PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ground Guru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Brady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ground Guru has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guru
vs
Brady

176 cm
23
199 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ground Guru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Brady!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guru tries to clinch up.
Guru looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brady thuds a left hand into Guru's body.
Guru tries to bum rush Brady with a series of wild strikes but Brady uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guru tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brady swivels and escapes.

Brady shoots in and bounces Guru off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brady advances position into side control!
Guru is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Brady tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brady has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brady is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Guru knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady wants to control but Guru is keeping him busy.
Guru is trying to get back to half guard.
Guru is not content to let Brady control the position.
Guru wants to control but Brady postures up.
Brady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Guru keeps working.
Brady takes a little break here. Guru wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Brady is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Guru has escaped the position, nice work there.

Brady has an Americana. Guru didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Brady is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Brady hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bruce Brady!
Bruce Brady was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Ground Guru was interviewed post fight and said 'thanks for coming out!'.