PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Gunner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nash
vs
Gunner

183 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Gunner!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gunner throws a leg kick which misses Nash's front leg but catches the back leg as Nash tries to avoid it.
Nash moves in looking to clinch but Gunner pushes him off.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas Gunner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Nash.
Nash shoots in for a takedown but Gunner shows good takedown defense.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses.
Nash throws a series of punches but Gunner moves out of range.
Gunner stalks Nash and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nash's face. Nash staggers backwards, shaken.
Nash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nash moves in looking to clinch but Gunner pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Gunner.
Nash wants to clinch.
Nash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunner looks to land a combination but Nash avoids it well.
Gunner is looking to slow Nash down with leg kicks.
Gunner loads up on a big right hand but Nash slips the punch.
Nash avoids the head kick by Gunner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner scores with a sloppy right hand. Nash should have avoided that one.
Nash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nash on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nash takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gunner lands a front kick.
Gunner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nash checks it well.
No joy there for Nash, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nash on the side of the head.
Nash moves in looking to clinch but Gunner pushes him off.
Gunner throws a low kick but Nash moves out of range easily.
Gunner lands with a cross.
Gunner lands a lovely overhand right.
Nash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunner keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunner cracks Nash with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gunner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nash is breathing heavily.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gunner paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Nash.
Gunner goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gunner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nash shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gunner scores with a hook to the body. Nash takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gunner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gunner scoring well with a low kick there.
Gunner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunner throws a nice head kick!
Nash on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nash has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nash takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gunner cracks the inside of Nash's front leg.
Gunner connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Gunner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nash takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunner lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunner lands with a straight right. Nash didn't see that one coming.
No joy there for Gunner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nash takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gunner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nash had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gunner lands with a cross.
Nash takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nash takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Nash is rocked!
Nash walks into a left hand.
Oh Nash is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gunner scores with a three punch combo!
Nash seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body punch from Gunner.
No joy there for Gunner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nash doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gunner scores with a one two! Nash had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gunner throws a head kick but Nash moves out of range.
Nash takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thomas Gunner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunner misses with a series of wild punches.
Nash doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gunner with a hook.

Nash moves into the clinch.
Gunner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gunner tries to break the clinch but Nash is controlling the position.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but Nash blocks it.
Nash lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nash has Gunner pressed against the cage, preventing Gunner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nash prevents Gunner from breaking the clinch.
Gunner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Nash breaks the clinch.
Gunner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nash tries to clinch but Gunner moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunner scores with a three punch combo!
Nash moves out of range of the body kick from Gunner.
Nash wants to clinch up but Gunner keeps it at a distance.
Nash takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Gunner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gunner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nash checks it well.
Nash tries to clinch but Gunner moves out of range.
Nash is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gunner misses with a straight left.
Gunner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nash is out of range.
A left and a right from Nash both land. Nice combination.
Gunner lands with a good body shot.
Nash tries to clinch but Gunner moves out of range.
Gunner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nash tries to clinch up but Gunner circles away and keeps his distance.
Nash wants to clinch up but Gunner keeps it at a distance.
Gunner connects with a solid leg kick.

Nash rushes Gunner and presses him up against the cage.
Gunner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nash.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunner takes a shot to the head.

Nash breaks the clinch.

Nash has Gunner up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nash.
Nash fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner tries to land knees in the clinch but Nash avoids the damage to the body.
Nash tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Nash breaks the clinch.
Nash looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gunner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gunner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rick Nash is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nash drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gunner feints and then cracks Nash's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nash down.
Gunner fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunner lands a slapping body shot.
Nash avoids the head kick by Gunner.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gunner.
Gunner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gunner throws out a powerful jab.
Gunner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gunner, right into the meat.
Gunner lands a nice shot that snaps Nash's head back.
Gunner scores with a spinning back kick!
Gunner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nash.
A good leg kick by Gunner.
Gunner connects with a solid leg kick.
Gunner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Gunner.
Nash wants to clinch.
Gunner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gunner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nash tries to clinch but Gunner is having none of it.
Gunner lands a jab-cross combination.
Gunner scores with the left hand. Nash knows he should have avoided that one.
Nash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunner keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunner thuds his shin into the meat of Nash's side.
Gunner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunner throws a nice head kick!
Gunner throws a series of punches but Nash avoids them all with ease.
Gunner is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nash chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gunner can pounce on him.
Nash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gunner clobbers Nash with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses.
Gunner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gunner throws a nice inside leg kick.

