PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Hagman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn comes to the cage accompanied by The Bleeding. 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
Hagman

190 cm
25
213 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Hagman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hagman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Gunn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hagman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman is having none of it.

Gunn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hagman tries to break free but Gunn pushes him back against the cage.
Gunn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Hagman blocks with his arms.
Gunn with a knee to the head.
Gunn with a knee to the head.
Hagman takes a knee right on the jaw!
A shot in the inside from Gunn.
Knees to the body from Gunn.
Hagman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gunn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hagman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gunn with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hagman's face.

It looks like William Hagman has been cut.
A short right from Gunn on the inside.
Hagman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hagman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hagman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hagman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hagman misses with a series of wild punches.
Gunn is looking to clinch.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Gunn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hagman.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Hagman is avoiding it.
Gunn walks into a left hand.
Gunn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hagman throws out the jab.
A combination from Hagman does no damage.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Hagman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunn wants to clinch.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hagman drops Gunn with a beautiful combination! Gunn stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hagman is looking for the KO!

Gunn is rocked!

It looks like Tommy Gunn has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hagman misses with a few strikes there.
Oh Gunn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Hagman pushes him off.
Gunn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunn seems to have got his legs back now.
Gunn slips a jab and a cross from Hagman.
Hagman throws a jab when Gunn was well out of range.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Hagman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Hagman misses.
Hagman looks gassed!
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman moves out of range.
Hagman misses with a hook.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Hagman pushes him off.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hagman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hagman keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Hagman is avoiding it.
Hagman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Hagman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hagman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Hagman misses with a wild combination.
Hagman misses with an uppercut.
Hagman misses with an uppercut. Gunn saw that one coming.
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman is having none of it.
Hagman throws a right and a left that Gunn avoids nicely.
Hagman misses with a hook.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Hagman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hagman.
Hagman 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.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Gunn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hagman tries to bum rush Gunn with a series of wild strikes but Gunn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hagman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hagman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Nice cross by Hagman.
A combination from Hagman does no damage.
Gunn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hagman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hagman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gunn wants to clinch up but Hagman keeps it at a distance.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hagman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gunn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Hagman pushes him off.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Hagman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Hagman circles away.
Hagman misses with a two punch combination.
Hagman keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hagman fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunn wants to clinch up but Hagman keeps it at a distance.
Gunn wants to clinch up but Hagman keeps it at a distance.

Gunn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Hagman dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gunn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman is having none of it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hagman in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hagman misses with an uppercut. Gunn saw that one coming.
Hagman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunn moves away.
Hagman throws a good cross that connects.
Gunn tries to clinch up but Hagman circles away and keeps his distance.
Gunn wants to clinch.
Hagman throws a hook but Gunn avoids it easily.
Hagman throws a series of punches but Gunn avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Hagman.
Gunn wants to clinch up but Hagman keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gunn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
William Hagman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gunn darts in and clinches Hagman up against the cage.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn lands a knee to the head.
Gunn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunn.
Hagman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hagman is breathing heavily.
Hagman wants to break free but Gunn has control.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Hagman blocks with his arms.
Gunn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hagman backwards.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Hagman blocks with his arms.
Gunn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling him.
Hagman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hagman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gunn lands a knee to the head.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hagman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunn scores with a knee to the head.
Gunn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hagman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hagman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hagman's efforts to push away.
Hagman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gunn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Hagman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gunn.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagman tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Gunn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hagman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hagman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hagman is trying to break free.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Hagman is blocking nicely.

Hagman manages to break the clinch.
Hagman jabs Gunn right on the nose. Gunn blinks but takes it well.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hagman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Hagman.
Hagman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Gunn moves into the clinch.
Hagman tries to break free but Gunn pushes him back against the cage.
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.
Hagman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hagman can't break the clinch.
Hagman tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Hagman is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunn has double underhooks.
Hagman tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagman blocks it with crossed arms.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hagman avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hagman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hagman throws out a loose jab but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Hagman circles away.
Gunn tries to clinch up but Hagman circles away and keeps his distance.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunn is looking to clinch.
Hagman throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn.
Hagman misses the shot to the body.
Hagman swinging wildly here.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gunn staying out of range there.
Hagman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gunn circles away quickly and effectively.
Hagman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hagman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Tommy Gunn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hagman keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Gunn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gunn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hagman can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gunn.
Hagman is trying to force a seperation but Gunn has the dominant position.
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling him.
Gunn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gunn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hagman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gunn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gunn misses with a knee strike.
Gunn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hagman working hard to break the clinch.
Gunn scores a nice knee to the body.
Hagman is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunn has double underhooks.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hagman tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Hagman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Hagman controls his hands.
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.

Hagman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunn dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gunn moves into the clinch.
Hagman can't break the clinch.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hagman can't break the clinch.
Hagman is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Gunn.
Gunn prevents Hagman from breaking the clinch.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagman blocks it with crossed arms.
Gunn has Hagman pressed against the cage, preventing Hagman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagman blocks it with crossed arms.
Hagman is trying to break free.
Gunn lands a knee to the body.
Gunn with a knee to the head.
Gunn has Hagman pressed against the cage, preventing Hagman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling him.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Hagman is blocking nicely.
Hagman wants to break free but Gunn has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagman wants to get back to striking at distance but Gunn won't allow it.
Hagman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunn landing knees to the head.

Hagman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunn dodges the punch combination from Hagman.
Hagman lunges at Gunn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gunn's hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gunn moves into the clinch successfully.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Hagman blocks with his arms.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Hagman is blocking nicely.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Hagman is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Hagman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagman blocks it with crossed arms.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hagman is trying to break the clinch but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.
Hagman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hagman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hagman's efforts to push away.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Gunn scores a nice knee to the body.
Gunn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Gunn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagman blocks it with crossed arms.
Hagman avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Hagman working hard to break the clinch.

Hagman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hagman misses with a jab, cross combination.

Gunn instigates a clinch.
Gunn misses with a knee to the head.
Gunn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hagman.
Hagman is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunn has double underhooks.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Gunn lands a nice knee to the body.
Hagman can't break the clinch.
Hagman has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Gunn lands a knee to the body.
Gunn misses with a knee to the head.
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hagman's efforts to push away.
Hagman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Gunn.

Hagman breaks from the clinch.
Hagman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Hagman pushes him off.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Hagman is avoiding it.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Hagman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hagman connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hagman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn tries to clinch but Hagman moves out of range.
Gunn slips a jab and a cross from Hagman.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hagman misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hagman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Hagman pushes him off.
Hagman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Hagman is avoiding it.
Hagman throws the left hand but Gunn avoids the punch easily.
Gunn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hagman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gunn momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Gunn.
Hagman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hagman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hagman.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Hagman is avoiding it.

Gunn instigates a clinch.
Gunn landing knees to the body.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hagman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hagman's face.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hagman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Hagman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hagman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Gunn takes the fight into the clinch.
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Hagman breaks the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hagman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
Hagman throws a big shot that misses.
Gunn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Gunn has Hagman up against the cage in a clinch.

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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

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