PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gable (ranked 8464 p4p, 615 weight class) and Bo Cephus (ranked 3950 p4p, 391 weight class). Gable comes to the cage accompanied by The Warrior. Bo Cephus has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Gable
vs
Cephus

175 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Gable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Cephus!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gable tries to clinch up but Cephus circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Cephus.
Cephus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Gable misses.
Cephus has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Cephus moves into the clinch successfully.
Gable tries to stall but Cephus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cephus dodges an elbow strike from Gable.
Gable scores with a shot to the side of Cephus's head.
Cephus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Gable fails to land.
Cephus blocking some punches.
Gable taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gable.
Gable misses with a punch on the inside.
Gable lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Cephus.
Gable stalling in the clinch but Cephus improves position.
Cephus blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Gable to work.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cephus throws a punch but it's blocked by Gable.
Gable doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cephus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cephus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gable misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gable.
Gable lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cephus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gable misses with a punch on the inside.
Gable leaning against his opponent.
Cephus has a couple of punches blocked by Gable.
Gable blocking some punches.
Gable creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cephus swings wildly with an uppercut but Gable uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cephus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gable blocks an uppercut.
Gable misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gable lands a shoulder strike.
Gable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gable is working for takedown but Cephus is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gable will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cephus up against the cage.
Gable scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gable just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cephus's brow.
Gable tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cephus working aggressively here.
Gable tries a body shot but Cephus blocks it.

Gable pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gable instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cephus fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gable.
Gable tries to pull guard but Cephus holds him up against the cage and eventually Gable drops back down to his feet.
Gable throws a punch but it's blocked by Cephus.
Gable lands a nice shot to the body.
Gable stalling.
Gable is trying to stall.
A shot in the inside from Cephus.
Cephus misses with a punch on the inside.
Cephus dodges an elbow strike from Gable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cephus.
Cephus lands with a light punch inside.
Gable misses with a punch on the inside.
Cephus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gable is looking to control Cephus's arms but Cephus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gable has his back to the cage.
Gable tries to score a body lock takedown but Cephus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Gable. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cephus misses with the head strike.
Gable tries to throw a body punch but Cephus avoids it by throwing Gable back against the cage.
Cephus dodges an elbow strike from Gable.
Gable stalls.
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cephus as Gable tries to tie him up.
Cephus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gable backwards.

It looks like Dan Gable has been cut.
Cephus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gable misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Cephus.
Cephus lands a hook that snaps the head of Gable backwards.

Gable is rocked!
Gable goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cephus prevents it.
Oh Gable is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cephus lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cephus creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Gable with a big uppercut! Gable tries to clinch up but Cephus pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Gable to the mat! Gable covers up and Cephus unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bo Cephus!