PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunther Gruper (ranked 4372 p4p, 4101 weight class) and Louis Jean Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Gunther Gruper has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Gruper
vs
Jean Pierre

192 cm
20
198
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gunther Gruper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Jean Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Gruper there.

Jean Pierre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jean Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.

Gruper actively working from the bottom here.
Jean Pierre is thwarting Gruper's attempts to control the position.
Jean Pierre stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruper has hold of Jean Pierre's hands but Jean Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gruper wants to control but Jean Pierre is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Pierre is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gruper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jean Pierre on the ground.
Gruper is looking to control Jean Pierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gruper avoid being mounted?
Jean Pierre takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gruper taking some punishment here, with Jean Pierre in his half guard.
Jean Pierre passes to full mount!
Jean Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jean Pierre prevents Gruper from getting the reversal.

Jean Pierre has hold of Gruper's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gruper manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jean Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Pierre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jean Pierre tries to control but Gruper wriggling away.
Jean Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Gruper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jean Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!

Gruper is rocked!
Jean Pierre unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gruper wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Jean Pierre celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Louis Jean Pierre!