PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerbert Bryant (ranked 6 p4p, 1 weight class) and HL Mencken (ranked 29 p4p, 4 weight class). Bryant comes to the cage accompanied by I just wanna. Mencken has chosen Circle Jerks - Question Authority as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bryant
vs
Mencken

195 cm
32
275 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

195 cm
28
261 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 180$)

Urban Fighter
IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerbert Bryant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, HL Mencken!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant scores with a jab to the head.
Bryant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mencken was well out of range. Poor timing from Bryant.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mencken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mencken scores with a hook.
Mencken lands with a hook. Bryant tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bryant drops his hands momentarily and Mencken takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice defenses there by Mencken.
Mencken connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bryant. Bryant circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bryant has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Mencken motions for Bryant to come forward. Mencken throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've been informed that Mencken has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bryant looks to score with a jab to the body but Mencken is just out of range.
Bryant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mencken fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bryant on the side of the head.
Bryant swings widly with a right hand
and Mencken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bryant is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
Mencken moves out of range as Bryant strikes.
Mencken misses with a body punch
and Bryant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bryant is looking to wear down Mencken with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bryant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mencken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryant. Mencken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mencken walks into a left hand.
Mencken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bryant changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bryant checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Mencken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mencken wants to slow Bryant down by chopping away at his legs.
Bryant's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mencken under the eye.
A shot to the body from Bryant misses
and Mencken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mencken lands a really nice looking cross but Bryant seems unphased.
Bryant blocks a head kick by Mencken.
Bryant misses with a hook. Mencken ducked under it nicely.
Bryant shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mencken defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mencken looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bryant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bryant keeps the fight on the outside.
Bryant is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bryant checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bryant half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bryant lands a slapping body shot.
Mencken lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryant swinging wildly here.
Mencken is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bryant had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bryant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mencken.
Bryant lands a nice hook to Mencken's body. Mencken takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bryant throws a shot to the body.
Bryant on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
HL Mencken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mencken connects with an inside leg kick.
Bryant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant darts in looking for a takedown but Mencken gets double underhooks and turns Bryant into the cage.
Mencken takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mencken misses with a straight left.
Mencken misses with an uppercut. Bryant saw that one coming.
Mencken misses with a hook.
Bryant shoots in and drives through. Mencken sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerbert Bryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryant checks a leg kick.
Bryant throws a jab but it's blocked by Mencken.
Bryant jabs Mencken to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bryant lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mencken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bryant dips to his left and cracks Mencken with an uppercut!
Mencken scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bryant lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant looks to score with a jab to the body but Mencken is just out of range.
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!
Bryant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mencken manages to avoid it.
Bryant has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mencken finds it's way round the side to connect with Bryant's head.
Bryant looks to land a left hand but Mencken moved out of range nicely.
Bryant throws a hook but Mencken blocks it.
Mencken lands a nice hook to Bryant's body. Bryant takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mencken throws a front kick that sends Bryant stumbling back into the cage.
Bryant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bryant lands the left hand.
Mencken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bryant.
Bryant throws a body shot but no joy.
Mencken is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bryant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mencken plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mencken lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mencken swings for the body but Bryant moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but HL Mencken will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mencken avoids the body shot from Bryant.
Bryant misses with a hook
and Mencken counters with a nice leg kick.
Mencken lands a nice looking body kick.
Bryant missing with a left hand there. Mencken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mencken punishes Bryant's body with a nice straight punch.
Bryant throws a looping overhand right but Mencken ducks down to avoid it.
Mencken moves out of range of the strikes.
Mencken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mencken moves out of range of the strikes.
Mencken misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mencken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
Mencken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Bryant pushes Mencken up against the cage in a clinch.
Mencken lands with a short shot to the head.
Mencken misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mencken scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bryant struggles to land a body shot inside as Mencken controls his hands.
Mencken gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bryant.
Bryant misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mencken.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mencken.
Mencken lands with a right to the head.
Mencken can't find room to land a body shot as Bryant controls the action.
A short uppercut from Bryant.
Bryant looking to slow down the pace here.
Mencken misses with a body punch.
Mencken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bryant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mencken pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Bryant fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mencken.
Mencken misses with a body punch.
Mencken lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant tries for a takedown but Mencken manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerbert Bryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mencken lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mencken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mencken misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Mencken as the two fighters clinch.
Mencken lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bryant backwards.
A shot in the inside from Mencken.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mencken as Bryant tries to tie him up.
Mencken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mencken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bryant makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bryant takes a shot to the head.
Mencken has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bryant wants to stall.
Mencken scores with a shoulder strike.
Mencken lands a body shot.
Mencken throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mencken lands a left hand.
Mencken lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mencken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bryant backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mencken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Mencken on the inside.

Bryant is rocked!
Mencken lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bryant or not.
Oh Bryant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mencken unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bryant! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Mencken is unloading with more strikes now! Bryant drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). HL Mencken!
HL Mencken is the new super heavyweight champion!
HL Mencken took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, IniTech Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Gerbert Bryant was interviewed post fight and said 'The Gerbert takes, but the Gerbert also gives'.