PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between gabriel gibney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

gibney
vs
Blessed

160 cm
23
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, gabriel gibney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Blessed!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
gibney tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Blessed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in gibney's guard now.
Blessed prevents gibney from getting back to his feet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as gibney holds on and takes a little breather.
Blessed is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

gibney looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Blessed trying to stand up but can't free himself from gibney's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blessed wants to stand and escape but instead gibney has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
gibney tries to free his leg and advance position but Blessed is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blessed wants to get back to his feet but gibney is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Blessed pushes gibney off and gets back to his feet.
gibney lands a jab to Blessed's midsection.

Blessed lands a left and a right that send gibney crashing to the mat, dazed. Blessed thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like gabriel gibney has been cut.
gibney is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blessed throws a right hand that gibney ducks under and follows up with a left that gibney also avoids with ease.
Blessed misses with a two punch combination.
gibney wants to clinch

and Blessed counters with a crisp right hand that drops gibney! Blessed lets gibney back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

gibney is rocked!
Brian Blessed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
BAM! Blessed delivers a spinning backfist that drops gibney like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Brian Blessed!