PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Gunnarsson (ranked 4190 p4p, 7092 weight class) and Usko Unbelivable (ranked 509 p4p, 662 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gunnarsson
vs
Unbelivable

190 cm
23
213
4 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
201
4 - 7 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Voodoo 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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Magnus Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Usko Unbelivable!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunnarsson rushes Unbelivable and presses him up against the cage.
Unbelivable blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Come on Unbelivable - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gunnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Unbelivable trying to control the position but instead, Gunnarsson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Unbelivable into the cage.

Unbelivable pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Unbelivable fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Gunnarsson forces Unbelivable back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunnarsson is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Unbelivable jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gunnarsson walks away with a smile on his face. Unbelivable gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Gunnarsson has closed the distance and engaged Unbelivable in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunnarsson lands with a left to the head.
Unbelivable blocking some punches.
Gunnarsson lands a shoulder strike.
Gunnarsson lands an uppercut.
Gunnarsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Unbelivable backwards.
Gunnarsson lands a left hand.
Gunnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunnarsson lands a right hand.

Unbelivable is rocked!

Unbelivable breaks the clinch.

Gunnarsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Gunnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Unbelivable is still on wobbly legs! Can Gunnarsson finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gunnarsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Unbelivable backwards.
Gunnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gunnarsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Unbelivable avoids the damage to the body.
Gunnarsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Magnus Gunnarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Usko Unbelivable.

Gunnarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magnus Gunnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gunnarsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Unbelivable looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Unbelivable missing with knees to the body.
Unbelivable seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gunnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunnarsson leaning against his opponent.
Unbelivable is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gunnarsson to keep the fight standing.
Unbelivable is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gunnarsson is keeping busy.
Unbelivable tries to break the clinch but Gunnarsson is controlling the position.
Unbelivable tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Gunnarsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gunnarsson lands a big shot that drops Unbelivable! Can he finish him?

It looks like Usko Unbelivable has been cut.
Unbelivable keeping full guard, as Gunnarsson tries to pass.

Gunnarsson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gunnarsson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gunnarsson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Gunnarsson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Unbelivable is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gunnarsson, into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unbelivable trying to move into half guard but instead Gunnarsson has managed to sweep!

Gunnarsson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Unbelivable is keeping the position for now.

Gunnarsson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gunnarsson seems to have locked his on tight now - Unbelivable screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gunnarsson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Magnus Gunnarsson!
Usko Unbelivable was interviewed post fight and said 'well he was a better man tonight'.