PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Gipperson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Grohl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Grohl will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gipperson
vs
Grohl

175 cm
25
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
198 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Gipperson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Grohl!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gipperson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gipperson looks to clinch
and Grohl counters with a nice uppercut.

Grohl gets a clinch.
Gipperson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Grohl.
Grohl has Gipperson pressed against the cage.
Gipperson takes a shot to the head.
Gipperson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grohl.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gipperson.
Gipperson lands a damaging elbow.
Grohl wants to break free but Gipperson has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grohl.
Gipperson misses with the head strike.
Grohl lands a hook that snaps the head of Gipperson backwards.
Grohl stalls.
Gipperson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grohl is stalling here.
Gipperson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Grohl fails to land.
Grohl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grohl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gipperson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grohl looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grohl blocks an uppercut.
Grohl lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grohl stalling.
Grohl tries to work over Gipperson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grohl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grohl is stalling here.
Grohl misses with a body punch.
Grohl prevents a body shot from Gipperson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gipperson lands a hook that snaps the head of Grohl backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gipperson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grohl.
Gipperson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grohl is stalling here.
Grohl has a couple of punches blocked by Gipperson.
Grohl makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grohl gets through Gipperson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gipperson throws a head punch that misses.
Gipperson throws a punch but it's blocked by Grohl.
Grohl scores with a shoulder strike.
Grohl swings wildly with an uppercut but Gipperson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grohl wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grohl has Gipperson pushed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Grohl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gipperson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gipperson misses with some punches.
Gipperson lands an elbow just above Grohl 's eye.
Gipperson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gipperson obliges.
Gipperson misses with a body punch.
Gipperson throws a punch but it's blocked by Grohl.
Gipperson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Grohl on the inside.
Grohl lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gipperson or not.
Grohl creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Gipperson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Gipperson drops to his knees and Grohl pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Grohl!
An out of breath Dave Grohl thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.