PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jigoro Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prinsessa William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William has chosen Forever as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gutz
vs
William

160 cm
19
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
143 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jigoro Gutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Prinsessa William!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gutz cracks the inside of William's front leg.

Gutz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
William trying to control from the bottom.
Gutz slips a nice elbow through William's hands, connecting with William's forehead.
William avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gutz.
Gutz is trying to control the action in half guard but William is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gutz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
William is looking for a sweep. Gutz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
William is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
William is concentrating on defense, preventing Gutz from advancing position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gutz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
William moves into full guard.
William utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz thows a big elbow that misses.
William wants to sweep but no luck.
William trying to keep a closed guard but Gutz is proving a slippery customer.
Gutz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of William's head.
William keeping moving, preventing Gutz from controlling successfully.
Gutz looking to sit in guard and control but William gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
William wants to control from the top but Gutz keeps moving.
William stopping the sweep attempt from Gutz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz is working hard here to advance position.
William scoring with some ground and pound.
Gutz keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
Gutz looking for a sweep. Not yet Gutz, not yet.
William keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gutz's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gutz keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
William is looking to work some ground and pound but Gutz has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz is pulling down on William's head to control his posture.
William stopping the sweep attempt from Gutz.
William throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gutz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
William pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gutz is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as William accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
William postures up and lands a big shot to Gutz's brow.
Gutz pulls William in close to his closed guard and prevents William from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as William accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
William scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gutz keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as William accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
William distracts Gutz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
William won't allow Gutz to sweep him here.
Gutz pulls William in close to prevent any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jigoro Gutz will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gutz scores with a push kick.
William ducks under a wild hook from Gutz.
Gutz throws a push kick but William slaps the foot to one side.

Gutz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
William takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
William struggling a bit here.
Gutz cracks William with a big right hand but William just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gutz scores with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William is looking for a sweep.
William is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gutz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gutz thows a huge punch but William dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but William does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gutz throwing shots but William is blocking nicely.
Gutz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
William has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gutz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. William defending well though.
William is looking for a sweep. Gutz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gutz working the head and body with strikes.
William trying to get back to full guard but Gutz takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
William is squirming around, avoiding Gutz's attempts to control the action.
William is looking to improve his position but Gutz isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands a big shot there that rocks William but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
William is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gutz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gutz prevents William from getting the reversal.
William takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gutz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

William is rocked!
William takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Gutz's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jigoro Gutz!