PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Judd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Gunn
vs
Judd

186 cm
24
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Prefers standup

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Judd!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn throws a series of punches but Judd avoids them all with ease.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judd was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
A swing and a miss from Gunn.
Gunn lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunn misses with the combination.
Gunn swings for the body but Judd moves out of range.
Gunn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judd slips under a jab.
Gunn misses with a straight right.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
Gunn throws a hook but Judd avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Judd avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Judd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
Gunn throws a jab when Judd was well out of range.
Judd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gunn.
Gunn throws a right hand that Judd ducks under and follows up with a left that Judd also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Judd does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Judd rushes Gunn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Judd scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tommy Gunn has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Judd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunn lands a right hand.
Gunn wants to get back to striking at distance but Judd won't allow it.
Judd lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Judd stalling in the clinch but Gunn improves position.
Gunn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Judd lands an elbow inside that Gunn shrugs off.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn looking to stall.
Judd lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gunn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gunn working aggressively here.
Gunn misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd looking to throw knees to the head but Gunn is blocking nicely.
Judd lands a good knee to the midsection. Gunn won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Judd.
Judd lands a damaging elbow.
Judd lands an elbow that stopped Gunn in his tracks for a moment.
Judd pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gunn misses with the head strike.
Judd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gunn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judd.
Gunn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Still in the clinch, Judd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Judd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gunn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Judd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Judd content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Judd lands an elbow just above Gunn 's eye.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Judd avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Judd lands a nice elbow.
Judd lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Gunn.
Judd lands a shoulder strike.
Judd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Judd.
Judd creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gunn's defenses.
Gunn throws a punch but it's blocked by Judd.
Judd slows down the pace here.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn is trying to stall.
Gunn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gunn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Judd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Judd up against the cage.
Gunn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gunn takes an elbow to the temple.

Tommy Gunn's cut is getting worse.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Judd lands an elbow inside that Gunn shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Judd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Gunn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Judd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
Judd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Judd avoids the body shot from Gunn.
Judd slips a jab from Gunn.
Gunn throws a jab but it's blocked by Judd.
Judd tries to clinch but Gunn moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Judd moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judd moves away.
Gunn scores with a body shot.
Judd slips under a jab.
Judd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Judd.
Gunn throws a series of punches but Judd avoids them all with ease.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judd manages to avoid it.
Judd tries to clinch there but Gunn circles away.
Judd doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunn circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Judd defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
Gunn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Judd moves in looking to clinch but Gunn pushes him off.
Gunn keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunn lands a head shot.
Gunn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gunn throws a right hand that Judd ducks under and follows up with a left that Judd also avoids with ease.
Tommy Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Gunn misses.
A punch combination from Gunn misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a wild combination.
Judd blocks a jab.
Gunn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judd.
Gunn swats away the attempt to clinch by Judd.
No joy there for Gunn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunn misses with a hook. Judd ducked under it nicely.
Gunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judd manages to avoid it.
Gunn looks to land a left hand but Judd moved out of range nicely.
Judd closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn throws a hook to the side of Judd's head but Judd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Judd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A swing and a miss from Gunn.
Gunn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Gunn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judd was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunn throws the left hand but Judd avoids the punch easily.
Judd on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gunn misses with a straight right.
Gunn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Judd tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn throws an overhand right that lands on Judd's shoulder, as Judd tries to avoid the shot.
Gunn misses with a few strikes there.
Gunn misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
Gunn throws a hook but Judd blocks it.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Judd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gunn.

It looks like Bill Judd has been cut.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judd manages to avoid it.
Judd defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
Judd avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judd.
A combination from Gunn does no damage.
Judd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunn throws the left hand but Judd avoids the punch easily.
Judd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Gunn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Judd wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gunn throws a lazy right hand but Judd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Judd is just out of range.
Judd slips a straight right by Gunn.
Gunn swings for the body but Judd moves out of range.
Gunn misses with a straight right.
Gunn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judd.
Gunn lands a lovely overhand right.
Judd wants to clinch up but Gunn keeps it at a distance.
Gunn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Judd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gunn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judd.
Gunn throws a nice looking combination but Judd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gunn connects with the punch.
Gunn misses with an uppercut.
Judd is looking to clinch but Gunn is avoiding it.
Gunn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A punch combination from Gunn misses.
Gunn misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Gunn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gunn 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gunn!