PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Gustafsson (ranked 634 p4p, 638 weight class) and Magnus Von Ver Huevan (ranked 87 p4p, 88 weight class). Von Ver Huevan has chosen Call to Arms as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gustafsson
vs
Von Ver Huevan

198 cm
28
255
8 - 2 - 0

195 cm
35
253
26 - 14 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustafsson blocks a jab.
Von Ver Huevan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Von Ver Huevan looks to move away, Gustafsson throws a big counter combo but Von Ver Huevan just gets out of the way.
Gustafsson scores with a nice strike.
Gustafsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gustafsson slips a jab from Von Ver Huevan.
A little feinted left hand from Gustafsson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gustafsson staying out of range there.
Gustafsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gustafsson slips under a jab.
A big left from Gustafsson misses.
Gustafsson ducks under a wild hook from Von Ver Huevan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Von Ver Huevan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Ver Huevan lands with an uppercut that bounces Gustafsson off the cage and back into range.
Gustafsson slips a straight right by Von Ver Huevan.
A jab from Von Ver Huevan misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Von Ver Huevan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gustafsson lands a jab to Von Ver Huevan's midsection.
Oscar Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ver Huevan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Von Ver Huevan misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Gustafsson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gustafsson connects with the punch.
Gustafsson tries to clinch
and Von Ver Huevan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Von Ver Huevan lands with an uppercut that bounces Gustafsson off the cage and back into range.
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook but Gustafsson avoids it easily.
Von Ver Huevan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Von Ver Huevan blocks a head kick by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook but Gustafsson avoids it easily.
Von Ver Huevan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a left hand
enabling Gustafsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Gustafsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Ver Huevan moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gustafsson closes the distance and clinches.

Von Ver Huevan manages to break the clinch.
Gustafsson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Von Ver Huevan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gustafsson.
Gustafsson is looking to clinch but Von Ver Huevan is avoiding it.
Von Ver Huevan throws out a counter right but Gustafsson avoids it with no problem.
Gustafsson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rasmus's Fun House in the buildup to the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustafsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gustafsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gustafsson moves away from the strike by Von Ver Huevan.
Gustafsson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gustafsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Ver Huevan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Von Ver Huevan.
Gustafsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan throws a right hand that Gustafsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Gustafsson also avoids with ease.
Gustafsson walks into a left hand.
A jab from Von Ver Huevan misses.
The fighters circling - Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gustafsson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gustafsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Gustafsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Von Ver Huevan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gustafsson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Gustafsson drives through and clinches with Von Ver Huevan against the cage.
Von Ver Huevan pushes Gustafsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Von Ver Huevan tries to work over Gustafsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gustafsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Von Ver Huevan's efforts to push away.
Gustafsson is pushing Von Ver Huevan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gustafsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Ver Huevan lands with a left to the head.

Von Ver Huevan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Von Ver Huevan to counter with a crisp jab.
A left lands for Gustafsson.
Von Ver Huevan tries to bum rush Gustafsson with a series of wild strikes but Gustafsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Von Ver Huevan slips a straight right by Gustafsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gustafsson, as that shot connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oscar Gustafsson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Von Ver Huevan misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Gustafsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a wild combination.
Gustafsson ducks under a wild hook from Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan throws a big shot that misses.
Gustafsson misses with a two punch combination.
Von Ver Huevan avoids the body shot from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson slips a jab from Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan throws a good cross that connects.
Gustafsson connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson cracks Von Ver Huevan with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ver Huevan. Gustafsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oscar Gustafsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gustafsson with a hook.
Von Ver Huevan throws the left hand but Gustafsson avoids the punch easily.
A quick step to the side and Gustafsson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Ver Huevan walks into a straight right hand from Gustafsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Von Ver Huevan.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but Von Ver Huevan moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Von Ver Huevan misses the target.
Gustafsson throwing a counter right hand but Von Ver Huevan manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Von Ver Huevan.
Gustafsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
An inside leg kick from Gustafsson misses.
Gustafsson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gustafsson throws a right and a left that Von Ver Huevan avoids nicely.
Gustafsson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Gustafsson gets a clinch.
Gustafsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gustafsson blocking some punches.
Gustafsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Ver Huevan swings wildly with an uppercut but Gustafsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Von Ver Huevan scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gustafsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Von Ver Huevan fails to land.
Gustafsson leaning against his opponent.
Von Ver Huevan throws a punch but it's blocked by Gustafsson.
Von Ver Huevan has a couple of punches blocked by Gustafsson.
Von Ver Huevan lands a shoulder strike.
Magnus Von Ver Huevan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gustafsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gustafsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Von Ver Huevan lands a right hand.
Von Ver Huevan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gustafssons head.

