PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Gimmick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Church comes to the cage accompanied by . Gimmick has chosen Six Feet Under - War Is Coming as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Church
vs
Gimmick

170 cm
28
155 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

177 cm
29
162 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Church!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Justin Gimmick!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Church throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justin Gimmick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Church.
Gimmick lands a right hook to the body.
Nice cross by Gimmick.
Church showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gimmick.
Church swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Church scores with a body shot.
Church looks to score with a jab to the body but Gimmick is just out of range.
Church tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gimmick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Church tries to land a leg kick but Gimmick saw it coming and moves away.
Church misses with a straight right.
Church checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick lands from Gimmick.
Gimmick lunges at Church with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Church's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Church there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimmick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Church throws a leg kick that misses.
Gimmick feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Church's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gimmick.
Church ducks right into an uppercut from Gimmick.
Gimmick throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Church on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gimmick moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Church moves out of range of the leg kick from Gimmick.
A slow jab from Church misses its intended target.
Gimmick connects with a jab.
A big right from Church misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Church throws a head kick that misses
and Gimmick counters with a big head kick but Church shrugs it off.

Gimmick moves into the clinch.
Church lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Church pushes Gimmick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Church tries to stall but Gimmick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Church seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Gimmick is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Church misses with a punch to the body.

Gimmick manages to break the clinch.
Gimmick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Church misses with an uppercut
and Gimmick counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters circling a little - Gimmick finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gimmick scores with a hook to the body. Church takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Church throws a leg kick which misses Gimmick's front leg but catches the back leg as Gimmick tries to avoid it.
Church throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Church takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Church is breathing heavily.
Church tries to clinch up.
Church wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Church. Gimmick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gimmick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Church is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Gimmick's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Gimmick scoring well with a low kick there.
Gimmick throws a head kick that half lands.
Gimmick connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gimmick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Church.
Church scores with a hook to the body. Gimmick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gimmick fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Church has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Church missing with a left hand there. Gimmick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gimmick lands a high kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Gimmick.
Gimmick throws a head kick that Church semi-blocks.
Church takes one on the button.
Church tries to land a leg kick but Gimmick saw it coming and moves away.
Church throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Church showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gimmick.
Gimmick scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gimmick digs a good body shot into Church's ribs.
Gimmick misses with the combination.
Gimmick lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Gimmick dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gimmick misses with a wild body shot.
Gimmick slips under a jab.
Gimmick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Church was well out of range. Poor timing from Gimmick.
Church misses the jab.
Church is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Church misses the shot to the body.
Gimmick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Church in his tracks.

Gimmick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Church throws a punch but it's blocked by Gimmick.
A right hook to the body lands for Church.

Gimmick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gimmick thumps Church with a low kick.
Church is looking to chop away at Gimmick's legs.
Gimmick misses with an uppercut
and Church counters with a thumping low kick.
Gimmick misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimmick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Church takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gimmick thows a body shot but no joy.
Gimmick misses with a hook to the body
and Church counters with a nice body shot.
Church throws a series of punches but Gimmick moves out of range.
Gimmick catches Church with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Church ducks under a wild hook from Gimmick.
Church on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gimmick throws a body punch but Church moves out of range.
Gimmick connects with a good right hand that stumbles Church. Church circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Church takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick from Church misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Church takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Church tried to score with a low kick but Gimmick checks it.
Gimmick connects with a single shot there.
Gimmick has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Church throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gimmick counters with a good low kick that Church was not able to check.
Gimmick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Church tries to clinch but Gimmick moves out of range.
Gimmick connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Church's hands.
Church throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gimmick counters with a straight right hand.
Justin Gimmick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Church throws a hook to the side of Gimmick's head but Gimmick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Church takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gimmick. That's going to slow Church down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An inside leg kick lands from Gimmick.
Church throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Church moves away.
Gimmick lands a jab to the nose.
Church drops his hands momentarily and Gimmick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gimmick uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Church has time to react.
Gimmick throws a leg kick but Church checks it.
Nice body punch from Gimmick.
Gimmick misses with a looping left.
A jab from Gimmick finds it's way through Church's defenses.
Gimmick misses with a low kick.
Church doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Church throws an overhand right that lands on Gimmick's shoulder, as Gimmick tries to avoid the shot.
Gimmick lands a nice leg kick that just misses Church's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gimmick lands a nice shot to the body.
Gimmick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gimmick goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gimmick.
Church lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Church throws a body punch but Gimmick moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gimmick. That's going to slow Church down.
Church swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gimmick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Gimmick lands a big head kick that sends Church tumbling to the mat! Gimmick takes a step backwards and waves Church back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Church is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gimmick lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Church is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gimmick throws an overhand right that drops Church like a sack of potatoes! Gimmick dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Gimmick!
Justin Gimmick bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.