PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stranglehold- by Ted Nugent. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saunders
vs
Gunn

182 cm
30
205 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

190 cm
30
223 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elliot Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn ducks right into an uppercut from Saunders.
Gunn cracks Saunders with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gunn swings for the body but Saunders moves out of range.
Saunders moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kyle Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunn scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gunn scores with a takedown into Saunders's guard.
Gunn stopping the sweep attempt from Saunders.
Saunders trying to strike off his back.
Gunn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gunn is in close to Saunders's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gunn postures up in Saunders's guard and throws a big left but Saunders blocks it.
Gunn throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saunders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gunn's guard.
Saunders throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Gunn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Saunders defends well.
Saunders passes Gunn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Gunn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Saunders pulls his head out easily.

Gunn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Saunders is looking to take a break and control but Gunn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saunders is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gunn wants to get back to full guard.

Gunn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunn is looking for a sweep. Saunders is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders working over Gunn with some ground and pound. Gunn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Saunders working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Saunders is looking to take a break and control but Gunn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saunders is pressing down on Gunn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gunn is holding on for now.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Saunders lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Saunders lands a nice short elbow.

Gunn is rocked!
Saunders lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gunn is still in real trouble! Can Saunders finish him?
Gunn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gunn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Saunders is nestled in close to Gunn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Saunders lands a nice short elbow.
Saunders wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gunn keeps working.
Saunders lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Gunn quite badly. Gunn pulls Saunders in close trying to recover. Saunders postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Gunn on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Gunn doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elliot Saunders!