PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoo Gun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gun's entrance music is Sabotage. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gun
vs
Torres

172 cm
22
142 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
144 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yoo Gun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Torres!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres misses with a straight left.
Torres throws a big shot that misses.
Torres throws a low kick but Gun moves out of range easily.
Torres throws a leg kick
and Gun counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gun fakes the leg kick and cracks Torres in the body.
Gun checks a leg kick.
Torres throws a lazy uppercut
and Gun counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Gun moves away and avoids it.
Torres misses with a hook.
Gun throws a body kick that misses.
Gun looks for the body kick but Torres saw that one coming.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Gun ducks down to avoid it.
Torres lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gun slips under a jab.
Torres takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Torres tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gun blocks a head kick by Torres.
Torres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gun moves away.
Torres misses the jab.
Gun throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gun lands a nice leg kick that just misses Torres's sensitive parts.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gun throws the kick towards the body but Torres avoids it.
Gun scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun slips under a jab.
Gun throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Gun moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gun pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torres's corner calls for a 1-2. Torres obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gun fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gun scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gun fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gun throws a wild body kick that Torres sees coming a mile off.
That kick from Gun tenderised Torres's leg. Torres is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gun scores with a shot to the body.
Gun uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Gun throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Torres counters with a leg kick.
Gun lets loose with a powerful body kick. Torres will feel that in the morning.
Torres throws a jab when Gun was well out of range.
Torres throws a head kick that misses.
Gun on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gun defending well as Torres loads up on a big left hand.
Gun staying out of range there.

Torres darts in and clinches Gun up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gun tries to throw a body punch but Torres avoids it by throwing Gun back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torres.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gun.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torres tries to circle away but Gun has him pinned against the cage.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gun.
A bit of stalling here from Torres.
Torres prevents a body shot from Gun.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gun lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gun tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torres blocks it with crossed arms.
Torres takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoo Gun dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gun slips a straight right by Torres.
Gun misses with an attempted mid kick.

Torres has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gun misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gun.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gun as Torres tries to tie him up.
Gun looking to stall.
Gun is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice left hand lands by Gun.

Torres breaks from the clinch.

Gun fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torres, pushing him back against the cage.
Gun tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Gun tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gun tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gun landing knees to the body.
Gun is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Torres trying to control the position but instead, Gun has worked for underhooks and has pushed Torres into the cage.

Torres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gun drops his hands momentarily and Torres takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That kick from Gun tenderised Torres's leg. Torres is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gun lands a head kick!
Torres looks to throw the jab but Gun is out of range.
Gun looks for the body kick but Torres saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres moves out of range of the body kick.
Torres throws a jab when Gun was well out of range.
Gun moves out of range as Torres strikes.

Torres takes the fight into the clinch.
Gun scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torres backwards.
Gun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torres leaning against his opponent.
Gun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Torres stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torres stalling in the clinch but Gun improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brian Torres.
Torres throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gun lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Torres misses the jab.
Gun misses with a kick to the body.
Gun on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Gun.
Yoo Gun is winning the standup battle so far.
Gun throws a nice outside leg kick.
Torres missing with a left hand there. Gun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Torres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gun moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gun looks for the body kick but Torres saw that one coming.
Torres tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gun ducks under a wild hook from Torres.
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Gun counters with a low kick, right behind Torres 's knee.
Gun throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gun avoids the body shot from Torres.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gun attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gun makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Torres darts in and clinches Gun up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoo Gun dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gun throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torres stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torres pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gun displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torres throws out the jab.
Torres's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gun dips to his left and cracks Torres with an uppercut!
Torres thows a leg kick but Gun checks it
and Gun counters with a nice body kick.
Gun moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Torres swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gun scoring well with a low kick there.
Gun is looking to wear down Torres with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gun misses with a double jab
and Torres counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres throws a leg kick but Gun checks it.
Gun throws a head kick but Torres moves out of range.

Torres forces Gun back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Gun.
Gun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torres blocks it with crossed arms.
Torres makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gun tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Torres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gun backwards.
Gun lands a knee to the head.
Torres lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gun scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Brian Torres has been cut.
Torres lands a nice uppercut.
Torres taking a breather.
Torres is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Gun has denied him.
Brian Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torres taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres scores with a shoulder strike.
Gun landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gun lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Torres.
Torres takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gun tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torres avoiding damage as Gun throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Torres to work.
A right hook to the body lands for Torres.
Torres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torres taking a breather.
Torres wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gun misses with a knee strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Torres.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torres blocks it with crossed arms.
Gun looking to throw knees to the head but Torres is blocking nicely.
Gun with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Torres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Torres moves into the clinch.
Gun trying to control the position but instead, Torres has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gun into the cage.
Gun lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Torres.
Torres scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gun with a knee to the head.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gun lands a good knee to the midsection. Torres won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Gun.
Torres takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Gun.
Yoo Gun is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Gun tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Torres lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gun with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gun tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Gun landing knees to the head.
Torres throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gun connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yoo Gun showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gun 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoo Gun!