PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Gzrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbermat Serlal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gzrel comes to the cage accompanied by Warriors Dance. Serlal has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Zbermat Serlal will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gzrel
vs
Serlal

193 cm
30
278 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

205 cm
30
265 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Gzrel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zbermat Serlal!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gzrel scores with a push kick.

Gzrel closes the distance and clinches.
Gzrel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Serlal.
Gzrel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short uppercut from Gzrel.
Serlal jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gzrel walks away with a smile on his face. Serlal gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gzrel connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gzrel lands a nice looking body kick.
Gabriel Gzrel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Serlal takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Serlal looks winded!
Serlal slips a jab and a cross from Gzrel.
Gzrel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gzrel is looking to slow Serlal down with leg kicks.
Gzrel works the jab nicely.
Good leg kick by Gzrel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gzrel feints and then cracks Serlal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Serlal down.
Gzrel scores with a shot to the body.
Gzrel fakes the leg kick and cracks Serlal in the body.
Gzrel throws a head kick that half lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gzrel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gzrel thumps Serlal with a low kick.
Serlal needs to keep his hands up - Gzrel had a free shot at his head there.
Gzrel throws a front kick that sends Serlal stumbling back into the cage.
Serlal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show 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!
Gzrel cracks the inside of Serlal's front leg.

Gzrel clinches up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gzrel.
Gzrel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Gzrel.
A short uppercut from Gzrel.
Gzrel lands a knee to the head.
Gzrel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gzrel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Serlal jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gzrel walks away with a smile on his face. Serlal gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gzrel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gzrel scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serlal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gzrel.
Gzrel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gzrel missing with a left hand there. Serlal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gzrel slaps away a takedown attempt from Serlal, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gabriel Gzrel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zbermat Serlal.
Serlal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Serlal there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gzrel throws a front kick that sends Serlal stumbling back into the cage.
Gzrel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gzrel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Serlal blocks a head kick by Gzrel.
Gzrel throws a front kick that sends Serlal stumbling back into the cage.
Gzrel misses with a head kick.
Gzrel lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gzrel connects with a solid leg kick.
Serlal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Serlal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gzrel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gzrel connects with a solid leg kick.
Gzrel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Gzrel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Serlal takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gzrel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Serlal.
Serlal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gzrel just misses with a punch to the body.
Gzrel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gabriel Gzrel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gzrel.
Gzrel throws a leg kick which misses Serlal's front leg but catches the back leg as Serlal tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gzrel - that will leave a mark!
Gzrel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gzrel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Serlal moves away.
Gzrel scoring well with a low kick there.
Gzrel feints a jab promting Serlal to slip. Gzrel then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Serlal slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Serlal has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gzrel.

Gzrel moves into the clinch.
Gzrel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Serlal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gzrel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Gzrel.
Serlal jumps guard but Gzrel stands there with Serlal around his waist. Serlal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Serlal is trying to pull guard but Gzrel turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gzrel lands a nice shot to the body.
Gzrel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Serlal is trying to pull guard but Gzrel has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Gzrel 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.

Gzrel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gzrel.
Gzrel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gzrel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gzrel lunges at Serlal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Serlal's hand.
Gzrel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Serlal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gzrel.
Gzrel feints and then cracks Serlal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Serlal down.
Nice uppercut there from Serlal.
Gzrel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gabriel Gzrel is winning the standup battle so far.
Serlal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gzrel was well out of range. Poor timing from Serlal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serlal has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Serlal shoots in for a double leg but Gzrel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A right-left combo lands from Gzrel.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gzrel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Serlal is breathing heavily.
Serlal is trying to pull guard but Gzrel has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Gzrel.
Gabriel Gzrel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gzrel pushes Serlal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gzrel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Serlal can do to turn this around?
Gzrel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Serlal tries to pull guard but Gzrel holds him up against the cage and eventually Serlal drops back down to his feet.
Gabriel Gzrel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zbermat Serlal.
Serlal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gzrel smiles and moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gzrel. That's going to slow Serlal down.
Gzrel pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Gzrel closes the distance and pushes Serlal back into the cage.
Gzrel lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gzrel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gzrel.
Gzrel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Gzrel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gzrel lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gzrel.
Gzrel working the clinch nicely. Serlal is working for position but Gzrel cracks him with a big knee to the head! Serlal crumples up against the cage and Gzrel lands two more shots before the ref can save Serlal! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Gabriel Gzrel!
After winning the bout, Gabriel Gzrel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.