.

Brees has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brees is trying to push Armstrong away but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Brees breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brees throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.

Armstrong has Brees up against the cage in a clinch.

Armstrong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Brees fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Armstrong, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Brees pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brees lands a nice hook to Armstrong's body. Armstrong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Brees moves into the clinch.
Gary Armstrong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Armstrong throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Brees comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brees 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 Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Brees!