PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghengis Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Congo's entrance music is After the Smoke is Clear. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Congo
vs
Holmes

196 cm
19
284 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghengis Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Congo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Congo lands a nice knee to the body.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jeff Holmes has been cut.
Holmes looks gassed!
Congo stalling.
Congo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Congo.

Congo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Congo does no damage.
Congo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Holmes tries to keep at a distance but Congo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Congo has Holmes pressed against the cage.
Congo lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Jeff Holmes's cut even more.
Congo lands a knee to the body.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!

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

Congo has closed the distance and engaged Holmes in a clinch.
Congo with a knee to the head.
Congo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The cut above Jeff Holmes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Congo.
Congo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.
Congo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holmes letting Congo take a breather here.
Holmes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Congo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holmes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Congo rushes Holmes and presses him up against the cage.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.

Jeff Holmes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Congo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Holmes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Holmes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Congo tries to avoid it but Holmes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Congo to the ground. Congo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ghengis Congo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Holmes.

Congo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Congo stands and steps away. Holmes gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The fight stays on the outside here - Congo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Congo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Congo.
Congo lands an elbow just above Holmes 's eye.
Holmes fails to pull guard.
Congo stalling the fight.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Holmes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Congo leaning against his opponent.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to score a body lock takedown but Congo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Congo lands a knee to the body.
Holmes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Congo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes tries to pull guard but Congo won't allow it.
Congo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Congo prevents it.
Congo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Congo misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Congo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Congo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Holmes fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Holmes looking for a takedown.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo gets underhooks to prevent Holmes's takedown attempt.
Congo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Congo taking a breather.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Holmes tries for a takedown. No joy.
Congo lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Congo to work.
Congo lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Congo looking to stall.
Holmes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Congo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghengis Congo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Holmes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Congo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Holmes with a lazy takedown attempt

and Congo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Congo.
Congo prevents the takedown attempt.
Ghengis Congo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Holmes.
Congo scores a nice knee to the body.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Congo is struggling to control the position.
Congo lands an elbow just above Holmes 's eye.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Congo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Congo lands a knee to the head.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo prevents the takedown attempt.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Congo is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Congo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Congo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Congo lands a damaging elbow.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes looking for a takedown.
Holmes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Congo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holmes with a poor takedown

and Congo counters by clinching up.

Congo is trying to trip Holmes. He has hold of a leg but Holmes is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Congo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Congo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Congo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holmes can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Holmes looking to control.

Holmes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Congo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Congo wants to pass the guard but Holmes is keeping the position.
Congo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Congo trying to control but Holmes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Congo clinches with his opponent.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jeff Holmes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ghengis Congo!