PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Gunderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry Gunderson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rodriguez
vs
Gunderson

172 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cristian Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Terry Gunderson!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunderson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Cristian Rodriguez has been cut.
Terry Gunderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunderson throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gunderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gunderson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gunderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez lands with a good body shot.
Rodriguez throws a poor cross that misses
and Gunderson counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunderson misses with a wild combination.
Rodriguez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Gunderson moves away and avoids it.
Gunderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunderson moves out of range as Rodriguez strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rodriguez. That one must have hurt.
Gunderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Terry Gunderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gunderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gunderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Gunderson moves away
and Gunderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rodriguez thinking.
Rodriguez needs to keep his hands up - Gunderson had a free shot at his head there.
A combination from Gunderson does no damage.
Gunderson lands a slapping body shot.
Gunderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Gunderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gunderson feints a jab promting Rodriguez to slip. Gunderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rodriguez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rodriguez shoots in but Gunderson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodriguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gunderson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rodriguez fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Gunderson does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson lands an overhand right.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gunderson!
Gunderson throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Gunderson misses with a double jab
and Rodriguez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gunderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gunderson lands with a nice combination. Rodriguez backs away looking to recover.
Gunderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gunderson scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gunderson drops Rodriguez with a beautiful combination! Rodriguez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gunderson is looking for the KO!

Rodriguez is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunderson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Oh Rodriguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gunderson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gunderson is pawing at Rodriguez, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Rodriguez's nose. Rodriguez is badly hurt! Gunderson pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Rodriguez tries desperately to hold on but Gunderson is relentless in his assault! As Rodriguez receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Gunderson away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Gunderson!