PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between vak yoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustavsson has chosen Shotgun Blues as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

yoo
vs
Gustavsson

190 cm
20
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, vak yoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Gustavsson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
yoo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
yoo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gustavsson. That did some damage!
Gustavsson throws a poor cross that misses
and yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Alex Gustavsson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustavsson misses with a wild body shot.
yoo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
yoo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gustavsson throws a head kick but yoo moves out of range.
Gustavsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
yoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gustavsson lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yoo swings widly with a right hand
and Gustavsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gustavsson stuns yoo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

yoo gets caught flat footed, as Gustavsson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gustavsson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gustavsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Gustavsson is looking to work some ground and pound but yoo has wrist control.
Gustavsson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as yoo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
yoo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
yoo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gustavsson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
yoo is breathing heavily.
yoo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gustavsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
yoo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gustavsson advances to half guard.
yoo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if yoo tries to get out of the position.
Gustavsson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gustavsson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed yoo's head.
Gustavsson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gustavsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Gustavsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson scoring with strikes but yoo is staying in there.
Gustavsson unloading with bombs!
Gustavsson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
yoo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gustavsson landing strikes from the mount and yoo is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gustavsson raining down shots from the mount!
Gustavsson breaks from yoo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gustavsson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Gustavsson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. yoo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gustavsson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. yoo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson raining down shots from the mount!
Gustavsson working the ground and pound effectively.
Gustavsson lands a big elbow - yoo is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and yoo is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Alex Gustavsson!