PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olaf Gustaffsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustaffsson comes to the cage accompanied by Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne. This should be fireworks!

Gustaffsson
vs
Sturmpruegel

180 cm
28
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
29
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Olaf Gustaffsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturmpruegel looks to land a right hand but Gustaffsson moved out of range.
Roberto Sturmpruegel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sturmpruegel is looking to slow Gustaffsson down with leg kicks.
Sturmpruegel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sturmpruegel looks to throw the jab but Gustaffsson is out of range.
Sturmpruegel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sturmpruegel rushes Gustaffsson and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustaffsson.
Sturmpruegel keeps control of Gustaffsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sturmpruegel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gustaffsson's elbow.
Gustaffsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sturmpruegel lands with a left to the head.
Gustaffsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sturmpruegel scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel lands a hook that snaps the head of Gustaffsson backwards.

Gustaffsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sturmpruegel.

Sturmpruegel moves into range and clinches up with Gustaffsson.
Gustaffsson can't break the clinch.
Sturmpruegel lands a body punch.
Sturmpruegel lands with a light punch inside.
Gustaffsson blocking some punches.
Sturmpruegel tries to work over Gustaffsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sturmpruegel misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sturmpruegel lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Sturmpruegel fails to land.
Sturmpruegel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sturmpruegel lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustaffsson's efforts to push away.
Sturmpruegel swings wildly with an uppercut but Gustaffsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturmpruegel lands with a left to the head.
Gustaffsson blocks an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustaffsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustaffsson.
Sturmpruegel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gustaffsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustaffsson.
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sturmpruegel working aggressively here.
Sturmpruegel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustaffsson blocking some punches.
Gustaffsson prevents a body shot from Sturmpruegel.
Gustaffsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sturmpruegel misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch on the inside.
Gustaffsson takes a shot to the head.
Sturmpruegel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sturmpruegel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sturmpruegel lands with a short shot to the head.
Sturmpruegel misses with some punches.
Gustaffsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gustaffsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sturmpruegel digs a right hand underneath Gustaffsson's ribcage. Gustaffsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sturmpruegel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gustaffsson backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sturmpruegel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel prevents Gustaffsson from breaking the clinch.
Sturmpruegel scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Sturmpruegel dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sturmpruegel forces Gustaffsson back against the cage and clinches.
Sturmpruegel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustaffsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Sturmpruegel.
Roberto Sturmpruegel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sturmpruegel working aggressively here.

Gustaffsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sturmpruegel misses with a left hand

and Gustaffsson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturmpruegel works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gustaffsson stopping the sweep attempt from Sturmpruegel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gustaffsson wants to stand but Sturmpruegel is controlling his posture from full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sturmpruegel is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel throwing strikes but missing.
Sturmpruegel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sturmpruegel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gustaffsson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sturmpruegel is controlling him.
Sturmpruegel wants to control from the top but Gustaffsson keeps moving.
Sturmpruegel controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel trying to control but Gustaffsson is working from the bottom.

Roberto Sturmpruegel has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Gustaffsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Sturmpruegel takes the fight into the clinch.
Gustaffsson blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Gustaffsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sturmpruegel lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sturmpruegel swings wildly with an uppercut but Gustaffsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Sturmpruegel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Sturmpruegel.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sturmpruegel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gustaffsson.
A short right from Sturmpruegel on the inside.
Sturmpruegel misses with some punches.
Sturmpruegel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel digs a right hand underneath Gustaffsson's ribcage. Gustaffsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sturmpruegel throws a head punch that misses.
Gustaffsson blocks an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel tries to throw a body punch but Gustaffsson avoids it by throwing Sturmpruegel back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sturmpruegel lands a shoulder strike.
Sturmpruegel lands with a light punch inside.
Sturmpruegel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Sturmpruegel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sturmpruegel scores with a kick to the body.
Sturmpruegel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by Sturmpruegel as he connects with a hook.
Gustaffsson takes one to the chin there.

Sturmpruegel cracks Gustaffsson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Gustaffsson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sturmpruegel finish him?

Gustaffsson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sturmpruegel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Oh Gustaffsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sturmpruegel closes the distance and clinches.
Sturmpruegel pushes Gustaffsson against the cage. Sturmpruegel is working some dirty boxing. Sturmpruegel pushes off with a quick right hook! Gustaffsson goes down! Gustaffsson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sturmpruegel moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
A relieved looking Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.