PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aegil Gunderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rios
vs
Gunderson

190 cm
23
193 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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STEEL PENN NUTRITION - STEEL RESERVE 158+ ONLY$89

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aegil Gunderson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gunderson tries to avoid it but Rios manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gunderson to the ground. Gunderson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rios pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aegil Gunderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rios swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gunderson stuffs the takedown.

Gunderson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rios napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rios is looking for a sweep.
Gunderson gets to mount! Rios was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Rios is trying desperately to improve position.
Gunderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gunderson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Rios can't escape the position.
Gunderson lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunderson cracks Rios with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rios can't escape the position.
Gunderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rios really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gunderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gunderson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rios is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rios tries to hold on but Gunderson postures up.
Gunderson controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gunderson content just to control the position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Aegil Gunderson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Gunderson scores with a takedown into Rios's guard.

Rios looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rios working a defensive guard here.
Gunderson passes into half guard.
Well, if Gunderson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gunderson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Rios that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gunderson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Rios badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Gunderson around the waist but Gunderson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Gunderson is the winner by TKO! Gunderson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aegil Gunderson!