PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Gunner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitalij Kamozin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamozin has chosen Kamasutra song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gunner
vs
Kamozin

178 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
162 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Gunner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitalij Kamozin!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamozin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamozin tries to clinch but Gunner is having none of it.
Kamozin tries to clinch there but Gunner circles away.
Kamozin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kamozin shoots in looking for a takedown but Gunner manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kamozin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Kamozin.
Gunner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Vitalij Kamozin has been cut.
Kamozin blocks a head kick by Gunner.
Kamozin avoids the head kick by Gunner.
Kamozin is looking to clinch but Gunner is avoiding it.
Gunner is looking to score with low kicks.
Kamozin wants to clinch.
Gunner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Kamozin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gunner, pushing him back against the cage.
Gunner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gunner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kamozin.
Gunner misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gunner manages to break the clinch.
Gunner keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunner tries to clinch up

and Kamozin counters by clinching up.
Gunner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gunner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kamozin has him pressed against the cage.
Kamozin wants a takedown but no success here.
Kamozin looks gassed!
Kamozin misses with an elbow strike.
Gunner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gunner tries to circle away but Kamozin has him pinned against the cage.

Gunner breaks from the clinch.
Kamozin takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Gunner.
A head kick misses from Gunner.
Gunner throws a nice head kick!
Kamozin moves in looking to clinch but Gunner pushes him off.
Kamozin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kamozin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamozin checks the leg kick.
Gunner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kamozin.
Kamozin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kamozin avoids the body shot from Gunner.
Thomas Gunner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Gunner does it's job there.
Gunner scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gunner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kamozin on the side of the head.
Gunner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gunner throws a nice head kick!
A lazy left from Gunner finds it's target.
Gunner closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gunner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gunner fakes the leg kick and cracks Kamozin in the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamozin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gunner.
Gunner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kamozin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gunner misses with a series of wild punches.
Kamozin avoids the head kick by Gunner.
Gunner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gunner.
Gunner throws a head kick that half lands.
Gunner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kamozin is out of range and Gunner settles back down.
Gunner cracks the inside of Kamozin's front leg.
Gunner throws a leg kick which misses Kamozin's front leg but catches the back leg as Kamozin tries to avoid it.
Kamozin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gunner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kamozin. That did some damage!
Gunner scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamozin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gunner throws a nice head kick!
Gunner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gunner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kamozin's head.
Gunner lands with a nice body punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gunner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kamozin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kamozin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gunner is looking to clinch.
Gunner sizes up Kamozin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gunner lands a head kick!
Gunner 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.
Kamozin checks the leg kick.
Gunner lands a nice looking body kick.
Gunner throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kamozin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Gunner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitalij Kamozin's cut.
That's time! Gunner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gunner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kamozin takes a step back to recover.
Gunner closes the distance looking to clinch

and Kamozin moves into the clinch.
Gunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gunner works on Kamozin's body with a couple of short punches.
Kamozin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kamozin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gunner prevents it.
Kamozin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gunner's efforts to push away.

Gunner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamozin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kamozin is breathing heavily.
Gunner thows a body kick. Kamozin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gunner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunner lands a really nice looking cross but Kamozin seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamozin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gunner lands with a kick to the temple. Kamozin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gunner connects with a crisp jab.
Gunner tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kamozin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kamozin.

Gunner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas Gunner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gunner closes the distance and clinches.
Gunner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamozin backwards.
Kamozin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kamozin blocks an elbow strike.
Gunner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Gunner.
Gunner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gunner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kamozin backwards.
Kamozin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gunner is looking to break free of the clinch but Kamozin has double underhooks.
Kamozin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gunner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner missing with knees to the body.
Kamozin has Gunner pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gunner manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thomas Gunner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitalij Kamozin.
Gunner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunner throws an elbow but it misses.
Gunner lands a good knee to the midsection. Kamozin won't want to take too many of those.
Kamozin is working for takedown but Gunner is calmly controlling the position for now.

Gunner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kamozin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gunner throws a hook but Kamozin avoids it easily.
Gunner doesn't manage to clinch there - Kamozin circles away.
Gunner throws a body kick that misses.
Gunner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gunner tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamozin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gunner throws a body kick that misses.
Gunner misses with an uppercut.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Kamozin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamozin tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Gunner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kamozin doesn't seem phased though.
Gunner lands a high kick!
Gunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gunner throws a head kick but Kamozin moves out of range.
Kamozin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gunner swivels and escapes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gunner. That's going to slow Kamozin down.
Gunner throws a sloppy head kick and Kamozin moves out of range easily.
Kamozin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thomas Gunner is winning the standup battle so far.
Kamozin checks a leg kick.
Gunner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kamozin takes a step back to recover.
Kamozin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Good leg kick by Gunner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gunner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gunner connects with an inside leg kick.
Kamozin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kamozin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gunner can pounce on him.
Gunner throws the kick towards the body but Kamozin avoids it.
Kamozin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kamozin wants to clinch up but Gunner keeps it at a distance.
Gunner misses with a straight left.
Gunner throws a quick inside leg kick.

Gunner rushes Kamozin and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gunner.

Gunner breaks the clinch.
Kamozin fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Gunner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitalij Kamozin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gunner connects with a high kick.
Kamozin doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunner circles away.
Gunner throws a leg kick which misses Kamozin's front leg but catches the back leg as Kamozin tries to avoid it.
Kamozin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gunner.
Gunner scores with a nice strike.
Gunner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gunner tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kamozin counters by clinching up.
Gunner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kamozin.
Kamozin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kamozin can't get the takedown.

Gunner breaks the clinch.
Gunner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunner scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gunner.
Kamozin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gunner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gunner scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gunner scores with a spinning back kick!
Gunner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunner scores with a kick to the body.
Kamozin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gunner fails to land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gunner.
Kamozin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gunner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Gunner.
Kamozin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kamozin wants to clinch up but Gunner keeps it at a distance.
Gunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gunner.
Gunner throws a right and a left that Kamozin avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner tries to clinch there but Kamozin circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gunner.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Kamozin.
Gunner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kamozin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kamozin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kamozin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kamozin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gunner scores with a head kick. Kamozin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gunner throws a sloppy head kick and Kamozin moves out of range easily.
Kamozin tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunner cracks the inside of Kamozin's front leg.
Kamozin wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gunner throws a front kick that sends Kamozin stumbling back into the cage.
Gunner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kamozin. That did some damage!
Gunner tries to score with a low kick but Kamozin moves his leg out of the way.
Gunner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kamozin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gunner. Gunner obviously looking to wear him down.
Kamozin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kamozin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gunner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunner throws a right and a left that Kamozin avoids nicely.
Gunner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunner scores with the left hand. Kamozin knows he should have avoided that one.
Kamozin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Gunner tenderised Kamozin's leg. Kamozin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gunner connects with the punch.
Gunner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kamozin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gunner cracks Kamozin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kamozin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gunner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gunner misses with a double jab.
Kamozin tries to clinch there but Gunner circles away.
Vitalij Kamozin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kamozin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gunner.
Gunner tests Kamozin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gunner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Gunner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gunner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:26

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