PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mathias Christoffersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathias Christoffersen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christoffersen
vs
Gable

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
27
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Olympic wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Hellbent, Inc.™

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mathias Christoffersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Gable!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gable tries to sprawl but Christoffersen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Christoffersen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Christoffersen wants to pass to mount but Gable is defending the position.

Gable makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Christoffersen drives through with a takedown into Gable's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Christoffersen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Christoffersen looking to sit in guard and control but Gable gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gable with a nice head shot there.
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!
Gable is working Christoffersen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gable with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gable scoring with some ground and pound.
Gable landing some decent shots from guard.

Christoffersen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gable can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Gable avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gable chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Gable got a little sloppy there for a moment and Christoffersen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gable has managed to get both his arms back between Christoffersen's legs - danger averted.
Christoffersen controls Gable momentarily but Gable frees himself.
Christoffersen is breathing heavily.
Christoffersen has momentary wrist control but Gable slips an elbow through the middle.
Gable lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gable keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Christoffersen's head.
Gable content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gable postures up and lands a big shot to Christoffersen's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Christoffersen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gable defends well.
Gable is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gable is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gable's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gable cracks Christoffersen with a solid left hand.
Gable postures up and lands a big shot to Christoffersen's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Christoffersen's head.

Christoffersen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gable defends well.
Gable is working Christoffersen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gable working some strikes from top position.
Gable connects with a couple of short punches.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable is in close to Christoffersen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Christoffersen has momentary wrist control but Gable slips an elbow through the middle.
Christoffersen has momentary wrist control but Gable slips an elbow through the middle.
Gable content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable is working Christoffersen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gable postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gable lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gable content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Christoffersen is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gable's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oh Christoffersen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gable cracks Christoffersen with a solid left hand.
Christoffersen seems to have got his legs back now.
Gable lands a couple of digs.
Gable working some strikes from top position.
Gable is in close to Christoffersen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gable landing with the ground and pound.

Christoffersen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gable doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gable manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gable lands a couple of digs.
Gable working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Christoffersen's head.
Gable lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gable is working Christoffersen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gable chips away with some ground and pound.
Gable postures up and lands a big shot to Christoffersen's brow.
Gable trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Christoffersen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gable connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gable's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gable is in close to Christoffersen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gable working some strikes from top position.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable connects with a couple of short punches.
Gable postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gable cracks Christoffersen with a solid left hand.
Gable makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gable is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gable lands a couple of digs.
Gable lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gable is working Christoffersen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gable chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gable landing some decent shots from guard.
Gable chips away with some ground and pound.

Christoffersen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gable can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Gable dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gable pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Gable gets caught napping as Christoffersen dives in and scores a takedown. Gable manages to retain guard.

Gable has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Christoffersen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Christoffersen has gone for a leg lock! Gable slips out almost immediately though and dives into Christoffersen's guard.
Christoffersen wants to sweep here but Gable controlling him for the moment.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Christoffersen looking for a sweep. Not yet Christoffersen, not yet.

Gable avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gable with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gable stands up over Christoffersen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gable lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Gable avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Christoffersen has momentary wrist control but Gable slips an elbow through the middle.
Gable scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gable works over Christoffersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gable connects with a couple of short punches.
Gable lands a couple of elbows.
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!
Gable lands a couple of elbows.
Gable working some strikes from top position.
Gable must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gable with a nice head shot there.
Gable makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gable connects with a couple of short punches.
Gable with a nice head shot there.
Gable loads up on a big left hand. Christoffersen felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Gable looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Christoffersen can't hide his disappointment, as Gable celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Gable!
Dan Gable spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.