PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georgios Geremek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rockson Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geremek comes to the cage accompanied by stam1na - kadonneet kolme sanaa . Rua has chosen The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Georgios Geremek has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Georgios Geremek seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Geremek
vs
Rua

188 cm
26
193 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

186 cm
28
201 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georgios Geremek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Rockson Rua!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Geremek.
Rua cracks the inside of Geremek's front leg.
Geremek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Geremek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Geremek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Geremek moves away.
Rua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Geremek.
Rua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Geremek can pounce on him.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Geremek's hands.
Geremek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua wants to slow Geremek down by chopping away at his legs.
Georgios Geremek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Geremek throws an off balance right hand
letting Rua counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua lands a glancing blow to the side of Geremek's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua misses the jab.
Geremek fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rua on the side of the head.
Geremek throws the left hand but Rua avoids the punch easily.
Geremek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Geremek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rua swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Geremek counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Geremek just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rua moves forwards but Geremek connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Geremek lands with a nice combination. Rua backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Geremek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Geremek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to work over Geremek's front leg with a kick but Geremek checks it.
Rua lunges at Geremek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Geremek's hand.
Geremek lands with an overhand left.
Geremek throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rua instigates a clinch.
Geremek letting Rua take a breather here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Rua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua letting Geremek take a breather here.
Rua dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Geremek effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Geremek for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Rua is trying to maintain a safe position but Geremek gets an underhook and turns Rua into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rockson Rua.
Rua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Geremek closes the distance and clinches.
Geremek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rua tries to stall but Geremek uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Rua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Geremek avoiding damage.
Rua tries a body shot but Geremek blocks it.
Geremek blocks an uppercut.
Rua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Geremek up against the cage.
Geremek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Geremek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georgios Geremek dominated that round.
That's time! Geremek's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rua misses with a body shot.
Rua misses with a shot to the body
and Geremek counters with a stiff right hand.
Geremek chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rua throws a jab but it's blocked by Geremek.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Geremek stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rua shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Geremek lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rua ducks right into an uppercut from Geremek.
Rua drops his hands for a split second and Geremek immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Rua face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Geremek follows up with a right hand that knocks Rua into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Georgios Geremek!
An out of breath Georgios Geremek thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.