PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rick Shore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kiel Giese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Shore has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shore
vs
Kiel Giese

165 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Shore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Kiel Giese!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shore misses with a leg kick

and Giese counters with a single leg into guard. Shore didn't expect that.
Giese seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Giese throws a big right hand that misses.
Giese is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Giese throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Giese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shore wants to get back to his feet but Giese is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shore looking for a sweep. Not yet Shore, not yet.
Shore on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shore tries to get out of the position.
Giese won't allow Shore to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giese loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Giese stands up over Shore, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Giese scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Giese postures up in Shore's guard and throws a big left but Shore blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shore wants to get back to his feet but Giese is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Giese controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Giese in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Shore throws a leg kick

and Giese counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giese postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Giese showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Shore is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Giese passes Shore's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Giese has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Giese takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Giese scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shore is looking for a sweep. Giese is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Giese moves into full mount! Shore won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giese working Shore over with strikes here.
Giese pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Giese has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shore's face.
Giese breaks from Shore's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Giese postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shore looks a forlorn figure.
Giese lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Giese lands a nice shot to the head.

Giese with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Giese trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giese avoids the attempt from Shore to control.
Giese raining down hammerfists from mount.
Shore is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Giese landing shots from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giese controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kiel Giese dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shore falls off balance throwing a combination

and Giese decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Shore's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Giese accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Giese working some strikes from top position.
Giese lands a couple of elbows.

Shore is looking for a triangle here but Giese uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Giese lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Shore down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Giese looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shore takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giese cracks Shore with a big right hand but Shore just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Giese is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Shore is trying to escape and Giese transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Shore is forced to tap! Nice work there by Giese! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Kiel Giese!