PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taj Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zak Rosenstock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gibson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bouncin-Chief Keef . Rosenstock has chosen Megadeath - Symphony of Destruction as his entrance music. Taj Gibson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gibson
vs
Rosenstock

189 cm
32
185 lbs
8 - 12 - 1

190 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

CBK Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 8 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taj Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zak Rosenstock!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Gibson does no damage.
Rosenstock looks to land a right hand but Gibson moved out of range.
Gibson is looking for a counter combo.
Gibson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gibson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Rosenstock - just one landing.
Gibson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rosenstock. Rosenstock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Rosenstock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rosenstock lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rosenstock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rosenstock gets through Gibson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rosenstock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gibson.
A short left from Rosenstock.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rosenstock cracks Gibson with a nice body shot.
Rosenstock lands with a light punch inside.
Rosenstock pushes Gibson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Rosenstock digs a right hand into Gibson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gibson's gas tank.
Gibson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenstock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gibson backwards.
Rosenstock is working Gibson over against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Rosenstock.
Rosenstock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rosenstock scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rosenstock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rosenstock.
Rosenstock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rosenstock has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rosenstock lands a shot to the body.
Rosenstock lands with a right to the head.
Rosenstock lands a nice shot to the body.
Rosenstock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short left from Rosenstock.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Rosenstock scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gibson is rocked!
Rosenstock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Gibson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rosenstock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Rosenstock - that landed with a thud.
Rosenstock digs a right hand into Gibson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gibson's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenstock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rosenstock.
Rosenstock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Rosenstock.
Rosenstock lands with a left to the head.
Gibson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rosenstock.
Rosenstock lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gibson to his knees! Rosenstock keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zak Rosenstock!
Zak Rosenstock decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Taj Gibson spoke after the fight, saying 'I was the better fighter out there. Next time he won't be so lucky'.