PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Gustin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reiko Saito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reiko Saito is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gustin
vs
Saito

192 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KAISER

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Gustin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reiko Saito!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gustin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saito.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Saito.
Saito staying out of range there.
Saito throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gustin throws a jab but it's blocked by Saito.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Saito.
Gustin throws a jab when Saito was well out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saito.
Gustin scores with a hook to the body. Saito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Gustin as he connects with a hook.
Melvin Gustin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustin scores with a jab to the body.
Gustin misses with a straight left.
Saito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gustin misses with a looping right.
Saito lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustin misses the body punch
and Saito counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Saito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gustin.
Saito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gustin.
Gustin misses with a straight left.
Gustin misses with a low kick.
Gustin throws a hook but Saito avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saito.
Saito throws out a leg kick but Gustin moves out of range and Saito only half commits.
Nice straight punches there by Gustin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gustin.

It looks like Reiko Saito has been cut.
Gustin misses the jab.
A slow jab from Gustin misses its intended target.
Saito ducks under a wild hook from Gustin.
Saito lands with a kick to the temple. Gustin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Melvin Gustin has been cut.
Gustin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saito.
Gustin misses with a straight left.
Gustin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saito gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gustin.
Gustin misses with a lunging right hand
and Saito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Saito closes the distance and clinches.
Gustin is trying to break the clinch but Saito has him pressed against the cage.
Gustin has had enough of the clinch but Saito keeps him there for the moment.
Saito tries to work over Gustin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saito throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustin blocks it with crossed arms.
Saito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustin.
Saito missing with knees to the body.
Gustin tries to break free but Saito pushes him back against the cage.
Gustin tries to break the clinch but Saito is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gustin.
Saito tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustin avoids the damage to the body.
Gustin is trying to break free.
Gustin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustin tries to break free but Saito pushes him back against the cage.
Saito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saito has Gustin pressed against the cage, preventing Gustin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gustin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustin gets through Saito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gustin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saito has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gustin as Saito tries to tie him up.
Gustin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Gustin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gustin misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Gustin misses the target.
Gustin throws a right hand that misses
and Saito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gustin with a jab.
Gustin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Gustin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saito misses with a body kick.
Gustin wants to slow Saito down by chopping away at his legs.
Saito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saito scores with a head kick. Gustin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Saito throws a jab when Gustin was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gustin lands with a hook. Saito tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Saito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gustin.
Saito scores with a shot to the body.
Gustin lands a body shot.
Gustin throws a big shot that misses.
Saito throws a wild body kick that Gustin sees coming a mile off.
Gustin looks to land a left hand but Saito moved out of range nicely.
Saito moves out of range of the strikes.
Gustin scores with a body shot.
Gustin looks to land a right hand but Saito moved out of range.
Gustin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saito tries a head kick but it misses.
Gustin lands a head shot.
Saito is looking to clinch.
Saito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melvin Gustin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big right from Gustin misses.
Gustin connects with the punch.
Melvin Gustin is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Gustin misses.
Saito takes a swing at Gustin's ribcage but misses.
Gustin misses with a looping left.
Gustin just misses with a punch to the body.
Gustin's corner calls for a 1-2. Gustin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gustin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saito gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That has opened up Reiko Saito's cut even more.
Saito connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Gustin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gustin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A big right from Gustin misses.
Gustin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gustin.
Gustin throws a right hand that misses
letting Saito counter with a right hand.
Gustin throws a lazy right hand but Saito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gustin misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saito moves out of range of the strikes.
Gustin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saito.
Gustin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saito.
A slapping body kick lands there for Saito.
A lazy left from Gustin finds it's target.
Saito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustin.
A left lands for Gustin.
Saito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gustin just misses with a punch to the body.
Gustin keeps the fight on the outside.
Saito throws a nice head kick!
Gustin loads up on a big right hand but Saito slips the punch.
Saito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gustin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gustin swings for the body but Saito moves out of range.
Saito wants to slow Gustin down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Gustin.
Gustin lands a glancing blow to the side of Saito's head.
Saito gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gustin blocks a low kick nicely.
Gustin throws a jab when Saito was well out of range.
Gustin misses with a looping right.
Gustin thows a body shot but no joy.
Saito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gustin moves away.
Saito throws a head kick that Gustin semi-blocks.
Saito lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Saito tries to land a leg kick but Gustin saw it coming and moves away.
Gustin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

The cut above Reiko Saito's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gustin throws the left hand but Saito avoids the punch easily.
Saito throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saito misses with a body shot.
Gustin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gustin throws a jab when Saito was well out of range.
Saito throws a big shot that misses.
Saito throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Saito.
Gustin throws a hook to the side of Saito's head but Saito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saito blocks a jab.
Gustin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gustin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gustin lands a nice shot to the body.
Saito slips under a jab.
Saito moves out of range of the strikes.
Gustin misses the jab.
Gustin connects with a right hand. Saito shakes it off.

Saito clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Gustin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gustin. That did some damage!
Saito takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gustin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Gustin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gustin misses with a looping right.
Gustin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saito throws a leg kick but Gustin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gustin misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gustin. Saito does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Saito, right into the meat.
Gustin throws the left hand but Saito avoids the punch easily.
Saito thuds his shin into the meat of Gustin's side.
Gustin thuds a left hand into Saito's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melvin Gustin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Gustin cracks Saito with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gustin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saito.
A punch lands to the side of Saito 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gustin cracks Saito with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Saito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gustin misses with a body kick.
Saito tries to clinch but Gustin moves out of range.
Gustin throws a good cross that connects.
Crunch! Saito slams his shin into Gustin's torso.
Saito is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gustin rather than just go for the knockout.
Gustin misses with an uppercut. Saito saw that one coming.
Saito scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saito looks to land a body kick but Gustin moved away.
Gustin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saito can pounce on him.
Saito thumps Gustin with a low kick.
Saito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gustin misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin lands a nice shot that snaps Saito's head back.
Saito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saito slips a straight right by Gustin.
Saito has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Saito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gustin throws out the jab.
Gustin misses with a kick to the body.
Saito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustin manages to avoid it.
Saito throws a body kick that misses.
Gustin avoids the head kick by Saito.
Saito finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gustin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saito takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Saito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Saito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gustin.
Gustin throws a lazy right hand but Saito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gustin lands a really nice looking cross but Saito seems unphased.
Saito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gustin throws a hook to the side of Saito's head but Saito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gustin throws a big shot that misses.
Saito moves away from the strike by Gustin.
Saito slips a jab from Gustin.
Saito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gustin throws out the jab.
Saito takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Saito.
Saito connects with an inside leg kick.
Saito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gustin misses with a looping left.
A lazy left from Gustin finds it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Saito 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Reiko Saito's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Saito slips under a jab from Gustin.
Saito tries to land a front kick but Gustin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Saito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gustin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saito throws a body kick that misses.
Saito scores with a leg kick.
Gustin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saito momentarily.
A big left from Gustin misses.
Saito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saito throws a low kick but Gustin avoids it.
Gustin catches Saito with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jab by Gustin.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Melvin Gustin!