PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geralt Of Ravia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Of Ravia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Witcher. Gabe Faber will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Of Ravia
vs
Faber

176 cm
29
203 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

192 cm
29
219 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear

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 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Geralt Of Ravia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabe Faber!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Of Ravia throws a sloppy head kick and Faber moves out of range easily.
Of Ravia throws a nice head kick!
Faber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Of Ravia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Faber bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Of Ravia's head.
Of Ravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber sizes up Of Ravia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of Ravia swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Of Ravia throws a jab but it's blocked by Faber.
Of Ravia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Ravia moves out of range of the body kick from Faber.
That kick from Of Ravia tenderised Faber's leg. Faber is trying to keep his angry face on.
Faber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Faber lands an overhand right.
Of Ravia tries a head kick but it misses.
Faber is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Of Ravia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faber.
Of Ravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Of Ravia misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Ravia misses with the combination.
Faber is looking to clinch.
Of Ravia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Faber.
Faber takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Faber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Of Ravia.
Faber scoring well with a low kick there.
Faber feints a jab promting Of Ravia to slip. Faber then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Of Ravia slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Faber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Of Ravia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Of Ravia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Faber lands with a straight right. Of Ravia didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faber turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Of Ravia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Faber ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Of Ravia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Faber. Faber obviously looking to wear him down.
Of Ravia misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Faber.
Of Ravia scores with a hook.

Faber gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Of Ravia with a knee to the head.

Of Ravia pulls guard effortlessly.
Faber preventing the sweep.
Faber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Of Ravia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Faber!
Of Ravia lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Faber hang on?
Of Ravia tries to control but Faber wriggling away.
Faber tries to reverse the position but Of Ravia maintains control.
Faber slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Faber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Of Ravia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Of Ravia there.

Of Ravia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Faber doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Of Ravia.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Faber has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Of Ravia escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Of Ravia!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia throws a strike aimed at the side of Faber's head but Faber avoids it well.
Faber can't do much from the bottom here.
Of Ravia lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Faber down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
You can see the frustration on Faber's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Faber is working to avoid the ground and pound but Of Ravia connects with a decent elbow.

Faber is rocked!
Of Ravia lands a strong strike to the head of Faber. That's dazed him! Of Ravia looking to finish here. Faber is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Of Ravia lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geralt Of Ravia!
During a confident post fight interview, Geralt Of Ravia thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.