PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 397 p4p, 288 weight class) and Colby Gebhardt (ranked 38 p4p, 30 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). On his way into the cage it seems that Bardia Farrokhzad has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bardia Farrokhzad seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Farrokhzad
vs
Gebhardt

170 cm
34
148
27 - 20 - 0

172 cm
31
149
15 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Colby Gebhardt!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gebhardt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Gebhardt feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Farrokhzad sprawling to the canvas! Farrokhzad rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Gebhardt finish him?!

Farrokhzad is rocked!

Farrokhzad clinches.
Gebhardt misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrokhzad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gebhardt or not.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Farrokhzad misses with some punches.
Farrokhzad working aggressively here.
Gebhardt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Gebhardt misses with some punches.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gebhardt working aggressively here.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Gebhardt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Gebhardt.
Farrokhzad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gebhardt.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but Gebhardt blocks with his arms.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Gebhardt tries a body shot but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Gebhardt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gebhardt has a couple of punches blocked by Farrokhzad.
Gebhardt misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gebhardt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farrokhzad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gebhardt now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Gebhardt cracks Farrokhzad with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gebhardt has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Farrokhzad to stand back up!
Oh Farrokhzad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Farrokhzad comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bardia Farrokhzad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gebhardt fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Farrokhzad out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Colby Gebhardt!
A very excited looking Colby Gebhardt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.