PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Nevel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Gustav (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.

Nevel
vs
Gustav

185 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
217 lbs
15 - 16 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Theodore Nevel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carl Gustav!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nevel wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gustav! But no joy.
A lazy left from Gustav finds it's target.
Nevel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gustav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nevel wants to clinch
and Gustav counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gustav. Nevel does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nevel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nevel tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Gustav was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustav swats away the attempt to clinch by Nevel.
Nevel wants to clinch
and Gustav connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gustav looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gustav cracks a nice hook into Nevel's ribs.
Nevel tries to clinch up but Gustav circles away and keeps his distance.
Gustav changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nevel wants to clinch
and Gustav makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gustav with a hook.
Nevel moves to clinch but Gustav breaks away
and Gustav cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gustav lands with a hook. Nevel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nevel tries to clinch but Gustav moves out of range.
Gustav scores with a jab to the body.
Nevel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gustav counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nevel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gustav counters with a straight right hand.
Nevel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gustav counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gustav scores with a body shot.
Nevel darts in trying to clinch
letting Gustav counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustav scores with a body shot.
Gustav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nevel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Gustav. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gustav.
Nevel tries to clinch up.
Gustav works Nevel's body with a nice hook.
Nevel tries to clinch up
enabling Gustav to counter with a crisp jab.
Gustav works the jab nicely.
Nevel wants to clinch up but Gustav keeps it at a distance.
Nevel is looking to clinch but Gustav is avoiding it.
Nevel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gustav throws out the jab.
Gustav is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nevel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nevel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Nevel is rocked!
Nevel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gustav connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Nevel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gustav changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gustav circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustav cracks Nevel with a hook to the temple - Nevel is on wobbly legs here! Gustav swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Nevel falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Gustav wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Carl Gustav!
An intense looking Carl Gustav took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I just wanna dance'.
In defeat, Theodore Nevel stepped up to the mic, saying '*weasel noises*'.