PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Gavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunnas has chosen Jumal x10 Lavis - Jeesus as his entrance music. Mauri Kunnas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gavin
vs
Kunnas

202 cm
22
285 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

205 cm
28
270 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Gavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauri Kunnas!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunnas connects with a leg kick. Gavin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kunnas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kunnas.

Kunnas forces Gavin back against the cage and clinches.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gavin.
Gavin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gavin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kunnas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gavin throws a head punch that misses.
Kunnas tries to stall but Gavin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kunnas working Gavin over with knees to the body.
Gavin is breathing heavily.
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!
Knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Kunnas working Gavin over with knees to the body.
Gavin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kunnas lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dennis Gavin has been cut.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas lands a body punch.
Kunnas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gavin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kunnas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kunnas lands a nice knee to the body.
Kunnas landing knees to the body.
Kunnas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gavin's face.
Kunnas crunches a lovely knee into Gavin's ribcage.
Gavin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kunnas lands a good knee to the midsection. Gavin won't want to take too many of those.
Kunnas lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunnas working Gavin over with knees to the body.
Gavin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Good body shot from Kunnas.
Gavin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kunnas's elbow.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gavin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kunnas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kunnas looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kunnas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gavin's efforts to push away.
Good body shot from Kunnas.
Gavin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kunnas obliges.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Gavin has a couple of punches blocked by Kunnas.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gavin throws an elbow but misses.
Kunnas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gavin lands an uppercut.
Kunnas pushes Gavin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gavin lands a shoulder strike.
Gavin takes a shot to the head.
Kunnas keeps control of Gavin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gavin avoiding damage.
Kunnas looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Kunnas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gavin's face.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin lands a shoulder strike.
Gavin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gavin lands with a right to the head.
Kunnas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gavin is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gavin throws an elbow but misses.
Gavin digs a right hand into Kunnas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kunnas's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gavin lands with a right to the head.
Gavin misses with a punch on the inside.
Gavin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kunnas.
Gavin dodges an elbow strike from Kunnas.
Knees to the body from Gavin.
Gavin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gavin lands a right hand.
Kunnas blocking some punches.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gavin lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Gavin.
Kunnas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gavin is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gavin.
A right hook to the body lands for Gavin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin lands a body shot.
A short right from Gavin on the inside.
Gavin lands a left hand.
Kunnas tries a body shot but Gavin blocks it.
Kunnas misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gavin.
Gavin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gavin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gavin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kunnas.
Gavin lands a left hand.
Gavin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gavin lands a body shot.
Gavin lands with a short shot to the head.
Gavin lands a nice uppercut.
Gavin is working Kunnas over against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gavin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kunnas's brow.
Gavin scores with a shot to the side of Kunnas's head.
A nice left hand lands by Gavin.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gavin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin lands an uppercut.
Gavin effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gavin on the inside.
Gavin avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Gavin.
Gavin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gavin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gavin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gavin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunnas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gavin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gavin avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kunnas.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gavin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kunnas landing knees to the body.
Gavin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunnas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kunnas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Kunnas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dennis Gavin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kunnas instigates a clinch.
Gavin looking to slow down the pace here.
Kunnas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gavin.
Kunnas scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kunnas landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mauri Kunnas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kunnas looking to throw knees to the head but Gavin is blocking nicely.
Gavin avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gavin fails to land.
Gavin struggles to land a body shot inside as Kunnas controls his hands.
Gavin has a couple of punches blocked by Kunnas.
Gavin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kunnas's elbow.
Kunnas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kunnas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kunnas obliges.
Kunnas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kunnas prevents a body shot from Gavin.
A left hand lands to the body for Kunnas.
Kunnas tries to stall but Gavin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunnas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kunnas leaning against his opponent.
Kunnas blocking some punches.
Kunnas slows down the pace here.
Kunnas continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Gavin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kunnas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gavin.
Gavin lands with a light punch inside.
Kunnas taking a breather.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Gavin throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gavin throws an elbow but misses.
Kunnas scores with a hook to the body.
Kunnas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kunnas lands a knee to the body.
Kunnas lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gavins head.
Gavin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gavin backwards.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Gavin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
Kunnas takes a shot to the head.
Gavin avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gavin digs a right hand into Kunnas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kunnas's gas tank.
Gavin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gavin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gavin gets through Kunnas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gavin taking a breather.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kunnas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gavin is keeping busy.

Gavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dennis Gavin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gavin moves out of range as Kunnas throws a body kick.
Gavin tests Kunnas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gavin misses with a low kick.
Gavin misses with an uppercut
and Kunnas counters with a left and a right that stings Gavin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kunnas misses with a low kick.
Gavin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kunnas misses with a low kick as Gavin jumps back.
Kunnas drops his hands momentarily and Gavin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gavin lands a head shot.
Kunnas doesn't manage to clinch there - Gavin circles away.
Kunnas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Kunnas.
Gavin tries to bum rush Kunnas with a series of wild strikes but Kunnas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kunnas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gavin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kunnas rushes Gavin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gavin avoids it.
Gavin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kunnas missing with knees to the body.
Kunnas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kunnas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gavin scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kunnas has him pressed against the cage.
Kunnas blocks an uppercut.
Kunnas connects with a knee to the head.
Kunnas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kunnas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gavin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gavin is looking to control Kunnas's arms but Kunnas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gavin has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gavin.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gavin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Gavin.
Gavin is working Kunnas over against the cage.
Kunnas blocks an uppercut.
Kunnas connects with a knee to the head.
Gavin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kunnas blocking some punches.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gavin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gavin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kunnas backwards.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gavin blocks an elbow strike from Kunnas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gavin looking to slow down the pace here.
Kunnas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gavin lands a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gavin takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Kunnas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dennis Gavin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kunnas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gavin avoids the head kick by Kunnas.
Gavin wants to clinch.
Gavin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kunnas.
Kunnas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gavin misses with an uppercut. Kunnas saw that one coming.
Gavin missing with a left hand there. Kunnas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kunnas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kunnas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gavin's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gavin pushes Kunnas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gavin misses with the head strike.
Gavin stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin trying to stall but Kunnas improves his position.
Gavin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kunnas tries to land knees in the clinch but Gavin avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kunnas.
Gavin throws a head punch that misses.
Gavin trying to control the position but instead, Kunnas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gavin into the cage.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Gavin blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gavin.
Kunnas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gavin gets through Kunnas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kunnas landing knees to the head.
Gavin misses with a punch on the inside.
Kunnas tries to throw a body punch but Gavin avoids it by throwing Kunnas back against the cage.
Kunnas lands a good knee to the midsection. Gavin won't want to take too many of those.
Kunnas prevents a body shot from Gavin.
Kunnas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kunnas.
Kunnas misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Gavin.
Dennis Gavin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas trying to stall but Gavin improves his position.
Kunnas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kunnas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kunnas needs to keep his hands up - Gavin had a free shot at his head there.
Gavin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kunnas circles away.
Gavin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kunnas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gavin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gavin blocks a head kick by Kunnas.
Gavin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gavin works the jab nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Kunnas blocks the leg kick.
Gavin scores with a nice strike.
Gavin connects with the punch.
Kunnas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gavin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Kunnas.
Gavin swings for the body but Kunnas moves out of range.
Gavin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kunnas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Kunnas forces Gavin back against the cage and clinches.
Gavin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gavin.
Gavin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kunnas is leaning against Gavin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kunnas.
Kunnas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gavin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kunnas lands a good knee to the midsection. Gavin won't want to take too many of those.
A shot in the inside from Gavin.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kunnas lands a nice knee to the body.
Kunnas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Gavin misses with a punch on the inside.
Gavin swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunnas uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kunnas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kunnas.
Kunnas lands a nice shot to the body.
Gavin misses with the head strike.
Kunnas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gavin or not.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gavin working aggressively here.
A short right from Gavin on the inside.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch but Kunnas keeps him there for the moment.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gavin avoids it.
Kunnas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gavin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kunnas works on Gavin's body with a couple of short punches.
Kunnas takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kunnas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hand to the body from Gavin.
Gavin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kunnas backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gavin.
Nice body punch from Gavin.
Gavin gets through Kunnas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kunnas scores a nice knee to the body.
Mauri Kunnas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gavin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kunnas working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dennis Gavin.
I think Kunnas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauri Kunnas!