PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Sturd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sturd comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Wright or Wrong. Gustavsson has chosen KNOKE STØVKOST as his entrance music. Gunnar Gustavsson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jason Sturd's chin.

Sturd
vs
Gustavsson

190 cm
33
217 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

195 cm
27
217 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER
Convicted Trap House

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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 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gunnar Gustavsson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson tries to clinch up but Sturd circles away and keeps his distance.
Sturd connects with a solid leg kick.
Gustavsson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gustavsson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sturd.
Sturd scores with a kick to the body.
Gustavsson looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gustavsson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sturd cracks Gustavsson with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Gunnar Gustavsson has been cut.
Sturd lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gustavsson avoids the head kick by Sturd.
Sturd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gustavsson's calf.
Sturd connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gustavsson momentarily.
Sturd is looking to land body kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gustavsson, as that shot connected.
Sturd lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sturd throws a body kick that misses.
Gunnar Gustavsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustavsson is just out of range.
Sturd steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gustavsson. That one must have hurt.
Gustavsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sturd has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gustavsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Sturd lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gunnar Gustavsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustavsson moves away from the strike by Sturd.
Sturd throws a leg kick which misses Gustavsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Gustavsson tries to avoid it.
Gustavsson tries a low kick but Sturd avoids it.
Gustavsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sturd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gustavsson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sturd fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gustavsson throws the kick towards the body but Sturd avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Sturd.
Gustavsson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sturd on the side of the head.
Gustavsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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!
Gustavsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sturd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gustavsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sturd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Sturd.
Sturd checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick lands from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson motions for Sturd to come forward. Gustavsson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gustavsson throws a leg kick that is checked

and Sturd counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gustavsson's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd throws a strike but Gustavsson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sturd is pulling down on Gustavsson's head to control his posture.

Sturd is working an open guard so Gustavsson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sturd ducks under a wild hook from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson is looking to land body kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson is looking to clinch but Sturd is avoiding it.
Sturd shoots in looking for a takedown but Gustavsson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sturd's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sturd throws a leg kick but Gustavsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sturd throws a wild body kick that Gustavsson sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Sturd misses.
Gustavsson blocks the body kick.
Sturd has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sturd throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gustavsson tries to clinch up.
Sturd lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturd slips a jab from Gustavsson.
Sturd misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Sturd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Gustavsson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sturd looks to land a body kick but Gustavsson moved away.
Sturd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gustavsson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sturd walks into a stiff left hand from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson throws out a leg kick but Sturd moves out of range and Gustavsson only half commits.
Sturd misses with a kick to the body.
Sturd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gustavsson throws a jab when Sturd was well out of range.
Sturd dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gustavsson. That did some damage!
Gustavsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sturd misses with a series of wild punches.
Sturd throws the left hand but Gustavsson avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Gustavsson is predictable there
and Sturd counters with an outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Gustavsson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sturd.
Sturd pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gustavsson is out of range and Sturd settles back down.
Gustavsson slips a jab from Sturd.
Sturd misses the shot to the body.
Sturd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gustavsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sturd.
Gustavsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sturd scores with a body shot.
Gustavsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gustavsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gustavsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gustavsson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jason Sturd is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sturd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sturd.

Sturd closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sturd is staying tight to Gustavsson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gustavsson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sturd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sturd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gustavsson pushes Sturd off looking to stand but Sturd dives back in and keeps control.
Sturd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gustavsson gets full guard.
Sturd postures up in Gustavsson's guard and throws a big left but Gustavsson blocks it.
Sturd is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sturd wants to control from the top but Gustavsson keeps moving.
Sturd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gustavsson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturd postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sturd works over Gustavsson with some ground and pound from guard.
Gustavsson keeping moving, preventing Sturd from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustavsson trying to control the position.
Sturd wants to control from the top but Gustavsson keeps moving.
Sturd slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jason Sturd.
Sturd gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Jason Sturd has been cut.
Sturd changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Sturd dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gustavsson tries to move into range but Sturd moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sturd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sturd throws a body kick that misses.
Gustavsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sturd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustavsson manages to avoid it.
Gustavsson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gustavsson checks a leg kick.
Sturd blocks the body kick.

Gustavsson clinches with his opponent.
Gustavsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sturd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustavsson can do to turn this around?

Sturd breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Gustavsson.
Sturd throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd misses with a kick to the body.
Sturd scores with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Sturd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gustavsson is looking to chop away at Sturd's legs.
Sturd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gustavsson misses with an uppercut

and Sturd counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sturd not doing much here.
Sturd tries to pass to full mount but Gustavsson defends it.
Gustavsson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gunnar Gustavsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sturd missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sturd takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gustavsson tries to roll over but Sturd keeps him under control.
Sturd looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sturd is nestled in close to Gustavsson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sturd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gustavsson is staying active underneath Sturd, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sturd has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sturd trying to control the action but Gustavsson is working from the bottom.
Sturd takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sturd connects with a nice short shot to Gustavsson's temple.
Sturd works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gustavsson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poor strikes thrown by Sturd there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturd lands a heavy elbow.
Sturd with shots to the head and body - Gustavsson looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Sturd tries to control but Gustavsson wriggling away.
Gustavsson tries to hold on but Sturd postures up.
Gustavsson is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sturd fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sturd lands with some strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Sturd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sturd, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Sturd!
Our winner, Jason Sturd, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.