PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ediz Gulbahar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Humble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gulbahar
vs
Humble

186 cm
26
262 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ediz Gulbahar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Humble!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Humble slips a jab from Gulbahar.
Humble lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Ediz Gulbahar has been cut.
Humble throws a left and a right that both miss

and Gulbahar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Humble pushes Gulbahar off but Gulbahar dives into side control.
Humble felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gulbahar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Humble avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gulbahar.
Gulbahar slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Humble wants to get back to his feet but Gulbahar drags him back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulbahar just content to control the position.
Gulbahar moves into full mount!
Gulbahar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gulbahar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gulbahar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Gulbahar.

It looks like Simon Humble has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulbahar controlling the position easily from mount.
Gulbahar punching from mount but Humble doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gulbahar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Humble's face.
Gulbahar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gulbahar unloads with some shots from mount but Humble bucks and avoids them well.
Gulbahar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gulbahar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulbahar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gulbahar thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gulbahar controlling from mount.
Gulbahar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Humble looks winded!
Gulbahar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gulbahar misses with a head shot.
Gulbahar controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulbahar working the ground and pound effectively.

The cut above Simon Humble's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gulbahar sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Humble blocking the ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Gulbahar has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gulbahar controlling from mount.
Gulbahar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Humble for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ediz Gulbahar dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gulbahar scores with a takedown into Humble's guard.
Gulbahar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ediz Gulbahar!