PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Ever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jahll Gunacrii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ever
vs
Gunacrii

170 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marlon Ever!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jahll Gunacrii!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunacrii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Ever moves into range and clinches up with Gunacrii.
Gunacrii has Ever pressed against the cage, preventing Ever from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gunacrii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ever working hard to break the clinch.

Ever breaks the clinch.
Nice body kick from Gunacrii.
Gunacrii lands with an uppercut that bounces Ever off the cage and back into range.
Gunacrii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ever throws a looping overhand right but Gunacrii ducks down to avoid it.
Ever misses the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gunacrii digs a good body shot into Ever's ribs.
Ever has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
No joy there for Ever, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good shot there by Ever.
Ever slips a jab and a cross from Gunacrii.
Gunacrii moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunacrii throws a body shot but no joy.

Ever moves into the clinch successfully.
Gunacrii tries a body shot but Ever blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ever wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gunacrii swings wildly with an uppercut but Ever uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunacrii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ever's elbow.
Gunacrii working aggressively here.
Ever is trying to push Gunacrii away but Gunacrii has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gunacrii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ever tries to circle away but Gunacrii has him pinned against the cage.
Gunacrii misses with a punch on the inside.
Ever wants to break free but Gunacrii has control.
Ever is trying to force a seperation but Gunacrii has the dominant position.
Ever is trying to force a seperation but Gunacrii has the dominant position.
Ever wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gunacrii has him pressed against the cage.
Ever working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Ever escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gunacrii gets tackled into the cage by Ever. Ever maintains the clinch.
Gunacrii lands a hook that snaps the head of Ever backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunacrii lands a shoulder strike.
Gunacrii misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunacrii lands a left hand.
Gunacrii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ever's efforts to push away.
Gunacrii misses with the head strike.
Ever blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ever.
Gunacrii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunacrii blocks an uppercut.
Gunacrii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ever backwards.
Ever blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Gunacrii fails to land.
Ever blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ever wants to break free but Gunacrii has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Ever's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gunacrii scores with a shoulder strike.
Ever blocking some punches.
Ever is trying to break free.
Ever is trying to force a seperation but Gunacrii has the dominant position.
Ever is trying to break the clinch but Gunacrii has him pressed against the cage.
Gunacrii tries to work over Ever's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ever displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gunacrii up against the cage.
Gunacrii throws a punch but it's blocked by Ever.
Ever blocks an uppercut.
Gunacrii trying to control the position but instead, Ever has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gunacrii into the cage.
Ever is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ever is trying to force a seperation but Gunacrii has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ever is stalling here.
Gunacrii has a couple of punches blocked by Ever.
Ever blocking some punches.
Ever can't break the clinch.
Gunacrii looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gunacrii misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Ever fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ever is trying to break free.
Ever blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunacrii.
Ever trying to control the position but instead, Gunacrii has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ever into the cage.
Ever wants to get back to striking at distance but Gunacrii won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gunacrii works Ever's body with a nice hook.
Ever throws a series of punches but Gunacrii avoids them all with ease.

Ever clinches with his opponent.
Gunacrii lands with a right to the head.
Gunacrii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ever is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gunacrii working aggressively here.
Gunacrii swings wildly with an uppercut but Ever uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunacrii misses with the head strike.
Ever is trying to break the clinch but Gunacrii has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunacrii misses with some punches.
Gunacrii misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunacrii looking to stall.
Ever working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ever can't find room to land a body shot as Gunacrii controls the action.
Ever has had enough of the clinch but Gunacrii keeps him there for the moment.
Jahll Gunacrii seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Ever breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ever smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gunacrii feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ever's calf.
Gunacrii has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunacrii circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunacrii connects with a solid leg kick.
No joy there for Ever, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunacrii sizes up Ever with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab from Gunacrii misses.
Gunacrii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gunacrii scores with a one two! Ever had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ever scores with a jab. Gunacrii acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gunacrii scores with a nice head shot.
Ever throws a right hand that Gunacrii ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunacrii also avoids with ease.
Gunacrii fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ever.
Gunacrii showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ever.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunacrii throws a jab but it's blocked by Ever.
Ever slips under a jab from Gunacrii.
Ever fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ever fails to land with a series of punches.
Ever looks to land a combination but Gunacrii avoids it well.
Jahll Gunacrii seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunacrii scores with a jab.
Gunacrii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ever was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunacrii.
Ever will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ever pushes Gunacrii up against the cage in a clinch.
Ever tries to circle away but Gunacrii has him pinned against the cage.
Gunacrii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ever backwards.
Ever is trying to push Gunacrii away but Gunacrii has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gunacrii lands an uppercut.
Ever tries to break the clinch but Gunacrii is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunacrii fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunacrii throws a punch but it's blocked by Ever.
Ever working hard to break the clinch.
Gunacrii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunacrii looking to stall.
Gunacrii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gunacrii seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Gunacrii swings wildly with an uppercut but Ever uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunacrii misses with some punches.
Ever blocking some punches.
Ever swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Ever.
Gunacrii lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ever backwards.
Gunacrii misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ever blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ever breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ever connects with a body shot.
Gunacrii connects with a solid leg kick.
Ever takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gunacrii throws a leg kick which misses Ever's front leg but catches the back leg as Ever tries to avoid it.
Ever falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gunacrii makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ever really felt that one!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ever takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ever moves away from the strike by Gunacrii.
Gunacrii ducks under a wild hook from Ever.
A nice combination there by Ever.
Gunacrii scores with a nice right hand.

Ever is rocked!
Gunacrii drops Ever with a big left hand! Ever is injured, injured bad! Gunacrii jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jahll Gunacrii!