PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adriano O Imperador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taite Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Imperador comes into the arena with Envolvendo e Embrazando blaring out of the sound system. Gordon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Whistlin' Dixie kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Taite Gordon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Adriano O Imperador's chin.

O Imperador
vs
Gordon

190 cm
21
206 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Adriano O Imperador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Taite Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gordon scores with a jab. O Imperador acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gordon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
O Imperador showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gordon.
O Imperador misses with a hook. Gordon ducked under it nicely.
O Imperador dodges the punch combination from Gordon.
Gordon slips a jab from O Imperador.
Gordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Imperador misses with a hook.
Gordon fails to land with a series of punches.
Gordon misses with a series of wild punches.
Gordon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Imperador lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
O Imperador gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gordon moves away from the strike by O Imperador.
Gordon moves out of range as O Imperador strikes.
Adriano O Imperador seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Imperador throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gordon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gordon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
O Imperador throws a lazy right hand but Gordon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Imperador looks to throw the jab but Gordon is out of range.
O Imperador slips a jab and a cross from Gordon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a double jab.
Gordon throws a hook but O Imperador avoids it easily.
Gordon moves out of range of the strikes.
Gordon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Imperador.
O Imperador gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Imperador is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Imperador missing with a left hand there. Gordon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gordon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Imperador throws a hook to the side of Gordon's head but Gordon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from O Imperador misses its intended target.
The crowd cheers as Gordon lands an impressive looking overhand right. O Imperador doesn't seem phased though.
O Imperador is breathing heavily.
Gordon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O Imperador on the side of the head.

O Imperador is rocked!
Gordon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by O Imperador.
Oh O Imperador is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gordon tries to bum rush O Imperador with a series of wild strikes but O Imperador uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gordon moves in close and cracks O Imperador with a massive right hand! O Imperador, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Gordon!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Taite Gordon!