PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud Gullit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Briggs has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Briggs
vs
Gullit

175 cm
26
142 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

160 cm
26
141 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Briggs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ruud Gullit!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Gullit does no damage.
Gullit swinging wildly here.
Gullit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Briggs dodges the punch combination from Gullit.
Gullit displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Donk. Gullit catches Briggs right on the button with a cross.
Briggs lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gullit has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gullit connects with a right that clearly hurt Briggs. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Gullit proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Briggs collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruud Gullit! Ruud Gullit retains his bantamweight title!
Ruud Gullit seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.