PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gibson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Futuristic Sex Robotz - If I Ruled The World. Hall has chosen AC/DC - Hell's Bells as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gibson
vs
Hall

177 cm
28
177 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
178 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!
[JMFC] 160!

Hell's Balls Recovery
.: AFFAKETION :.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Gibson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hall.
Hall slips a jab from Gibson.
Hall throws the left hand but Gibson avoids the punch easily.
Gibson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gibson misses with a hook. Hall ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Gibson misses.
Hall wants to land a leg kick but Gibson is out of range.
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gibson.
Gibson misses with a straight left.
Gibson throws the left hand but Hall avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Gibson.
Gibson lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gibson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Horrible takedown by Gibson or perhaps it was just good defense by Hall which made him look bad.
A slow jab from Gibson misses its intended target.
Gibson ducks under a wild hook from Hall.

Gibson gets the takedown into side control.
Gibson misses with the ground and pound.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Hall can't do much from the bottom here.
Gibson trying to control the action but Hall is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall is trying to buck Gibson off.
Gibson taking a breather here.
Gibson throws an elbow but Hall slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hall is looking to reverse the position.
Gibson is looking to take a break and control but Hall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall is trying to control Gibson's posture but Gibson avoids it.
Gibson taking a breather here.
Hall wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hall is looking to reverse the position.
Gibson wants to control but Hall is keeping him busy.
Gibson taking a break here but Hall is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gibson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gibson wants to advance to full mount but Hall doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Hall utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gibson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gibson forces his way into half guard.
Hall gets full guard.
Gibson looking to sit in guard and control but Hall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Gibson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gibson.
Hall throws a body punch but Gibson moves out of range.

Hall takes the fight into the clinch.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jack Gibson has been cut.
Gibson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hall gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gibson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson prevents a body shot from Hall.
A nice left hand lands by Gibson.
Gibson tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Gibson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hall prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hall.
Hall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson lands a nice uppercut.
Hall lands an elbow inside.
Hall scores with a knee to the head.

Jack Gibson's cut is getting worse.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hall.
Gibson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
Gibson lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Gibson is blocking nicely.
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Gibson's ribcage.
Gibson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gibson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jack Gibson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Gibson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gibson misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Hall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall scores a nice knee to the body.
Hall throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gibson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hall.
Gibson takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Jack Gibson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Hall! Sam Hall retains his welterweight title!