PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fowwest Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Patterson
vs
Gump

193 cm
28
216 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 7 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Fowwest Gump!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gump has managed to clinch.
Gump blocks an elbow strike.
Gump lands a nice uppercut.
Gump using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Gump on the inside.
Gump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gump creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patterson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gump creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gump lands a shoulder strike.
Gump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson lands an elbow just above Gump 's eye.

It looks like Fowwest Gump has been cut.
Gump lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Donald Patterson has been cut.
Patterson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Patterson.
Patterson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Patterson scores with a knee to the head.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gump blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gump pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Gump managing to block the knees to the body from Patterson.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gump has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Gump blocks with his arms.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Patterson throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gump just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gump.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Gump throws an elbow but misses.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Gump avoids the damage to the body.
Gump pushes Patterson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Gump lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Patterson or not.
Gump lands a nice shot to the body.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
Gump blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gump lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Patterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Gump tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gump is defending well for now.
Gump putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Patterson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gump leaning against his opponent.

Gump breaks the clinch.
Gump getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gump bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Patterson's head.

Gump throws a left that rocks Patterson and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Gump dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Patterson regain composure!

Patterson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gump in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Gump is chipping away with strikes.
Gump works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gump scores with punches from side control.
Gump wants to control but Patterson is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The strikes coming from Gump are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump tries to score with some ground and pound. Patterson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gump scores with punches from side control.
Patterson defending against the ground and pound.
Gump cracks Patterson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Oh Patterson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gump postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Patterson seems to have got his legs back now.
Gump lands a few punches from side control.
Patterson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gump lands an elbow.
Gump is looking to take a break and control but Patterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gump throws a strike aimed at the side of Patterson's head but Patterson avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patterson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Gump decides to stand up, so the ref orders Patterson to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fowwest Gump dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gump lands with a straight right. Patterson didn't see that one coming.
Patterson lands with a nice body kick.
Donald Patterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gump swinging wildly here.
Gump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gump throws a hook to the side of Patterson's head but Patterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Patterson.

Patterson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gump, pushing him back against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gump.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gump creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gump's face.
Gump lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gump swings wildly with an uppercut but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gump tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Gump back against the ropes.
Patterson connects with a knee to the head.
Gump is breathing heavily.
Gump trying to control the position but instead, Patterson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gump into the ropes.
Patterson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Fowwest Gump's cut even more.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Donald Patterson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gump is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Patterson keeps control of Gump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Patterson with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson connects with a knee to the head.

The cut above Fowwest Gump's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Gump blocks it.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gump has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gump tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gump in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Gump blocks with his arms.
Gump tries to break the clinch but Patterson is controlling the position.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gump is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Patterson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gump lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Gump lands with a short shot to the head.
Gump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patterson working Gump over with knees to the body.
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gump.
Gump has had enough of the clinch but Patterson keeps him there for the moment.
Patterson lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gump misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Gump.
Gump wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gump lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gump lands an uppercut.
Patterson lands a knee to the head.

Fowwest Gump's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Patterson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gump has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gump is trying to push Patterson away but Patterson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Gump using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gump missing with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Gump.

Gump breaks from the clinch.
Patterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gump.
Gump fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump swinging wildly here.
Patterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Gump.

Patterson closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gump scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fowwest Gump's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Donald Patterson!