PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hermann Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleb Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermann Giant has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Giant
vs
Bronson

225 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hermann Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaleb Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bronson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nice strikes from Bronson there.
Bronson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ground and pound from Bronson.
Bronson working Giant over with strikes.
Bronson is trying to control the action in half guard but Giant is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bronson stops Giant from getting back to his feet.
Bronson drops an elbow to the side of Giant's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bronson scoring with strikes but Giant is staying in there.

It looks like Hermann Giant has been cut.
Giant is bucking up trying to escape but Bronson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson looking to finish Giant with some ground and pound. This is bad for Giant!

Hermann Giant's cut is getting worse.
Bronson controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giant is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bronson content just to control the position here.
Giant is squirming around, avoiding Bronson's attempts to control the action.
Bronson lands a nice shot to the head.
Giant wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Giant is breathing heavily.
Bronson controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bronson scoring with strikes but Giant is staying in there.

Hermann Giant's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hermann Giant's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kaleb Bronson!