PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hammer Radovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Radovan comes into the arena with Hammer Here Comes The Hammer Hammer Time blaring out of the sound system. Gerson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. RAP JIU-JITSU kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Radovan
vs
Gerson

182 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
188 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hammer Radovan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricardo Gerson!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Radovan gets caught flat footed, as Gerson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Gerson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gerson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Radovan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Radovan controls Gerson momentarily but Gerson frees himself.
Gerson wants to control from the top but Radovan keeps moving.

Gerson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gerson seems to have locked his on tight now - Radovan screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gerson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ricardo Gerson!
Ricardo Gerson is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Ricardo Gerson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.