PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Grohl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Gustin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Grohl
vs
Gustin

190 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

192 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Grohl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Gustin!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grohl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gustin circles away quickly and effectively.
Grohl on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gustin misses with a wild body shot.
Gustin looks to land a body kick but Grohl moved away.
Some wild striking there from Gustin.
Grohl wants to clinch but Gustin slips to the side
and Gustin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grohl fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gustin lands with a right hand.
Grohl tries to clinch but Gustin is having none of it.
A punch combination from Grohl misses.
Grohl swings for the body but Gustin moves out of range.
Crunch! Gustin slams his shin into Grohl's torso.
Grohl looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustin is just out of range.
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 scores with a jab. Grohl acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grohl gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gustin is looking to slow Grohl down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin dodges the punch combination from Grohl.
Grohl defending well as Gustin loads up on a big left hand.
Grohl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gustin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gustin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gustin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grohl misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grohl tries to close the distance and clinch but Gustin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grohl darts in trying to clinch
enabling Gustin to counter with a crisp jab.
Grohl walks into a stiff left hand from Gustin.
Grohl walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Grohl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gustin scores with a nice strike.
Grohl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustin manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grohl showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gustin.
Gustin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gustin.

Grohl is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Gustin knocks Grohl out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Melvin Gustin!