PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Gailfus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Thurtz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Gailfus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gailfus
vs
Thurtz

176 cm
24
135 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
135 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Gailfus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michel Thurtz!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thurtz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gailfus being controlled for a moment.
Gailfus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Thurtz decides to stand back up. Thurtz steps back and let's Gailfus get back to his feet.
Gailfus misses with a takedown attempt
and Thurtz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Ryan Gailfus has been cut.
Thurtz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gailfus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thurtz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gailfus was well out of range. Poor timing from Thurtz.
Gailfus fails with the takedown

and Thurtz counters with a right hand that sends Gailfus tumbling to the canvas! Can Thurtz finish him? He dives into Gailfus's guard looking to do just that!

Gailfus is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thurtz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Oh Gailfus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gailfus has his takedown stuffed

and Thurtz counters by clinching up.
Gailfus seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Gailfus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thurtz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gailfus is breathing heavily.

Thurtz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gailfus with a poor takedown
and Thurtz scores with a counter punch that sends Gailfus to the canvas! Thurtz smells blood - he's punishing Gailfus with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Gailfus has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michel Thurtz!