PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Gump (ranked 4186 p4p, 24196 weight class) and Johnny Sins (ranked 526 p4p, 783 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gump
vs
Sins

188 cm
21
196
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
190
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

Core Combat
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Forrest Gump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Sins!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gump misses with a left hand
and Sins counters with a nice uppercut.

Sins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gump breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnny Sins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sins takes a swing at Gump's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Gump wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sins lands with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Gump misses the target.
Sins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gump throwing a counter right hand but Sins manages to avoid it.
Gump misses with a lunging right hand
and Gump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sins moves out of range as Gump strikes.
Sins tries to counter with a clinch but Gump shakes him off and moves away.
Sins tries to bum rush Gump with a series of wild strikes but Gump uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sins. Gump does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gump stuns Sins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Gump looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Gump.
Gump lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Sins throws a poor cross that misses
and Gump counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gump avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gump misses with a hook. Sins ducked under it nicely.
Sins throws a leg kick
and Sins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sins lands a jab to Gump's midsection.
Sins throws out a loose jab but Gump uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gump misses with a straight right.
Gump misses with a looping left.
Gump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sins moves away.
A little jabbing left from Sins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sins works the jab nicely.
Gump throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from Sins.
Sins misses with a lunging right hand
and Sins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gump checks a leg kick.
Gump throwing a counter right hand but Sins manages to avoid it.
Sins tries to clinch there but Gump circles away.
Gump stuns Sins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sins was well out of range. Poor timing from Gump.

Sins clinches.

Gump escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sins moves out of range of the strikes.
Sins steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gump.
Sins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gump throws out the jab.

Sins clinches up against the cage.
Sins looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Sins.
Gump tries to break the clinch but Sins is controlling the position.
Gump working hard to break the clinch.
Sins landing knees to the head.

Gump breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gump connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gump looks to throw the jab but Sins is out of range.
Sins tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gump misses with an uppercut. Sins saw that one coming.
Gump lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Sins.
Sins throws a series of punches but Gump moves out of range.
Gump circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gump with a nice cross.
Gump throws out a loose jab but Sins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gump swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gump pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gump sets himself, and Sins steps forward looking for the clinch! Gump avoids it this time.
Sins slips a jab from Gump.
Sins throws a hook but Gump blocks it.
Gump throws an overhand right that lands on Sins's shoulder, as Sins tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sins pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gump back to the cage. Sins follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gump was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gump avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gump throwing a counter right hand but Sins manages to avoid it.
Gump needs to keep his hands up - Sins had a free shot at his head there.
Sins slips a straight right by Gump.
Gump throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gump missing with a left hand there. Sins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gump swats away the attempt to clinch by Sins.
Gump bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gump looks to throw the jab but Sins is out of range.

Sins pushes Gump up against the cage in a clinch.
Sins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sins working aggressively here.

Gump pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Forrest Gump will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Gump.
Sins misses with a straight right.
Gump appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sins connects with the punch.
Sins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gump was well out of range. Poor timing from Sins.
Sins wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Gump on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gump lands with a cross.
Gump waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sins.
Sins scoring well with a low kick there.
Gump tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gump throws a jab but it's blocked by Sins.
Sins doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gump catches Sins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Gump drops Sins with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Sins looks back up at him and smiles so Gump waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Sins is rocked!
Forrest Gump is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sins is still on wobbly legs! Can Gump finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sins seems to have recovered his senses.
Sins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gump throws out the jab.
Gump drops Sins with a big left hand! Sins is injured, injured bad! Gump jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Forrest Gump!