PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Donald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fender Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Donald has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Donald
vs
Gibson

215 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

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 Amsterdam, Mike Donald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fender Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson circles away from the clinch attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Gibson.
Gibson looks to land a combination but Donald avoids it well.
Gibson misses the shot to the body.
Gibson swinging wildly here.
Gibson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donald throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gibson lands a jab to Donald's midsection.
Donald takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gibson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Donald is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gibson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Donald has a takedown stuffed.
Gibson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gibson wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Donald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gibson misses with a few strikes there.
Gibson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donald tries to clinch but Gibson is having none of it.
Gibson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gibson misses with the combination.
Gibson swinging wildly here.
Donald ducks under a wild hook from Gibson.
Gibson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donald circles away quickly and effectively.
Fender Gibson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Gibson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donald fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gibson digs a good body shot into Donald's ribs.
Gibson lands a jab-cross combination.
Gibson looks to score with a jab to the body but Donald is just out of range.
Gibson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gibson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donald circles away quickly and effectively.
Gibson scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson misses with a double jab.
Gibson throws a right hand that Donald ducks under and follows up with a left that Donald also avoids with ease.
Donald tries to clinch but Gibson is having none of it.
Gibson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Donald fails to land the takedown.
Donald throws a head kick that misses.
Gibson throws the left hand but Donald avoids the punch easily.
Gibson keeps the fight on the outside.
Fender Gibson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson thows a body shot but no joy.
Donald throws a sloppy head kick and Gibson moves out of range easily.
Gibson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gibson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gibson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donald tries to clinch up but Gibson circles away and keeps his distance.
Gibson digs a good body shot into Donald's ribs.
Donald is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson throws a series of punches but Donald moves out of range.
Gibson looks to land a combination but Donald avoids it well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Donald is defended easily by Gibson.
Gibson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gibson.
Gibson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good exchange - Gibson coming out on top.
No joy there for Gibson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gibson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gibson scores with a decent looking hook.
Donald misses with a head kick.
Gibson connects with a right hand. Donald shakes it off.
Donald looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Donald shoots in and drives through. Gibson sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gibson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gibson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Donald had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gibson scores with a one two! Donald had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gibson misses with a series of wild punches.
Gibson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Donald. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A combination from Gibson does no damage.
Donald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gibson.
Gibson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gibson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donald.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donald dodges the punch combination from Gibson.
Gibson scores with a hook.
Donald drops his hands momentarily and Gibson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fender Gibson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Donald ducks right into an uppercut from Gibson.
Gibson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gibson avoids a kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Donald or perhaps it was just good defense by Gibson which made him look bad.
Donald tries to move into range but Gibson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Donald will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gibson digs a good body shot into Donald's ribs.
Donald doesn't manage to clinch there - Gibson circles away.
Gibson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donk. Gibson catches Donald right on the button with a cross.
Mike Donald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gibson swats away the attempt to clinch by Donald.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gibson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gibson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donald fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Donald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gibson stalks Donald and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Donald's face. Donald staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson works the jab nicely.
Gibson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Donald has time to react.

Donald is rocked!
Gibson missing with a left hand there. Donald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oh Donald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gibson misses with a hook. Donald ducked under it nicely.
Donald seems to have got his legs back now.
Donald slips a jab and a cross from Gibson.
Gibson cracks Donald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gibson swinging wildly here.
Gibson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Donald moves out of range as Gibson strikes.
Gibson throws a nice looking combination but Donald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Donald has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gibson cracks Donald with a hook to the temple - Donald is on wobbly legs here! Gibson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Donald falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Gibson wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fender Gibson!