PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Janno Gibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Gibbs
vs
Burns

185 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Janno Gibbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oliver Burns!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibbs looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Burns slaps away a takedown attempt from Gibbs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gibbs takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burns fails to land with a series of punches.
Gibbs shoots in looking for a takedown but Burns manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gibbs's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gibbs shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janno Gibbs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns has his takedown stuffed

and Gibbs counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Burns!
Burns wants to hold on but Gibbs pushes him away.
Gibbs working Burns over with strikes here.
Gibbs dominating with strikes here.
Burns is bucking up trying to escape but Gibbs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns tries to hold on but Gibbs pushes him away.
Gibbs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Burns really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gibbs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gibbs controlling from the full mount.
Gibbs avoids the attempt from Burns to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibbs lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gibbs avoids the attempt from Burns to control.
Gibbs dominating with strikes here.
Gibbs lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gibbs trying to control but Burns is having none of it.
Gibbs landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gibbs wants to control the action but instead Burns gets a body lock and reverses into Gibbs's guard! Nice work!
Gibbs wants to get back to his feet but Burns is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Burns wants to control from the top but Gibbs keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burns!
Gibbs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gibbs lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gibbs raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gibbs content just to control the position here.
Gibbs has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
BOOM! Gibbs connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burns is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gibbs landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gibbs can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burns is looking to escape.
Gibbs prevents Burns from getting the reversal.
Burns is squirming around, avoiding Gibbs's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gibbs postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Burns badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Gibbs around the waist but Gibbs pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Gibbs is the winner by TKO! Gibbs jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Janno Gibbs!