PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ogro Azul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn has chosen Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ogro Azul has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Azul
vs
Gunn

195 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

216 cm
19
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Likes ground

Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ogro Azul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lance Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Azul sprawling to the canvas! Azul rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Gunn finish him?!

It looks like Ogro Azul has been cut.
Azul tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azul is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Azul tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Azul avoids the head kick by Gunn.

Gunn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gunn tries to pass to full mount but Azul defends it.
Gunn moves nicely into side control.
Azul tries to buck Gunn off but Gunn is having none of it.
Gunn grinds an elbow into Azul's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azul is not content to let Gunn control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azul is looking for a sweep.
Gunn tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Azul knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gunn on the ground.
Gunn moves into full mount!
Azul tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Azul taking shots to the head.
Azul manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gunn trying to control the action but Azul is working from the bottom.
Gunn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Azul is trying to maintain the position but Gunn is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is tying to control. Azul wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Azul on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Azul might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gunn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Azul is not content to let Gunn control the position.
Gunn passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Azul!
Gunn with shots to the head and body - Azul looks very uncomfortable down there.
Azul is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gunn raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Azul is in all sorts of trouble here.
Azul is breathing heavily.
Azul takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gunn is landing with some decent strikes but Azul is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gunn landing strikes from the mount and Azul is in trouble!
Gunn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Azul takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Azul is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gunn scoring with strikes but Azul is staying in there.
Azul on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Azul tries to get out of the position.
Gunn working Azul over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gunn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Azul is looking to escape.
Gunn landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a big shot there that rocks Azul but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Azul sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Gunn is looking for a kimura but Azul is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gunn to get the leverage.
Gunn wants to control but Azul is keeping him busy.
Gunn is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gunn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Azul is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Azul trying to control here.
Gunn trying to control from half guard but Azul is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gunn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Gunn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ogro Azul's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Azul moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gunn.
Gunn stalling the fight.
Azul misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunn wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gunn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Azul tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Azul.
Gunn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azul landing knees to the head.
Gunn managing to block the knees to the body from Azul.
Gunn missing with knees to the body.
Azul misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunn.
Azul lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lance Gunn has been cut.
Azul with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Azul pushes off an throws an elbow but Gunn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gunn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Azul using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Azul lands an elbow that stopped Gunn in his tracks for a moment.
Azul is pressed up against the cage. Gunn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Azul down to the mat. Azul avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gunn is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Azul moves in looking to clinch but Gunn pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Gunn as Azul shoots in.
Azul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Azul clinches up against the cage.
Gunn is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Azul.
Gunn missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azul just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gunn's brow.
Gunn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gunn lands a damaging elbow.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but Gunn blocks with his arms.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Azul blocks with his arms.
Azul misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Gunn scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azul throws an elbow but misses.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azul missing with knees to the body.
Gunn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Azul fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ogro Azul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Gunn.
Gunn lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Azul darts in and clinches Gunn up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gunn.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gunn.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azul throws an elbow but misses.
Azul on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gunn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Azul throws an elbow that misses.
Gunn wants to break free but Azul has control.
Gunn controlling the action here for a moment.
Gunn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Azul gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Azul lands a knee to the body.
Azul looking to throw knees to the head but Gunn is blocking nicely.

Gunn jumps guard and drags Azul to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gunn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Azul with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Azul tries to roll over but Gunn keeps him under control.

Azul kicks Gunn off and gets back to his feet.
Azul slips a straight right by Gunn.

Gunn gets caught flat footed, as Azul shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gunn throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gunn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Azul postures up and lands a big shot to Gunn's brow.
Azul is in close to Gunn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Azul makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Azul connects with a couple of short punches.
Azul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lance Gunn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Azul cracks Gunn with a solid left hand.
Azul wants to stand but Gunn is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn trying to control the position.
Azul has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Azul scoring with some ground and pound.
Azul wants to stand but Gunn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gunn trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gunn doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Azul tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azul tries to clinch up but Gunn circles away and keeps his distance.

Gunn forces Azul back against the cage and clinches.

Gunn drags the fight down to the ground.
Azul trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gunn manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gunn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ogro Azul dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Azul misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Azul as he jumps to the side.
Gunn misses with a takedown attempt - Azul sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Gunn moves into the clinch successfully.
Gunn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gunn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Gunn breaks the clinch.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Azul circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azul tries to clinch

and Gunn counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gunn is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Azul manages to get to full guard.
Gunn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Azul trying to control the position.
Azul will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gunn trying to control the position from guard on top but Azul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azul lands a decent punch to the body there.
Gunn postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Gunn closes the distance and clinches.
Gunn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Azul gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ogro Azul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Gunn.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azul throws an elbow but misses.
Azul connects with a knee to the head.
Gunn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Azul prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A knee to the head by Azul.
Azul throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gunn blocks it with crossed arms.
Azul trying to land knees to the body.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Gunn breaks the clinch.
Gunn swats away the attempt to clinch by Azul.
Azul looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gunn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gunn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunn tries to clinch up but Azul circles away and keeps his distance.

Azul rushes Gunn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azul looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azul misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunn is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azul lands a damaging elbow.
Gunn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Azul using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Azul lands an elbow just above Gunn 's eye.
Knees to the body from Gunn.
Gunn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gunn is looking to break free of the clinch but Azul has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Gunn.
Azul avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.

Gunn pulls guard.

Gunn scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Azul is avoiding it.
Azul shoots for a takedown but Gunn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ogro Azul is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gunn looks for a takedown but Azul sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gunn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gunn has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Azul avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Azul scores with a knee to the head.
Azul takes a shot to the head.
Gunn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azul or not.
Gunn is working Azul over against the cage.
Azul lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
Azul lands an elbow inside.
Gunn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Azul pulls his leg out and moves away.

Gunn clinches up with Azul and pushes him back against the cage.
Azul tries to land a knee to the head but Gunn blocks with his arms.
Gunn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Azul gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Azul.
Azul with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Azul creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gunn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Azul pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gunn shoots in for a double leg but Azul sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Gunn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gunn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Gunn!