PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Hannibal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilles Gerard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Hannibal is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hannibal
vs
Gerard

195 cm
23
275 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
275 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Fast

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Hannibal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilles Gerard!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hannibal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Gerard. That snapped Hannibal's head back.

It looks like Jason Hannibal has been cut.
Gerard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hannibal moves away.
Gerard avoids the head kick by Hannibal.
Hannibal scores with a sloppy right hand. Gerard should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hannibal tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Hannibal misses its intended target.
Gerard throws a chopping leg kick but Hannibal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hannibal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hannibal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hannibal ducks under a wild hook from Gerard.
Hannibal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hannibal gets a clinch.
Gerard tries to break free but Hannibal pushes him back against the cage.
Hannibal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gerard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gerard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gerard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hannibal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gerard keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hannibal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gerard.
Gerard avoids the head kick by Hannibal.

Hannibal moves into range and clinches up with Gerard.
Hannibal misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hannibal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hannibal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hannibal tries a knee to the head but Gerard blocks it.

Gerard gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Hannibal regains guard.

Hannibal looking for a guillotine here but Gerard defends easily.

Hannibal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gerard is aware though and is defending well.
Hannibal looking for a sweep. Not yet Hannibal, not yet.

Hannibal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
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!

Hannibal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gerard defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hannibal's head.
Gerard works over Hannibal with some ground and pound from guard.
Hannibal keeping full guard, as Gerard tries to pass.
Gerard connects with a couple of short punches.
Gerard is in close to Hannibal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gerard won't allow Hannibal to get back to his feet.

Hannibal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gerard defends it easily.
Hannibal is looking to stand up but Gerard isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hannibal utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hannibal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gerard trying to control but Hannibal is working from the bottom.

Hannibal working for a triangle but Gerard defends it easily.
Gerard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gerard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Hannibal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gerard defends well.

Hannibal looking for a guillotine here but Gerard defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerard wants to control from the top but Hannibal keeps moving.
Hannibal looking to control.
Hannibal wants to stand and escape but Gerard is having none of it.
Gerard stands up over Hannibal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gerard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gerard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerard looking to pass the guard.

Hannibal is looking for a triangle here but Gerard uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Gerard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hannibal down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gilles Gerard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jason Hannibal's cut.
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.

Gerard throws a looping overhand right but Hannibal ducks down to avoid it.

Hannibal moves into the clinch.
Gerard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hannibal with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gerard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hannibal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hannibal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gerard avoids it.
Gerard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hannibal has him pressed against the cage.
Gerard is trying to force a seperation but Hannibal has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gerard avoids the elbow strike from Hannibal, against the cage.
Gerard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hannibal scores with a knee to the head.
Gerard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hannibal utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hannibal connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gerard's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hannibal obliges.
Gerard is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hannibal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gerard avoids it.
Gerard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hannibal trying to control the position but instead, Gerard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hannibal into the cage.
Hannibal is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hannibal lands a nice elbow.
Hannibal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gerard or not.
Hannibal with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hannibal landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hannibal blocks a body shot from Gerard.
Hannibal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jason Hannibal has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hannibal looking to throw knees to the head but Gerard is blocking nicely.
Hannibal landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hannibal.

Hannibal connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Gerard goes down! Hannibal jumps into full mount looking to finish!

Gerard is rocked!
Hannibal lands a big elbow - Gerard is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Gerard is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jason Hannibal!
An out of breath Jason Hannibal thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.