PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Kraken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gibson has chosen Futuristic Sex Robotz - If I Ruled The World as his entrance music. Jack Gibson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Kraken's chin.

Kraken
vs
Gibson

185 cm
27
174 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

177 cm
29
177 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

[JMFC] 160!
[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Kraken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gibson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kraken misses with an uppercut
and Gibson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kraken on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the liver by Kraken. Beautiful body shot.
Kraken misses with a hook to the body
and Gibson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gibson moves away.
Kraken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gibson.
Kraken misses with an uppercut
and Gibson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gibson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kraken misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gibson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jack Gibson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson throws a lazy uppercut
and Kraken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gibson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gibson misses with a straight right.
Mark Kraken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Jack Gibson has been cut.
Kraken throws a hook but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson takes a swing at Kraken's ribcage but misses.
Gibson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kraken makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A shot to the body from Kraken misses
and Gibson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kraken scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gibson lands a nice hook to Kraken's body. Kraken takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kraken defending well as Gibson loads up on a big left hand.
Gibson needs to keep his hands up - Kraken had a free shot at his head there.
Gibson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kraken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kraken takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gibson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gibson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kraken doesn't seem bothered though.
Kraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gibson.
Kraken lands with an overhand left.
Kraken shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gibson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kraken.
Kraken throws a poor cross that misses
and Gibson counters with a stiff right hand.
Gibson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kraken. Kraken circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gibson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kraken.
Gibson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kraken had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kraken avoids the body shot from Gibson.
Gibson looks to land a right hand but Kraken moved out of range.
Gibson misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraken keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gibson.
Gibson defending well as Kraken loads up on a big left hand.
Gibson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gibson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kraken takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gibson lands a jab to the nose.
Gibson scores with the left hand. Kraken knows he should have avoided that one.
Gibson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gibson misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Gibson misses the target.
Gibson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kraken is just out of range.
Kraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gibson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gibson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kraken.
Gibson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gibson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gibson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kraken throws out the jab.
Kraken fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Gibson scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kraken. Gibson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gibson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kraken counters with a series of strikes. Gibson will be more careful next time no doubt.

That has opened up Jack Gibson's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gibson misses with a looping left.
Gibson throws out a powerful jab.
Gibson dives in and grabs Kraken's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kraken pushes down on Gibson's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Gibson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Gibson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gibson lands a slapping body shot.
Kraken defending well as Gibson loads up on a big left hand.
Gibson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kraken is just out of range.
Kraken connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gibson's hands.
Kraken takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kraken throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gibson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kraken sprawls well. Kraken wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gibson gets slowly back to his feet.
Kraken misses with a few strikes there.
Gibson misses with a jab to the body
and Kraken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gibson throws a nice looking combination but Kraken bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kraken lands a jab to Gibson's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken throws a jab when Gibson was well out of range.
Gibson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kraken.
Kraken takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kraken has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gibson finds it's way round the side to connect with Kraken's head.
Gibson misses the body punch
and Kraken counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kraken throws a right and a left that Gibson avoids nicely.
Jack Gibson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kraken swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gibson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gibson throws a series of strikes that have Kraken backpedaling.
Gibson misses with a hook
and Kraken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The cut above Jack Gibson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gibson throws a right hand that misses
letting Kraken counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson avoids the body shot from Kraken.
Gibson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kraken slips a jab from Gibson.
Gibson avoids the body shot from Kraken.
Kraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gibson.
Kraken swings widly with a right hand
and Gibson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kraken swings widly with a right hand
and Gibson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kraken.
Gibson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kraken.
Gibson throws a looping overhand right but Kraken ducks down to avoid it.
Gibson throws an off balance right hand
and Kraken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gibson scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson lands with a good body shot.
Gibson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kraken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gibson lands with an uppercut that bounces Kraken off the cage and back into rage.
Kraken looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gibson cracks Kraken with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gibson misses with a body shot
and Kraken counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gibson thinking.
Gibson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gibson lands a jab to Kraken's midsection.
Gibson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibson.
Gibson throws a body punch but Kraken moves out of range.
Gibson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kraken manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for Gibson.
Gibson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gibson jabs at Kraken's body.
Gibson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kraken.
Gibson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Kraken is rocked!
Gibson gets in close and tags Kraken with a short punch that almost sends Kraken to the mat! Oh Kraken is in big trouble! He turns his back on Gibson, trying to create some distance but Gibson rushes him, striking wildly and Kraken goes down! The referee tackles Gibson into the cage to end the fight! Gibson is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Gibson!