PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tarik Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kisuke Urahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Gibson
vs
Urahara

186 cm
25
192 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 8 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition
Bad Man Clothing

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition
Knox Energy

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tarik Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kisuke Urahara!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson leaves Urahara with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gibson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Urahara looks to score with a jab to the body but Gibson is just out of range.
Gibson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Urahara displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gibson throws out the jab.
Urahara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Gibson misses.
Gibson throws a poor cross that misses
and Urahara counters with an outside leg kick.
Urahara throws a jab when Gibson was well out of range.
Urahara with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gibson to score with a decent uppercut.

Gibson moves into the clinch.
Urahara prevents a body shot from Gibson.

Urahara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gibson.
Gibson misses with a hook. Urahara ducked under it nicely.
Urahara throws a low kick but Gibson avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Urahara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Urahara takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Urahara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gibson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Urahara makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Urahara closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gibson circles away.
Gibson scores with a jab to the body.
Urahara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Gibson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Urahara throwing strikes from guard but Gibson blocks nicely.
Gibson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Urahara has gone for a leg lock! Gibson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Urahara's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson trying to control but Urahara is working from the bottom.

Urahara looking for a guillotine here but Gibson defends easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gibson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gibson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Urahara is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson wants to control from the top but Urahara keeps moving.
Gibson pushes down on Urahara's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gibson controlling the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tarik Gibson.
Urahara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gibson cracks the inside of Urahara's front leg.
Urahara displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gibson throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tests Urahara's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Urahara drives through and clinches with Gibson against the ropes.
Gibson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gibson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gibson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gibson taking a breather.
Gibson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Urahara is pushing Gibson up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gibson is trying to maintain a safe position but Urahara gets an underhook and turns Gibson into the ropes.
Urahara scores with a shoulder strike.
Urahara is looking to control Gibson's arms but Gibson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urahara has his back to the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Urahara controls his hands.
Urahara cracks Gibson with a nice body shot.
Gibson gets through Urahara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Urahara lands a body shot in the clinch.
Urahara lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tarik Gibson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gibson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urahara.
Urahara tries to land a leg kick but Gibson saw it coming and moves away.

Urahara throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gibson was covering up waiting for the punch and Urahara finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Urahara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gibson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Urahara is one step ahead there.
Urahara wants to control from the top but Gibson keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Kisuke Urahara hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Urahara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Urahara throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gibson throws a big shot that misses.
Urahara misses with a leg kick
and Gibson counters with an outside leg kick.
Urahara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Urahara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gibson.
Urahara wants to clinch up but Gibson keeps it at a distance.
Gibson misses with a hook.
Gibson tries to clinch there but Urahara circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Urahara.
Gibson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urahara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gibson connects with a looping right hand.
Gibson connects with an inside leg kick.
Gibson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urahara thumps Gibson with a low kick.
Tarik Gibson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gibson misses with a right hand
and Urahara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Urahara moves out of range as Gibson strikes.
Urahara will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gibson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Urahara thumps Gibson with a low kick.
Urahara lands a jab to the nose.
Gibson scores with a leg kick.
Gibson cracks the inside of Urahara's front leg.
Tarik Gibson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gibson throws a lazy right hand but Urahara sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gibson misses with an uppercut. Urahara saw that one coming.
Urahara lands with a thumping leg kick.

Urahara closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Urahara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Urahara wants to clinch.
Urahara goes for a double leg but Gibson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Gibson continues to drive forward.
Urahara misses with a body punch.
Urahara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gibson trying to stall but Urahara improves his position.
Gibson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gibson blocking some punches.

Urahara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Urahara misses with a leg kick.

Gibson gets tackled into the ropes by Urahara. Urahara maintains the clinch.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urahara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gibson lands with a left to the head.
Gibson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urahara blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson blocking some punches.
Urahara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Urahara is trying to push Gibson away but Gibson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Urahara.
Urahara's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gibson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Urahara working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Gibson on the inside.
Urahara lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Urahara fails to land.
Gibson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Gibson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kisuke Urahara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gibson lands a shot to the body.

Gibson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gibson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Urahara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gibson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good shot there by Gibson.
Urahara throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gibson looks to land a left hand but Urahara moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kisuke Urahara will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gibson blocks the body kick.
Gibson is looking to clinch but Urahara is avoiding it.
Gibson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urahara.
Urahara moves out of range as Gibson strikes.
Gibson throws a series of strikes that have Urahara backpedaling.
Urahara fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gibson avoids it really well and circles away.
Urahara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gibson.
Gibson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Urahara can pounce on him.
Urahara tries to land a body kick
and Gibson counters with a right hand to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gibson.
Gibson misses with a straight left.
Gibson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gibson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urahara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gibson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urahara is looking to clinch but Gibson is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick lands from Gibson.
A shot to the body from Gibson misses
and Gibson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Urahara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gibson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Gibson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gibson moves out of range of the body kick.
Gibson scores with a jab. Urahara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gibson misses with a looping left.
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!
Urahara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Urahara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Urahara moves in looking to clinch but Gibson pushes him off.
Urahara lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Urahara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Urahara fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urahara misses with a head kick.
Gibson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Urahara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Urahara pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Gibson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Gibson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gibson scores with a shoulder strike.
Urahara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Urahara is looking to control Gibson's arms but Gibson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urahara has his back to the ropes.
Urahara misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gibson fails to land.
Gibson has Urahara pressed against the ropes, preventing Urahara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gibson throws a punch but it's blocked by Urahara.
Urahara looking to stall.
Gibson gets underhooks to prevent Urahara's takedown attempt.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Urahara.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson works on Urahara's body with a couple of short punches.
Gibson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urahara swings wildly with an uppercut but Gibson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson misses with a body punch.
Gibson pushes Urahara back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gibson blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gibson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gibson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Urahara's efforts to push away.
Gibson scores with a shot to the side of Urahara's head.
Gibson can't find room to land a body shot as Urahara controls the action.
Urahara blocks a body shot from Gibson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Urahara.
Gibson gets underhooks to prevent Urahara's takedown attempt.
Tarik Gibson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kisuke Urahara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Urahara controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Uraharas head.
Urahara misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gibson tries to work over Urahara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gibson has a couple of punches blocked by Urahara.
Urahara tries a body shot but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson wants to stall.
Gibson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Urahara goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gibson prevents it.
Gibson taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urahara struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
Gibson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Urahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Gibson - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tarik Gibson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gibson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Tarik Gibson!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Tarik Gibson!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Tarik Gibson!

Tarik Gibson wins by unanimous decision!