PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Homer Gumbercules (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gumbercules
vs
Marques

190 cm
20
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Zombie Nutrition - LOD

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Homer Gumbercules!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Marques!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gumbercules drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gumbercules throwing strikes but missing.
Marques is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marques looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gumbercules lands a couple of elbows.
Gumbercules postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marques tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marques lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gumbercules!
Marques thowing shots but they're missing.
Gumbercules manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Gumbercules, under a barage of strikes from Marques.
Gumbercules is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gumbercules is trying to get back to full guard.
Marques missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gumbercules is looking for a sweep. Marques is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Gumbercules kicks Marques off and gets back to his feet.
Gumbercules lands with an uppercut that bounces Marques off the cage and back into range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gumbercules.
Marques tries to clinch but Gumbercules is having none of it.
Gumbercules avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gumbercules is looking to clinch.

Gumbercules shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gumbercules seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gumbercules is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marques is trying to get back to full guard.
Gumbercules controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Gumbercules there.
Marques is looking for a sweep. Gumbercules is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gumbercules is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marques tries to get to full guard but Gumbercules has control of the leg.
Marques keeps trying to improve his position.
Gumbercules lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gumbercules lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques missing with punches from the bottom.
Gumbercules passes to full mount!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Marques squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gumbercules knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marques on the ground.
Gumbercules working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Marques is desperately trying to improve his position but Gumbercules has a good base and remains in mount.
Gumbercules is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Marques is rocked!
Gumbercules postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Marques badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Gumbercules around the waist but Gumbercules pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Gumbercules is the winner by TKO! Gumbercules jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Homer Gumbercules!
Homer Gumbercules made sure to mention his sponsor, Zombie Nutrition - LOD in his post fight interview.