Von Ver Huevan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gustafsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Ver Huevan.
It looked like Gustafsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Gustafsson clinches up with Von Ver Huevan and pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gustafsson avoiding damage as Von Ver Huevan throws knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Von Ver Huevan misses with the head strike.
Von Ver Huevan is trying to break the clinch but Gustafsson has him pressed against the cage.
Von Ver Huevan digs a right hand into Gustafsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gustafsson's gas tank.
Von Ver Huevan gets through Gustafsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gustafsson keeps control of Von Ver Huevan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Von Ver Huevan working aggressively here.
Von Ver Huevan has had enough of the clinch but Gustafsson keeps him there for the moment.
Gustafsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustafsson looking to stall.
Gustafsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gustafsson effectively controlling the action here.
Gustafsson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson working aggressively here.
Gustafsson taking a breather.

Von Ver Huevan manages to break the clinch.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gustafsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a hook
and Gustafsson counters with a one-two to the body.
Von Ver Huevan thuds his right hand into Gustafsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut. Gustafsson saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Ver Huevan 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.
Gustafsson tries to clinch up but Von Ver Huevan circles away and keeps his distance.
Gustafsson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a straight left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gustafsson. That's going to slow Von Ver Huevan down.
Gustafsson wants to clinch
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Magnus Von Ver Huevan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Von Ver Huevan moves out of range of the strikes.
Von Ver Huevan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Von Ver Huevan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Von Ver Huevan ducks under a wild hook from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Von Ver Huevan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gustafsson tries to clinch there but Von Ver Huevan circles away.
Gustafsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Von Ver Huevan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gustafsson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Von Ver Huevan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gustafsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Von Ver Huevan dodges the punch combination from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson scores with a one two! Von Ver Huevan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Von Ver Huevan misses the target.
Gustafsson ducks under a wild hook from Von Ver Huevan.
Gustafsson slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Gustafsson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gustafsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Von Ver Huevan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Von Ver Huevan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut. Gustafsson saw that one coming.
Von Ver Huevan throws a lazy right hand but Gustafsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson moves out of range as Von Ver Huevan strikes.
Gustafsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Von Ver Huevan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gustafsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Von Ver Huevan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gustafsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gustafsson instigates a clinch.
A short right from Von Ver Huevan.
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!
Von Ver Huevan trying to land knees to the body.
Von Ver Huevan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Von Ver Huevan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice left hand lands by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson is trying to stall.
Von Ver Huevan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Von Ver Huevan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Von Ver Huevan prevents a body shot from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson stalling against the cage.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a punch on the inside.

Von Ver Huevan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gustafsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Ver Huevan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Ver Huevan! But no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gustafsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gustafsson.
A low kick from Gustafsson misses
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a left to the body.
Gustafsson stuns Von Ver Huevan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gustafsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Ver Huevan's sensitive parts.
Gustafsson ducks right into an uppercut from Von Ver Huevan.
The fighters circling - Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gustafsson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A low kick from Gustafsson misses
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a nice uppercut.
Von Ver Huevan walks into a straight right hand from Gustafsson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gustafsson throws a leg kick but Von Ver Huevan checks it.
The fighters circling - Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan throws the left hand but Gustafsson avoids the punch easily.
Gustafsson throws a hook to the side of Von Ver Huevan's head but Von Ver Huevan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gustafsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Von Ver Huevan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gustafsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Von Ver Huevan looks to land a left hand but Gustafsson moved out of range nicely.
Von Ver Huevan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson looks to land a right hand but Von Ver Huevan moved out of range.
Von Ver Huevan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Von Ver Huevan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gustafsson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Von Ver Huevan checks it well.
Gustafsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gustafsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab.
Gustafsson throws a hook to the side of Von Ver Huevan's head but Von Ver Huevan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Von Ver Huevan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Gustafsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gustafsson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Oscar Gustafsson!
Oscar Gustafsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.