PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brazil John (ranked 4659 p4p, 3653 weight class) and Dominique Ganjaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brazil John has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

John
vs
Ganjaman

195 cm
25
265
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
270
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominique Ganjaman!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ganjaman tries for a takedown but John circles away easily
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Dominique Ganjaman has been cut.
Ganjaman misses with a hook
and John cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ganjaman throws a lazy uppercut
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.

John rushes Ganjaman and presses him up against the cage.
John working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ganjaman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on John - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John swings wildly with an uppercut but Ganjaman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ganjaman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning John up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganjaman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganjaman wants a takedown but no success here.

Ganjaman wants the takedown. John is fighting it off but Ganjaman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in John's guard against the cage.
John will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ganjaman throwing strikes but missing.
John utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ganjaman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ganjaman landing with the ground and pound.
Ganjaman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ganjaman with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ganjaman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ganjaman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ganjaman passes John's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
John is breathing heavily.
Ganjaman drops an elbow to the side of John's head.
Ground and pound from Ganjaman.
Ganjaman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ganjaman working John over with strikes.

John is rocked!
Ganjaman lands strikes from half guard.
Ganjaman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh John is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ganjaman lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked John! More strikes land and this one is all over! Ganjaman jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominique Ganjaman!