PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Haba (ranked 706 p4p, 105 weight class) and Gunner Larsson (ranked 1215 p4p, 165 weight class). Larsson has chosen Machine Gun Kelly - Till I Die as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haba
vs
Larsson

185 cm
26
178 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

182 cm
26
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

The Glue Factory

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phillip Haba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gunner Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haba lands a glancing blow to the side of Larsson's head.
Larsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Haba lands with an overhand left.
Haba misses the shot to the body.
Haba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Larsson has time to react.

Larsson is rocked!
Haba connects with a crisp jab.
Larsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Haba finish him?
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Haba, as that shot connected.
A jab from Haba misses.
Larsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Phillip Haba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Haba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haba fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Larsson on the side of the head.
Haba throws a combination that misses

and Larsson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Larsson.
Larsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Larsson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Larsson stands and throws Haba's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Larsson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Larsson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Haba is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Larsson yanks on the arm and Haba is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Larsson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gunner Larsson!
Gunner Larsson is the new welterweight champion!
Gunner Larsson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.