PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bertram Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Givins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bertram Mooney has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mooney
vs
Givins

152 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

192 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bertram Mooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Givins!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Givins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Givins swings for the body but Mooney moves out of range.

Mooney closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mooney takes a little break here. Givins wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Mooney could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mooney working away.

Givins explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Givins takes a swing at Mooney's ribcage but misses.
Mooney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Givins misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Givins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mooney takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Givins takes a swing at Mooney's ribcage but misses.
Mooney thinks about countering with a head kick.
Givins throws a body punch but Mooney moves out of range.
Givins lands a slapping body shot.
Mooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Givins lands a body shot.
Ray Givins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mooney tries to keep at a distance but Givins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Givins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mooney backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney blocks a body shot from Givins.
A right hand to the body from Givins.
Mooney is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Givins.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Givins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Givins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Givins lands a shot to the body.
Givins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Givins scores with a shoulder strike.

Mooney is rocked!
Givins creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Mooney's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Mooney drops to his knees and Givins pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Givins!