PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eagles Giants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregor Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mousasi has chosen Ara Gevorgyan Artsakh as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Giants
vs
Mousasi

190 cm
21
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

186 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eagles Giants!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregor Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousasi misses with a two punch combination.
Giants keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mousasi throws a body punch but Giants moves out of range.
Mousasi throws a hook to the side of Giants's head but Giants sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Giants lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mousasi's sensitive parts.
Mousasi throws a series of punches but Giants moves out of range.
Giants misses with a jab to the body
and Mousasi counters with a two punch combo.
Giants fails to land the takedown.
Giants takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mousasi misses with a hook
and Giants counters with a nice leg kick.
Mousasi throws a series of punches but Giants avoids them all with ease.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Giants avoids it well.
Mousasi misses with a body shot.
Mousasi lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mousasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mousasi punishes Giants's body with a nice straight punch.

Giants rushes Mousasi and presses him up against the cage.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giants.
Giants lands an uppercut.

Giants's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giants lands a nice shot that snaps Mousasi's head back.
Giants throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Gregor Mousasi has been cut.
Giants gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mousasi.

Mousasi tries to keep at a distance but Giants has taken the fight into the clinch.
Giants scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giants lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Giants lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Giants lands a hook that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Giants lands a nice uppercut.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Giants keeps him there for the moment.
Giants throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mousasis head.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giants has Mousasi pressed against the cage, preventing Mousasi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mousasi tries to circle away but Giants has him pinned against the cage.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice left hand lands by Giants.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi wants to get back to striking at distance but Giants won't allow it.
Mousasi tries to break the clinch but Giants is controlling the position.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giants blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giants keeps control of Mousasi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mousasi is trying to push Giants away but Giants has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Giants scores with a nice short uppercut.
Giants lands a right hand.

Mousasi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mousasi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giants.
Giants throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mousasi looks winded!
Mousasi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Giants looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Giants drives through with a takedown into guard.
Giants engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Giants stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mousasi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Giants's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giants looking to pass the guard.
Giants is stalling in the full guard.
Giants won't allow Mousasi to get back to his feet.
Mousasi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Giants throws a big right hand that misses.

Mousasi has an active guard here but Giants has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giants content to control rather than advance.
Mousasi taking some punishment here, with Giants in his half guard.
Giants is looking to stall here but Mousasi recovers full guard.

Giants drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Mousasi dives on top into guard.
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!
Mousasi throws a strike but Giants rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giants throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eagles Giants dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gregor Mousasi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

No joy there for Mousasi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Giants.
Giants dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mousasi. That did some damage!
Gregor Mousasi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Giants avoids it well.
Giants slips a jab from Mousasi.
Mousasi thows a body shot but no joy.
Giants with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mousasi tries to close the distance and clinch but Giants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Mousasi misses its intended target.
Mousasi misses with the combination.

Giants closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mousasi quickly recovers to half guard.
Giants is stalling here. Mousasi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Giants seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Mousasi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mousasi looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Giants is avoiding damage well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mousasi lands a nice forearm strike.
Giants manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giants slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Giants manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mousasi working to try and regain half guard.
Giants looking to control but Mousasi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Giants lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
You get the feeling that Mousasi really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Giants working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mousasi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giants misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giants throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Giants controlling from the full mount.
Mousasi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mousasi is desperately trying to improve his position but Giants has a good base and remains in mount.
Giants fails to advance to Mousasi's back.
Giants misses with a head shot.
Giants lands a nice shot to the head.

That has opened up Gregor Mousasi's cut even more.
Mousasi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Giants tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Giants controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Giants lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mousasi blocking the ground and pound.
Mousasi is working to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mousasi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Giants thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Giants lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mousasi reaches up to try and control the position but Giants seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Mousasi rolls and tries to escape and now Giants has his back!

Giants looking to break Mousasi's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Mousasi remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Giants will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Giants is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Mousasi is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eagles Giants!
Eagles Giants retains his light heavyweight title!