PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bourne
vs
Gustafsson

185 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Happy Pills

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Gustafsson!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourne circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bourne counters with a shoot takedown. Gustafsson fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bourne stops Gustafsson from standing up.
Gustafsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bourne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Bourne stands up from Gustafsson's guard - Bourne perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gustafsson!
A head kick misses from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson cracks Bourne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gustafsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bourne gets the takedown into side control.
Bourne throws a strike aimed at the side of Gustafsson's head but Gustafsson avoids it well.

Bourne tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bourne wants to control but Gustafsson is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne landing strikes.

Gustafsson wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Bourne has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Gustafsson's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Gustafsson is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Bourne!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Alex Bourne!
A very excited looking Alex Bourne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.