PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sunil Ganga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ganga comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ganga
vs
Lemieux

187 cm
29
180 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
185 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Seven Sins™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sunil Ganga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ganga throws a jab when Lemieux was well out of range.
Lemieux throws a right hand that misses
and Ganga counters with a two punch combo.
Lemieux misses with a looping left.
Lemieux throws a hook to the side of Ganga's head but Ganga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ganga falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Lemieux to counter with a crisp jab.
Lemieux scores with a sloppy right hand. Ganga should have avoided that one.
A cross from Ganga lands.
Ganga ducks under a wild hook from Lemieux.
Ganga blocks a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ganga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lemieux moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lemieux misses with a series of wild punches.
Lemieux moves away from the strike by Ganga.
Ganga throws out a loose jab but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ganga throws an overhand right that lands on Lemieux's shoulder, as Lemieux tries to avoid the shot.
Ganga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lemieux.
Ganga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemieux manages to avoid it.
Lemieux on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ganga.
Some wild striking there from Lemieux.
Sunil Ganga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ganga throws a hook to the side of Lemieux's head but Lemieux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sloppy strikes from Ganga. Those never looked like landing.
Lemieux lands with a right hand.
Ganga closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lemieux throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ganga on the side of the head.
Lemieux looks to land a left hand but Ganga moved out of range nicely.
Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ganga.
Ganga connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lemieux misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lemieux lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ganga throws a looping overhand right but Lemieux ducks down to avoid it.
Ganga scores with a jab.
Lemieux throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ganga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ganga is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ganga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lemieux waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ganga.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Ganga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux moves out of range of the strikes.
Lemieux closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice uppercut there from Ganga.
Ganga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lemieux was well out of range. Poor timing from Ganga.
Ganga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lemieux finds it's way round the side to connect with Ganga's head.
Ganga drops his hands momentarily and Lemieux takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ganga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ganga lands with a shot to the body.
A combination from Lemieux does no damage.
Ganga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lemieux lands a body shot.
Ganga throws a lazy right hand but Lemieux sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Lemieux does no damage.
Ganga with a nice cross.
Ganga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lemieux looks gassed!
Lemieux misses the shot to the body.
Ganga throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux just misses with a punch to the body.
Ganga misses with a hook.
Ganga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from Ganga misses.
Ganga bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ganga bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lemieux's head.
Ganga moves forwards but Lemieux connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lemieux misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lemieux tries to bum rush Ganga with a series of wild strikes but Ganga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A lazy left from Ganga finds it's target.
Lemieux walks into a straight right hand from Ganga.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ganga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lemieux.
Lemieux displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ganga throws out the jab.
Ganga takes a swing at Lemieux's ribcage but misses.
Ganga misses with a straight left.
Ganga scores with a nice strike.
A punch lands to the side of Lemieux 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganga misses with a straight left.
Lemieux uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ganga.
Ganga is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lemieux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Ganga.
Lemieux swinging wildly here.
Ganga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ganga will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ganga misses with a hook. Lemieux ducked under it nicely.
Ganga throws the left hand but Lemieux avoids the punch easily.
Ganga just misses with a punch to the body.
Ganga throws a nice looking combination but Lemieux bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lemieux thows a body shot but no joy.
Lemieux connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ganga misses with an uppercut.
Lemieux takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sunil Ganga dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ganga misses the shot to the body.
Ganga missing with a left hand there. Lemieux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lemieux lands a jab-cross combination.
Lemieux misses with a few strikes there.
Lemieux throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ganga throws a nice looking combination but Lemieux bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Ganga misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ganga.
Ganga misses with a hook.
Lemieux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ganga.
Lemieux moves out of range of the strikes.
Ganga throws a lazy right hand but Lemieux sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lemieux looks to score with a jab to the body but Ganga is just out of range.
Ganga throws out a loose jab but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Ganga does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Ganga.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Ganga.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ganga misses with an uppercut. Lemieux saw that one coming.
Lemieux falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Ganga counter with a right hand.
Ganga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lemieux.
Ganga throws a good cross that connects.
Lemieux scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ganga doesn't seem bothered though.
Ganga scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ganga looks to throw the jab but Lemieux is out of range.
Lemieux will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ganga digs a good body shot into Lemieux's ribs.
Lemieux is breathing heavily.
Ganga lands a head shot.
Lemieux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ganga manages to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ganga connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lemieux momentarily.
Ganga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lemieux sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ganga thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ganga dips to his left and cracks Lemieux with an uppercut!
Ganga lands with a nice body punch.
Lemieux will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lemieux takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ganga!
Ganga misses the jab.
Lemieux needs to keep his hands up - Ganga had a free shot at his head there.

Lemieux is rocked!
Ganga digs a good hook to Lemieux's body.
Lemieux looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lemieux is still on wobbly legs! Can Ganga finish him?
Ganga scores with a jab.
Ganga connects with a single shot there.
Ganga misses with a hook. Lemieux ducked under it nicely.
Lemieux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sunil Ganga is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganga listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Ganga sends Lemieux crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ganga is motioning to the referee to let Lemieux up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Ganga misses with a two punch combination.
Lemieux throws a lazy right hand but Ganga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ganga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Lemieux.
Ganga misses the shot to the body.
Ganga throws a right hand that Lemieux ducks under and follows up with a left that Lemieux also avoids with ease.
Lemieux seems to have recovered his senses.
Lemieux staying out of range there.
Ganga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lemieux can do to turn this around?
Ganga tests Lemieux's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ganga throws a series of punches but Lemieux avoids them all with ease.
Ganga takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ganga. Lemieux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lemieux misses with a hook.
Ganga dodges the punch combination from Lemieux.
Ganga connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ganga throws an overhand right that lands on Lemieux's shoulder, as Lemieux tries to avoid the shot.
Lemieux keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ganga.
Nice defenses there by Lemieux.
Lemieux dodges the punch combination from Ganga.
A cross from Lemieux lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lemieux takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ganga looks to land a left hand but Lemieux moved out of range nicely.
Ganga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lemieux.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lemieux might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ganga has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice straight punches there by Ganga. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ganga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sunil Ganga dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ganga takes a swing at Lemieux's ribcage but misses.
Lemieux fails to land with a series of punches.
Ganga scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lemieux in his tracks.
Ganga scores with a nice strike.
Ganga throws a hook but Lemieux blocks it.
Nice uppercut there from Ganga.
Ganga lands with a nice body punch.
Ganga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lemieux.
Lemieux throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ganga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ganga throws a series of punches but Lemieux avoids them all with ease.
Lemieux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ganga.
Lemieux looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lemieux moves out of range of the strikes.
Lemieux takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ganga slips a jab and a cross from Lemieux.
Ganga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lemieux.
Lemieux has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice shot by Ganga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ganga connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a combination. Ganga tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ganga throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lemieux takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ganga lands with a shot to the body.
Ganga scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ganga just misses with a punch to the body.
Ganga feints a jab promting Lemieux to slip. Ganga then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lemieux slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ganga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lemieux.
Nice uppercut lands for Ganga. That snapped Lemieux's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ganga throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Lemieux colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Ganga as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Lemieux is left battered and dazed whilst Ganga and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sunil Ganga!
A very excited looking Sunil Ganga made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.