PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Goon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory The Giraffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Giraffe has chosen The Little Things as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Goon
vs
The Giraffe

213 cm
21
234 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Combat Pro Design

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Goon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gregory The Giraffe!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Gregory The Giraffe has been cut.
The Giraffe wants to clinch.
The Giraffe scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Giraffe is looking to clinch but Goon is avoiding it.
The Giraffe misses with a straight right.
The Giraffe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Goon will feel that in the morning.
Goon is breathing heavily.
Goon moves out of range of the body kick.
The Giraffe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Goon wants to clinch up but The Giraffe keeps it at a distance.
The Giraffe throws a body kick that misses.

The Giraffe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Giraffe landing knees to the head.

It looks like John Goon has been cut.
The Giraffe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Giraffe misses with a knee to the head.
Goon takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Giraffe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goon's face.
The Giraffe landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Giraffe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Giraffe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by The Giraffe.
The Giraffe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Giraffe slowing the pace effectively.
Goon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Giraffe lands a knee to the head.
Goon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Giraffe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goon's face.
The Giraffe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Goon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

The Giraffe breaks the clinch.
Goon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The Giraffe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Giraffe throws a series of punches but Goon avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Giraffe stuffs the takedown attempt from Goon. Goon gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Goon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Giraffe scores with a kick to the midsection.

The Giraffe drives through and clinches with Goon against the cage.
Goon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Goon fails to pull guard.
The Giraffe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Goon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Goon tries for a takedown. No joy.
The Giraffe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Goon jumps guard but The Giraffe stands there with Goon around his waist. Goon gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from The Giraffe.
The Giraffe tries to land a knee to the head but Goon blocks with his arms.
Goon managing to block the knees to the body from The Giraffe.
The Giraffe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Goon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Giraffe walks away with a smile on his face. Goon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Goon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Giraffe darts in trying to clinch

so Goon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Goon drops back, looking for a kneebar! The Giraffe looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. The Giraffe looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from The Giraffe!
Goon is looking to regain half guard here but The Giraffe keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goon is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Goon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory The Giraffe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Giraffe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Giraffe throws a lazy head kick

and Goon counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for The Giraffe!
The Giraffe blocking the ground and pound.
Goon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Giraffe wants to try and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goon controlling the position easily from mount.

Goon is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But The Giraffe has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from The Giraffe!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Giraffe postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Giraffe wants to get up but he can't break Goon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goon is trying to control the position but The Giraffe postures up.
The Giraffe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Goon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Goon lands a decent punch to the body there.
Goon trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The Giraffe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Goon wants to sweep but no luck.
Goon is pulling down on The Giraffe's head to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Goon is trying to control the position from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

The Giraffe throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Goon stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. The Giraffe follows into mount!

Goon is rocked!
Goon wants to hold on but The Giraffe pushes him away.
Oh Goon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

The Giraffe gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory The Giraffe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The Giraffe moves into range and clinches up with Goon.
Goon seems to have got his legs back now.

The Giraffe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Goon lands a nice looking body kick.
The Giraffe tries to clinch up
and Goon counters with a left and a right that stings The Giraffe.
Goon avoids the head kick by The Giraffe.

Goon gets a takedown into half guard.
The Giraffe is refusing to be controlled, as Goon sits in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Goon there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The Giraffe is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The Giraffe is squirming around, avoiding Goon's attempts to control the action.
Goon looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goon trying to control but The Giraffe is having none of it.
Goon thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Goon throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Goon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Goon goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now The Giraffe is on top in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Goon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Goon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think The Giraffe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Gregory The Giraffe!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Gregory The Giraffe!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Gregory The Giraffe!

Gregory The Giraffe wins by unanimous decision!