PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Pianko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Gabrial (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Gabrial has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pianko
vs
Gabrial

190 cm
26
218 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeff Pianko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Gabrial!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pianko leaves Gabrial with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Gabrial gets a double leg takedown into Pianko's guard.

Gabrial is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pianko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gabrial is controlling him.

Gabrial drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gabrial jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Gabrial is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gabrial thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Pianko on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pianko tries to get out of the position.

Gabrial drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gabrial jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Gabrial thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabrial stops Pianko from standing up.
Pianko trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Pianko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gabrial on the ground.

Gabrial drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gabrial jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Pianko wants to stand but Gabrial is controlling the position.
Gabrial passes into half guard.
Pianko wants to get back to his feet.

Gabrial is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Gabrial is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabrial looks winded!
Gabrial prevents Pianko from standing back up.

Gabrial is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pianko sees it coming and defends easily.

Gabrial is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pianko tries to kick Gabrial off but Gabrial keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Gabrial is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pianko has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pianko looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gabrial is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Pianko is trying to stand.

Gabrial is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pianko has managed to free his arm - good work.

Gabrial seems to be working for a kimura but Pianko defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pianko is looking to escape.

Gabrial is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pianko wants to get back to his feet.

Gabrial is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Gabrial is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pianko has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pianko tries to kick Gabrial off but Gabrial keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gabrial is looking for a kimura here.

Pianko is defending against the submission attempts here by Gabrial.
Pianko is trying to stand.

Gabrial is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pianko defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gabrial is looking for a kimura here.

Pianko is defending against the submission attempts here by Gabrial.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Gabrial dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Pianko.
Gabrial shoots in looking for a takedown but Pianko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gabrial's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pianko looks for a takedown but Gabrial sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pianko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Pianko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pianko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Gabrial counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Pianko!
James Gabrial has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gabrial tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gabrial has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Gabrial has an Americana. Pianko didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Gabrial is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Gabrial hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). James Gabrial!
James Gabrial was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.