The two men shake hands, adhering to the Code of Respect and then the match gets underway. Gambino picks up Penney and drives him into the corner. He goes for a forearm but Penney rolls out and hits a hard right kick. He hits three more kicks but Gambino stops that with a BIG clothesline. Penney is sent into the corner. He brings his knees up but Gambino catches them, spins Penney around, so his legs are draped over the middle rope, and hits a hard chop and a thunderous kick. Gambino finishes that with a Sicilian suplex from out of the corner.
Penney is down. Gambino tries to suplex Penney back into the ring but Penney blocks it and brings Gambino outside. Both men on the apron and Gambino delivers some sick looking chops. Penney back with three kicks but Gambino with more chops. Penney clotheslines Gambino back into the ring. Gambino flips back over and nails Penney, taking him down. Gambino heads outside, grabs Penney by the legs and catapults him head first into the metal barriers between the ringside area and the audience. That was nasty! The crowd LOVED it!
Gambino with some vicious elbow strikes. Now, he has Penney over and slams his head into the mat three times. He delivers some stiff blows and then gets a one count. Gambino with a chin lock. Penney fights back with more kicks. Penney hits a running knee that shakes up Gambino. Penney with a flying cutter out of nowhere and gets a two count! He almost stole it there!
Penney heads up to the second buckle. Gambino grabs his leg and yanks him off. Gambino starts laying in the boots. Gambino with four running knee smashes into Penney’s face. He follows up with the Fongul. And that gets the three count!
Your winner, Gabriel Gambino!
A solid win for Gambino as Penney makes a decent debut. He’ll no doubt be looking to improve on that in the coming weeks, but he looked solid. Gabe will be happy with that one, but I know he’ll be itching for a GFC Title match sometime soon!