Midnight Mania! Highlights! Paul Knocks Out Gib In The First
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Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Tonight, controversial YouTuber Jake Paul throws down with AnEsonGib, another popular streamer. Paul is the brother of fellow YouTube star-turned-boxer, Logan Paul, who made massive amounts of cash by fighting yet another YouTube boxer, KSI, twice. KSI successfully defeated Logan Paul in their second meeting, leading to Jake Paul hunting for an opportunity to avenge his brother and viewing this match with Gib as a stepping stone to the match.
The bout is likely to start right around midnight, so I’ll be providing play-by-play for the match and hopefully finding some great highlight clips as well!
Caption This #PaulvsGib pic.twitter.com/5ILvWGYd34
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) January 31, 2020
Round 1: Gib bounces forward with weird movement, lands a couple right hands. The two clinch. Paul sticks out the jab, lands a left hook. More clinching. More jabs from Paul, and a combination lands as well. Jab from Paul stuns Gib, sending him backwards briefly. A right hand from Paul clips the temple, sending Gib very briefly to the mat. A check hook from Paul again knocks Gib down, but it’s difficult to tell how much of that is due to him being off-balance. Another good jab from Paul. Paul goes body-head with a combination. Hard right hand and jab wobbles Gib. Another right hand lands clean, Gib’s knee touches the mat once more, and the referee calls it off.
Result: Paul defeats Gib via first-round knockout
Dude kept crouching and almost fell LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/0nqrCqex9G
— SUSPENDED AGAIN (@FTBeard1) January 31, 2020
.@JakePaul was too much too handle for AnEsonGib#PaulvsGib pic.twitter.com/bAsLTvQNjV
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) January 31, 2020
Insomnia
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Midnight Music: I would rank this song highly as an all-time great album opener.
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
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