PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Figure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gibson
vs
Figure

180 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyrone Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tommy Figure!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gibson rushes Figure and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Figure prevents the takedown attempt.
Gibson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Figure's elbow.

Gibson jumps guard.
Figure looking to sit in guard and control but Gibson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gibson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gibson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gibson scoring with some ground and pound.
Gibson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gibson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson cracks Figure with a solid left hand.
Gibson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Figure's head.
Gibson loads up on a big left hand. Figure felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Gibson looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Figure can't hide his disappointment, as Gibson celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Gibson!