PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Gunderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russel Ebert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gunderson
vs
Ebert

183 cm
19
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Gunderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Russel Ebert!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunderson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Ebert shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gunderson wants to hold on but Ebert pushes him away.
Ebert prevents Gunderson from getting the reversal.
Gunderson is working hard here to advance position.

Ebert is working for a guillotine from mount but Gunderson frees his head quite easily.
Ebert working the ground and pound effectively.
Gunderson tries to hold on but Ebert postures up.
Gunderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Ebert.
Gunderson is trying to escape the mount.
Ebert avoids the attempt from Gunderson to control.
Gunderson is looking to improve his position but Ebert isn't that keen on the idea.
Ebert raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebert postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gunderson looks a forlorn figure.

Ebert looking to secure an arm triangle but Gunderson defends it well.
Gunderson is looking to improve his position but Ebert isn't that keen on the idea.
Ebert lands with some strikes.
Gunderson is trying to escape the mount.
Gunderson is in a horrible position here. Ebert smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Gunderson is rocked!
Ebert lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh Gunderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ebert lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gunderson hang on?
Ebert looks gassed!
Ebert in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gunderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ebert lands a big shot there that rocks Gunderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gunderson tries to hold on but Ebert pushes him away.
Ebert working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebert fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ebert is landing with some decent strikes but Gunderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gunderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gunderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Ebert postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gunderson looks a forlorn figure.
Ebert working Gunderson over with strikes here.
Gunderson is bucking up trying to escape but Ebert cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ebert connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ebert with the ground and pound from mount.
Gunderson tries to reverse the position but Ebert maintains control.
Ebert is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gunderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ebert with the ground and pound from mount.
Gunderson working to try and regain half guard.
Ebert landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ebert working the ground and pound effectively.
Ebert postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gunderson looks a forlorn figure.

It looks like Travis Gunderson has been cut.
Ebert dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ebert looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gunderson is bucking up trying to escape but Ebert cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Ebert looking for a guillotine from mount but Gunderson is having none of it.

Ebert has control of Gunderson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gunderson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
A nice elbow there by Ebert.
Ebert lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ebert scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gunderson?
Ebert scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gunderson?
Gunderson is looking to get to half guard.
Ebert unloading with bombs!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gunderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ebert is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gunderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ebert lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ebert looking to finish Gunderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gunderson!
A nice elbow there by Ebert.
The referee warns Gunderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Ebert connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gunderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ebert postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Gunderson in real trouble here! The ref calls for Gunderson to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russel Ebert!