PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tad Ghostal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Tranquility - The Final Resistance. Ghostal has chosen Good King Wenceslas as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gustafsson
vs
Ghostal

165 cm
31
144 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

183 cm
29
145 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

[CLOSED] Nothing For Sale!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gustav Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Ghostal!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghostal swats away the attempt to clinch by Gustafsson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ghostal.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal tries a low kick but Gustafsson avoids it.
Gustafsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ghostal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gustafsson avoids the head kick by Ghostal.
Gustafsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ghostal.
A combination from Gustafsson does no damage.
Gustafsson tries to clinch there but Ghostal circles away.
Gustafsson wants to clinch up but Ghostal keeps it at a distance.
Ghostal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gustafsson looks to clinch
and Ghostal counters with a low kick, right behind Gustafsson 's knee.
Gustav Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustafsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gustafsson tries to clinch up.
Ghostal connects with a jab.
Ghostal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghostal lands a nice shot to the body.
Gustafsson is looking to clinch but Ghostal is avoiding it.
Ghostal throws out a leg kick but Gustafsson moves out of range and Ghostal only half commits.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal misses with a low kick.
Gustafsson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ghostal.
Gustafsson ducks under a wild hook from Ghostal.
Gustafsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ghostal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ghostal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ghostal scores with a push kick.
Gustafsson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ghostal throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ghostal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ghostal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gustafsson wants to clinch up but Ghostal keeps it at a distance.
Gustafsson is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gustafsson tries to clinch but Ghostal moves out of range.
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!
Ghostal fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gustafsson checks it well.
A head kick misses from Ghostal.
Ghostal will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gustafsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Ghostal circles away.
Gustafsson scores with a body shot.

Ghostal tries to keep at a distance but Gustafsson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ghostal swings wildly with an uppercut but Gustafsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ghostal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Gustafsson manages to break the clinch.
Ghostal lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ghostal misses with a series of wild punches.
Gustafsson wants to clinch
and Ghostal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gustafsson works over Ghostal's head and body with a nice combination.
Gustafsson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A leg kick checked by Gustafsson.
Ghostal looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustafsson is just out of range.
Gustafsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gustafsson throws a jab when Ghostal was well out of range.
Ghostal throws a leg kick that misses.
Gustafsson blocks the body kick.
Ghostal is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ghostal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gustafsson throws out the jab.
Gustafsson is looking to clinch but Ghostal is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gustafsson moves into the clinch.
Ghostal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gustafsson lands an elbow inside that Ghostal shrugs off.
Ghostal dodges an elbow strike from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghostal won't allow it.
Ghostal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghostal dodges an elbow strike from Gustafsson.
Ghostal blocks the elbow strike.
Gustafsson misses with an elbow strike.
Gustafsson blocks a body shot from Ghostal.
Gustafsson lands an elbow just above Ghostal 's eye.

It looks like Tad Ghostal has been cut.
Gustafsson stalls.
Ghostal misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghostal dodges an elbow strike from Gustafsson.

Gustafsson manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tad Ghostal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tad Ghostal's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ghostal is looking to score with low kicks.
Ghostal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gustafsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tad Ghostal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ghostal works the jab nicely.

Ghostal throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gustafsson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ghostal is in Gustafsson's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gustafsson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ghostal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ghostal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gustafsson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gustafsson has momentary wrist control but Ghostal slips an elbow through the middle.
Ghostal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ghostal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghostal throws a big elbow that misses.
Gustafsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ghostal trying to control but Gustafsson is working from the bottom.
Gustafsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gustafsson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ghostal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gustafsson working a defensive guard here.
Ghostal trying to control but Gustafsson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ghostal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ghostal throws a jab when Gustafsson was well out of range.
Ghostal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Horrible takedown by Ghostal or perhaps it was just good defense by Gustafsson which made him look bad.
Gustafsson moves in looking to clinch but Ghostal pushes him off.
Ghostal lands with a shot to the body.
Ghostal keeps the fight on the outside.
Ghostal throws a wild body kick that Gustafsson sees coming a mile off.
Ghostal throws the kick towards the body but Gustafsson avoids it.
Gustafsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ghostal.
Good work by Gustafsson as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson tries to clinch
and Ghostal counters with a thumping low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ghostal. Gustafsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustafsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ghostal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ghostal scores with a jab to the head.
Ghostal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gustafsson staying out of range there.
Gustafsson checks a leg kick.
Ghostal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ghostal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gustafsson tries to clinch up but Ghostal circles away and keeps his distance.
Ghostal throws a leg kick that misses.
Gustafsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ghostal to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal tried to score with a low kick but Gustafsson checks it.
Ghostal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gustafsson slips a straight right by Ghostal.
Ghostal is looking to slow Gustafsson down with leg kicks.
Ghostal throws a leg kick but Gustafsson sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Ghostal misses the target.
Ghostal tries to work over Gustafsson's front leg with a kick but Gustafsson checks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustafsson is looking to clinch but Ghostal is avoiding it.

Gustafsson pushes Ghostal up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson trying to control the position but instead, Ghostal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gustafsson into the cage.
Gustafsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghostal has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gustafsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ghostal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tad Ghostal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tad Ghostal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Ghostal fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gustafsson sprawls well initially but Ghostal persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ghostal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gustafsson keeps working.

Ghostal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ghostal wants to pass the guard but Gustafsson is defending well.
Ghostal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gustafsson moves into full guard.
Gustafsson managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghostal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ghostal sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gustafsson's guard.
Ghostal looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Ghostal is looking for submissions but instead, Gustafsson has regained full guard.
Ghostal throws a strike but Gustafsson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gustafsson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ghostal is looking for a sweep. Gustafsson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gustafsson is thwarting Ghostal's attempts to control the position.

Ghostal is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Gustafsson has latched onto it... Big trouble! Gustafsson pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Ghostal is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Gustafsson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gustav Gustafsson!
A very excited looking Gustav Gustafsson 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.