PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aram Gamburian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Guida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gamburian comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - The Ripper. Aram Gamburian looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Gamburian
vs
Guida

179 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aram Gamburian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clay Guida!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guida has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Clay Guida has been cut.
Gamburian looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Gamburian drives through and clinches with Guida against the cage.

Guida has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gamburian regains guard immediately.
Guida working some strikes from top position.
Guida postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Guida looking to pass the guard.
Guida lands a couple of elbows.
Gamburian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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!
Guida is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Guida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Guida postures up and lands a big shot to Gamburian's brow.
Guida throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gamburian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gamburian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Guida on the ground.
Guida throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gamburian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Guida landing some decent shots from guard.
Guida wants to control from the top but Gamburian keeps moving.
Guida passes into half guard.
Gamburian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Guida not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Guida lands with a punch from half guard.
Guida thows a huge punch but Gamburian dodges it nicely.
Guida landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian is not content to let Guida control the position.

Gamburian is defending against the submission attempts here by Guida.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gamburian is looking for a sweep. Guida is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Guida scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gamburian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Guida seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Guida looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gamburian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Guida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Guida controlling from mount.
Guida with a couple of short strikes.
Guida connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Guida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gamburian?
Guida working Gamburian over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida dominating with strikes here.
Guida working Gamburian over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guida looking to finish Gamburian with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gamburian!
Guida landing punches.
Guida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Guida in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Guida lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gamburian hang on?

Gamburian is rocked!
Guida connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Gamburian is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guida connects with a bit shot that sees Gamburian covering up! More strikes from Guida and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Guida is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clay Guida!
Our winner, Clay Guida, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.