Gorillas In The Myst 1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giant Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mars Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes into the arena with Giant Khan Entrance blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Khan
vs
Xavier

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
22
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Winning Edge INC.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giant Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mars Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier closes the distance and clinches up with Khan, looking for a takedown. Xavier pushes Khan against the cage but Khan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Xavier misses with a wild body shot.
Xavier throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
A jab from Xavier misses.
Khan lands with a cross.
Xavier throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Xavier misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan scores with a counter punch that sends Xavier to the canvas! Khan smells blood - he's punishing Xavier with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Xavier has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giant Khan!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
94%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Hallow (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.

Granger
vs
Hallow

186 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Granger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Hallow!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Granger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hallow!

Granger swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hallow is now in Granger's guard. A big mistake from Granger there, giving up the dominant position!

Hallow avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Granger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hallow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Granger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Granger pushes Hallow off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hallow stuffs the takedown attempt from Granger. Granger gets slowly back to his feet.
Hallow closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Granger out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brad Hallow!
Brad Hallow is the new light heavyweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
41%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jermaine Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Squire (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.

Brown
vs
Squire

150 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jermaine Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Squire!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Squire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Squire tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.

Brown jumps guard and drags Squire to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Squire from controlling successfully.
Brown trying to control the position.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Squire pushes his legs off easily.
Brown is pulling down on Squire's head to control his posture.
Squire really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brown has a closed guard, preventing Squire from standing up.
Brown might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Squire from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Squire doesn't defend quickly enough and Brown has managed to lock this one up! Can Squire escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Brown on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jermaine Brown!