PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Floki Gunnarsson (ranked 1590 p4p, 1259 weight class) and Beto Ribeiro (ranked 189 p4p, 162 weight class). Gunnarsson comes to the cage accompanied by Peyton Parrish - My Mother Told Me (Old Norse). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gunnarsson
vs
Ribeiro

177 cm
21
177
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
29
180
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Floki Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beto Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunnarsson has closed the distance and engaged Ribeiro in a clinch.
Ribeiro with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson misses with a punch to the body.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gunnarsson avoids it.
Gunnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ribeiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunnarsson is stalling here.
Gunnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ribeiro working Gunnarsson over with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribeiro.
A short right from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ribeiro backwards.
Gunnarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribeiro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gunnarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ribeiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunnarsson.
Ribeiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gunnarsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ribeiro lands a hook that snaps the head of Gunnarsson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunnarsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Gunnarsson on the inside.
Gunnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gunnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ribeiro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gunnarsson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ribeiro tries a knee to the head but Gunnarsson blocks it.
Gunnarsson is leaning against Ribeiro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gunnarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ribeiro misses with some punches.
Gunnarsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Ribeiro gets an underhook and turns Gunnarsson into the cage.
Gunnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunnarsson working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribeiro.
Ribeiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gunnarsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gunnarsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the head but Gunnarsson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gunnarsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Ribeiro controls the action.
Gunnarsson misses with a punch to the body.
Ribeiro misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ribeiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gunnarsson's face.
Gunnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ribeiro backwards.
Gunnarsson avoiding damage.
Ribeiro looking to throw knees to the head but Gunnarsson is blocking nicely.
Ribeiro misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ribeiro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Ribeiro fails to land.
Gunnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribeiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunnarsson pushes Ribeiro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ribeiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunnarsson.
Ribeiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunnarsson.
Ribeiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Gunnarsson avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson controlling the action here for a moment.
Gunnarsson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gunnarsson looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Gunnarsson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gunnarsson.
Ribeiro prevents a body shot from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ribeiro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gunnarsson leaning against his opponent.
Ribeiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson tries a body shot but Ribeiro blocks it.
Ribeiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunnarsson misses with some punches.
Gunnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Ribeiro controls the action.
Ribeiro misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro missing with knees to the body.
Gunnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the head but Gunnarsson blocks with his arms.
Ribeiro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gunnarsson.
Ribeiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gunnarsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ribeiro.
Gunnarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunnarsson misses with a body punch.
Gunnarsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ribeiro or not.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the head but Gunnarsson blocks with his arms.
Gunnarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Ribeiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gunnarsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Gunnarsson blocking some punches.
Ribeiro takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Gunnarsson on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunnarsson blocking some punches.
Ribeiro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ribeiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ribeiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gunnarsson lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Floki Gunnarsson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gunnarsson misses with a double jab.
Ribeiro unleashes a big counter combination but Gunnarsson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ribeiro is looking to clinch.
Ribeiro misses with a left hand
and Gunnarsson counters with a straight right hand.

Ribeiro is rocked!
Ribeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ribeiro misses with a hook

and Gunnarsson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ribeiro! Gunnarsson lets Ribeiro back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Ribeiro is still on wobbly legs! Can Gunnarsson finish him?
Gunnarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ribeiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunnarsson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ribeiro moves forwards but Gunnarsson connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunnarsson throws a nice looking combination but Ribeiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ribeiro seems to have recovered his senses.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that Gunnarsson avoids nicely.
Gunnarsson with a jab.
Gunnarsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with a hook
and Gunnarsson counters with a huge left! Ribeiro is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gunnarsson isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Ribeiro from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gunnarsson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Floki Gunnarsson!
A very excited looking Floki Gunnarsson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.