PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Gunnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivica Andric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andric has chosen The Crowning of Atlantis as his entrance music. Ivica Andric will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gunnarsson
vs
Andric

169 cm
28
158 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

219 cm
28
140 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivica Andric!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andric avoids the body shot from Gunnarsson.
Andric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gunnarsson.
Andric smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gunnarsson throws a looping overhand right but Andric ducks down to avoid it.
Gunnarsson misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson wants to clinch.
Andric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gunnarsson fails to land the takedown.
Gunnarsson clobbers Andric with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Andric is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gunnarsson drops his hands momentarily and Andric takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gunnarsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Andric.
Gunnarsson blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andric just misses with a punch to the body.
Andric lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gunnarsson misses the body punch
and Andric counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Andric bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunnarsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Andric.
Gunnarsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Andric misses with a straight right.

Gunnarsson looking to score a takedown here. Andric is defending well but Gunnarsson drives through and ends up in Andric's guard.
Andric wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gunnarsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gunnarsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Andric avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Andric is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson with a nice head shot there.
Andric is trying to keep Gunnarsson in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gunnarsson postures up and lands a big shot to Andric's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andric avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gunnarsson looking to sit in guard and control but Andric gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Andric trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andric stands up over Gunnarsson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Andric trying to control the position from guard on top but Gunnarsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gunnarsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson working a defensive guard here.
Andric wants to get up but he can't break Gunnarsson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Andric won't allow Gunnarsson to sweep him here.

Gunnarsson looking for a guillotine here but Andric defends easily.
Andric preventing the sweep.

Andric got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gunnarsson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Andric has managed to get both his arms back between Gunnarsson's legs - danger averted.
Andric working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gunnarsson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Andric!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andric holds on to Gunnarsson as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Andric really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gunnarsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Andric keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Andric can do anything to dispel that myth.
Andric taking shots to the head.
Gunnarsson lands a big shot there that rocks Andric but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gunnarsson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Andric is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunnarsson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Andric wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Gunnarsson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Gunnarsson!
A relieved looking Peter Gunnarsson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.