PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Gruber (ranked 4267 p4p, 5464 weight class) and Gunnar Gunnarsson (ranked 530 p4p, 602 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gruber
vs
Gunnarsson

190 cm
19
215
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
205
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hans Gruber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Gunnarsson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gruber, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Gruber is trying to break free.
Gruber misses with a punch to the body.
Gunnarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gruber controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gruber.
Gruber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gruber has a couple of punches blocked by Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gruber or not.
Gunnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Gruber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gruber working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Gunnarsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gruber.
Gunnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gunnarsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunnarsson pushes Gruber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gunnarsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gruber tries a body shot but Gunnarsson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber has a couple of punches blocked by Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gunnarsson lands a right hand.
Gunnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Gruber.
A short uppercut from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gruber has had enough of the clinch but Gunnarsson keeps him there for the moment.
Gunnarsson lands a right hand.
Gunnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunnarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Gunnarsson.
Gruber is breathing heavily.
Gunnarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gunnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gruber controls the action.
Gruber takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunnarsson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gruber wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson cracks Gruber with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson manages to break the clinch.
Gunnarsson lands a glancing blow to the side of Gruber's head.

Gunnarsson lands a big head kick that sends Gruber tumbling to the mat! Gunnarsson takes a step backwards and waves Gruber back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Gruber is rocked!
A punch combination from Gunnarsson misses.
Oh Gruber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunnarsson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gruber seems to have got his legs back now.
Gunnarsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good leg kick by Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson pushes Gruber up against the cage in a clinch.
Gunnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson is working Gruber over against the cage.
Gunnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gunnarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gunnarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gunnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Gunnarsson - that landed with a thud.
Gunnarsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunnarsson misses with a body punch.
Gunnarsson pushes Gruber back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gruber controls the action.
Gunnarsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gunnarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gruber backwards.
Gunnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gunnarsson dips a shoulder and cracks Gruber with a mighty uppercut! Gruber falls back against the cage and Gunnarsson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Gruber is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Gunnarsson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Gunnarsson!
Our winner, Gunnar Gunnarsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.