Nash gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nash slowing the pace effectively.
Nash tries a knee to the head but Gunner blocks it.
Gunner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gunner looking to throw knees to the head but Nash is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Nash fails to land.
Gunner is trying to break the clinch but Nash is controlling him.
Nash pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nash has a couple of punches blocked by Gunner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gunner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Nash breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nash. Gunner does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Gunner.
Nash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nash takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gunner lands a two punch combo.
Nash misses with a few strikes there.
Gunner feints and then cracks Nash's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nash down.
Nash takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gunner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gunner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Gunner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gunner throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nash is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gunner.
Gunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Nash.
A solid body kick from Gunner.
Gunner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Nash clinches with his opponent.
Gunner tries to circle away but Nash has him pinned against the cage.
Gunner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nash blocks it with crossed arms.
Nash scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gunner trying to land knees to the body.
Gunner is trying to force a seperation but Nash has the dominant position.
Nash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunner working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Nash.

Nash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nash fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nash dodges the punch combination from Gunner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Nash moves into the clinch.
Gunner can't break the clinch.
Nash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gunner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nash blocks it with crossed arms.
Nash is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gunner is defending well for now.
Nash lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunner backwards.
Gunner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gunner working hard to break the clinch.
Gunner is trying to break the clinch but Nash has him pressed against the cage.
Nash lands an elbow inside.
Gunner trying to land knees to the body.
Nash is working Gunner over against the cage.
Gunner tries to land a knee to the head but Nash blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Gunner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gunner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner can't break the clinch.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gunner misses with a knee to the head.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but Nash blocks it.
Gunner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Nash.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but Nash blocks it.
Nash lands a left hand.
Gunner is looking to break free of the clinch but Nash has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nash is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nash misses with a short punch on the inside.

Nash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gunner scores with the left hand. Nash knows he should have avoided that one.
Nash walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gunner.
Gunner delivers a nice body kick.
Thomas Gunner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunner cracks Nash with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gunner jabs Nash right on the nose. Nash blinks but takes it well.
Nash tries to clinch there but Gunner circles away.

Nash takes the fight into the clinch.
Nash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nash lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nash has a couple of punches blocked by Gunner.
Gunner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Nash breaks the clinch.
Gunner throws a right and a left that Nash avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nash tries to clinch up.
Gunner feints and then cracks Nash's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nash down.
Gunner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nash avoids the head kick by Gunner.
A combination from Nash does no damage.
Nash is looking to clinch but Gunner is avoiding it.
Nash showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gunner.
Gunner misses with a combination

and Nash counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nash.
Nash pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nash misses with a body punch.
Nash will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nash lands an elbow inside that Gunner shrugs off.
Nash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nash blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gunner with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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.
Nash throws an elbow but it misses.

Nash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gunner.
Nash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunner moves into range and connects with a jab.
A combination from Gunner does no damage.

Nash rushes Gunner and presses him up against the cage.
Gunner tries to break the clinch but Nash is controlling the position.
Gunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nash lands an elbow inside that Gunner shrugs off.
Nash prevents Gunner from breaking the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Nash.
Nash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but Nash blocks it.
Nash is pushing Gunner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nash misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gunner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nash working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rick Nash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas Gunner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gunner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nash looking to throw knees to the head but Gunner is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rick Nash.
I think Gunner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Gunner!