PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keast Gaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and roy d (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gaard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Otto Brandenburg - Når en Sailor Går i Land. d has chosen do it as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gaard
vs
d

194 cm
21
178 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
171 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Keast Gaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, roy d!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
d throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gaard misses with a body shot.
Gaard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but d moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from d. Gaard does a little dance to reset his feet.
d slips a straight right by Gaard.
Keast Gaard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
d misses with an uppercut.
Gaard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaard misses with a body shot.
d gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like roy d has been cut.
Gaard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gaard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
d slips a jab from Gaard.
Gaard stuns d with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
d uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaard.
d closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
d shoots in for a double leg but Gaard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
d uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaard stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Gaard sends d crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gaard is motioning to the referee to let d up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

d is rocked!
Gaard punishes d's body with a nice straight punch.
d looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
d ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaard throws a right and a left that d avoids nicely.
Gaard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
d misses with a looping left.
Gaard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaard is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A big left from d misses.
Gaard swings for the body but d moves out of range.
Gaard loads up on a big right hand but d slips the punch.
d uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaard.
Gaard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That has opened up roy d's cut even more.
Gaard is looking to wear down d with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gaard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gaard throws out a powerful jab.
Gaard cracks d with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
d is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaard finish him?

The cut above roy d's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gaard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
d moves out of range as Gaard strikes.
d seems to have recovered his senses.
Gaard thows a body shot but no joy.
d takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gaard cracks d with an open hand slap.
Gaard lands a hook that stumbles d back into the cage. Gaard follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping d to the canvas! Gaard pounces and lands several unanswered shots - d has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Keast Gaard!