PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Gruber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragnarr Jiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Gruber
vs
Jiu

190 cm
26
260 lbs
20 - 26 - 0

185 cm
28
240 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Hans Gruber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ragnarr Jiu!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Jiu.
Hans Gruber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gruber dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Jiu drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gruber keeping moving, preventing Jiu from controlling successfully.
Jiu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jiu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jiu working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jiu in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jiu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jiu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gruber is trying to control Jiu's posture but Jiu avoids it.
Jiu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Jiu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jiu cracks Gruber with a big right hand but Gruber just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gruber can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jiu working the ground and pound from side control.
Gruber wants to get back to his feet but Jiu drags him back down.
Gruber takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jiu working the head and body with strikes.
Gruber is trying to buck Jiu off.
Jiu working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiu working the ground and pound.
Jiu connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gruber some visible discomfort.
Jiu wants to control but Gruber is keeping him busy.
Jiu scoring with punches from side control.
Jiu landing strikes.
Gruber taking a bit of punishment here - Jiu scoring with strikes.

Gruber is rocked!
Jiu working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Jiu's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Gruber is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jiu taking a break here but Gruber is having none of it and regains half guard.
Gruber seems to have got his legs back now.
Jiu working over Gruber with some ground and pound. Gruber looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jiu scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jiu thows a huge punch but Gruber dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jiu winds up and cracks Gruber with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jiu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jiu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Soul Supremacy - UK. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiu passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gruber!
Jiu raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiu softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Gruber is out cold! Jiu jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnarr Jiu!
During a confident post fight interview, Ragnarr Jiu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.