PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rousimar Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Guns
vs
Palhares

200 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leroy Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rousimar Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Guns misses.
Guns throws a jab but it's blocked by Palhares.
Palhares fails with the takedown
letting Guns counter with a right hand.
Palhares fails with the takedown
and Guns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Palhares scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Palhares works his foot free and advances to mount.

Palhares is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Guns has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Guns defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Palhares.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guns really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Palhares jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Guns manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Guns throws Palhares to one side and escapes!
Guns throws a jab but it's blocked by Palhares.
Palhares misses with a takedown attempt
and Guns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leroy Guns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rousimar Palhares.
Palhares has his takedown stuffed
and Guns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palhares looks gassed!
Palhares misses with a takedown attempt
and Palhares takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Guns scores with a crisp jab that stopped Palhares in his tracks.
Guns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palhares walks into a jab.
Guns really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Guns uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jab from Guns.

Palhares is rocked!
Palhares fails with the takedown
enabling Guns to counter with a crisp jab.
Palhares is still on wobbly legs! Can Guns finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns connects with the punch.
Palhares seems to have recovered his senses.
A jab from Guns finds it's way through Palhares's defenses.
Palhares takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Guns lands the left hand.
Guns swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Palhares.
Rousimar Palhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guns cracks Palhares on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Palhares falls backwards against the cage. Guns follows up with more strikes that drop Palhares to his knees. Guns keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Palhares! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leroy Guns!
After the big win, Leroy Guns made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.