PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hans Gruber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blade Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blade Kongo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gruber
vs
Kongo

150 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hans Gruber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blade Kongo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber lands a with a good body shot.
Gruber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hans Gruber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gruber throws a hook to the side of Kongo's head but Kongo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kongo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gruber.
Kongo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gruber lands a glancing blow to the side of Kongo's head.

It looks like Blade Kongo has been cut.
Gruber throws a jab but it's blocked by Kongo.
Kongo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Gruber misses.
Gruber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kongo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gruber punishes Kongo's body with a nice straight punch.
Jab by Gruber.
Gruber thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gruber misses the jab.
Gruber misses with a hook. Kongo ducked under it nicely.
Gruber misses the jab.
No joy there for Gruber, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber scores with a nice right hand.
Gruber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kongo.
Gruber looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gruber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kongo manages to avoid it.
Kongo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gruber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gruber paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gruber blocks a head kick by Kongo.
Gruber lands a nice shot that snaps Kongo's head back.
A jab from Gruber does it's job there.
Gruber is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gruber throws the left hand but Kongo avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Gruber misses.
Gruber misses the jab.
Gruber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kongo.
Gruber looks to score with a jab to the body but Kongo is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.
Kongo closes the distance and clinches up with Gruber, looking for a takedown. Kongo pushes Gruber against the cage but Gruber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gruber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gruber thows a body shot but no joy.
Gruber thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gruber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kongo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gruber uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kongo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kongo slips a jab from Gruber.
Gruber thows a body shot but no joy.
Gruber throws an overhand right that lands on Kongo's shoulder, as Kongo tries to avoid the shot.
Gruber thows a body shot but no joy.
Gruber looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gruber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kongo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber misses the shot to the body.
Kongo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gruber.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.
Gruber misses with a straight left.
Kongo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gruber.
Gruber throws a jab but it's blocked by Kongo.
Kongo ducks under a wild hook from Gruber.
Gruber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gruber lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kongo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gruber.
Gruber looks to score with a jab to the body but Kongo is just out of range.
Hans Gruber is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gruber misses with a body shot.
Gruber misses with a double jab.
Gruber jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gruber misses the jab.
Gruber swings for the body but Kongo moves out of range.
Kongo shoots in but Gruber avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hans Gruber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blade Kongo.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.
A telegraphed right hand from Gruber misses the target.
Kongo is trying desperately to land a takedown but Gruber is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kongo.
Gruber misses with a body shot.
Gruber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gruber scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kongo doesn't seem bothered though.
Gruber misses with an uppercut. Kongo saw that one coming.
Kongo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kongo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gruber looks to land a combination but Kongo avoids it well.
Kongo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big right from Gruber misses.
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 Blade Kongo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kongo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kongo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gruber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gruber slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gruber looks to throw the jab but Kongo is out of range.
A big right from Gruber misses.
Kongo slips under a jab.
Gruber sizes up Kongo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab from Gruber misses.
Kongo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gruber looks to land a right hand but Kongo moved out of range.
Gruber falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kongo counters with a low kick, right behind Gruber 's knee.
Gruber throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kongo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gruber is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kongo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gruber throws a hook but Kongo blocks it.
Gruber scores with a one two! Kongo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kongo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gruber misses with an uppercut. Kongo saw that one coming.
Gruber throws out a powerful jab.
Kongo misses with a few strikes there.
Gruber looks to land a right hand but Kongo moved out of range.
Kongo slips under a jab from Gruber.
Gruber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kongo manages to avoid it.
Gruber loads up on a big right hand but Kongo slips the punch.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.
Gruber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kongo shoots in for a takedown but Gruber shows good takedown defense.
Kongo staying out of range there.
Gruber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kongo.
Kongo slips a jab from Gruber.
Kongo defending well as Gruber loads up on a big left hand.
Gruber waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kongo.
Kongo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gruber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kongo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kongo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kongo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gruber thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gruber misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kongo slips under a jab from Gruber.
Kongo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kongo throws a head kick that half lands.
A big left from Gruber misses.
Gruber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kongo ducks under a wild hook from Gruber.
Kongo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gruber.
Gruber throws out a loose jab but Kongo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kongo ducks under a wild hook from Gruber.
Kongo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gruber.
Hans Gruber is winning the standup battle so far.
Gruber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kongo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruber misses the jab.
Gruber throws out a loose jab but Kongo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gruber just misses with a punch to the body.
Kongo misses with a takedown attempt - Gruber sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kongo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gruber misses with a looping left.
A shot to the body from Gruber misses

and Kongo counters with a takedown into side control.
Gruber tries to buck Kongo off but Kongo is having none of it.
Kongo has control of an arm but Gruber manages to advance to Kongo's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gruber manages to stand up with Kongo still on his back. Eventually Kongo drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Gruber dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blade Kongo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Gruber connects with a body shot.
Kongo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Gruber misses.
Gruber misses with a hook.
Gruber falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kongo counters with a two punch combo.
Blade Kongo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Gruber misses the target.
Gruber throws an overhand right that lands on Kongo's shoulder, as Kongo tries to avoid the shot.
Gruber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kongo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kongo ducks under a wild hook from Gruber.
Gruber paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gruber looks to throw the jab but Kongo is out of range.
A left lands for Gruber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber throws a lazy right hand but Kongo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gruber thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gruber scores with a body shot.
Kongo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gruber misses with an uppercut. Kongo saw that one coming.
Gruber throws a hook to the side of Kongo's head but Kongo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gruber scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gruber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kongo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gruber misses with a hook.
Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruber.
Nice defenses there by Kongo.
Kongo throws a head kick that half lands.
The fighters circling - Gruber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kongo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gruber throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gruber.
Gruber scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gruber misses with a straight right.
Gruber falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kongo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kongo.
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!
Kongo stops Gruber from standing up.
Gruber seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber is looking to stand up but Kongo isn't so interested in that idea.

Gruber is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Kongo has hold of one of Gruber's legs. Gruber is fighting the takedown attempt but Kongo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Kongo trying to control but Gruber is working from the bottom.
Kongo is fighting to break Gruber's control of his arms but Gruber is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Blade Kongo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gruber has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kongo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Gruber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gruber, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Gruber!