PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Tiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Gunn will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tiu
vs
Gunn

184 cm
24
225 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
210 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, TJ Tiu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gunn.
Gunn scores with a punch to the head.
Gunn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Gunn darts in and clinches Tiu up against the cage.
Tiu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gunn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gunn working Tiu over with knees to the body.
Tiu is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Gunn.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn slowing the pace effectively.
Tiu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gunn lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunn lands a damaging elbow.
Gunn is pushing Tiu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gunn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gunn lands an elbow inside.

It looks like TJ Tiu has been cut.
Gunn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gunn lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Gunn.
Tiu goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gunn prevents it.
Gunn lands an elbow that stopped Tiu in his tracks for a moment.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gunn lands an elbow inside that Tiu shrugs off.
Gunn lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tiu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gunn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tiu's defenses.
Gunn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tiu takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice left hand lands by Gunn.
A shot in the inside from Gunn.
Gunn lands a nice uppercut.
Gunn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

TJ Tiu's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Gunn.
A short right from Gunn.
Gunn digs a right hand underneath Tiu's ribcage. Tiu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Tiu is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gunn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gunn lands an elbow that stopped Tiu in his tracks for a moment.
Gunn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunn lands a hook that snaps the head of Tiu backwards.
Gunn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

TJ Tiu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice elbow from Gunn.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gunn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tiu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunn lands an elbow inside that Tiu shrugs off.
Gunn landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn connects with a knee to the head.
Tiu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gunn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gunn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunn leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tiu tries to pull guard but Gunn holds him up against the cage and eventually Tiu drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Tiu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunn lands a damaging elbow.
Tiu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tiu wants a takedown.
Gunn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunn lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gunn obliges.
Gunn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tiu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right from Gunn.
Gunn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tiu.
Nice elbow from Gunn.
Gunn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tiu backwards.
Tiu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gunn pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a glancing blow to the side of Tiu's head.
Tiu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tiu takes one to the chin there.
Gunn lands a nice looking body shot.
Gunn lands a jab.
Tiu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gunn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gunn throws a hook but Tiu avoids it easily.
Gunn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gunn thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn punishes Tiu's body with a nice straight punch.
Gunn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tiu closes the distance and clinches up with Gunn, looking for a takedown. Tiu pushes Gunn against the cage but Gunn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Gunn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gunn.
Gunn throws a series of strikes that have Tiu backpedaling.
Tiu defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
Tommy Gunn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tiu wants to clinch up but Gunn keeps it at a distance.
Tiu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gunn thows a left - swing and a miss!

Gunn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gunn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tiu tries to pull guard but Gunn holds him up against the cage and eventually Tiu drops back down to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiu avoids a wild elbow strike from Gunn.
Gunn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gunn pushes off an throws an elbow but Tiu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TJ Tiu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Tiu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunn connects with a body shot.
Tiu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tiu fails to land the takedown.
Gunn throws a series of punches but Tiu avoids them all with ease.
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tiu's calf.
Gunn lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab by Gunn.
Gunn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tiu misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gunn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gunn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tiu.
Tiu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gunn digs a good hook to Tiu's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gunn lands a jab to the nose.
Gunn feints and then cracks Tiu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tiu down.
The crowd cheers as Gunn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tiu doesn't seem phased though.
A punch lands to the side of Tiu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Tiu moved out of range.
Gunn stalks Tiu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tiu's face. Tiu staggers backwards, shaken.
Gunn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tiu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gunn's waist but Gunn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tiu off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Tiu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gunn.
Gunn connects with a right hand. Tiu shakes it off.
Tiu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tiu takes one to the chin there.
Tiu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gunn jabs at Tiu's body.
Tommy Gunn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunn lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gunn works the jab nicely.
Tiu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gunn lands the left hand.
A left lands for Gunn.
Gunn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tiu slips a jab from Gunn.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gunn scores with a nice right hand.
Gunn lands an overhand right.
Gunn leaves Tiu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tiu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tiu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tiu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gunn.
Jab, jab by Gunn - just one landing.
Gunn connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiu fails to land the takedown.
Gunn lands a jab to Tiu's midsection.
Gunn cracks Tiu with an open hand slap.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gunn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gunn connects with a knee to the head.
Tiu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gunn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gunn lands an elbow that stopped Tiu in his tracks for a moment.
Gunn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gunn lands a right hand.
Tiu takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, TJ Tiu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gunn lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gunn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at TJ Tiu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tommy Gunn!