PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gideon Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Kaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gabriel
vs
Kaz

178 cm
33
179 lbs
30 - 14 - 2

186 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gideon Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Kaz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kaz misses.
Kaz wants to clinch.
Gabriel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaz slips a straight right by Gabriel.

Gabriel has Kaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Kaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Gabriel backwards.
Gabriel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Gabriel.
Our sources have told us that Gabriel has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Gabriel avoids the elbow strike from Kaz, against the cage.
Gabriel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kaz avoids the elbow strike from Gabriel, against the cage.
Kaz is trying to stall.
Gabriel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gabriel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
Gabriel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Gabriel has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Kaz regains guard immediately.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel tries to free his leg and advance position but Kaz is retaining full guard.
Gabriel is in close to Kaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gabriel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kaz keeping moving, preventing Gabriel from controlling successfully.
Gabriel landing some decent shots from guard.
Kaz keeping moving, preventing Gabriel from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel throwing strikes from guard but Kaz blocks nicely.
Gabriel wants to control from the top but Kaz keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel throwing strikes but missing.
Gabriel throwing strikes but missing.
Gabriel wants to control from the top but Kaz keeps moving.
Gabriel controls from within his opponent's guard.

Gideon Gabriel has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gabriel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Kaz misses with a hook. Gabriel ducked under it nicely.
Kaz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kaz throws out a leg kick but Gabriel moves out of range and Kaz only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel punishes Kaz's body with a nice straight punch.
Gabriel moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gabriel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kaz scrambles back to his feet.
Kaz misses with a left hand
and Gabriel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaz misses with a straight left.

Gabriel looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kaz wants to sweep here but Gabriel controlling him for the moment.
Gabriel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kaz trying to control the position here.
Gabriel connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gabriel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gabriel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kaz is controlling Gabriel's posture.
Gabriel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gabriel preventing the sweep.
Gabriel throws an elbow that misses. Kaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gabriel's guard. Nice move by Kaz!
Gabriel controls Kaz momentarily but Kaz frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaz trying to control but Gabriel is working from the bottom.
Gabriel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kaz controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gideon Gabriel dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kaz lands with a good body shot.
Gabriel slips a straight right by Kaz.
Kaz scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Gabriel.
Some wild striking there from Gabriel.
Gabriel wants to clinch.
Kaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Gabriel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kaz lands with a straight right. Gabriel didn't see that one coming.
Gabriel misses with a wild combination.
Gabriel blocks a leg kick.
Gabriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaz moves away.
Gabriel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kaz takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaz moves away.
Gabriel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gabriel blocks a head kick by Kaz.
Gideon Gabriel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaz moves in looking to clinch but Gabriel pushes him off.
Gabriel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gabriel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kaz.
Kaz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kaz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gabriel is out of range and Kaz settles back down.
Gabriel checks a low kick from Kaz.
Kaz misses with a low kick as Gabriel jumps back.
Kaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Gabriel misses.
Gabriel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gabriel jabs at Kaz's body.
Kaz swinging wildly here.
Gabriel lands with a hook. Kaz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gabriel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel scores with a decent looking hook.
Gabriel misses with a leg kick
and Kaz counters with a nice body shot.
Gabriel throws a big shot that misses.
Gabriel scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice uppercut there from Gabriel.
Kaz ducks under a wild hook from Gabriel.

Gabriel clinches up with Kaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gabriel.
Gabriel tries to land a knee to the head but Kaz blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gabriel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gabriel lands a shot to the body.
Kaz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gabriel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gabriel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Gabriel backwards.
Gabriel avoiding damage as Kaz throws knees to the body.
Kaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Gabriel.
Kaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaz lands with a right to the head.
Kaz has a couple of punches blocked by Gabriel.
Gabriel digs a right hand into Kaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kaz's gas tank.

Gabriel has hold of one of Kaz's legs. Kaz is fighting the takedown attempt but Gabriel gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Gabriel throws an elbow that misses. Kaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gabriel's guard. Nice move by Kaz!
Kaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gabriel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gabriel wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kaz is now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gabriel tries to roll over but Kaz keeps him under control.
Gideon Gabriel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kaz thows a huge punch but Gabriel dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gabriel moves into full guard.

Gabriel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gabriel is adopting a defensive guard.
Kaz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gabriel looking for a sweep. Not yet Gabriel, not yet.
Kaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Gabriel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gideon Gabriel dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Gabriel's head.
Gabriel throws a big shot that misses.
Gabriel lunges at Kaz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kaz's hand.
Gabriel misses the shot to the body.
Gabriel swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaz.
Kaz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gabriel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gabriel misses with a body shot.
Kaz tries to work over Gabriel's front leg with a kick but Gabriel checks it.

Kaz clinches with his opponent.
Gabriel misses with some punches.
Kaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gabriel's elbow.
Gabriel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gabriel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kaz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel throws a hook to the side of Kaz's head but Kaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kaz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gabriel is out of range.
Gabriel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Max Kaz has been cut.
Gabriel takes a swing at Kaz's ribcage but misses.
Kaz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Max Kaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kaz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Gabriel feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gabriel won't allow Kaz to get back to his feet.
Gabriel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kaz is keeping the position for now.
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!
Gabriel is working hard here to advance position.
Kaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Kaz, not yet.

Kaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gabriel is aware though and is defending well.
Max Kaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gideon Gabriel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gabriel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gabriel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Gabriel.

Gabriel pushes Kaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Gabriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kaz obliges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaz.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kaz throws an elbow but misses.
Kaz taking a breather.
Good body shot from Gabriel.
Gabriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaz.
Kaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Gabriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gabriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel misses with a punch to the body.
Gabriel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabriel.
Gabriel pushes Kaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kaz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gabriel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaz tries a body shot but Gabriel blocks it.
Kaz misses with some punches.
Gabriel blocks a body shot from Kaz.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Max Kaz.
Well Gabriel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gideon Gabriel!
Gideon Gabriel really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GREEN!160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.