PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Baumgartner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baumgartner has chosen Knock you out as his entrance music. Robert Baumgartner told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gabriel
vs
Baumgartner

193 cm
23
277 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

195 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Baumgartner!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabriel lands with a slapping head kick.
Baumgartner misses with a wild combination.
Nice body kick there by Gabriel.
Baumgartner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gabriel scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gabriel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Baumgartner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Gabriel does it's job there.
Baumgartner throws a nice looking combination but Gabriel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Juan Gabriel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baumgartner stuffs the takedown.

Baumgartner throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gabriel was covering up waiting for the punch and Baumgartner finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Gabriel uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Baumgartner gets the takedown into side control.
Baumgartner is looking to take a break and control but Gabriel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baumgartner tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baumgartner throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Baumgartner throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Gabriel works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baumgartner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gabriel wants to get back to his feet.
Baumgartner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Baumgartner throwing shots but Gabriel is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baumgartner wants to pass to mount but Gabriel is defending the position.
Baumgartner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gabriel defending well though.
Baumgartner misses with a head shot. Gabriel uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gabriel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baumgartner trying to control but Gabriel is working from the bottom.

Gabriel has his feet on Baumgartner's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Gabriel gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel keeps control of Baumgartner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gabriel prevents Baumgartner from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Baumgartner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Baumgartner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baumgartner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baumgartner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baumgartner tries to circle away but Gabriel has him pinned against the cage.
Gabriel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gabriel gets underhooks to prevent Baumgartner's takedown attempt.

Baumgartner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gabriel lands a really nice looking cross but Baumgartner seems unphased.

Baumgartner tries to keep at a distance but Gabriel has taken the fight into the clinch.

Baumgartner breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gabriel with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gabriel. Baumgartner shrugs it off though.
Gabriel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Baumgartner looks gassed!
Baumgartner misses with a two punch combination.
Gabriel connects with a leg kick. Baumgartner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gabriel connects with a single shot there.
Gabriel jabs Baumgartner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gabriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Baumgartner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gabriel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baumgartner scrambles back to his feet.
Baumgartner swats away the attempt to clinch by Gabriel.
Gabriel throws a right and a left that Baumgartner avoids nicely.

Gabriel dives in and scores a takedown into Baumgartner's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gabriel wants to stand but Baumgartner is controlling his posture from full guard.

Gabriel gets to his feet - Baumgartner follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Gabriel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gabriel tries for a takedown but Baumgartner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Baumgartner scores with a takedown into Gabriel's guard.

Gabriel pushes Baumgartner off and scrambles back to his feet.
Baumgartner misses with a double jab.
Gabriel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gabriel lands a head kick!
Gabriel lands a jab to Baumgartner's midsection.
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!
Gabriel slaps away a takedown attempt from Baumgartner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Robert Baumgartner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gabriel lands a body shot.
Juan Gabriel is winning the standup battle so far.
Gabriel lands a nice looking body shot.
Baumgartner is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Baumgartner.
Gabriel thuds a left hand into Baumgartner's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Gabriel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baumgartner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Baumgartner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gabriel.

Gabriel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Gabriel decides to stand up.
Gabriel lands with a shot to the body.
Baumgartner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gabriel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gabriel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gabriel is looking to wear down Baumgartner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gabriel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gabriel moves in looking to clinch but Baumgartner pushes him off.
Baumgartner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gabriel.
Gabriel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gabriel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel lands a high kick!
Gabriel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gabriel lands a body shot.

Gabriel has managed to clinch.

Gabriel breaks the clinch.
Nice cross by Gabriel.
Gabriel connects with a single shot there.
Gabriel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gabriel's corner calls for a 1-2. Gabriel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gabriel doesn't manage to clinch there - Baumgartner circles away.
A head kick misses from Gabriel.
Baumgartner throws a series of punches but Gabriel avoids them all with ease.
Gabriel shoots in for a takedown but Baumgartner shows good takedown defense.
Gabriel scores with a jab to the head.
Baumgartner throws a right and a left that Gabriel avoids nicely.
Gabriel misses with a head kick.
Gabriel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baumgartner can do to turn this around?
Gabriel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Juan Gabriel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Baumgartner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Gabriel scores with a four punch combination!
Gabriel scores with a head kick.
Baumgartner swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Gabriel drives through and clinches with Baumgartner against the cage.
Baumgartner is trying to break free.
Gabriel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baumgartner is looking to break free of the clinch but Gabriel has double underhooks.
Gabriel has had enough of the clinch but Baumgartner keeps him there for the moment.
Gabriel keeps control of Baumgartner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Baumgartner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baumgartner just misses with a punch to the body.
Gabriel moves in looking to clinch but Baumgartner pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Baumgartner fails with a takedown attempt.
Baumgartner throws a right and a left that Gabriel avoids nicely.
Gabriel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gabriel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Baumgartner to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Baumgartner is looking to work some ground and pound but Gabriel has wrist control.
Gabriel wants to stand but Baumgartner is controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gabriel manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Gabriel dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sloppy strikes from Baumgartner. Those never looked like landing.
Baumgartner misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from Gabriel as Baumgartner shoots in.
Baumgartner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gabriel connects with a high kick.

It looks like Robert Baumgartner has been cut.
Gabriel lands with a kick to the temple. Baumgartner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Baumgartner has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gabriel.
Gabriel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Baumgartner is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
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!

Gabriel lands a huge takedown. Baumgartner is out but the ref is slow to react and Gabriel lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Baumgartner lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Gabriel!