PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gonzalo Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Guthrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalo Hernandez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Guthrie's chin.

Hernandez
vs
Guthrie

188 cm
23
221 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
214 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 Los Angeles, Gonzalo Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Guthrie!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guthrie throws out the jab.
Guthrie misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Guthrie's head backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hernandez. Guthrie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
David Guthrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guthrie.
Guthrie throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Guthrie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guthrie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guthrie.
Hernandez wants to clinch.
Guthrie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David Guthrie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a body shot.
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guthrie throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez tries to move into range but Guthrie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hernandez misses with a looping right.
Guthrie lands with a nice body punch.
Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guthrie.
Guthrie connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie moves away from the strike by Hernandez.
Guthrie misses with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Guthrie.
Guthrie swinging wildly here.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guthrie.
Guthrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guthrie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guthrie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guthrie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses the jab.
Guthrie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hernandez lands a jab.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Guthrie misses with a double jab.
Hernandez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A combination from Guthrie does no damage.
Hernandez fails with the takedown.
Guthrie misses with a shot to the body
and Hernandez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Guthrie thinking.
Guthrie looks gassed!
Guthrie looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guthrie.
Guthrie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guthrie slips a jab from Hernandez.
Guthrie ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.

Hernandez shoots in and bounces Guthrie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez stopping the sweep attempt from Guthrie.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gonzalo Hernandez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Guthrie.
Guthrie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Guthrie misses with a two punch combination.
Guthrie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guthrie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Guthrie throws a shot from downtown. Hernandez moves away and avoids it.
Guthrie thows a left - swing and a miss!
David Guthrie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guthrie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guthrie throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guthrie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guthrie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hernandez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guthrie is breathing heavily.
Guthrie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guthrie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez throws out a powerful jab.
Hernandez takes a swing at Guthrie's ribcage but misses.
Guthrie blocks the body kick.
A big right from Guthrie misses.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Hernandez is looking to wear down Guthrie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hernandez throws a hook but Guthrie avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
Guthrie misses with an uppercut.
Guthrie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a left to the body.
Guthrie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalo Hernandez is winning the standup battle so far.
Hernandez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guthrie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guthrie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Guthrie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guthrie.
A telegraphed right hand from Guthrie misses the target.
Guthrie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hernandez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Guthrie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guthrie manages to avoid it.
Hernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guthrie was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernandez.
A big left from Hernandez misses.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Guthrie tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guthrie misses with an uppercut.
Hernandez throws a nice looking combination but Guthrie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guthrie.
Hernandez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guthrie.
Guthrie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Guthrie misses with a few strikes there.
Hernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Guthrie. Guthrie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hernandez clobbers Guthrie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hernandez misses with a body shot
enabling Guthrie to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie misses with a few strikes there.
Hernandez lands with a hook. Guthrie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hernandez slips under a jab from Guthrie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gonzalo Hernandez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Guthrie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Hernandez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Guthrie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hernandez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hernandez trying to control but Guthrie is working from the bottom.
Hernandez advances position into side control!
Guthrie struggling a bit here.
Guthrie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An elbow from Hernandez crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez tries for a kimura but Guthrie is defending well.
Guthrie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guthrie manages to avoid it.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Guthrie.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt - Guthrie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David Guthrie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Guthrie loads up on a big right hand but Hernandez slips the punch.
A big right from Hernandez misses.
Guthrie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Guthrie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hernandez has time to react.
Hernandez slips a jab from Guthrie.
Guthrie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guthrie throws a combination that misses

and Hernandez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Guthrie!
Hernandez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez trying to control but Guthrie is having none of it.
Guthrie blocking the ground and pound.
Hernandez tries to control but Guthrie wriggling away.
Hernandez misses with a head shot.
Guthrie is looking to improve his position but Hernandez isn't that keen on the idea.
Guthrie is squirming around, avoiding Hernandez's attempts to control the action.

Hernandez has control of Guthrie's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Guthrie regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gonzalo Hernandez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Guthrie wants to hold on but Hernandez pushes him away.
Hernandez looking to control but Guthrie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hernandez avoids the attempt from Guthrie to control.
Guthrie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hernandez trying to control but Guthrie is having none of it.
Guthrie is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gonzalo Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hernandez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gonzalo Hernandez!