PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivern Gustavsson (ranked 2118 p4p, 2863 weight class) and Derrick Lewis (ranked 291 p4p, 389 weight class). Ivern Gustavsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derrick Lewis's chin.

Gustavsson
vs
Lewis

198 cm
26
214
5 - 3 - 0

192 cm
26
218
9 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivern Gustavsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Derrick Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lewis tries for a takedown but Gustavsson circles away easily
and Gustavsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Derrick Lewis has been cut.
Lewis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gustavsson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gustavsson stuffs the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Gustavsson misses the target.
Lewis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lewis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gustavsson throwing a counter right hand but Lewis manages to avoid it.

Gustavsson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lewis's half guard.
Gustavsson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lewis is staying active underneath Gustavsson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gustavsson working Lewis over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lewis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lewis is rocked!
Gustavsson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Lewis quite badly. Lewis pulls Gustavsson in close trying to recover. Gustavsson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Lewis on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Lewis doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivern Gustavsson!
An out of breath Ivern Gustavsson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.