PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Gniewek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Foreman's entrance music is 1979-Smashing Pumpkins. A fine choice. Eric Foreman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Foreman
vs
Gniewek

177 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Foreman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian Gniewek!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foreman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Foreman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gniewek fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Gniewek backs away, Foreman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Gniewek drives through and clinches with Foreman against the cage.
Gniewek holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gniewek tries to land knees in the clinch but Foreman avoids the damage to the body.
Gniewek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Foreman tries to land a knee to the head but Gniewek blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foreman is trying to force a seperation but Gniewek has the dominant position.
Foreman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gniewek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Foreman misses with a knee to the head.
Foreman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Foreman throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Foreman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gniewek has him pressed against the cage.
Gniewek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gniewek landing knees to the body.
Foreman managing to block the knees to the body from Gniewek.
Gniewek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Foreman.
Gniewek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foreman looking to throw knees to the head but Gniewek is blocking nicely.
Gniewek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Foreman avoids it.
Foreman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gniewek's face.
Foreman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Foreman is breathing heavily.
Gniewek looking to throw knees to the head but Foreman is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gniewek.
Gniewek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gniewek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gniewek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Foreman.
Gniewek looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Foreman tries to land a knee to the head but Gniewek blocks with his arms.
Gniewek's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gniewek tries a knee to the head but Foreman blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gniewek - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foreman tries to break free but Gniewek pushes him back against the cage.
Gniewek tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gniewek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gniewek obliges.
Foreman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Foreman being controlled against the cage.
Gniewek tries to land knees in the clinch but Foreman avoids the damage to the body.
Gniewek scores a nice knee to the body.
Gniewek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Foreman avoids it.
Foreman misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gniewek lands a good knee to the midsection. Foreman won't want to take too many of those.
Gniewek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Foreman is defending well for now.
Gniewek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gniewek is stalling here.
Gniewek missing with knees to the body.
Foreman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gniewek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Foreman.
Foreman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Foreman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Foreman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Foreman managing to block the knees to the body from Gniewek.
Gniewek missing with knees to the body.
Gniewek lands a knee to the body.
Gniewek lands a knee to the body.
Gniewek crunches a lovely knee into Foreman's ribcage.
Gniewek with a knee to the head.
Gniewek working Foreman over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gniewek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gniewek lands a nice knee to the body.
Gniewek blocks an elbow strike.
Gniewek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gniewek missing with knees to the body.
Gniewek connects with a knee to the head.
Gniewek working Foreman over with knees to the body.
Foreman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gniewek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gniewek scores a nice knee to the body.
Gniewek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Foreman's face.
Gniewek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Foreman blocks it with crossed arms.
Foreman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gniewek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Foreman is defending well for now.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stalling in the clinch from Gniewek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Gniewek dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Foreman throws a shot from downtown. Gniewek moves away and avoids it.
Foreman throws the kick towards the body but Gniewek avoids it.
Foreman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Foreman circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gniewek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Foreman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gniewek counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foreman misses with a low kick.
Gniewek tries to close the distance and clinch but Foreman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gniewek wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman throws a jab when Gniewek was well out of range.
Gniewek feints a counter leg kick.
A head kick misses from Gniewek.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Foreman - that will leave a mark!
Gniewek tries to clinch up but Foreman circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Foreman misses the target.
Gniewek tries to clinch there but Foreman circles away.
Gniewek connects with an inside leg kick.
Gniewek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gniewek blocks the body kick.
Foreman is looking to land body kicks.
Gniewek tries to clinch but Foreman is having none of it.
As Gniewek looks to move away, Foreman throws a big counter combo but Gniewek just gets out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gniewek wants to clinch.
Foreman jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gniewek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Foreman swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Gniewek clinches up against the cage.
Foreman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gniewek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Foreman avoiding damage as Gniewek throws knees to the body.
Gniewek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Foreman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gniewek lands a good knee to the midsection. Foreman won't want to take too many of those.
Foreman throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gniewek is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gniewek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Foreman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gniewek looking to slow down the pace here.
Gniewek leaning against his opponent.
Foreman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gniewek is defending well for now.
Gniewek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Foreman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gniewek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gniewek.
Gniewek working Foreman over with knees to the body.
Gniewek missing with knees to the body.
Gniewek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Gniewek pulls guard successfully.

Gniewek has his feet on Foreman's thighs here. He's pushed Foreman off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Foreman screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julian Gniewek!