PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roand Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Po
vs
Gustafsson

189 cm
21
209 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roand Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Gustafsson!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gustafsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Po chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Po feints and then cracks Gustafsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gustafsson down.
Po thumps Gustafsson with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gustafsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gustafsson misses with a hook.
Gustafsson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Po can pounce on him.
Gustafsson misses with a hook. Po ducked under it nicely.
Po fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Po.
Gustafsson looks winded!
A solid leg kick lands there for Po.
Gustafsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Po with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Po changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gustafsson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Po thuds a left hand into Gustafsson's body.
Gustafsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Po.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po shoots in and bounces Gustafsson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Po in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Po landing with the ground and pound.
Po engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Po works over Gustafsson with some ground and pound from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gustafsson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Po sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Po stands up from Gustafsson's guard - Po perhaps looking for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Po cracks Gustafsson with an open hand slap.
Gustafsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Po blocks a jab.
Po connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gustafsson momentarily.
Gustafsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Po scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gustafsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Po.
Gustafsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gustafsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Po moves away.
Po swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alexander Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustafsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Po.

Po cracks Gustafsson with an uppercut from hell and Gustafsson crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Po's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Gustafsson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Po not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Po lands a couple of digs.
Po content to stall in guard here.
Po lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po pushing down on Gustafsson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gustafsson taking some punishment here, with Po in his half guard.
Po has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Po not doing much here.
Po looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Po lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Po is trying to work for a kimura but Gustafsson is defending well.
Gustafsson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Po is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roand Po dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Po.
Po steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gustafsson.
Po scores with the left hand. Gustafsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Alexander Gustafsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice leg kick lands there from Po.
Roand Po is winning the standup battle so far.
Po scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Po scoring well with a low kick there.
Po connects with a leg kick. Gustafsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gustafsson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Po connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gustafsson. Gustafsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Po will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Po chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gustafsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Po lands a body shot.
Gustafsson is breathing heavily.
Po lands with a cross.
Gustafsson gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Po gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roand Po!
Roand Po seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.