PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ganny Kogir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude Giroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giroux is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chance The Rapper - Yolo. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kogir
vs
Giroux

190 cm
25
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ganny Kogir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Claude Giroux!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Giroux. Those never looked like landing.
Giroux lands the left hand.
Giroux just misses with a punch to the body.
Giroux swings for the body but Kogir moves out of range.
Giroux throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kogir counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Giroux misses its intended target.
Kogir wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Giroux misses with an uppercut.
Giroux misses with a wild body shot.
Giroux has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kogir slips a jab from Giroux.
Giroux feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kogirs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kogir misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Giroux! But no joy.
Giroux throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Kogir counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giroux pushes Kogir back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Giroux has had enough of the clinch but Kogir keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Kogir scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Claude Giroux has been cut.
Giroux misses with a punch on the inside.
Kogir blocking some punches.
Kogir misses with some punches.
Kogir lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kogir prevents a body shot from Giroux.
Kogir holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Giroux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giroux misses with a body punch.
Giroux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kogir's elbow.
Kogir lands a right hand.
Giroux misses with a punch to the body.

Giroux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kogir ducks under a wild hook from Giroux.
Kogir moves away from the strike by Giroux.
A left and a right from Giroux both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giroux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Kogir gets a clinch.
Giroux working aggressively here.
Giroux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giroux letting Kogir take a breather here.
Giroux lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Kogir fails to land.
Kogir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Giroux throws a head punch that misses.
Giroux tries a body shot but Kogir blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Giroux creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ganny Kogir has been cut.
Kogir definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kogir blocks a body shot from Giroux.
Kogir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giroux's elbow.
Giroux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Giroux.
Kogir blocks an uppercut.
Giroux lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giroux letting Kogir take a breather here.
Giroux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kogir's elbow.
Kogir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kogir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kogir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giroux's elbow.
Giroux lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kogir backwards.
Giroux is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Kogir tries to throw a body punch but Giroux avoids it by throwing Kogir back against the cage.
Kogir tries to work over Giroux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Giroux can't find room to land a body shot as Kogir controls the action.
Giroux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kogir.
Giroux digs a right hand underneath Kogir's ribcage. Kogir let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Giroux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giroux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Giroux wants to break the clinch but can't.
Giroux lands with a light punch inside.
Giroux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giroux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giroux lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Giroux.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kogir blocks a body shot from Giroux.
Giroux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giroux has a couple of punches blocked by Kogir.
Giroux works on Kogir's body with a couple of short punches.
Kogir stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Giroux lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kogir backwards.
Kogir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Giroux is keeping busy.
Kogir taking a breather.
Giroux is working Kogir over against the cage.

Giroux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kogir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Giroux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kogir tries to clinch up but Giroux circles away and keeps his distance.
Giroux scores with a nice head shot.
Giroux lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claude Giroux dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kogir slips under a jab from Giroux.
As Giroux tries to get set, Kogir tries to push him back and clinch up but Giroux manages to avoid the attempt.
Kogir moves out of range as Giroux strikes.
Kogir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kogir throws out a loose jab but Giroux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Claude Giroux seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kogir takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Giroux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kogir is looking to counter the offense by Giroux and move into the clinch.
Kogir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giroux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giroux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giroux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giroux connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Giroux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kogir displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Giroux throws out the jab.
Kogir ducks under a wild hook from Giroux.
Kogir misses with a straight left.
Jab from Giroux.
Kogir tries to close the distance and clinch but Giroux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kogir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice jab there from Giroux.
Giroux has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kogir throws a jab when Giroux was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Giroux! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giroux scores with a body shot.
Giroux ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kogir moves away.
Giroux misses the shot to the body.
As Giroux tries to get set, Kogir tries to push him back and clinch up but Giroux manages to avoid the attempt.

Giroux has closed the distance and engaged Kogir in a clinch.
Giroux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kogir is pushing Giroux up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Giroux throws a head punch that misses.
Giroux has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giroux pushes Kogir back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Claude Giroux seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Giroux misses with a punch on the inside.
Giroux prevents a body shot from Kogir.
Good body shot from Giroux.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Giroux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kogir tries to keep at a distance but Giroux has taken the fight into the clinch.

Giroux breaks the clinch.
Giroux scores with a nice strike.
Giroux misses with a looping left.
Kogir sizes up Giroux with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Giroux slips a jab from Kogir.
Giroux lands a nice hook to Kogir's body. Kogir takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kogir takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Giroux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kogir.
Kogir throws a jab but it's blocked by Giroux.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Giroux lands a left and a right that send Kogir crashing to the mat, dazed. Giroux thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kogir is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kogir gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Giroux points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Kogir wakes up just in time to hear Giroux thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Claude Giroux!
A victorious Claude Giroux thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.