PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nixon Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Gruber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruber has chosen Irwin Goodman - St. Pauli Ja Reeperbahn as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Red
vs
Gruber

190 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
27
187 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Perkele!

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nixon Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hans Gruber!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber misses with a hook. Red ducked under it nicely.

Red clinches with his opponent.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Red crunches a lovely knee into Gruber's ribcage.
Gruber tries to land a knee to the head but Red blocks with his arms.
Red's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gruber tries for a takedown. No joy.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Red lands a knee to the body.
Red tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gruber avoids it.
Gruber avoids a wild elbow strike from Red.
Gruber has Red pressed against the cage, preventing Red from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Gruber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Red lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Gruber - that landed with a thud.
Gruber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gruber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Red.
Gruber misses with a punch to the body.
Red wants to break the clinch but can't.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gruber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gruber crunches a lovely knee into Red's ribcage.
Red lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Hans Gruber has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber avoiding damage as Red throws knees to the body.
Red tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gruber avoids it.
Red prevents a body shot from Gruber.
Gruber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gruber.
Gruber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gruber managing to block the knees to the body from Red.
Red misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruber lands a body shot.
Gruber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Red avoids it.
Red on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Red's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Red throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gruber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gruber misses with a wild combination.
Gruber connects with an inside leg kick.
Gruber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Red has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Red throws a sloppy head kick and Gruber moves out of range easily.
Gruber shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Red pinned against the cage. Red gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gruber throws a good cross that connects.
Red lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gruber scores with a one two! Red had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gruber throws a hook but Red avoids it easily.
Gruber scores with a crisp jab that stopped Red in his tracks.
Gruber getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gruber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Red.
Nixon Red is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters circling a little - Gruber finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Red throws a hook but Gruber avoids it easily.
Red throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gruber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gruber throws the kick towards the body but Red avoids it.
Gruber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gruber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Red, pushing him back against the cage.
Red scores a nice knee to the body.
Red is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gruber is defending well for now.
Gruber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Red prevents a body shot from Gruber.
Gruber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Red is defending well for now.
Gruber struggles to land a body shot inside as Red controls his hands.
Red missing with knees to the body.
Gruber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Red backwards.
Red tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruber avoids the damage to the body.
Gruber lands a nice knee to the body.
Red is breathing heavily.
Gruber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Red lands a damaging elbow.
Gruber avoiding damage as Red throws knees to the body.
Gruber crunches a lovely knee into Red's ribcage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short body shot lands from Gruber as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Gruber.
Gruber content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gruber lands a body punch.
Gruber scores with a hook to the body.
Gruber lands a shoulder strike.
Gruber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Red's elbow.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.
Gruber lands a body punch in the clinch.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.
A shot in the inside from Gruber.
Red takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gruber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gruber works on Red's body with a couple of short punches.
Gruber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruber lands a good knee to the midsection. Red won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gruber is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gruber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hook to the body lands for Gruber.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Gruber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hans Gruber's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gruber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Red's hands.
Red takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gruber connects with a body shot.
Gruber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Red was well out of range. Poor timing from Gruber.
Gruber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gruber fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gruber takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gruber misses with a body shot.
Gruber jabs at Red's body.
Gruber lands with an uppercut that bounces Red off the cage and back into range.
Gruber has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab from Gruber.

Gruber darts in and clinches Red up against the cage.
Gruber scores with a shoulder strike.
Gruber missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Red blocks an elbow strike.
Gruber lands a knee to the body.
Gruber missing with knees to the body.
Gruber lands a knee to the body.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber lands an elbow that stopped Red in his tracks for a moment.
Gruber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.
Knees to the body from Gruber.
Gruber tries a body shot but Red blocks it.
Gruber can't find room to land a body shot as Red controls the action.
Red is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gruber is defending well for now.
Gruber tries to work over Red's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruber avoids the damage to the body.
Gruber tries a body shot but Red blocks it.
Red on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hans Gruber seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gruber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Red lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gruber.
Gruber works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gruber is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gruber lands with a right to the head.
Red wants to get back to striking at distance but Gruber won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruber managing to block the knees to the body from Red.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gruber.
Gruber is leaning against Red and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Gruber gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gruber wants to take a breather but Red is having none of it.
Red won't allow Gruber to pass to mount.
Gruber is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Gruber throwing strikes here but Red is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gruber looking to ground and pound but Red is blocking nicely.
Gruber breaks from Red's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gruber throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gruber thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gruber sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Red taking shots to the head.
Gruber thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gruber trying to control but Red is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gruber controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruber fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gruber can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Red is looking to escape.
Gruber sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Red defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gruber.
Gruber throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Red because Gruber loaded up on that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gruber lands a big shot there that rocks Red but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Gruber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hans Gruber's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Red moves into the clinch.
Red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gruber.
Red missing with knees to the body.
Red landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gruber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Red is defending well for now.
Red has had enough of the clinch but Gruber keeps him there for the moment.
Gruber throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gruber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Red avoids it.
Red crunches a lovely knee into Gruber's ribcage.
Red scores a nice knee to the body.
Gruber can't find room to land a body shot as Red controls the action.
Gruber trying to control the position but instead, Red has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gruber into the cage.
Red wants to get back to striking at distance but Gruber won't allow it.
Gruber scores with a hook to the body.
Gruber taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Red breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gruber throws a solid leg kick but Red takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gruber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red blocks a leg kick.

Gruber moves into range and clinches up with Red.
Red tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruber avoids the damage to the body.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.
Gruber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Red landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gruber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Red's elbow.
Red is trying to break free.
Gruber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gruber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruber lands a shot to the body.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red avoiding damage as Gruber throws knees to the body.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Red tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gruber avoids it.
Gruber misses with a punch to the body.
Gruber lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Red is defending well for now.
Red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gruber.
Gruber tries a body shot but Red blocks it.
Red managing to block the knees to the body from Gruber.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Red avoiding damage as Gruber throws knees to the body.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.
Red utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gruber putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Red in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Red tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gruber avoids it.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gruber misses with a body punch.
Gruber can't find room to land a body shot as Red controls the action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Red - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Red tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruber avoids the damage to the body.
Red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gruber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Red avoids it.

Red manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Red swings for the body but Gruber moves out of range.
Gruber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick from Gruber is predictable there
and Red counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Red lands a lovely overhand right.
Gruber scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hans Gruber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gruber misses with a leg kick
and Red counters with a body kick.
Red lands with a thumping leg kick.
Red scores with a jab.
Gruber takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A cross from Red lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Red closes the distance and clinches.
Hans Gruber is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gruber trying to stall but Red improves his position.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Gruber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruber is looking to control Red's arms but Red gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gruber has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red has had enough of the clinch but Gruber keeps him there for the moment.
Gruber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Red can't find room to land a body shot as Gruber controls the action.
Red blocks a body shot from Gruber.

Red pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gruber connects with a high kick.
Red throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Red turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gruber steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Red. That one must have hurt.
Red slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Red throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gruber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gruber looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gruber.
Nixon Red has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Red scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gruber throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nixon Red showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gruber has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Gruber!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Hans Gruber waved his t-shirt featuring Undead clothing. All items 10$'s logo in front of the cameras.